Letter signed Alexander Rives Skinker, Kansas City, to mother, St. Louis. Last week I went to a dinner dance at the country club given in honor of Nancy Bell who was married last night. Today I was quite busy at church. . . . I have tentatively agreed to take charge of a boy’s club which is being organized. I have felt for a good while that I shall never be happy or satisfied living here. I have made up my mind to try to make such arrangements that I can leave the business without impairing success. If I can do this, I am coming home. Includes manuscript dinner menu., 1913 Jan 12

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists primarily of Skinker family correspondence, the bulk of which is between Thomas K. Skinker and his wife, Bertha Rives Skinker. The collection also contains several folders of tax receipts of Thomas Skinker dated 1839-1886. This finding aid was compiled by keying in the document descriptions on the folder covers. These document descriptions were presumably written by a Missouri Historical Society archivist soon after the collection was purchased in 1978.