Wight, Dora Elizabeth
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1869 - 1959
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Family letters, 1890
File — Box: 01, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS049:01.06
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,...
Dates:
1890
Family letters, 1892
File — Box: 01, Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS049:01.08
Scope and Contents
The 1892 correspondence includes letters from Dora Wight in Kodiak, Alaska, to her brother George Anderson of Talent, Oregon. Letters refer to the arrival of a schooner to Kodiak Island. The collection has a letter from Joseph A. Wilson of Portland to Miss Anderson (name not given) with an invitation and advertisement from the Oregonian newspaper (photocopy) to attend the "Great Exposition of 1892" in Portland. One letter includes a poem from Mr. M. McCluney of Ashland, Oregon to Anna...
Dates:
1892
Family letters, 1893
File — Box: 01, Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS049:01.09
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...
Dates:
1893
Anderson - Phillips family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-049
Scope and Contents
The Anderson-Phillips family papers consist of personal correspondence between family members. The letters cover topics such as daily life, mining in Kodiak, Vetabelle Carter's invention, World War I, and the Great Depression.
Dates:
1852-1946