Anderson, Mary Hannah (Minnie)

Scope and Contents Mr. and Mrs. E.K. Anderson wrote this personal correspondence to family members and friends between 1883 and 1885. The correspondence includes letters to his son George N. Anderson of Portland, Oregon, his sister Sara Anderson and Mrs. W.B. Phillips of Butte City, Montana Territory, and Miss Della Cardwell of Ashland, Oregon. In addition, the collection includes a postcard with a black and white photograph of Ashland dated 1884. It also has an invitation to the wedding of daughter Minnie...

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The correspondence includes letters between members of the Anderson family written in 1889. Correspondence includes a 32-page letter written by Mary Hannah "Minnie" Tolman (nee Anderson) that describes her experiences in Kodiak, Alaska. Letters describe interactions with wildlife, cold weather, disease, and Alaska Native people. The collection includes letters from Lena Phillips (nee Anderson) of Ida, Montana.

Scope and Contents The collection includes letters from Mary Hannah "Minnie" Tolman (nee Anderson), Crit Tolman, and Dora Elizabeth Wight (nee Anderson) written from Kodiak, Alaska, in 1890, and an invitation to the wedding of Ms. Abbie Goodyear and Mr. Frank Lennart of Ashland, Oregon. Addressees of letters include George Anderson, Sarah "Sada" Evaline Burrell (nee Anderson), Anna Belle Anderson, and parents Eli Knight and Elizabeth Nissly Anderson (nee Myer). The letters discuss family matters,...

Scope and Contents The 1891 correspondence includes letters from Mary Hannah "Minnie" Anderson of Ashland, Oregon, and Wrangel, Alaska, to her sister Lena Phillips of San Francisco and other family members in Oregon; George Edwards (husband of Laura Viola Edwards (nee Anderson)) to George Anderson of Talent; Sarah "Sada" Burrall (nee Anderson) to family in Oregon; Lena Phillips (nee Anderson) of Seattle to Family in Oregon; a photocopied newspaper (title unknown) announcement for the wedding of Sara E....

Scope and Contents The collection from 1893 includes correspondence between various Anderson family members. The letters are from George Anderson to his sister Dora Anne Wight (nee Anderson), from Lena Phillips (nee Anderson) of Kodiak, Alaska to her sister Mary Hannah "Minnie" Anderson, and a letter from E.K. Anderson of Ashland, Oregon to his son G.N. Anderson of Copley California. The E.K. Anderson letter discusses recent gold findings by prospectors in streams on his land and arbitration on the proceeds...

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The 1895 collection includes the Semi-Weekly Tidings newspaper announcements (photocopy) of the sudden death and funeral of Mary Hannah "Minnie" Tolman (nee Anderson) of Ashland on February 21. Correspondence includes a single letter from Lena Phillips of Seattle requesting financial assistance from her brother upon the failure of her husband's business enterprise.

Scope and Contents Two letters comprise the 1912 correspondence. One is from Chester Tolman to Crit Tolman, both sons of John Crit Tolman and Mary Hannah "Minnie" Tolman (nee Phillips). The letter describes Chester Tolman's experiences in Port Moller Bay, Alaska, surveying locations for a cannery. This letter includes the story of a bear attack he survived while hunting. The second is from L.C. Wishard, proprietor of The Club Cigar Store of Klamath Falls, Oregon, to Fred Mortimer "Nick" Carter Junior...

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Various photographs of Minnie Anderson, taken throughout her life

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Photographs of various family members, including Vola, Violet, Cit, and many others from the Tolman family, taken throughout several generations