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Title
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Letters, July 12th, 1911_016
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Alternative Title
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Letters, July 12th, 1911
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Date
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July 12th, 1911
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Creator
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Edith Schwartz Clements
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Description
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Edith Schwartz Clements handwritten letter
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Identifier
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nshs-rg3158am
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Transcription
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sitting down & so descending from ledge to ledge, until finally the rocky part was behind us. Our coats & hands were a sight to see: wet & muddy & of course our feet had been soaked long since! The rest of the way was long & still on top of the arrête but was grassy. Fritz & I thought it would be much easier to cut across the grassy slopes as we usually do & so avoid the ups & downs of the top. Prof. S. said it was slippery & much more difficult but allowed us to try it. A few minutes sufficed to prove that he was right. The soil is so fine that the grasses make a firm, hard turf which gives little support even for nails & we found it very hard indeed to keep from slipping. The grade was very steep & we would have slid far had we started. I gave up first & scam-
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Rights
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To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
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