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Box 02

 Container

Contains 13 Results:

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

Family letters, 1883-1940

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS049:01
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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: 1883-1940

Family letters, 1916

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS049:01.28
Scope and Contents

The 1916 collection includes two photograph postcards from Geo and Emma (last names not provided). A postcard addressed to E.J. Steele of Ashland, Oregon features the Pacific Highway in Ashland, Oregon Another addressed to Mrs. Fred Chapin features Lithia Park in Ashland.

Dates: 1916

Family letters, 1917

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS049:01.29
Scope and Contents Family correspondence comprises the 1917 collection. The primary addressees include Mr. and Mrs. F. Mortimer "Nick" Carter (nee Veta Elisabeth "Vetabelle" Phillips) and Mrs. L.A. Phillips (nee Lena Anderson) of Ashland, Oregon. The correspondence delves into financial matters but bulks with personal family affairs. Of interest is correspondence regarding the family's involvement in World War I. The correspondence includes a letter from Alvah Henderson of the USS San Diego to Mrs. Carter...
Dates: 1917

Family letters, 1918

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS049:01.30
Scope and Contents The 1918 collection consists of family letters and memorabilia. Much of the correspondence refers to the death of Walter B. Phillips, Senior. A letter from Chester T (Tolman) of Portage Bay, Alaska, to his Grandmother sends his regrets upon the death of her husband (given the time frame, the departed is likely the elder Walter B. Phillips). There is a letter to F.M. Carter of Ashland, Oregon, from Konrad Schmid of Lowell, Arizona, regarding the property of Walter B. Phillips in his...
Dates: 1918

Family letters, 1919

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS049:01.31
Scope and Contents The 1919 correspondence consists of family letters and clippings. The collection bulks with letters addressed to Mrs. F.M. Vetabelle Elizabeth Carter (nee Phillips) of Ashland, Oregon. Most of the letters dwell on day-to-day family news. The correspondence includes a series of personal letters between Mrs. Carter and her husband, Frederick Mortimer Carter, as he traveled for business. The letters are cordial. Mr. Carter addresses Mrs. Carter as "Dearest Lil' Bunny and signs "Brownie" to...
Dates: 1919

Family letters, 1920

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS049:01.32
Scope and Contents The 1920 collection consists of personal correspondence and memorabilia. As with previous years, the primary recipient of letters was Mrs. Fred M. "Vetabelle" Carter (nee Phillips) of Madera and Redding, California. Among the authors is Ralph, who wrote to Mrs. Carter from the Panama Canal Zone as a crewman aboard the U.S.S. New Hampshire. Ralph describes a trip to Los Angeles, where he toured movie sets in the pioneering days of Hollywood. Extended relatives who wrote to Mrs. Carter in...
Dates: 1920

Family letters, 1921

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS049:01.33
Scope and Contents The 1921 collection consists of personal correspondence and memorabilia. As with previous years, the primary recipient of letters was Mrs. Fred M. "Vetabelle" Carter (nee Phillips) of Madera and Redding, California. The most frequent author is "Mother" of Ashland, Oregon (Vetabelle's mother was Lena Anderson Phillips). Memorabilia includes a miniature account ledger and a Christmas card with private humor. The collection includes a photocopied clipping from the Madera,...
Dates: 1921

Family letters, 1922

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS049:01.34
Scope and Contents The 1922 correspondence consists of business correspondence, advertising, family letters, and financial records. Frederick M. Carter is the primary recipient of business correspondence. As in previous collections, friendly correspondents address F.M. Carter as "Ted" or "Nick." The collection includes multiple mail advertisements for various consumer products and services. Vetabelle Elisabeth Phillips Carter of San Francisco and Litchfield, Lassen County, California, received most...
Dates: 1922

Family letters, 1923

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS049:01.35
Scope and Contents

The 1923 correspondence consists of letters to Mrs. F.M. Vetabelle Phillips Carter of San Francisco from her mother, Lena Anderson Phillips of Ashland, Oregon, and her "big brother" Georgie, no last name given.

Dates: 1923