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Box 01

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Contains 29 Results:

Family letters, 1907

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS049:01.19
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...
Dates: 1907

Family letters, 1908

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSS049:01.20
Scope and Contents

The 1908 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. Clark's correspondence to Carter includes a clipping from the Boston Herald on the failure of Yale University alumni to repay loans.

Dates: 1908

Family letters, 1909

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS049:01.21
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...
Dates: 1909

Family letters, 1910

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 22
Identifier: MSS049:01.22
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.

Dates: 1910

Family letters, 1911

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 23
Identifier: MSS049:01.23
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...
Dates: 1911

Family letters, 1912

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 24
Identifier: MSS049:01.24
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...
Dates: 1912

Family letters, 1913

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 25
Identifier: MSS049:01.25
Scope and Contents

The 1913 correspondence consists of a letter and a postcard photograph. The letter is from a Clyde (last name not provided) of the Randolph and Mattice Dental office in Seattle Washington to Vetabelle Phillips of Seattle. The postcard is addressed to Moss E.E. Edwards of Ashland, Oregon from C.C. Tolman of Seward, Alaska.

Dates: 1913

Family letters, 1914

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 26
Identifier: MSS049:01.26
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1914

Family letters, 1915

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 27
Identifier: MSS049:01.27
Scope and Contents The 1915 correspondence includes family newspaper letters, clippings, photographs, and a postcard. Fay Phillips and Walter Anderson Phillips wrote their mother, Lena Anderson Phillips of Ashland, Oregon, describing a trip to Niagara Falls and New York City with Professor Vining. The clippings, from the Ashland Tiding, announce Professor Vining's visit to Ashland with Fay Phillips. Two letters addressed to F.M. "Nick" Carter of Ellenburg, Washington, concern business matters. Two...
Dates: 1915