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Davenport family

 Family

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Basil Davenport papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 489
Abstract:

The Basil Davenport Papers consist chiefly of correspondence, including a substantial number of outgoing letters from Davenport to his family. The collection also contains Davenport's diaries, drafts of his writings and translations, printed material documenting his career and critical work, and personal papers including genealogical material.

Dates: 1899-1964

Davenport family papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-3644
Abstract: The collection documents, primarily through correspondence, the Evita and Levi B. Davenport family. It includes 420 autograph and typescript letters, signed, addressed to members of the Davenport family, 1907-1964, undated. Many of the letters are between Evita Davenport and her husband, Levi B. Davenport, her mother, Eva M. Rait, and her son, Lee Davenport, Jr. Matters discussed primarily focus on Evita Davenport's family and social life in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Goldfield, Nevada; and San...
Dates: 1848-1975, bulk 1907-1953

Statement concerning an attempted break-in, [17--?]

 Part of Collection — Box 64: [Barcode: 39002137225398], Folder: GROUP 2519, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Statement, autograph manuscript, in an unidentified hand, describing witness accounts by Willys Toals, Semion Landcroft, Samuel Farren, Levi Rowe, and Mrs. [Godsel?], of an intruder's attempt to break into the Davenport home.

Removed from Connecticut Fights... by D. W. Strickland (New Haven, ca. 1930).

Dates: [17--?]