Box 6

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Eunice and her mother fall ill, and the letters after describe her mothers struggles to recover from their illness as well as Eunice's difficulty maintaining the household responsibilities.

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Eunice and Keen discuss Christmas plans, as well as continued conversation regarding their future and Eunice's work.

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In this section of correspondence, Eunice returns home from Colorado and is able to reunite and visit with Keen. Keen writes to discuss their future plans and Eunice's health.

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Topics of interest include: Eunice describes issues with her health and her job teaching. Keen and Eunice briefly discuss the results of the presidential election [Woodrow Wilson]. Eunice writes to discuss the practicality of marriage and future plans. [[note: letter in this file dated Oct 19, clearly states that Eunice and keen have been married 11+ months and that Keen is now overseas. Need to move to later folder, TBD]].

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Small folder with three incomplete letters from Eunice to Keen, ca.1916

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Miscellaneous letters from Keen to Eunice, dating ca.1916

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Through correspondence, photographs, diaries and appointment books, speeches, newspaper clippings, and other primary source materials, the public career and personal life of Kentucky's forty-second governor and his family is documented. Of particular interest is a portion of the Correspondence Series in which letters exchanged between husband and wife during Johnson's tour of duty overseas in World War I reflect social life and conditions on the homefront and battlefield. Also of interest...

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Letters from Eunice to Keen, in which she describes her preparation and visit to Colorado. Eunice worries that her letters are not reaching Keen.

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The couple commiserates over the long distance. Eunice describes an inspiring lecture she attended at Chautauqua.