Pettit, Duncan, Gibson family papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Pettit, Duncan, Gibson family papers
- Date
- 1730-2008, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 124.23 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Correspondence.
- Families--Kentucky--History--19th century.
- Horse farms--Kentucky.
- Voyages and travels
- Women--Societies and clubs
- Women--Suffrage--United States.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by family name into 19 series.
- Preferred Citation
- 2009MS172: [identification of item], Pettit, Duncan, Gibson family papers, 1730-2008, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- The main families in this collection, the Gibsons, Duncans, Fosters, and Pettits, were prominent in society during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The majority lived in the South, specifically Virginia and Kentucky, while the Fosters were more associated with the Washington and the Minnesota. Also included in this collection are several of the branch families, which the previous four either descended from or married into over the course of many years. Several of these families had members who participated in historical events or were involved in political or social reform, such as Col. Hart Gibson, Henry T. Duncan, Elizabeth Dunster (Gibson) Foster, Laura Clay, Desha Breckinridge and Frederick von Engelken.
- Scope and Content
- The Pettit, Duncan, Gibson family papers (dated 1730-2008, undated; 124.23 cubic feet; 323 boxes) contain the personal papers of members of the Gibson, Duncan, Foster, Pettit families, as well as several of the branch families, from the mid-nineteenth century through the twentieth century. The majority of the collection is comprised of correspondence: letters exchanged among family members, friends and acquaintances, or business associates. Some particular letters of interest include Julia Schoepf’s letters to Mary D. Gibson, concerning Hart Gibson’s imprisonment at Fort Delaware during the Civil War, letters addressed to Henry T. Duncan from Jared Sparks, George Bancroft, Hamilton Fish, and Allen G. Thurman. Also contained within the collection are material pertaining to the women’s suffrage movement. Laura Clay and Elizabeth D. Foster’s papers both include articles, correspondence, speeches, and amendments which relate to their work on women’s suffrage; the collection also contains Elizabeth D. Foster’s suffrage sash. Other materials include: genealogical research, diaries, financial documents, such as accounts, bills of sale, indentures, and leases, as well as photographs of family members and their estate, Ingleside.
- Additionally, the papers contain the political papers of H. Foster Pettit (1930-2014) who served as a two term mayor for the city of Lexington in the 1970s. The materials consists Comprised of correspondence, clippings/newspapers, awards, photographic material and other assorted material from his time as Kentucky State Representative (1964-1970) and two mayoral terms (1971-1972 and 1973-1977).
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
Breckinridge family, 1853-1904
Biographical note
The Breckinridge family is a Kentucky family which enjoyed social prominence in Southern society. Members of the family in this collection include Robert J. Breckinridge, John C. Breckinridge, William C. P. Breckinridge, and Desha Breckinridge.
Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800-1871) was a Presbyterian minister, educator, and editor. His father was Sen. John Breckinridge and John C. Breckinridge was his nephew.
John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875) was the grandson of John Breckinridge, and an attorney, a congressman (1849), Vice-president of the United States under Buchanan (1856), a senator, a Major General for the Confederates during the Civil War, and also Secretary of War for the Cabinet of the Confederate States (1865). He left his post as secretary in April of 1865 to move to Europe and did not return to Lexington, KY until 1868.
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (1837-1904) was a congressman and journalist as well as a colonel in the Confederate army.
Desha Breckinridge was a newspaper editor and reformer who was born in Lexington, Kentucky on August 4, 1867. He was the son of William C. P. Breckinridge and Issa (Desha) Breckinridge, and was married to Madeline McDowell in 1898. He worked in his father's law firm, and was co-owner of the Lexington Herald with his father; he worked there as managing editor and then editor after his father's death in 1904. Desha Breckinridge was heavily involved with the Progressive movement in Kentucky, and was also a well known horseman. After Madeline McDowell's death in 1920, he married Mary Frazer LeBus on July 27, 1929. He passed away on February 18, 1935.
"Breckinridge, John Cabell, (1821-1875)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Web. December 15, 2011
"D. D., LL. D Breckenridge Robert Jefferson." The American Cyclopaedia. 1873. Web.
Find a Grave. n.p., June 7, 2004. Web. May 3, 2012
Scope and Contents note
The Breckinridge family series contains newspaper clippings concerning the family, as well as letters from Robert J. Breckinridge, and Gen. John C. Breckinridge to Henry T. Duncan, a letter from Col. William C. P. Breckinridge to Col. Hart Gibson, and a letter from the manager of the Kentucky Joint Stock Land Bank to Desha Breckinridge concerning a piece of congressional legislation dealing with tax exempt securities. There are also copies of obituary clippings concerning Colonel William C. P. Breckinridge.
Breckinridge family clippings, undated
Robert Jefferson Breckinridge letter to Henry T. Duncan, 1853 July 10
- Box 1, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note
This letter concerns the publication of a speech which R. J. Breckinridge was hoping to circulate among his friends.
John C. Breckinridge letter to Henry T. Duncan, 1854 February 25
- Box 1, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note
This letter mentions receipt of a prior note from Henry Duncan, as well as congratulations on the Henry Clay monument, which Duncan was instrumental in organizing.
Col. William C. P. Breckinridge obituary clippings, undated, 1904
Col. William C. P. Breckinridge letter to Hart Gibson, 1893 December 13
- Box 1, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note
This letter, addressed to Hart Gibson, contains information on the progress of a bill to purchase G.P.A. Healey's portrait of Henry Clay.
Bank letter to Desha Breckinridge, 1923
Clay family, 1777-1984
Biographical note
The Clay family originated in Virginia and then moved to Kentucky over several years. Many members of the Clay family were leaders of political movements and social reform in Southern society. Members of the Clay family included in this collection are: Henry Clay, Brutus J. Clay, Laura Clay, and Susan Clay Sawitzky.
Henry Clay (1777-1852) was a congressman, senator, served as Secretary of State under John Quincy Adams, and was also a Presidential candidate.
Brutus J. Clay (1808-1878) served in the House of Representatives for the state of Kentucky in 1840 and 1860. He also served as president of the Bourbon County Agricultural Association for 30 years, starting in 1840.
Laura Clay was a leader in the women's suffragist movement. Born in 1849, she was the daughter of Gen. Cassius M. Clay and Mary Jane Warfield Clay. She, and other Kentucky women, founded the Kentucky Equal Rights Association in 1888 and she served as its first president for 22 years.
Susan Clay Sawitzky was a poet and a great-grand daughter of Henry Clay.
" Clay, Henry, (1777-1852)." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Web. December 15, 2011.
" Clay, Brutus Junius, (1808-1878)." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Web. March 26, 2012
Scope and Contents note
The Clay family series contains the papers of Henry Clay, Brutus J. Clay, Laura Clay, and Susan Clay Sawitzky. Henry Clay's papers include newspaper clippings about Henry Clay's portrait (painted by George P. A. Healy), and copies of two letters - one from Henry Clay to his son, Thomas Clay, while the other is addressed to Henry T. Duncan concerning business matters. For Brutus J. Clay, there is a copy of a newspaper clipping concerning the wedding of Thomas Clay McDowell and Mary Mann Goodloe, as well as a letter from Brutus Clay to Henry T. Duncan. Laura Clay's papers are comprised of short biographical notes on her life and work, two copies of The Democratic Women's Journal, an essay on Laura Clay written by Nancy Lewis Greene, a copy of Laura Clay's speech on the Child Labor Amendment, a letter to the public concerning the Anthony sufferage amendment, a proposed amendment from the Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference, and many copies of newspaper clippings about Laura Clay's life and work, including her obituaries. Susan (Clay) Sawitzky's papers include a typed paper by Gwen Curry and Lindsey Apple about paternalism in Susan Sawitzky's poems, as well as copies of her poems and a letter from Lindsey Apple to Mrs. Pettit.
Brutus J. Clay clipping and letter, 1864, undated
"Address of Cassius Marcellus Clay...Before the Alumni of Yale University", 1887 June 28
Henry Clay letter and clipping, 1777, 1837
Henry Clay letter to Henry T. Duncan, 1840 May 19
- Box 1, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note
The letter concerns Clay's personal property in Natchez and Port Gibson.
Laura Clay papers, 1920-1941
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1862-1864
Susan (Clay) Sawitzky papers and poems, undated, 1984
Duncan family, 1801-1939, undated
Biographical note
The Duncan family is connected to the Gibson family by marriage. Mary Duncan married Col. Nathanial Hart Gibson and had several children.
Scope and Contents note
The Duncan family series comprises the personal papers of Daniel and Mary T. Duncan, as well as their relatives and ancestors. These relations include: Stephen Duncan, Henry T. Duncan and Elizabeth Pyke, Henry T. Duncan Jr., Lily Duncan, and Kinkead H. Duncan. The majority of the series is correspondence and business papers, though there is also information on family history and genealogy.
General, 1827-1939, undated
Newspapers clippings, 1870-1916, undated
1870-1904
circa 1890s-1900
1907-1916
undated
Lily B. Duncan (Mrs. Henry T. Duncan II) obituary, 1881
Related to General George B. Duncan, undated
General correspondence, 1918, 1936
General notes and clippings, undated
Genealogy, 1929
Invitations, 1939, undated
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1827-1837, 1859
Philotechnian Society, Sayre Female Institute program, 1880
Pyke-Duncan lineage, undated
Horse related clippings, 1904, undated
Horse related materials, 1892-1897
Daniel and Mary Duncan, 1801-1838
Biographical note
Daniel Duncan (1773-1833), the son of William and Mary Duncan, was married to Mary Timberlake, and had three children: Henry T. Duncan, Mary (Duncan) Barr, Eliza (Duncan) Jenkins. He was a successful businessman and was among the first six Town Trustees of Paris in 1797.
Scope and Contents note
The Daniel and Mary Duncan subseries contains correspondence, legal documents, financial papers, and an account book detailing the cash amounts and notes receivable to the estate of Daniel Duncan. The letters are all from friends of Daniel Duncan, one of which is a man named Robert Barr. The hotel registry book is blank and undated.
Correspondence and legal documents, 1807-1832
Accounts, notes, and receipts, 1801-1838
Estate account book, 1833
Hotel registry, undated
Henry Timberlake Duncan, 1815-1892, undated
Biographical note
Henry Timberlake Duncan (1800-1880) was born in Paris, Kentucky to Daniel and Mary (Timberlake) Duncan. He was educated at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania and was a lawyer by profession. He was also heavily involved in agricultural and manufacturing, continuing the enterprises of his father and father-in-law.
In 1826, he married Elizabeth Dunster Pyke (1808-1889) and had five children: Henry Duncan Jr. (1836-1912), Mary (Duncan) Gibson (1838-1910), Elizabeth Dunster "Lily" Duncan (1847-1931), Ellen (Duncan) Voorhies (1843-?), and Daniel Duncan, who died during adolescence.
Scope and Contents note
The Henry T. Duncan subseries includes correspondence with his family, business associates and friends. In addition there are letters from prominant figures of the time as well as papers documenting his household accounts, business transactions; including, an act which incorporated the Frankfort, Georgetown, and Paris Turnpike Road Company, a land sale between J. R. Curry and Henry Duncan, documents associated with Okaw Farm, a property which Henry Duncan owned in Illinois, and documents concerning Duncan's expenses during the Civil War.
Accounts, notes, and receipts, 1815-1891, undated
1815-1823, undated
1824-1829
1830-1831
1832
1833
1834
1835-1836
1837-1842
1856-1861
1862
1863
1864-1865
1866-1891
The African Repository, vol. XXXIX, no. III and XI, 1863
Cancelled checks, 1862-1867
Checkbook, 1863-1865
Checkbook, undated
Checks, 1832-1862
Civil War papers, 1862-1863
Correspondence, 1823-1892, undated
1831-1881
Stephen Duncan Letter to Henry T. Duncan, 1850 December 31
- Box 19, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note
This letter is mostly small talk, with an inquiry for "a good pair of Jacks" for a friend of Stephen Duncan's.
1824, 1830-1836
1837-1862
1855-1866
1863-1887
Allen Granberry Thurman letter, 1864 April 18
- Box 20, Folder 19
Biographical note
Allen Granberry Thurman (1813-1895) was a congressman and and Senator for Ohio. He was a Chief Justice for the Supreme Court in Ohio from 1854-1856, then was elected to the US Senate in 1868 as a Democrat. He also ran for Vice President in 1888, which was ultimately unsuccessful.
"Thurman, Allen Granberry, (1813-1895)." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Web. March 29, 2012.
Scope and Contents note
This letter contains friendly greetings to Henry Duncan and his family.
Garrett Davis letter, 1863 July 15
- Box 20, Folder 18
Biographical note
Garrett Davis (1801-1872) represented Kentucky as a House Representative (1833-1835) and opposed the secession of the southern states and supported the Constitutional Union ticket in 1860.
" Davis, Garrett, (1801-1872)." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Web. March 29, 2012.
Scope and Contents note
This letter to Henry T. Duncan concerns the political climate of the U.S. He writes mostly about President Lincoln, the effect of the war on the cotton trade, and what ought to occur to end the war.
George Bancroft letters, 1859 August 17, 1859 August 30, 1859 October 11, 1863 September 16
- Box 20, Folder 14
Biographical note
George Bancroft (1800-1891) was a historian, as well as the minister to Great Britain and Berlin.
"George Bancroft." Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. March 27, 2012
Scope and Contents note
George Bancroft sent three letters to Henry T. Duncan in the year 1859 that concerned matters such as how Henry T. Duncan Jr.'s visit went, how much George Bancroft enjoyed Mr. and Mrs. Hart Gibson's visit, and how Henry Duncan was purchasing a horse for George Bancroft's use. The fourth letter was sent in 1863 and requests news of Henry T. Duncan and his view on how the civil war will turn out.
Hamilton Fish letter, 1862 April 19
- Box 20, Folder 16
Biographical note
Hamilton Fish (1808-1893) was a congressman, senator, Governor of New York, and Secretary of State under President Grant.
" Fish, Hamilton." The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. Web. March 29, 2012.
Scope and Contents note
This letter touches briefly on the issue of slavery, and discusses the prospects of the Civil War.
Henry and Eliza Duncan family correspondence, 1823-1892
Henry Saltonstall letter, 1862 May 23
- Box 20, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note
Henry Saltonstall wrote this letter informing Henry Duncan of how he let the Boston Courier reprint a portion of Duncan's letter, since it spoke out against the Radicals in Congress. A copy of the clipping is included with the letter.
J. Russell Hawkins letter, 1866 February 9
- Box 20, Folder 20
Scope and Contents note
This letter concerns the charge of getting a bill copied by the Secretary of State.
James B. Clark letter, 1841 March 22
- Box 20, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note
This letter, addressed to Henry T. Duncan, is a thank-you letter for his stay at Duncan's home, and it also contains some information concerning the politics of James Clark's town and the state of the economy.
Jared Sparks letters, 1855 April 18, 1862 May 13
- Box 20, Folder 12
Biographical note
Jared Sparks (1798-1866) was Unitarian minister, as well as a historian and editor of George Washington's papers. He also had a brief career as the president of Harvard University.
" Jared Sparks (1849-1853)." Harvard's Unitarian Presidents. Web. March 29, 2012.
Scope and Contents note
Jared Spark's letters to Henry T. Duncan are social in nature; the first one thanks Henry Duncan for the gifts he sent, while the second one is a response to an invitation to visit.
Larz Anderson letters, 1861 August 9, 1862 May 11
- Box 20, Folder 15
Biographical note
Larz Anderson (1803-1878) of Cincinnati was one of the wealthiest men in Ohio during his lifetime, and was the Director of the Citizen's National Bank.
" Larz Anderson (1803-1878)." OAC: Online Archive of California. Web. March 29, 2012.
Scope and Contents note
The first letter talks about a package which Anderson forwarded to Duncan, as well as congratulations on the results of Henry T. Duncan's election, while the second concerns mostly inconsequential greetings, but there is a brief mention of the progress of the Civil War.
Mary M. Finley letter, 1841 June 1
- Box 20, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note
This letter from Mary Finley, a cousin of the Duncans, is a thank-you letter for his aid in their financial situation.
Miscellaneous, undated
T.A. Marshall letter, 1857 November 11
- Box 20, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note
This letter concerns some property, which Marshall wished to sell, to either Henry Duncan, or someone he recommended.
W. H. Pope letter, 1850 January 16
- Box 20, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note
This letter concerns the hog business of W. H. Pope's son-in-law, Mr. Atkinson. Pope wrote to request a favor, since Henry Duncan had a high position at the Northern Bank.
W. W. Hall letter, 1838 January 2
- Box 20, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note
This letter was sent by W.W. Hall, an agent representing the interests of Hannah Pyke, who was Henry T. Duncan's mother-in-law. The letter has to do with Hannah Pyke's and Henry Duncan's interest in the Bagging Speculation, and how Duncan was authorized to make the same arrangments for Hannah Pyke's portion as his own.
Diary/memorandum, 1866
Envelopes, undated
Finances, 1853, undated
Fragments, undated
Frankfort, Georgetown, and Paris Turnpike Road Company, undated
Funeral notices, 1880
General papers, 1841, 1866
- Box 20, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note
This folder contains a brief biography on Grey Eagle, a horse bred and owned by Henry T. Duncan around 1935. This biography also includes a picture of the painting, by Edward Troye, of Grey Eagle.
Invitation to railroad opening, 1859
John Rodes receipts, undated, 1862
Legal documents, undated, 1824-1881
Letter from Joel T. Hart, 1857
Lock of hair, undated
Journal, 1839-1863
J.R. Curry business correspondence, undated, 1836
Ledger, 1841
Ledger, 1863, 1866-1867
Memo book, circa 1862
Memorandum book, 1863-1865
Notes paid, 1861-1867
Okaw Farm (Illinois), 1835-1867
Elizabeth (Pyke) Duncan, 1837-1893
Biographical note
Elizabeth Dunster (Pyke) Duncan (1808-1889) was the wife of Henry T. Duncan, and the daughter of Samuel and Hannah Pyke. She had five children: Henry Duncan Jr. (1836-1912), Mary (Duncan) Gibson, Elizabeth Dunster "Lily" Duncan (1847-1931), Ellen (Duncan) Voorhies (1843-?), and Daniel Duncan, who died during adolescence.
Scope and Contents note
The Elizabeth (Pyke) Duncan subseries includes letters to her husband, and daughter, Mary Gibson, as well as a few from friends. There are school essays, sunday school notes, a copy of part three of Paradise Lost and a pamphlet titled "A Series of Questions on the Scriptures and Religious Subjects." Also included are copies of newspaper clippings which contain poems, and general articles, as well as the obituaries for her sister, Amelia Pyke, and herself.
Correspondence, undated, 1837-1893
Correspondence, 1864-1867
Clippings, undated
Copybook, 1820
Devotional papers and clippings, undated
Obituary clippings, undated
Henry T. Duncan Jr., 1840-1912, undated
Biographical note
Henry Timberlake Duncan Jr. (1836-1912) was the son of Henry T. Duncan and Elizabeth D. Pyke. He married Elizabeth "Lily" Brand and had nine children: George Brand Duncan, Eliza M. Allen, Edward M. Duncan, Daniel Duncan, Nanna B. Duncan, Fanny Duncan, Margaret (Duncan) Dangerfield, Lily (Duncan) Draper, and Henry T. Duncan III.
He founded the Lexington Daily Press in 1870 (later called the Lexington Herald when Desha Breckinridge became the owner), and served as the mayor of Lexington in 1893 and 1900. He had four siblings: Mary (Duncan) Gibson, Elizabeth Dunster "Lily" Duncan (1847-1931), Ellen (Duncan) Voorhies (1843-?), and Daniel Duncan, who died during adolescence.
Scope and Contents note
The Henry T. Duncan Jr. subseries contains letters to his father and sister, telegrams, a deed concerning a property sale, copies of newspaper clippings pertaining to his mother's death and his political career. The financial papers are an assortment of accounts, notes, receipts, and bills.
Accounts, notes, and receipts, 1863-1867
Address of Henry T. Duncan Jr. at the Lexington Opera House, 1911
General papers, 1855-1912, undated
Letter to father (Henry T. Duncan), 1862 March 12
- Box 25, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note
This letter contains information such as how Mrs. Lincoln is rumored to be a secessionist, and how President Lincoln wishes to send Henry Duncan on a "mission to Russia."
Letter from Henry Clay, 1840
Elizabeth Dunster "Lily" Duncan, 1806-1929, undated
Biographical note
Elizabeth "Lily" Dunster Duncan (1847-1931) was the daughter of Henry T. Duncan and Elizabeth Dunster Pyke. She never married and lived at Ingleside, the estate she bought with her sister Mary (Duncan) Gibson, until her death. She had four siblings: Henry Duncan Jr. (1836-1912), Mary (Duncan) Gibson, Ellen (Duncan) Voorhies (1843-?), and Daniel Duncan, who died during adolescence.
Scope and Contents note
The Lily Duncan subseries contains correspondence almost exclusively addressed to her niece, Elizabeth "Mitty" Foster and financial documents which are an assortment of accounts, receipts, and bank loan slips. The last items are a copy of her obituary which appeared in the newspaper, and an indenture.
Newspaper clippings, 1926
Correspondence, 1855-1926, undated
Financial documents, 1903-1919
Financial documents, 1806-1929, undated
General papers, 1867, 1929
- Box 26, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note
The general papers include a shipping receipt and some dance cards.
Obituary and indenture, 1878, undated
Wallet and contents, undated
Kinkead H. Duncan accounts and receipts, 1866-1867
Floyd family, 1830-1843
Biographical note
The Floyd family was originally from Virginia and Kentucky; they are connected to the Preston and Breckinridge families through marriage.
Scope and Contents note
The Floyd Family series contains the copy of a letter written by Mrs. Letitia Floyd to her son, Coloniel Rush Floyd in 1843 as well as a copy of a paper with handwritten notes on the Preston and Floyd families. The letter concerns the early beginnings of the Floyd, Preston, and Breckinridge families during the 1770's. The notes begin with Col. James Patton and gives a brief sketch of family members all the way to about 1830.
Early history of the Floyd, Preston, and Breckenridge families, 1843
Floyd family genealogy, 1830
Foster family, 1789-1976, undated
Biographical note
The Foster family became connected to the Gibson family when Harrison G. Foster married Elizabeth Dunster Duncan Gibson in 1889.
The family oringally settled in Ipswich, Massachusetss in 1638, but later Harrison G. Foster along with his mother, Martha Wetherbee, and father, Addison G. Foster, moved to St. Paul, Minnesota. From Minnesota, Harrison G. Foster and his wife and eldest son, Hart G. Foster, moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1890. In 1901, the Foster family moved back to Minnesota where they remained until circa 1917 when the family moved to Lexington, Ky.
Scope and Contents note
Primarily consists of correspondence, business papers, genealogical papers, diaries, and military related papers dated [xxxx-xxxx]. The bulk of the series consists of the personal papers of Elizabeth D. G. Foster, Addison G. Foster II, Hart G. Foster, and Harrison G. Foster with most of the papers dated between [xxxx]-[1960s].
Included in the series is a large amount of correspondence between Harrison G. Foster and his sons, Addison G. Foster II and Hart G. Foster, particularly when related to their joint business ventures. Moreover, there is also a large amount of correspondence between Addison G. Foster II and his second wife, Sara “Sally” Foster, as he wrote to her on a nearly daily basis particularly when he was working abroad in Europe.
In Hart G. Foster’s subseries, there is a significant amount of military related material from his involvement in the the Reserve Officers’ Association and American Legion. Also among his military related papers is a photograph of the Bird of Paradise plane, which in 1927 made the first flight over the Pacific Ocean from California to Hawaii.
Genealogy, 1789-1949
Scope and Contents note
The Genealogy subseries contains informaion about the the Foster family, correspondence among members of the Foster clan, and a book titled "Ancestral Tablets", which contains genealogical charts.
Genealogy, 1789-1928
Correspondence, undated, 1937-1949
"Ancestral Tablets ", circa 1900
Genealogical clippings, circa 1915
Geneaology, undated
Foster family clippings, undated
General, 1878-1967, undated
1903 trip to the "Orient"- postcards and pamphlets, circa 1903
Assorted invitations, 1900-1908
Assorted artifacts, undated
B.T.U. Gas Co., 1917-1933, undated
1920-1927
Correspondence [includes photographs], 1919-1922
Financial, 1921-1924, 1933
Finances, taxes, etc., 1919-1924
Stock book, 1919
Leasebook, 1917-1927
Leases and contracts, 1918-1920
The Black Cat magazine, 1897 May
Department of Agriculture Farmers Bulletins, 1916-1927
Executive Mansion card signed by President William McKinley, circa 1897-1901
Gibson Foster scrapbook, undated
Mr. and Mrs. Addison G. Foster II, 1926-1957, undated
Correspondence, 1946-1957, undated
1946
1947
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1956
1957
undated
Postcards, 1946-1955
Invitation for their wedding, 1926
Name plates, undated
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison G. Foster, undated
Newspapers and newspaper clippings, 1878-1967
Pamphlets, 1907-1931
The Pioneer Press Cartoon Book for 1906, 1907
"Stone from Boonesborough, Ky. when Nathianl Hart was killed by the Indians July 1732", undated
"Valuable papers"- book and contents, 1924-1929
World War I, 1914-1918
Written account of members of the Foster family settling in Wisconsin, undated
First floor blueprint for Ingleside, undated
Samuel and Mary (Walker) Foster correspondence, 1847-1896
- Box 28, Folder 1
Biographical note
Samuel and Mary Worthington Walker married and had two children: Addison G. Foster and Samuel W. Foster.
Samuel W. Foster correspondence, 1908-1909
- Box 28, Folder 2
Biographical note
Samuel W. Foster was the son of Samuel and Mary (Walker) Foster. He was also the brother of Addison G. Foster.
Everett W. Foster, 1889-1934, undated
Biographical note
Colonel Everett Worthington Foster was the son of Samuel and Mary Walker Foster and served in the First Minnesota regiment during the Civil War. Later in life he was employed by the US Senate as one of their doorkeepers, before he retired to California in 1914. He died at the age of 98, in 1933.
Scope and Contents note
The Everett W. Foster subseries contains correspondence with members of the family, including brother, Addison G. Foster, and nephew, Harrison G. Foster, as well as other nieces and nephews.
Correspondence, 1889-1912, undated
Correspondence, 1913-1934
Clippings and obituary, 1933, undated
Everett W. Foster, 1907, undated
"The American Ancestors of Everett W. Foster", 1918
- Box 34, Folder 4-7
Scope and Contents note
"The American Ancestors of Everett W. Foster" is a typed genealogical manuscript which Foster researched and wrote. There are two copies of this manuscript, one of which he sent to his nephew, Harrison G. Foster, along with a letter talking about his research (dated 1918).
Addison G. Foster, 1861-1933, undated
Biographical note
Addison Gardner Foster (1837-1917) was the son of Samuel Foster and Mary Worthington. He was married to Martha Wetherbee, and they had four children: Martha Rowena Foster, Francis Walker Foster, Harrison G. Foster, and Charles A. Foster. He served as a Washington senator from 1899 to 1905, and had a few business interests, including lumber, real estate, and grain. He retired in 1914, and lived in Tacoma, Washington until his death in 1917.
Source:
"Foster, Addison Garner (1837-1917)." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Web. March 30, 2012.
Scope and Contents note
The Addison G. Foster subseries contains his personal papers and correspondence. The majority of the correspondence is addressed to his son, Harrison G. Foster, though there are also some letters addressed to his daughter-in-law, Elizabeth D.G. Foster. The letters addressed to himself are from friends, or business associates. Also included in his papers are contracts, stock certificates related to Foster's business interests, directories of the US Senate, political correspondence, copies of speeches he made, multiple copies of a printed portrait of himself, as well as some blank senate stationary. There are also a number of notebooks and pocket diaries.
Address/calendar book, 1897
Autograph book, circa 1904
Business and financial, 1864-1917
Certificate from the Masons, 1877
Newspaper clippings, 1899, 1917, undated
Correspondence, 1870-1933
1880-1894
1896-1901
1901-1915
1902-1903
1904-1907
1908-1933
1870-1913
From his brother (Samuel W. Foster), 1909
From his sister (Mary L. Foster), 1910
Letter to Fitzhugh Lee, 1905
Letter from John Hay, 1900
Correspondence related to his trip to Japan, 1906
General papers, 1861-1913
- Box 28, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note
This folder contains railroad tickets, holiday cards and calling cards, invitations to personal as well as official functions, and a certificate of appointment to the office of county surveyor.
Miscellaneous writings, undated
Notebooks and pocket diaries, 1863-1915, undated
Notebooks and pocket diaries, 1863, undated
Notebooks and pocket diaries, 1866, 1868-1869
Pocket diary, 1871
Pocket diaries, 1893, 1900-1902, 1904-1907
Pocket diaries, 1906-1908
Pocket diaries, 1909-1911
Pocket diaries, 1914-1915
Leather wallet, undated
- Box 97, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note
"A. G. Foster" and "St. Paul, Minn." are inscribed on the inside flap.
Political papers, 1898-1909
Political related materials, 1899-1901
Portraits, undated
Railroad, steamboat, and other travel passes, 1881-1912
St. Paul Dramatic Club programme, 1881
Senate stationary (blank), undated
U.S. Senate stationary, undated
White House invitations, 1904
Writings commemorating his life, 1917
Golden wedding card, 1913
Washington State Legislature manual, 1905
Memo-books and diaries, 1869, 1907
Martha (Wetherbee) Foster, 1881-1923, undated
Biographical note
Martha Wetherbee (1863-1923) was the daughter of Francis Wetherbee and Martha Graves. She married Addison G. Foster (1837-1917), and had four children: Harrison G. Foster (?-1940), Charles A. Foster, Martha Rowena Foster, and Francis Walker Foster.
Scope and Contents note
The Martha (Wetherbee) Foster subseries includes assorted cards, some from Japan, and her obituary clippings; correspondence addressed mainly to her son, Harrison G. Foster; papers received on her trip to Japan, such as invitations, cards (in Japanese), and clippings about her group's trip; personal household accounts; and condolence letters sent her sons, Harrison G. Foster, and Charles A. Foster when she died.
Accounts, 1907, 1913-1923
Clipping, telegram, and Colonial Dames of America Constitution, 1910-1920
Condolences on death of Martha W. Foster, 1923
Correspondence, 1881-1922, undated
1881, undated
1882
1883
1885-1887
1888-1889
1890-1891, 1893
1894-1899
1896, 1915
1900-1901
1902
1903
1904-1905
1906
1907-1908
1909
1910-1911
1915-1920
1921-1922
Daughters of the American Revolution certificate, 1903
General papers, undated, 1905, 1923
John Hay letter to the Diplomatic and Consular Officers of the United States, 1903
Trip to Japan, 1903
Charles A. Foster correspondence, 1894-1940, undated
Biographical note
Charles Addison Foster was the son of Addison G. Foster and Martha Wetherbee Foster. He was married to Gertrude Childs and had four children: Martha Ann Foster, Jane C. Moore, Charles Addison "Arlie" Foster, and Mary C. Knight.
Scope and Contents note
The Charles A. Foster subseries contains correspondence, primarily addressed to his brother, Harrison G. Foster, as well as to his sister-in-law, Elizabeth D.G. Foster, and his nephews and niece. Also included are letters addressed to Charles A. Foster from friends and acquaintances.
1894-1905, undated
1906-1919
1921-1924
1926-1932
1933
1934
1935
1936-1940
Gertrude (Childs) Foster correspondence, 1906, 1940, undated
- Box 34, Folder 8
Biographical note
Gertrude (Childs) Foster was the wife of Charles A. Foster.
Everett J. Foster correspondence, 1929-1935
Harrison G. Foster, 1855-1940, undated
Biographical note
Harrison Gardner Foster (?-1940) was the son of Senator Addison G. Foster and Martha A. (Wetherbee) Foster. He married Elizabeth Dunster Gibson (1867-1926) and had three children: Hart Gibson Foster (1890-1976), Addison Gardner Foster II (1894-1971), and Elizabeth Dunster (Foster) Pettit (1905-1998). He was involved with a lumber business in St. Paul, Minnesota and Tacoma, Washington, with his father, as well as other business ventures with his two sons, Addison and Hart Foster. Later in life he moved back to Lexington, Kentucky with his wife, Elizabeth D.G. Foster. He died in 1940.
Scope and Contents note
The Harrison G. Foster subseries consists primarily of correspondence and business related papers . Included is a substantial amount of correspondence between his family particularly his wife, Elizabeth D.G. Foster, his brother, Charles A. Foster, and his children, Hart, Addison, and Elizabeth.
Also included are papers related to B.T.U. Gas Co. which he ran with his two sons and his lumber business in Tacoma, Washington.
There are also materials related to his family trip to various European cities in 1923.
Family European trip, 1923
General, 1923
Postcard booklets, 1923
Travel related materials, 1923
Postcards, 1923
12 photographs of Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Scotland, 1923
12 photographs of Holyrod in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1923
Printed materials, 1923
Address books, notebooks, and diaries, 1875-1940, undated
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains diaries, notebooks, address books, and memo books kept by Harrison G. Foster.
Address book, circa 1920
Address book, undated
Address book and empty wallet, undated
Diaries, 1875-1940
Notebooks and pocket diaries, 1910-1911, 1924, 1938
Notebook, 1881-1882
Notebook holders and blank pocket notebook (3 items), undated
Memo books and pocket diaries, undated, 1913, 1915
Pocket diaries, memo books, and autograph book, circa 1880, 1919, 1937, 1939
Pocket notebooks and diaries (4 items), 1891-1912
Foster guest book, undated
Guest book for "The Willows", 1906-1911
Business, 1885-1939, undated
Scope and Contents note
The Business subseries includes financial documents and contracts related to Harrison G. Foster's professional and personal ventures; these include income tax returns, accounts, receipts, and stock certificates. The ledgers are associated with the Thomas-Hammond Machinery Co. and one was also used for Harrison Foster's Natural Development Co. accounts; these accounts are organized by lot number.
Account book, 1906-1908
Account book, 1917
Account and memo book, 1886-1894
Accounts and receipts, 1885-1924, undated
Accounts and receipts, 1924-1931
Accounts and receipts, 1935-1939
Bank statements, 1932-1934, 1939
Bank records, 1937-1939
Business card, undated
Check and deposit register, 1908-1911
Check and memo books, 1920-1939
Financial documents and contracts, 1889-1933
General financial, 1919-1934
Income tax returns, undated, 1911-1934
Legal documents related to Golf View Estates property (formerly Ingelside), 1930-1933
Lumber business, 1890-1913, undated
undated
- Box 45, Folder 3-4
Scope and Contents note
The lumber business records contain advertisments, measurement converters, clippings, lists of merchandise, letters and business planners.
1892-1912
- Box 45, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note
The lumber business records contain advertisments, measurement converters, clippings, lists of merchandise, letters and business planners.
1890-1900
1896-1913
Lumber business (planners), 1900, 1906, undated
Lumber company stationary, undated
Lumber business related materials, undated
Thomas-Hammond Machinery Co., 1914-1916, undated
- Box 46, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note
The Thomas-Hammond Machinery Co. file includes contracts and an affidavit for creditors, accounts, lists of inventory, and correspondence.
B.T.U. Gas Company, undated, 1918-1921
- Box 46, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note
The B.T.U. Gas Company papers include pictures of company property, accounts, business correspondence, land titles/leases, and stock certificates.
B.T.U. Gas Company, 1920-1921
- Box 46, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note
The B.T.U. Gas Company papers include pictures of company property, accounts, business correspondence, land titles/leases, and stock certificates.
Natural Development Co., 1929-1935, 1937-1939
Natural Development Co., circa 1930
Natural Development Co. business records, undated
Natural Development Co. journal, 1929
Stock certificates, 1891-1898, 1905, 1924
Ingleside checkbook, 1925-1926
Ledger and wallet, 1915-1916
Ledger, 1915-1930
Family correspondence, 1883-1940
1883-1934
- Box 40, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note
The family letters are from nieces, nephews, aunts, and cousins; quite a few of these are from Charles "Arlie" Foster, his nephew.
1935-1940
- Box 40, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note
The family letters are from nieces, nephews, aunts, and cousins; quite a few of these are from Charles "Arlie" Foster, his nephew.
Condolences on the death of Mrs. Foster, 1926
Condolences on the death of Martha A. Foster, 1923
WWI correspondence with son (Hart G. Foster), 1917
WWI correspondence with son (Hart G. Foster), 1918-1919
Correspondence from his mother (Martha W. Foster), 1892-1901
From his brother (Charles A. Foster), 1879-1939
From his uncle (Everett W. Foster), 1909-1931
From his aunt ( "Fannie" Smith), 1909-1930
From his grandmother (Mary W. Foster), 1894
From his wife (Elizabeth D. G. Foster), 1888-1917
From his son (Hart G. Foster), 1901, 1912-1927
From his son (Addison G. Foster II), 1904-1933
From daughter-in-law (Sara "Sally" Foster), 1926-1939
From his daughter (Elizabeth Dunster Foster Pettit), 1915-1938
To his sons, 1902
From his children, 1932-1939
Correspondence from his son, Hart G. Foster, 1938
Friends and acquaintances correspondence, 1880-1940, undated
1880-1884, undated
1886-1894
1895-1910
1911-1924
1925-1931
1932-1934
1935-1936
1937-1938
1939-1940
General, 1855-1940, undated
Scope and Contents note
The General subseries contains Glee Club concert programs, business labels and stamps, papers from a family trip to Europe in 1923 (passenger lists, reciepts, etc.), poetry Foster collected, clippings, his will, death certificate and obituaries.
Assorted cards, 1884
Blueprints of proposed Golf View Estates in Lexington, Kentucky, 1923-1932
Newspaper clippings, 1873-1914, undated
1909, undated
1873-1904
1914, undated
From an unknown scrapbook, undated
Lumber related, 1903, undated
Yale College/University related clippings, 1889-1898
Contents of a wallet, undated
Hopkins Grammar School, 1882, 1896, 1924
Hopkins school, 1886
Invitations and announcements, 1888-1939, undated
James Thomas' patents for concrete pipe related creations, 1909
List of items in storage, undated
Map of Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, 1880
Masonic membership wallet, undated
Membership application for the Society of Colonial Wars, undated
Memobook, undated
Miscellaneous, undated
Miscellaneous cards and writings, undated
Miscellaneous writings, 1911
Nancy Lewis Greene papers, 1929-1939, undated
Order of dances, 1881, 1888
Poetry, undated, 1935-1939
Post cares, 1918, undated
Postage stamps, undated
President William McKinley's 2nd Inauguration materials, 1901
Printed materials, 1882-1935, undated
Assorted, 1897, 1906, 1917
- Box 96, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note
The Kentucky Farmer and Breeder (July 27, 1906), Town Topics: the Journal of Society (January 18, 1917), and Souvenir: 5th Legislature, State of WA (1897), all belonging to Harrison G. Foster
Alumni Weekly, 1902-1915, 1935
The Critic, vol. XII, no. 2, 1882
Youth and Yale, 1900
Customized booklet of essays, undated
Programs, menus, and dance cards, 1882-1932, undated
Railroad passes and admission tickets, 1880-1915, undated
Railroad, steamship, etc. passes, 1879-1904
Real estate taxes, 1922
St. Paul, Minnesota related materials, undated
School notebook, circa 1870s
University Glee Club, 1891-1892
University Club membership book, 1915
Unofficial stamps and labels, undated
U.S. Trade Commission clippings, undated
U.S. Naval Institute, 1927
Wallet (with contents), undated
Will, death certificate, and obituaries, 1917, 1940
Yale class statistics, 1883
Yale College/University clippings, 1855, 1880
Yale College/University related materials, 1887-1905, 1933
Certificate from the masons, undated
An unidentified article "Travels of a Lumberman", undated
Photographic card, undated
Certificate and membership cards, 1886-1911
Pocket memorandum booklet, 1917
Newspaper clippings, undated
General correspondence, 1869-1940, undated
Scope and Contents note
The Correspondence subseries contains personal and professional correspondence with Harrison G. Foster's family, friends, and acquaintances.
undated
- Box 36, Folder 2-3
Scope and Contents note
The General correspondence contains blank family stationary, tickets, membership cards, advertisments, a sale brochure for Ingleside, a Dictionary of Chinook Jargon, a list of questions for the National Cyclopedia of American Biography, club programs, a marriage announcement for Elizabeth Dunster Foster Pettit, and holiday cards with a printed photograph of himself and his three grandsons.
1869-1933
- Box 36, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note
The General correspondence contains blank family stationary, tickets, membership cards, advertisments, a sale brochure for Ingleside, a Dictionary of Chinook Jargon, a list of questions for the National Cyclopedia of American Biography, club programs, a marriage announcement for Elizabeth Dunster Foster Pettit, and holiday cards with a printed photograph of himself and his three grandsons.
undated
1888-1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907-1908
1909-1910
1911-1912
1913
1914-1915
1916-1917
1918-1920
1921-1922
1923
1924-1933
Congratulations on Senator Foster's election, 1899
Condolences on the death of Addison G. Foster I, 1916-1917
Yale correspondence, 1914-1936, undated
Yale correspondence, 1937-1940
Cards, 1916-1932, undated
Cards, 1933-1935
Cards, 1936-1939
Envelopes, undated
Telegram book, undated
1891-1899
1900-1908
1912, 1915
1922-1929
1930-1935
1930-1940
undated
Correspondence related to getting Harrison G. Foster for the Trade Commission, 1915
Correspondence, undated
1920-1939
1905-1908
1889-1893
Elizabeth Dunster (Gibson) Foster, 1871-1932, undated
Biographical note
Elizabeth Dunster Duncan (Gibson) Foster was the daughter of (Nathaniel) Hart Gibson and Mary (Duncan) Gibson. She married Harrison G. Foster and together they had three children: Hart Gibson Foster (1890-1976), Addison Gardner Foster II (1894-1971), and Elizabeth Dunster (Foster) Pettit (1905-1998).
She was a leader for women's suffrage, an active participant in democratic politics (she was one of fifteen women who was appointed as a delegate to the National Democratic Convention), and was a member of many clubs and committees such as Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, War Mothers of America, the Navy League, the Aloha Club, and other musical clubs. She died in 1926, after suffering a stroke.
Scope and Contents note
The Elizabeth D.G. Foster subseries consists of an extensive amount of personal correspondence with her family and friends, financial documents, her invovlement in civic and social activities. The bulk of the subseries is primarily correspondence.
In the family correspondence there are approximately 2,500 letters, postcards, and telegrams. There is a substanial amount of letters from her husband, Harrison G. Foster, who wrote to her very frequently especially when he was away on business. Moreover, there is a substantial amount of correspondence from her mother, Mary (Duncan) Gibson as well as other family members.
Correspondence in this subseries generally focuses on family, social and buiness activities. Other topics of interest are The Chicago World's Fair (1893), social life of Washington D.C. (circa 1890s-1900s), and the sale of Ingelside (1924-1925).
Other topics of interest in the subseries, primarly related to her involvement in social clubs, are the Colonial Dames, Daughters of the American Revolution, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Moreover, there is a large amount of material related to her involvement in the Women's suffrage movement in America. Included are correspondence and other papers related to her membership in the National Council of Women Voters and the Lexington chapter of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association.
General, 1871-1927, undated
Scope and Contents note
The General subseries includes printed material from Southern Magazine and Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, as well as bulletins and pamphlets, a diary, copybook, two address books, an inventory of items at Ingleside, calling cards, and an assortment of newspaper clippings.
Address book, undated
Assorted writings, undated
Blue scrapbook, 1892-1898
Calling cards, undated
Carnival of Roses, 1896
Certificate ornating Elizabeth D.G. Foster Countess of Lexington, 1888
Newspaper clippings, 1866-1926, undated
1866-1900
1878-1920
1883-1889
1893-1898
1896-1922
circa 1900
circa 1904-1913
1904-1914
1909
1909-1913
1916-1920
1921-1923
1922-1923
undated
Confederate war clippings, undated
The New York Times, 1914 November
Political clippings, circa 1916
Obituary clippings, 1926
Tacoma clippings, undated
Copybook, 1881
Diary, 1906
Empty envelopes, 1904-1924
European trip, 1923
European trip printed materials, 1923
Inventory, undated
Invitations, 1906-1926
Lock of hair, undated
- Box 97, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note
Foster sent the lock of hair to her husband, Harrison G. Foster.
Mattie D. Gibson scrapbook clippings, undated
Mattie D. Gibson scrapbook loose items, undated
Memorandum book, 1914
Miscellaneous, undated
Miscellaneous writings and cards, undated
Music printings and programs, 1884, 1890-1900
Music printings and programs, 1895, 1910-1920
Music related programs, 1898-1900
Printed material, 1871-1927, undated
undated, 1871
1895, 1903, 1927
1873, 1897
Colonel William Crawford, by James H. Anderson, undated
Logan's Parliamentary Rules Made Easy, 1910
Publications and bulletins, undated, 1905, 1918, 1923-1925
Printed sentiment cards, undated
Program from Carlyle House, undated
Grand Opera Libretto: "Rheingold", "Siegfried", and "Walkyre" (all by Mr. Maurice Grau), undated
Red datebook, 1914
Loose items from red date book, 1917-1923
Ribbons, undated, 1906
- Box 97, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note
Ribbons include: one United Daughters of the Confederacy ribbon; four ribbons associated with the Daughters of the American Revolution - one with George Washington's face, one with "Vice-President General," a third from the Mary Ball Chapter in Tacoma, WA, and the fourth from the Kentucky chapter; a ribbon from the Navy League, given to Foster while in St. Paul in 1906; and a black ribbon with "S.S. President Roosevelt."
Sympathy telegrams, 1926
Various cards, 1900
White House invitation, 1903
Will, 1895
World War I news release, 1914
National Genealogical Society Certificate, 1923
Framed quote by [Elizabeth] Dunster Gibson Foster, undated
Correspondence, 1873-1926, undated
Scope and Contents note
The Correspondence subseries contains letters to and from Foster's immediate members, the majority of which is addressed to her husband, Harrison G. Foster, and friends and acquaintances. In addition, the subseries contains invitations to events, a thank-you letter from Julia Schoep and correspondence with politicians.
a thank-you note from the secretary of the President; a nwes release for WWI, when Germany declared war on Russia; suffrage papers which detail her involvment with the National Council of Women Voters, some statements typed by Laura Clay, her handwritten notes on meetings, a copy of the Woman's Journal, correspondence, clippings, and pamphlets on female suffrage; her political papers which include entrance tickets to the Senate Chamber, invitations to the Missouri Women's Woodrow Wilson Democratic Club, a thank-you note from the President's secretary, a resume of her work and club affiliations, a program from the Democratic Conference, and congratulations on being appointed a delegate for the Democratic National Convention. ; a general assortment of other papers concerning various war efforts, with clippings and correspondence; correspondence concerning her work with the Civic League; an informational packet concerning the Mother's Memorial Foundation and their work; correspondence and organization papers detailing the rules and regulations of the Pocahontas Memorial group. Other clubs and interests include papers from: the Ladies Musical Club, such as programs and clippings; the Aloha Club, such as concert programs, clippings, and some correspondence; concert programs from the St. Cecilia Club; two registers from the Kentucky Historical Society; programs and correspondence concerning the Federation of Women's Clubs; a program from the Minnesota Boat Club; Mrs. Foster's personal writings, such as essays, poems, and articles; some printed material including Southern Magazine, and Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, as well as various other bulletins and pamphlets; a diary; a copybook; two address books; an inventory of items at Ingleside; calling cards; wedding invitations to her wedding to Harrison G. Foster; a general assortment of newspaper clippings; photographs and an invitation to York Hall; her will and some empty envelopes.
1873-1889
circa 1880s
1881-1887
1881-1890, 1898
1888
1889
1890-1891
1892
1893
1894
1894-1900
1895
1896-1897
1898
1898-1899
1900
1900-1904
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1905-1906
1906-1909
1907-1908
1909
1910-1911
1910-1919
1912
1913
1914-1915
1916-1918
1919-1920
1920-1924
1921
1922
1923
1924-1926
1925-1926
undated
Assorted correspondence, 1898, 1909-1910
Assorted correspondence, 1887-1920, 1931
Correspondence with Robert Burns Wilson, undated
Correspondence with Julia Schoepf, 1911
Correspondence with Pearl, undated, 1881-1896
Correspondence with Miss Foster, 1890-1922, undated
Correspondence with N.A. Popham, 1903-1921
Correspondence with Ben Harwood, 1916-1920, undated
Correspondence with CP. H. Callahan (Scopes trial), 1925
Correspondence with Robert M. Collins (von Engelken scandal), 1905
Letter from Frank L. McVey, 1922
Family, 1877-1925, undated
1877-1905, undated
1907-1909
1910-1920
1922-1925
From her mother (Mary Duncan Gibson), 1877-1910
From her father (Col. Hart Gibson), 1888-1899
From her sister (Mary D. Gibson Gibson), 1886
From her sister (Louisana Gibson Maxfield Von Engelken), 1916-1917
From her brother (Hart Gibson Jr.), 1890
From her aunt (Lily Duncan), 1898-1917
From her husband (Harrison G. Foster), 1891-1923
From her son (Hart G. Foster), 1901, 1913-1925
Vance family, 1898-1906, 1918
Humphreys family, 1898-1911, 1922
Elizabeth G. Foster, 1976-1925, undated
undated
1876-1889
1893-1903
1904
1905
1906-1907
1908
1909
1910
1911-1915
1916
1917-1919
1920
1921-1922
1923
1924
1925
Invitations and wedding announcements, 1885-1925, undated
Cards, undated
White House card, undated
Wedding invitations, undated, 1889
York Hall photographs and invitation, undated
Envelopes, undated
Financial, 1900-1932, undated
Scope and Contents note
The Financial subseries documents Foster's personal accounts.
Accounts, checks, and receipts, undated, 1900-1932
Checkbooks, 1918-1921
Account books, 1918-1920, undated
Insurance policies, 1914-1918, 1921
1919-1920
1918-1920
State and County tax receipt, 1922
Women's suffrage and politics, 1879-1930, undated
Scope and Contents note
The Papers subseries includes material related to Foster's involvement with womens' suffrage and politics. Among these are documents detailing her involvment with the National Council of Women Voters, statements typed by Laura Clay, handwritten notes on meetings, and invitations, correspondence, and clippings. In addition there are entrance tickets to the Senate Chamber, invitations to the Missouri Women's Woodrow Wilson Democratic Club, a program from the Democratic Conference, and congratulations on being appointed a delegate for the Democratic National Convention. Finally, the subseries includes Foster's personal writing in the form of essays, articles, and poems.
General, undated
- Box 51, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note
This folder contains two pictures of the Dewey Arch, given to her from her son, Hart G. Foster.
General, undated, circa 1880-1924
- Box 51, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note
The General folder contains stamps, recipes, handwritten notes and lists,and business cards.
General poltical papers, 1912-1924, undated
Suffrage, 1906-1920, undated
undated
1914-1916
1915
1915-1916
1915-1920
1916
1917-1920
Newspaper clippings, 1906, 1915-1916, 1919, undated
Women's suffrage sash, undated
1915
Political clippings, 1916-1920
Political clippings, 1916
Political memorabila, 1916-1920
Essays and articles, undated, 1879-1930
- Box 67, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note
These materials were written by Elizabeth Dunster (Gibson) Foster.
Poem and music, undated, 1887-1903
Societies and Clubs, 1890-1926, undated
Scope and Contents note
The Societies and Clubs subseries contains papers related to Foster's involvement with social and civic organizations.
Daughters of the American Revolution, 1893-1925, undated
1893-1902, undated
- Box 65, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note
The Daughters of the American Revolution folders include programs to events, correspondence among the members, a typed copy of the rules and regulations, invitations, a copy of the constitution and by-laws of the organization, clippings, and a membership card.
1903-1906
- Box 65, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note
The Daughters of the American Revolution folders include programs to events, correspondence among the members, a typed copy of the rules and regulations, invitations, a copy of the constitution and by-laws of the organization, clippings, and a membership card.
1907-1916
- Box 65, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note
The Daughters of the American Revolution folders include programs to events, correspondence among the members, a typed copy of the rules and regulations, invitations, a copy of the constitution and by-laws of the organization, clippings, and a membership card.
1919-1925
- Box 65, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note
The Daughters of the American Revolution folders include programs to events, correspondence among the members, a typed copy of the rules and regulations, invitations, a copy of the constitution and by-laws of the organization, clippings, and a membership card.
1894-1920
1914-1924
Colonial Dames of America, 1891-1924, undated
1906-1913, undated
- Box 65, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note
Folders on the Colonial Dames contain blank stationary, correspondence and invitations, a directory of the members, rules for admission into the society, an organization publication and society minutes.
1904-1915
1914-1924
- Box 66, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note
Folders on the Colonial Dames contain blank stationary, correspondence and invitations, a directory of the members, rules for admission into the society, an organization publication and society minutes.
Minutes, 1914
Publication, 1891-1913
Historian's report, 1914
United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1911-1926, undated
1911-1926, undated
- Box 66, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note
The United Daughters of the Confederacy folder includes clippings, programs, a report from the President General, and correspondence among the members.
Newspaper clippings, 1900-1913
undated
The Report of the President-General to the 27th annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1920
Minutes of the Kentucky Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the annual convention, 1920
Minutes of the twentieth annual convention, 1913
The Navy League, undated, 1917
- Box 66, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note
The Navy League folder contains correspondence and a typed letter concerning organization details.
American War Mothers, undated, 1919-1920
- Box 66, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note
The American War Mothers folder includes clippings, correspondence, a program to an event, and a typed appeal written by Mrs. Elizabeth G. Foster.
American War Mothers, 1919
Women's Auxiliary, 1920
War efforts, undated, 1919
Civic League, 1910-1911
The Mother's Memorial, 1924, undated
- Box 66, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note
An informational packet concerning the Mother's Memorial Foundation and their work.
Mothers Memorial Foundation, undated
Pocahontas Memorial Association, 1907, 1915
- Box 66, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note
The Pocahontas Memorial Association folder contains correspondence and organizational papers detailing the rules and regulations.
Ladies Musical Club, 1890-1895, undated
- Box 66, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note
The Ladies Musical Club folder includes programs and clippings.
Ladies Musical Club, 1896-1899
- Box 67, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note
The Ladies Musical Club folder includes programs and clippings.
Aloha Club, 1893-1894, undated
- Box 67, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note
The Aloha Club contains concert programs, clippings, and a small amount of correspondence.
Aloha Club, 1895-1897, 1906
- Box 67, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note
he Aloha Club contains concert programs, clippings, and a small amount of correspondence.
St. Cecilia Club, 1895-1901
- Box 67, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note
The St. Cecilia Club folder contains concert programs.
Kentucky Historical Society register, 1924
Kentucky Historical Society register, 1925
Federation of Women's Clubs, 1897-1898, 1918, undated
The Minnesota Boat Club, 1906
Confederate Veterans Association program, 1917
Record of the various social club membership, undated
United Confederate Veterans, 1914
Hart G. Foster, 1889-1976, undated
Biographical note
Hart Gibson Foster (1890-1976), a native of St. Paul, Minnesota, was the son of Harrison G. Foster and Elizabeth Dunster Gibson. He was also the brother of Addison G. Foster II and Elizabeth Dunster Foster Pettit (1905-1998). He married Florence Jones Vining and had no natural children, though he did have a step-son, named Heath Vining. He was educatedst St. Paul Academy (1903-1907), Phillips Academy (1907-1911) in Andover, Massachusetts. He also studied at the Sheffield Scientic School of Yale University from 1910-1913. Between 1917-1919, he served in the 313th Field Artillery. Circa 1919, he accepted a commission as a Captain in the Field Artillery Officers Reserve Corps. He remained involved with the Officer's Reserve Corps thorughout the 1920s. Upon the outbreak of World War II, he rejoined the U.S. Army.
Scope and Contents note
The Hart G. Foster subseries consists of five subseries: general, correspondence, family correspondence, financial, and military. The subseries primarily consists of material related to his career and involvement in the military and military related organizations.
Within the military subseries contains materials related to his membership in the Reserve Officers' Association and American Legion as well as his correspondence, orders, and publications from when he was enlisted in the United States Army. Of particular interest within the military career subseries is a photograph of the Bird of Paradise airplane, which in 1927 made the first flight over the Pacific Ocean from California to Hawaii.
Also included in the subseries is correspondence mainly with his family and papers related to his involvement in the B.T.U. Gas Co. which was run by his father (Harrison G. Foster), brother (Addison G. Foster II) and himself.
Correspondence, 1895-1974, undated
Scope and Contents note
The Correspondence subseries contains letters to and from Foster's family, friends, and acquaintances, and as well as letters from his French teacher (which are written in French). The majority is addressed to Foster's parents, Harrison and Elizabeth Foster.
1898-1903, undated
1895-1930
1904
1904-1936
1905-1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912-1913
1914-1915
1916
1917-1918
1919
1919-1935
1920-1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926-1927
1928
1932-1934
1935
1936
1938-1939
1940-1974
1897-1933, undated
WWI correspondence, 1917
WWI correspondence, 1918-1919
Business correspondence with father, 1920-1922
Business correspondence with father related to Concrete Pipe Co., 1915-1916
Business correspondence related to Concrete Pipe Co., 1915-1916
Correspondence, 1907-1916
Correspondence, 1920-1929
Correspondence, undated
Correspondence, 1927
Family correspondence, 1893-1933
From his mother (Elizabeth Dunster Gibson Foster), 1901-1925
From his grandmother (Mary D. Gibson), 1896-1898
From his great-aunt (Lily D. Gibson), undated
From his grandfather (Colonel Hart Gibson), 1899
From his brother (Addison G. Foster II), 1918-1933
From his brother (Addison G. Foster II), 1914-1930
From his grandmother (Martha A. Foster), 1903-1922
From his father (Harrison G. Foster), 1904-1932
From his father (Harrison G. Foster), 1893-1927
From his sister (Elizabeth Dunster Duncan Foster Pettit), 1917-1922
From his Grandmother (Mary D. Gibson), 1895
Financial, 1907-1937, undated
Scope and Contents note
The Financial subseries contains accounts and bank statements, papers associated with Foster's job with the B.T.U. Gas Company, and stockholders' information.
1907, 1920-1934
1919-1934
1924-1934
General, 1923-1933, undated
Checkbooks, 1919-1920, 1934-1935, 1937
B.T.U. Gas Company financial papers, 1919-1921, undated
B.T.U. Gas Company financial papers, 1923-1924
B.T.U. Gas Company diary and memo book, 1924-1925
Structural elevation map of the Volga Section, undated
- Box 96, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note
A structural elevation map of the Volga section, which belonged to Hart G. Foster in relation to his work with the B. T. U. Gas Company.
Bank book, 1920
Account book, 1907-1916, 1919
Ingleside yearbook, 1925
- Box 80, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note
The Ingleside yearbook records the payroll for servants and general upkeep at Ingleside.
General, 1889-1976, undated
Scope and Contents note
The General subseries contain Foster's school essays, reports cards and letters from the school administration; stamps; an assortment of notebooks, address books, memo books, and his baby book; and two diaries.
Census, 1933
Address book, circa 1910-circa 1920
Address book (with contents), 1911
Anti-communism materials, 1924-1928
Anti-communism printed materials, 1923-1934
Assorted cards, notes, and pamphlets, 1911-1920, undated
B.T.U. Gas Co. [includes photographs], 1922, 1943
Baby book, 1892
Bulletin of the National Association for Constitutional Government, 1923
Newspapers and newspaper clippings, 1923-1976, undated
Communism, national defense, and pacifism, 1926
Communism, national defense, and pacifism, 1922-1926
Diary, 1914-1917
Diary, 1924
Field exercise maps, 1924
Field exercise map, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, undated
Intelligence summaries, 1927
Invitations, 1917-1932
Map entitled Petit Plan de Bruxelles and Faubourgs
Map of "Paintsville Quadrangle", undated
Maritime related map, undated
Miscellaneous, undated
Miscellaneous printed material, 1913-1927
Memo book (with contents), 1931
Name plates, undated
Notebook, undated
Organizations in America that promote peace, 1926
Papers, undated, 1890, circa 1917
- Box 70, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note
The General folder contains cards, tickets, advertisements, his birth certificate, a map of Arlington, and a map of the Mediterranean.
Phillips Academy- order of exercises, 1910
Pocket diary, 1926
Poltical related materials, 1926-1933
Printed material, 1917, undated
Postcards, 1920
School related notebooks, 1899-1910
School work, 1900
School reports and papers, undated, 1901-1911, 1942
Scrapbook of wedding invitations, 1889-circa 1917
Stamps (200 French colonies), undated
Stamps and empty envelopes, 1894-1926
Summary of allotments reserve officers to first Corps area for peace time procurement, 1927
Unidentified college questionaire, undated
World War I, 1917-1919
Writings and articles on military training, 1925-1927
Writings from various organizations, 1917-1926
Ye Shall Know the Truth by Fred R. Marvin, undated
Pocket diary, 1927
Military, 1917-1934, undated
Scope and Contents note
The Military subseries contains Foster's WWI papers, including his service record, programs for events, letters, applications, and other papers dealing with the administration of his unit; Foster's reserve officers' assocation and career papers, which cover bulletins for the 64th calvary division, constitution and by-laws of the organization, correspondence, newsletters, maps, reserve tests, data sheets, manuals, and papers from the Field Artillery School; clippings; and military training manuals.
American Legion, 1922-1933
General military, 1917-1934, undated
1923, 1927-1932
1926-1932
1924-1926
1917, 1927-1933
1924-1928
1917-1927
Publications, 1917-1927
1922-1934
1923-1927
Field notebook, 1918
Publications, 1927-1928
1926-1927
1925-1934
1917-1934
1921-1932
1923-1934
1923-1934
1922-1924
Publications: Officers of the Army, Monthly Information Bulletin (Office of Naval Intelligence), Army List and Directory, 1927
Certificates and awards, 1924-1927
Reserve Officers' Association, 1922-1934, undated
undated
1923-1934
1924-1931
Publications, 1924-1932
1926-1931
1922-1932
1923-1928
1922-1933
Writings, 1922-1925
1924-1931
1926-1932
1923-1931
1922-1926, 1934
1923-1926
1923-1926
Reserve Officer career, undated
Reserve Officer career, 1925-1932
Reserve Officer career clippings, 1923-1926, undated
"Regulations Governing the Mobilization of Man Power for Military Purposes", 1923
"Tactical Employment of Field Artillery", 1924
World War I papers, 1917-1919
Organization chart, military intelligene division, general staff, 1926
Organized Reserve Units Alloted to Corps Area, 1927
Army and corps areas, United States army, Infantry division areas, Organized reserves, 1920
Training map of Fort Knox, 1928
Training map of Camp Henry Knox, 1928
Map of Fort Knox and Camp Henry Knox, undated
Florence (Jones) Vining Foster correspondence, 1936-1967, undated
- Box 80, Folder 5
Biographical note
Florence (Jones) Vining Foster was the wife of Hart G. Foster.
Addison G. Foster II, 1879-1969, undated
Biographical note
Addison Gardner Foster II (1894-1971), born in Tacoma, Washington, was the son of Harrison G. Foster and Elizabeth D. G. Foster. He is also the brother of Hart G. Foster and Elizabeth Dunster (Foster) Pettit (1905-1998). He was married twice: first to Mary Louise Campbell (1918) and then to Sara "Sally" Thomas Wilkerson. He had one son with Louise Campbell, named James Campbell Foster (1920-?) [orignially named Addison G. Foster III].
He attended the St. Paul Academy, Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut and the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. Also studied privately with Arthur Gunlogsen in Washington state. From 1915-1917 he was a student at the University of Kentucky Law School.
During World War I, he entered Second Officers Training School and was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry with the 159 Depot Brigade at Camp Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1918 he was promoted to first lieutenant and later made Captain in the "Intelligence Reserve." Circa 1918 he along with his brother, Hart G. Foster, and father, Harrison G. Foster started the B.T.U. Oil and Gas Co. which explored oil and gas in Eastern Kentucky. From 1921 until thee start of World War II, he held several jobs including positions with the United States Lines, New York Shipbuilding Co. and National Emergency Council. During and after World War II until 1957, he held various positions with the U.S. government including the Chief of the Transport Section of the Industry and Industrial Resources Division of the Office of Economic Affairs in the U.S. Mission to N.A.T.O. In 1957 he retired to Florida with his wife, Sally Foster, living there most of the remainder of his life.
Scope and Contents note
The Addison G. Foster II subseries consists primarily of correspondence, the majority of which is addressed to Foster's parents or his second wife "Sally" Foster. In addition, there are letters addressed to him from his friends and acquaintances, correspondence concerning the American Commission on Agricultural Credit as well as copies of The Southern Commercial Congress and a table plan for the Savoy Hotel.
Also included are materials related to his travels in Europe as a member of the U.S. Foreign Service.
General, 1880s-1970, undated
- Box 81, folder 1
Scope and Contents note
The General folder contains business cards, a small pocket book, a typed tribute to Mrs. Foster (his mother), school tests and report cards, accounts, a program for a military funeral, a list of current Federal agencies, an ocean liner pamphlet, and a typed copy of a farewell speech given in his honor.
Account book, 1959
Account book, 1880s
Address book, undated
American Commission on Agricultural Credit correspondence, 1913
American Commission on Agricultural Credit, 1913
The American Commission, 1913
Agriculture Commission European trip, 1913
Baby booties, undated
Bank records, 1957-1965
Biographical information, undated
Biographical material, undated
Business papers, 1949-1966
Calendar, 1967
Charter of the S.S. "Djerada", 1951
Checkbook, 1964-1966
Christmas dinner menu, 1879
Newspaper clippings, 1918-1956, undated
Contact book and notes, circa 1950s
Dedication of Old Morrison at Transylvania University program, 1971
Diary, 1915
Diary, 1951
European trip related materials, undated
French driving permits, 1946-1951
Foreign service list, 1969 May
Graph entitled: "Major Economic Changes in the United States since 1894"
His son's (James Campbell Foster) hair, circa 1920s
Invitations and programs, 1904-1920
Invitation from the Radio Corporaation of America and The National Broadcasting Company, 1939
La Truite Au Bleu menu, 1943
Legal documents, 1959-1965
Maps of various European cities, undated
Memory book- "Addison Stories", undated
Military career, 1933
Miscellaneous notes, undated
Miscellaneous, undated
National Press Club- constitution and by-laws, undated
Notes and writings, undated
Notebook, 1958
Novelty cards ( "magic photos"), undated
Notebooks (3 items), undated
Pocket note and account books, undated
Pamphlets, brochures, and booklets, 1935-1938, 1961
Personal stationary, undated
Remarks made by Dr. Bergemann, 1957
School paper- A Boy with a Conscience, undated
Individual tax return, 1924
Palma Sola Blvd. property, 1958-1959
Personal property tax, 1961-1964
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1916
Sons of the American Revolution, 1901, 1924-1925
- Box 83, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note
This folder contains two copies of the bulletin for the Sons of the American Revolution as well as a membership application.
Tax returns, 1936-1942
Tax returns, 1967-1970
Transportation related materials, 1943-1956
Transportation related materials, 1952-1957, 1967
Transportation related materials, 1945
U.S. Maritime Commission, 1942-1945
U.S. Maritime Commission Divison of Economics and Statistics, 1945
Documents related to Washington State Legislature, 1899
"Walking on the Green" (song), 1948
World War Record of Lineal descendants of Confederate Veterans, undated
European trip, 1913
Field exercise map of Fort Hill Oaklahoma, 1923-1924
Correspondence, 1969
Printed materials, 1917-1967, undated
"Convention for European Economic Co-Operation with related documents", 1948
Assorted, 1966-1967
Registration regulations booklet, 1917
Statistical Report, no. 252, 1927 May 10
"The Transoceanic Corporation of the United States" and "Proposal to Establish a New American Ocean Service", 1928, undated
Transportation related printed materials, 1928, 1952-1957
Correspondence, 1899-1971, undated
1900-1903, undated
1900-1938
1903, 1956
1909-1910
1910-1968, undated
1911-1920
1913, 1952-1968
1921-1922
1923-1924
1923-1925
1925-1926
1927-1930
1932-1962
1940-1947
1949-1956
1950
1953-1956
1957-1959
1957
1958
1959
1960-1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
Blank postcards, undated
From his brother (Hart G. Foster), 1926
Business correspondence with father, 1919-1920
- Box 82, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with Foster's father concerning his involvement in the B.T.U. Gas Company.
Holiday cards, 1958-1971
From Mary Louise Campbell (Foster), 1918-1939
From his mother (Elizabeth D.G. Foster), 1900-1926
From his sister (Elizabeth Dunster Foster Pettit), 1956
Loose items and miscellaneous writings found with correspondence, undated
Military related, 1924-1925, 1941
"Personal" correspondence, 1954-1969
Postcards, 1950-1962
Related to Dr. Adolph Prussian, 1935-1947
Related to the Foreign Operations Administration, 1954-1957
undated
Stamps and empty envelopes, 1899, 1924
Stamps and empty envelopes, 1951-1961
Sara "Sally" (Wilkerson) Foster, 1922-1967, undated
Biographical note
Sara "Sally" Thomas Wilkerson was the second wife of Addison G. Foster II.
Scope and Contents note
The Sara "Sally" (Wilkerson) Foster subseries contains letters addressed to her father-in-law, Harrison G. Foster, and a few addressed to Elizabeth Dunster Pettit and Florence J. Foster.
Correspondence, 1926-1936, undated
Correspondence, 1938-1940
Correspondence, 1949
Correspondence with husband (Addison G. Foster II), 1924-1966
Diary, 1922
Drawing pad, undated
Funeral register, 1967
International travel document, 1946-1947
Transcription of tape recording related to her paintings, 1954
James Campbell Foster, 1928-1965, undated
Biographical note
James Campbell Foster was the son of Addison G. Foster II and his first wife, Louise Campbell. He was orginally named Addison G. Foster III, but his mother changed his name after her divorce.
Scope and Contents note
The James Campbell Foster subseries contains four letters which he wrote to his grandfather, Harrison G. Foster.
Newspaper clippings, 1965, undated
Correspondence, 1928-1932
Wedding invitation, 1945
General, 1770-1981, undated
Scope and Contents note
The General series contains material with no clear connection to a specific branch of the family. Included are printed materials, assorted ephemera, newspapers/clippings, and correspondence.
Advertisments and broadsides, 1859-1892, undated
A.M. Miller letter to Honorable Geo. Kinkead, 1892
Architectural drawing of an unidentified church, undated
Assorted artifacts, undated
Blank postcards, undated
From Cameroun [sic], undated
From Bermuda, undated
From Yellowstone National Park, 1940
From Japan, undated
From Puerto Rico, undated
From Panama, undated
With unknown origin, undated
From Canada, undated
From Asia, undated
Postcard booklets from Europe, undated
From America, undated
From Europe, undated
Blue Grass Trust- board of directors meeting minutes, 1965
Blueprint for LCI conversion, 1974 October 10
Blueprint for residence of Mr. H.C. [Foriter?], undated
Unidentified blueprint of an unknown area in Downtown Lexington, Ky., 1931
Assorted artifacts, undated
Assorted cards, undated
Assorted cards, undated
Assorted currency and stock certificates, 1864, undated
Assorted letterheads and envelopes, undated
Assorted maps of Kentucky, 1935-1950
Assorted pamphlets, undated
Assorted pins, undated
Assorted poems by James H. Mulligan, undated
Assorted road maps, 1935, undated
Assorted slave documents, 1828-1835
Assorted stamps, undated
Assorted wallets, undated
Assorted writings and notes, undated
Broadside- "Lines", circa 1830
Campaign poster for O.M Travis Jr., undated
Charles W. Dabney (President of the University of Tennessee) letter to Charles D. Clay, 1893 October 4
Correspondence, undated
Correspondence related to John L. Tilton, 1888-1891
Correspondence related to the University of Kentucky, 1891
Defense Council of Lexington and Fayette County, undated
Empty envelopes and stamps, 1937-1941
Empty photo albums, undated
"Four Years Under Marse Robert" advertisement, undated
Garrett Davis letter to Henry T. Duncan, 1862 January 20
General papers, undated, 1894-1909
- Box 97, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note
This folder contains the following: blank stationary, a dinner menu for an oceanic steamship, bits of scraps and notes, cards and letters, a ticket booklet, an essay titled The Solitary Way, and a pocket book with a few handwritten notes contained in it. The owners of these items were unidentifiable, so they were placed into General Materials.
Geometry notes, undated
Gibson Park map, 1926
Gunpowder essay, undated
Hindman Settlement School printed material, 1937, undated
Horse and livestock farms in the Bluegrass, undated
House drawing, undated
How the shakers cook and the noted cooks of the country, 1889
"The Husband and Wife Statue of 1894"
Incomplete letter signed by an unidentified prisoner of war, undated
Ingleside estate blueprint and property maps, 1925, undated
Ingleside painting, undated
Invitation to the 2nd annual reunion of Roosevelt's Rough Riders, circa 1901
Invitation to the dedication and formal opening of Bowan Field in Louisville, Kentucky, 1923
J.W. Grisby and wife vs. R.J. Breckinridge, 1866-1867
John Evans letter to Col. A. Lewis or Gen. [Charles?] Scott, 1812 October 30
John Thomas Cassidy memorial book, 1921
Jefferson Davis election bill, 1861 November 6
Judge James H. Mulligan poem In Kentucky, undated
Kentucky history pamphlet, vol. I, undated
Kentucky Superstitions advertisement pamphlet, undated
Letter from James M. Tate, 1874
Letter to James K. Patterson from an unidentified professor, 1892
Lexington Opera House programs, 1912-1914
Lexington Opera House general, 1938, undated
Lucuis Desha letter, 1847 March
Map no. 2: Delinenation of voting precincts and various districts in the Urban Area of Lexington, undated
Map of Lexington, Kentucky, undated
Map of Lexington and suburbs, undated
Material related to Victor Hammer, 1954, 1981
Miscellaneous, undated
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1807-1935
Miscellaneous court documents, 1876
Miscellaneous ledger, undated
Miscellaneous writings, undated
Name cards, undated
Newspapers and newspaper clippings, 1770-1980, undated
1868, undated
1868-1878
circa 1870-1880
1875, undated
1880
circa 1880s-1898
1880-1885
1880, 1910
1880-1886
1881, 1908-1909
1882, 1891, undated
1886-1907, 1929
1888-1906, undated
1890-1905, undated
circa 1890s
1895
1895, 1901-1904
1895-1906
1896-1907
1897-1907
1899-1901, undated
1899-1906
1899-1908
1900-1905
1900-1907, undated
circa 1900-1910
1900-1907
1900, 1938, undated
1901-1910
1902-1906, undated
1902-1907
1903-1905
1903-1909
circa 1904-1910
1904-1909, 1928
1904-1910
1904-1910
1905-1906
1907-1909
1907-1915, undated
1907, 1936
1908
1908-1909
1909
1909
1909
1909-1910
1909-1928
1910, undated
1911-1912, undated
1911-1923
1917, 1936, undated
circa 1920
1924-1941
1933
1935, undated
1954, 1978, undated
1956
1956
1960, 1972
1976-1977
1978
1978-1980
1978-1980
undated
undated
undated
undated
undated
undated
undated
undated
undated
undated
About Our Ancestors, 1912-1915
circa 1912-1915
1914, undated
circa 1912-1915
circa 1912-1915
circa 1912-1915
circa 1912-1915
circa 1912-1915
circa 1912-1915
circa 1914-1915
The Boston and Country Gazette Journal, 1770 March 12
Clipping book and contents, undated
Clipping book and contents, undated
Morgan's Men clippings, 1913, undated
Related to Marion Hale Gregory, undated
Related to Robert E. Lee, circa 1925
Ulster County Gazette (reproduction), 1800 January 4
Will Rogers clippings, 1935
Newspaper map of Jacksonville, Florida, undated
Paderewski and His Art, by Henry T. Finck, 1895
Photocopy of a document related to Nathanial Hart, 1771
Pictorial Review pattern print, undated
Postcards, undated
Printed material, 1837-1981, undated
1846, 1885-1897
1886-1895
1899, 1916
- Box 97, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note
Contains, Official Report of the History Committee of the Grand Camp C. V., Department of Virginia, by Dr. Hunter McGuire, and A Pioneer Railway of the West, by Maude Ward Lafferty.
1900-1914
1900-1917
1904-1910
1916-1929
1917, 1929
1922-1927
1922, 1932, 1977
1935-1961, 1984
1944-1976
1941-1942
1963-1981
1977-1979
undated
Army and Navy Register, 1932
Assorted bond and posters, 1974-1977
Assorted pamphlets and brochures, undated
A Compendium of the World's Food Production and Consumption, 1891
The American Monthly Review of Reviews, vol. XVI, no. 91, 1897
The American Soldier, 1920
The American University commencement program, 1965
The Bellman, vol. XV, no. 376, 1913
The Best Guide of the Ancient Monument of Athens and the Acropolis, 1952
The Bicentennial Polka, 1976
Blue and Gray: The Patriotic American Magazine, vol. IV, no. 5, 1894 November
Book-of-the-Month Club News, 1978
The Boston Budget, 1904
The Capital Symbol of Freedom..., circa 1961-1962
The Chautauquan, vol. XII, no. 6, 1891
Checkmate, undated
The Christian Observer, vol. 85, no. 49, 1897
Crochet magazines, 1914-1916
Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, vol. XLIX, no. 1, 1916 July
"A Voyage to Europe" diary, 1853
Doigts De Fee, undated
Eimreidin, 1904
"Eskimo Cookbook", undated
First Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Kentucky) booklets, 1898, 1940-1941
Gilles De Claireur, 1911
"The Goddess Sul and Heathen Rites new Bath," lecture by Rev. A.M. Downes, 1909
Gold Ore Mining Company pamphlet, 1896
"Harper's magazine", no. 278, 1873
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. XVII, no. CIV, 1859
Harpers' Weekly, vol. XXXVI, no. 1849, 1892
Illustrated Manual of Knitting and Crochet, 1894
Illustrated Sunday Magazine of the Courier-Journal, 1908
"Indian History and Biography", 1837
Infants' and Children's Wear: Manual of Knitting and Crocheting, 1931
Journal d'Actualites Dramatiques, 1911
Kentucky Ancestors, vol. 14, no. 3, 1979
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station of the State College od Kentucky, Bulletin no. 66 and no. 116, 1897, 1904
Kentucky Women Remembered, 1977
Lady's Journal, no. 104, vol. IV, 1873 November
The Ladies' Home Journal, vol. XIV, no. 7, 1897
"Les Poids Et Mesures...", undated
Leslie's Weekly, vol. LXXX, no. 2093, 1895
Louisa County and the War Between the States, undated
The Literary Digest, vol. 51, no. 15, 1915
Methods of Teaching History, Vol. I, 1885
The Most Popular National Songs, 1907
"Music" a monthly magazine, vol. XII, no. 1, 1897
The Musical Courier, 1895-1898
My Pipe and I or a Few Clouds of Smoke, 1888
National Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1924 March-June
New England Society of Pennsylvania- Twent Second Annual Festival, 1902
Nushka Club booklet, 1890
The Outlook, vol. 77, no. 3, 1904
The Pall Mall Magazine, vol. XV, no. 63, 1898 July
Pamphlet from Museum of Decorative Art, 1923
The Phillipian, Phillips Academy, 1910
"Pocket Reference Guide Army, Navy, and Marine Corps Insignia", 1943
Pond's Extract, 1882
Postcard booklet from Athens, undated
"Prayers offered by the Chaplain the Rev. Peter Marshall...", 1947-1949
Presbyterian Life, vol. 17, no. 9, 1964 May
The Race Problem: Historical and Philosophical Points on the Subject Stated By a Correspondent, undated
Related to Confederate organizations, 1903-1921
"Romeo and Juliet", 1887
The Sadle and Horse Show Chronicle, vol. 6, no. 47, 1916 December 27
"Shadows of Glory Cling to Mansion of Ingelside" article from The Lexington Leader, 1932
The South's Part in Mongrelizing the Nation, by Earnest Sevier Cox, 1922
The Southern Planter and Farmer, no. 1, 1876 January
Souvenir program for Paul Draper and Larry Adler joint recital, undated
The Stage, 1892-1898
Statement of Major General Buell in Review of the Evidence before the Military Commission, 1862
Statement of the Sugar Crop Made in Louisana in 1859-60, 1860
Sunday Herald-Leader, 1978 July 2
Time magazine, vol. XIV, no. 17, 1929 October 21
Time Magazine, 1965, 1981
Trained Motherhood: A Journal for Young Wives and Mothers, vol. VII, no. 6, 1900
Travel related, 1961-1966
Travel related, 1939, 1948-1953
The Two Napoleons and the Changed Face of Europe, 1916
University of Kentucky Library keepsakes, 1961-1962
University: A Princeton Quarterly, "Major Challenges Facing American Higher Education Today", Summer 1977, no. 73, 1977
Vertical Filing, undated
The West Coast Trade, 1897
Brochures from Yellowstone National Park, 1940
Print of the Gettysburg Address, undated
Printing plates, undated
- Box 309, Folder 5