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personal correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Correspondence, typically written letters or notes, from one person to another.

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Applegate, Jesse, bulk: 1851-1883

 File — Box 45: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116789], Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:05.58
Scope and Contents Letter to John B. Preston from unknown sender, dated September 19th, 1851; Letter to John B. Preston from Jesse Applegate, dated August 21st, 1853; Letter to John B. Preston from Jesse Applegate, dated September 2nd, 1853; Letter to John B. Preston from Jesse Applegate, dated September 2nd, 1853 (different letter); Letter to C.K. Gardner from Jesse Applegate, dated November 12th, 1853; Letter to C.K. Gardner from Jesse Applegate, dated January 25th, 1854; Letter to C.K. Gardner from Jesse...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1851-1883

Ashland Hospital, Century of Caring photographs, 1992

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:02.87
Scope and Contents

The photographs of Ashland, hospitals, and medical staff in over a century of caring for the sick in Ashland Oregon include correspondence on the subjects of the photographs.

Dates: 1992

Bacon – Gibbs, 1984-2008

 File — Box 37: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116706], Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS025:04.47
Scope and Contents Business card of Jack and Mary Potter, 420 Harney Drive Woodland, CA 95695. Empty letter from Eleanor T. Bacon, 6 Veterans Rd. #12 Amherst, NH 03031 to Atwood. Letter granting permission for Atwood to copy a photograph of John B. Gibbs contained in The Gibbs of Granville, New York written by Charles L. Bacon, husband of Eleanor T. Bacon, dated June 16th, 2006; Summary of Papers, 1967-1992 by Charles, L. Bacon on NewEnglandAncestors.org, dated June 6th, 2006; Handwritten research notes,...
Dates: 1984-2008

“Claim Contracts”, 1853

 File — Box 45: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116789], Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:05.63
Scope and Contents

Letter to B. F. Cartes from unknown sender, dated July 12th, 1853

Dates: 1853

Correspondence, 1974-1978

 File — Box 17: Series MSS025:02 [Barcode: 35138008116508], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:02.72
Scope and Contents

The small collection of letters concern the history of Southern Oregon. The topics include the Woolen Mills, the Butte Creek Mill, and 'Gin Lin' of Jacksonville, Oregon. Two significant letters include a personal narrative by a member of the Takelma Indians of the Rogue Valley, and research documenting minorities in early Jacksonville, Oregon.

Dates: 1974-1978

Ernie Lyman - Jackson County Conversations, Prior to 1976

 File — Box 19: Series MSS025:02; Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116524], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:02.89
Scope and Contents

The handwritten note on an envelope from Ernie Lyman and correspondence permits Kay Atwood to use written materials and photographs he has contributed to use for local history.

Dates: Prior to 1976

George Hyde – Oregon (and Wells Lake), bulk: 1852-2000

 File — Box 45: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116789], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:05.55
Scope and Contents Letter to C.K. Gardner from George Hyde, dated July 25th, 1854; Email to Kay Atwood from Romey Ware, Douglas County Surveyor, regarding original survey work of George Hyde, dated November 17th, 2000; Letter to John B. Preston from an unknown sender, dated July 10th, 1852; Letter to John B. Preston from George Hyde, dated July 8th, 1852; Letter to C.K. Gardner from Wells Lake, dated March 26th, 1855; Letter to C.K. Gardner from Wells Lake, dated March 26th, 1855; Letter to George Hyde from...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1852-2000

John Gibbs Mountain House – letters, bulk: 1834-1926

 File — Box 37: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116706], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:04.46
Scope and Contents

Photograph film slide of John Gibbs’ tombstone; Handwritten letter to Christian Herold from Mrs. J.H. Russell regarding the Gibbs family, dated April 20th, 1926; Handwritten letter to James Rulpell from Leonard Gibbs, date unknown; : Handwritten letter to James Rulpell from Thomas Davis, dated April 10th, 1854; Handwritten letter to James Rulpell from a member of the Gibbs family, dated May 13th, 1854; Ledger by Probate Judge J.M.F. Patton dated March 16, 1834

Dates: Majority of material found within 1834-1926

NARA Clamant Letters, 1853-1854

 File — Box 44: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116771], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS025:05.51
Scope and Contents

Series of letters to Stewarts’ Creek Rogue River Valley regarding land claims, dated in 1853; Letter to C.K. Gordon from Amanda (last name unknown), dated September 4th, 1854

Dates: 1853-1854

Nelson, Thomas

 File — Box 45: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116789], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:05.60
Scope and Contents

Notes on the Thomas Nelson Papers from The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library; Series of letter correspondence for Thomas Nelson in the 1850’s taken from WA MSS 71 of The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and WA MSS S-21 76 of the Thomas Nelson Papers

Dates: 1809-2013