Joseph Cox Wallace and Elva May Rust Correspondence, 1903-1907

These folders consist of 137 letters mostly between a young couple from Bullitt County, Kentucky; however, there are letters from other romantic love interests of both Joe and Elva as well as family members. None of the correspondence mentions politics or national events, there are occasional interesting mentions of the introduction of the telephone, horse and buggies and interurbans, measles and mumps outbreaks, High Bridge, "protracted" church meetings, the Odd Fellows and more.