personal correspondence

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...

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...

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...