Phillips, Lena Anderson

Scope and Contents Family correspondence comprises the 1917 collection. The primary addressees include Mr. and Mrs. F. Mortimer "Nick" Carter (nee Veta Elisabeth "Vetabelle" Phillips) and Mrs. L.A. Phillips (nee Lena Anderson) of Ashland, Oregon. The correspondence delves into financial matters but bulks with personal family affairs. Of interest is correspondence regarding the family's involvement in World War I. The correspondence includes a letter from Alvah Henderson of the USS San Diego to Mrs. Carter...

Scope and Contents The 1918 collection consists of family letters and memorabilia. Much of the correspondence refers to the death of Walter B. Phillips, Senior. A letter from Chester T (Tolman) of Portage Bay, Alaska, to his Grandmother sends his regrets upon the death of her husband (given the time frame, the departed is likely the elder Walter B. Phillips). There is a letter to F.M. Carter of Ashland, Oregon, from Konrad Schmid of Lowell, Arizona, regarding the property of Walter B. Phillips in his...