Document Type
Correspondence
Files
Download Full Text (1.5 MB)
Date
7-18-1950
Keywords
cat lore, black cat, John Hix, abnemmes, Erma Coldren, Raymond B. Coldren
Description
A handwritten letter by Erma Coldren addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated July 18, circa 1950. Within, Erma details the recent birth of 6 snow white kittens from her black cat as well as other cat stories.
Sender
Erma Coldren
Recipient
Alfred L. Shoemaker
Corresponds to:
Packet 407
City
Adamstown, Pennsylvania
Transcription
July 18
Dear sir,
You said in last pub. about cat stories. Did you know we had a black cat that had a litter of 6 snow white kittens, had lots of people here to see it; newspapers had front page stories of it and even college students came to see them and not a black hair was found on one of the 6 kittens. I have several photos of them if it interests you. John Hix had a picture in the Syndicated Press, [Illegible] had it and people from Indiana came for more of them. 3 had blue eyes and beard 3 had pink eyes and were deaf. They also had angora like fur. Also there is a saying that when a baby has “merasmus” or “ob nemate” put milk in a saucer, let the cat drink out of it and then give the rest to the baby, for cure. I know a friend of mine also tried it. Let me hear if you are interested in cat pictures and story
Respt
Mrs Erma Coldren. Adamstown
Language
English
Rights Statement
This item is available courtesy of the Ursinus College Library Special Collections Department. It is not to be copied or distributed for commercial use. For permissions which fall outside of educational use, please contact the Special Collections Department.
Recommended Citation
Coldren, Erma, "Letter From Erma Coldren to Alfred L. Shoemaker" (1950). Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents. 4.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/4
Included in
American Material Culture Commons, Cultural History Commons, Folklore Commons, Linguistic Anthropology Commons, Social History Commons, United States History Commons
Rights Statement
In Copyright. URI: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Comments
We have omitted transcribing the top portion of the letter regarding newspaper subscriptions.