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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05755.080 |
| From Archive Folder | Collections concerning the Alaskan gold rush |
| Title | Edwin B. Sherzer to Clara M. Miller sharing his feelings of anxiety and fears for his mother |
| Date | 05 April 1902 |
| Author | Sherzer, Edwin B. (fl. 1900-1902) |
| Recipient | Miller, Clara M. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | "I hope you will not find me changed but I don't know. I feel the winter has been very hard on me and you may find me more sedate and serious than I was." Longs for spring; suffers anxiety about his mother and feels depressed. "I feel like a man in a dream. I have lost my appetite and at times can't sleep. The boys ask me what is the matter, but I dare not parade my troubles to them [. . . .] You see my mother's letter is heart rending . . . ." Plans to stay through summer to make money. |
| Subjects | Alaska Gold Rush Frontiers and Exploration Mining Mental Health Children and Family Diet and Nutrition Health and Medical Finance Women's History |
| People | Sherzer, Edwin B. (fl. 1900-1902) Miller, Clara M. (fl. 1900-1902) |
| Place written | Nome, Alaska |
| Theme | Westward Expansion; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Wife |