Carter, Fred Mortimer (Nick), Jr.

Scope and Contents

The 1902 collection consists of a single letter from Gertrude (no surname included) of Pomeroy, Washington to Mr. F. Mortimer "Nick" Carter of Ellensburg, Washington and a photocopied obituary for David Roscoe Billings who was laid to rest in Hagardine Cemetery in Ashland, Oregon.

Scope and Contents The 1903 collection consists of correspondence of Fred Mortimer Carter, husband of Vetabelle Elizabeth Carter (nee Phillips), of Wilmington, Massachusetts. The letters relate to Carter's effort to secure employment as a railroad engineer. The correspondence includes letters from various railroad companies, including the Pennsylvania, the Michigan Central, the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, and the Northern Central. The collection includes a letter from S.E. Barney of the Sheffield...

Scope and Contents The 1904 collection consists of correspondence of Fred Mortimer Carter, husband of Vetabelle Elizabeth Carter (nee Phillips), of Wilmington, Massachusetts. The letters relate to Carter's effort to secure employment as a railroad engineer. The correspondence includes letters from various railroad companies, including the Pennsylvania, the Michigan Central, the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, and the Northern Central. The collection includes a letter from S.E. Barney of the Sheffield...

Scope and Contents

The 1906 correspondence consists of letters to Fred Mortimer Carter of North Bend and Easton, Washington, regarding financial matters. The correspondence includes letters from Massachusetts State Senator Chester W. Clark about money loaned to Carter. There is a bill from the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University for tuition, room and board, and laboratory fees and a letter from J.H. Avery of Milton requesting Senator Clark's loan repayment.

Scope and Contents The 1907 correspondence consists primarily of letters and bills sent to Fred Mortimer Carter of Ellensburg, Washington. The correspondence includes letters from attorney Chester W. Clark of Boston and J.H. Avery of Milton, New Hampshire, about money loaned to Carter. There is a letter and bill from Samuel E. Barney of the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University for tuition, room and board, and laboratory fees. The correspondence includes a single letter from Milton F. Wight...

Scope and Contents The 1909 correspondence bulks with letters to Fred Mortimer Carter, Jr. of Ellensburg, Washington, regarding financial matters. The majority of the correspondence is from attorney Chester W. Clark of Boston and J.H. Avery of Milton, New Hampshire, about money loaned to Carter. The correspondence includes letters from Yale University regarding repayment of Carter's debt to that institution. The correspondence includes two postcards addressed to J.E. Steele of Talent, Oregon, from Vetabelle...

Scope and Contents

The 1910 correspondence bulks with letters to Fred Mortimer Carter, Jr. of Ellensburg, Washington, regarding financial matters. The majority of the correspondence is from attorney Chester W. Clark of Boston about money loaned to Carter. The correspondence includes a photograph postcard, addressed to E. Edwards of Ashland, Oregon postmarked from Seward, Alaska, of two domesticated bear cubs.

Scope and Contents The 1911 collection consists of the personal letters of Fred Mortimer "Nick" Carter, Jr. of Ellensburg, Washington. The correspondence includes letters from attorney Chester W. Clark of Boston about money loaned to Carter. There are also letters from two of Carter's romantic interests, a Gertrude (no last name) of Walla Walla, Washington, and a "Midgy" of Haverhill, Massachusetts. While most of the letters are of a personal nature, one letter decribes Midgy's first experience seeing an...

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...

Scope and Contents

One letter from Chester Clark of Wilmington, Massachusetts to F.M. Carter, Jr. is in the 1914 correspondence.