Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Mainly letters from Mary Olivia Hurd Arno to her mother, 1886-1897, with six letters of Augusta Jaquins Hurd to her father and brother, 1858-1866, and seventeen miscellaneous letters either to her or retained by her.Along with domestic matters and family relationships, topics include: pioneer settlement in Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakota Territory, land speculation, taxes, insurance costs, salaries, and the hard financial times of the 1890s. Marital problems and divorce, the...