Finding Aid for the Guy Lee Tinder, Jr. Correspondence · Genealogy Gallery

Title

Finding Aid for the Guy Lee Tinder, Jr. Correspondence

Rights

Rights Information

Type

Collection

Creator

Guy Lee Tinder, Jr.

Agatha Lorene Lentz Tinder

Date

1951

1952

1953

Description

This collection contains correspondence between Guy Lee Tinder, Jr. and Agatha Lorene Lentz Tinder. Most of the items within this collection are dated from July 1951 to June 1953 and are written by Guy Tinder during his military service. The envelopes precede the corresponding letters.

Format

Letters

Language

English

Publisher

Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri

Extent

12 folders

Identifier

MGC 1029

Subject

Letters

extracted text

Guy Lee Tinder, Jr. correspondence

Collection Summary
Title
Guy Lee Tinder, Jr. correspondence
Date
July 26, 1951 – June 11, 1953
Extent
12 file folders

Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1029-GLTC
Processed by: Nicole Pye, 2013; Finding aid created by Nicole Pye, 2013

Names of Creators
Tinder Jr., Guy Lee
Tinder, Agatha Lorene Lentz

Biographical History
Guy Lee Tinder, Jr. was born August 12, 1929 in Platte County, Missouri. His parents, Guy and Rosetta
Tinder, were tobacco farmers in Platte County. Guy enlisted in the Army on July 25, 1951. His basic
training took place at Camp Crowder, Missouri. He was then stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
before being stationed in Germany for the remainder of his military service. He was released from
military duty on July 6, 1953. Guy married Agatha Lorene Lentz on November 3, 1951. After Tinder’s
military service, he and his family moved to Leavenworth, Kansas. Tinder lived there until his death on
February 14, 2005.
Agatha Lorene Lentz Tinder was born April 5, 1931 in Platte County, Missouri. Her father, James Lentz,
was a farmer in Platte County. Agatha married Guy Tinder, Jr. on November 3, 1951. Their first child,
Kenneth Adam Tinder, was born October 23, 1952. While Guy was deployed, Agatha worked as a glove
turner at a factory in Leavenworth, Kansas. The Tinder family moved to Leavenworth after Guy was
released from military duty.

Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence between Guy Lee Tinder, Jr. and Agatha Lorene Lentz Tinder.
Most of the items within this collection are dated from July 1951 to June 1953 and are written by Guy
Tinder during his military service. The envelopes precede the corresponding letters.

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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 3 series.
Series 1, Correspondence from Guy Lee Tinder, Jr. to Agatha Lentz Tinder
Folder 1, July 26, 1951 to September 30, 1951
Item 1, Letter, July 26, 1951
Item 2, Letter, July 31, 1951
Item 3, Letter, August 6, 1951
Item 4, Letter, August 14, 1951
Item 5, Letter, August 16, 1951
Item 6, Letter, August 19, 1951
Item 7, Letter, August 22, 1951
Item 8, Letter, September 4, 1951
Item 9, Letter, September 11, 1951
Item 10, Letter, September 15, 1951
Item 11, Letter, September 25, 1951
Item 12, Letter, September 30, 1951
Folder 2, October 3, 1951 to December 18, 1951
Item 1, Letter, October 3, 1951
Item 2, Letter, October 10, 1951
Item 3, Letter, October 15, 1951
Item 4, Letter, October 22, 1951
Item 5, Letter from Agnes Lentz to Guy Lee Tinder, Jr., October 24, 1951
Item 6, Letter, October 29, 1951
Item 7, Letter, November 5, 1951
Item 8, Letter, November 8, 1951
Item 9, Letter, November 18, 1951
Item 10, Letter, November 24, 1951
Item 11, Letter, November 27, 1951
Item 12, Postcard, December 5, 1951
Item 13, Letter, December 9, 1951
Item 14, Postcard, December 18, 1951
Folder 3, January 2, 1952 to March 27, 1952
Item 1, Letter, January 2, 1952
Item 2, Letter, February 3, 1952
Item 3, Letter, February 7, 1952
Item 4, Letter, February 11, 1952
Item 5, Letter, February 16, 1952
Item 6, Letter, February 26, 1952
Item 7, Letter, February 27, 1952
Item 7, Letter, March 2, 1952
Item 8, Letter, March 5, 1952
Item 9, Letter, March 9, 1952
Item 10, Letter, March 16, 1952
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Item 11, Letter, March 20, 1952
Item 12, Letter, March 23, 1952
Item 13, Letter, March 27, 1952
Folder 4, April 1, 1952 to June 25, 1952
Item 1, Letter, April 1, 1952
Item 2, Letter, April 7, 1952
Item 3, Letter, April 8, 1952
Item 4, Letter, April 13, 1952
Item 5, Letter, April 15, 1952
Item 6, Letter, April 20, 1952
Item 7, Letter, April 21, 1952
Item 8, Letter, May 6, 1952
Item 9, Letter, May 11, 1952
Item 10, Letter, May 14, 1952
Item 11, Letter, May 19, 1052
Item 12, Letter, May 24, 1952
Item 13, Letter, June 2, 1952
Item 14, Letter, June 7, 1952
Item 15, Letter, June 11, 1952
Item 16, Letter, June 20, 1952
Item 17, Letter, June 25, 1952
Folder 5, July 1, 1952 to September 30, 1952
Item 1, Letter, July 1, 1952
Item 2, Letter, July 5, 1952
Item 3, Letter, July 7, 1952
Item 4, Letter, July 15, 1952
Item 5, Letter, July 21, 1952
Item 6, Letter, July 28, 1952
Item 7, Letter, August 4, 1952
Item 8, Letter, August 12, 1952
Item 9, Letter, August 25, 1952
Item 10, Letter, September 2, 1952
Item 11, Letter, September 9, 1952
Item 12, Letter, September 15, 1952
Item 13, Letter, September 22, 1952
Item 14, Letter, September 30, 1952
Folder 6, October 6, 1952 to December 29, 1952
Item 1, Letter, October 6, 1952
Item 2, Letter, October 13, 1952
Item 3, Letter, October 20, 1952
Item 4, Letter, October 27, 1952
Item 5, Letter, November 3, 1952
Item 6, Letter, November 12, 1952
Item 7, Letter, November 17, 1952
Item 8, Letter, November 24, 1952
Item 9, Letter, November 29, 1952
Item 10, Letter, December 16, 1952
Item 11, Letter, December 22, 1952
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Item 12, Letter, December 27, 1952
Item 13, Letter, December 29, 1952
Folder 7, January 5, 1953 to March 31, 1953
Item 1, Letter, January 5, 1953
Item 2, Letter, January 12, 1953
Item 3, Letter, January 19, 1953
Item 4, Letter, January 26, 1953
Item 5, Letter, February 9, 1953
Item 6, Letter, February 16, 1953
Item 7, Letter, February 23, 1953
Item 8, Letter, March 2 1953
Item 9, Letter, March 10, 1953
Item 10, Letter, March 16, 1953
Item 11, Letter, March 23, 1953
Item 12, Birthday Card, postmarked March 27, 1953
Item 13, Letter, March 31, 1953
Folder 8, April 8, 1953 to June 11, 1953
Item 1, Letter, April 8, 1953
Item 2, Letter, April 13, 1953
Item 3, Letter, April 20, 1953
Item 4, Letter, April 27, 1953
Item 5, Letter, May 14, 1953
Item 6, Letter, May 20, 1953
Item 7, Letter, June 2, 1953
Item 8, Letter, June 11, 1953
Series 2, Transcribed Letters
Folder 1, July 26 to December 18, 1951
Folder 2, January 2 to December 29, 1952
Folder 3, January 5 to June 11, 1953
Series 3, Miscellaneous Correspondence
Folder 1, Miscellaneous
Item 1, Postcards of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, postmarked October 1951
Item 2, J.C. Penney Lay-Away reminder to Agatha Lentz, December 11, 1951
Item 3, J.C. Penney Lay-Away reminder to Agatha Lentz, December 26, 1951
Item 4, Plastic ring included with birthday card from Guy Tinder to Agatha Tinder, March
26, 1952

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Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed in file folders. Originals not available due to fragility and
transcriptions are provided to researchers. Misspellings and grammar errors have not been corrected in
the transcribed letters.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Bonnie Ingram in May 2013. Ms. Ingram purchased these letters at a
military sale.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc., 2002.
Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2011.
Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010[database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2010.

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