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Title
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Anna L. Molle
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Description
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Letter by factory worker expressing appreciation to Nell Donnelly Reed and the Donnelly Garment Company.
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Creator
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Molle, Anna L.
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Contributor
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n/a
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Subject
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Clothing trade--Missouri--Kansas City--History
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Clothing Trade--History
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Reed, Nell Donnelly, 1889-1991
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Donnelly Garment Company
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Date Original
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Undated
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Location
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Kansas City, MIssouri
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Collection name
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James A. Reed Collection, K0443
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Identifiers
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Box 34
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Source
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The State Historical Society of Missouri-Kansas City
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Publisher
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n/a
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Access Rights
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The Donor hereby gives and assigns to the University all rights of copyright which the Donor has in (a) the Materials and (b) in such of his works as may be found among any collections of Materials received by the University from others.
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Type
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Text
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Format
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Letter
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Transcript
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What Nelly Don has done for me
In the five years I’ve worked at Donnellys weve [we’ve] finished paying for our home.
We’ve repaired it, and it was in badly need of repairs. We’ve put on a new roof, new floors, new siding that makes it so much warmer in the wintertime.
I worked seven years before I came to Donnelly’s, and I never had one day off for a vacation. In the five years I’ve been at Donnelly’s I’ve had two weeks vacation every year, one week with pay. This year I got two week vacation with pay, that gave me a chance to take the trip I’ve wanted to take for a long, long, time. I went to Los Angeles California the first real vacation I’ve had in my life.
At Christmas time my sister & I got ($5.00) five dollaars and a turkey a piece that gave us a chance to give six Motherless boys as real a Christmas as any one can have without a Mother. Baseball shoes, Skates, and other toys that they get only at Christmas time because Mrs. Reed is so generous to us. These are just a few things that wouldn't have been possible if I hadn’t worked at the Donnelly Garment Co.
Working conditions are very good Donnelly’s, wages good, above all fairness all around you. I’ll work at Donnelly’s as long as they’ll keep me.
Sincerely
Miss Anna L. Molle
627 Forest Avenue
Kansas City, Mo.
