personal correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Correspondence, typically written letters or notes, from one person to another.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Family letters, 1887
File — Box 01: Series MSS049:01 [Barcode: 35138008124486], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS049:01.03
Scope and Contents
The 1887 correspondence contains letters from Lena Phillips (nee Anderson) of Butte, Montana Territory, to her sisters Dora Anderson and Sarah "Sada" Anderson of Ashland. A receipt from the John Breuner Furniture House of Sacramento for a parlor suite of furniture for $55 is also included.
Dates:
1887
Family letters, 1893
File — Box 01: Series MSS049:01 [Barcode: 35138008124486], Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS049:01.09
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...
Dates:
1893
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