Box 01

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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.

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...

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...

Scope and Contents Family correspondence from 1894 includes a letter from E.N. Anderson. Anderson (nee Myer) to daughter and sons (no names provided). A letter of application to the school board of Monmouth, Oregon from Emma Temperance Loosely (nee Anderson) is included with a written warning from Emma on the backside to an unknown niece or nephew of potential legal action if the person in question returns to her home. Correspondence includes a second letter from Emma to Dear Absent Loved Ones (no names...

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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.

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1897 collection includes only an invitation to the 10th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Wagner

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The 1898 correspondence includes two letters from E.N. Anderson (nee Myer) to Dora Elizabeth Wight (nee Anderson). The letters are concerned with family matters, farm operations, and seasonal weather.

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The 1900 correspondence includes three letters from eleven-year-old Vetabelle Elizabeth Phillips of Drummond and Granite Mountain, Montana to her cousin Ernestine (last name not included) of Ashland, Oregon. The letters are concerned with her day-to-day activities with her parents and cousin Verner, including fishing and obtaining candy. The August 15 letter includes a note from Vetabelle's mother Lena Phillips concerning Vetabelle's homesickness.

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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...