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Albert Barnitz papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1294
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence, diaries, military papers, and other material documenting the military career of Albert Barnitz and Barnitz family life. The papers concern such subjects as cavalry operations, military life, relations between parents and children, and child rearing practices.

Dates: 1852-1978

Brewster family papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1309
Abstract:

The papers contain diaries, artwork, and an album of Elizabeth Bates Brewster and her daughters Ada Augusta Brewster, Mary Brewster Long, and Elizabeth Brewster Scribner. Subjects discussed include child rearing and family life, nursing during the Civil War, school teaching, and life in Nevada and California.

Dates: 1838-1879

Loren and Stanley Disney Family Papers

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Call Number: WA MSS S-4149
Content Description: The Loren and Stanley Disney Family Papers, which span from 1896 to 1989, contain correspondence, diaries, writings, photographs, clippings, ephemera, and other papers created by or related to Loren G. Disney, his children Stanley E. Disney and Dorothy Cameron Disney MacKaye, and Stanley E. Disney’s wife, Frances Higbee Martin Disney. An unpublished, typescript memoir, “Political Recollections of L. G. Disney,” describes Loren Disney’s life in Oklahoma politics and government...
Dates: 1896-1989

Farwell Knapp papers

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Call Number: YCAL MSS 256
Abstract: The Farwell Knapp Papers, largely consisting of correspondence, journals, photographs, and other papers, documents the personal and professional life of Connecticut tax lawyer Farwell Knapp. Knapp’s experience as a student at Yale University and Harvard University law school are recorded, including his involvement with the secret society Skull and Bones and friendships with fellow alumni (such as poet Phelps Putnam and painter Russell Cheney). The life of Knapp's wife, Helen Bayne Knapp, and...
Dates: 1891-1947, bulk 1907-1942

Myers family papers

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Call Number: YCAL MSS 27
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence with family, friends, and acquaintances, plus a variety of personal papers, including obituaries, letters of sympathy, diaries, and scrapbooks documenting the lives of Richard E. and Alice Lee Myers and their children. Prominent correspondents include Stephen Vincent Benét, Nadia Boulanger, Grace Flandrau, John Gielgud, Charlotte Kett, Archibald MacLeish, and Gerald Murphy.

Dates: 1908-1986

Helen Howard Stevens and Sarah Martha Robinson Stevens Letters

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Call Number: WA MSS S-4539
Abstract: Collection of 115 manuscript letters by or relating to Helen Howard Stevens and her daughter Sarah Martha "Dixie" Robinson Stevens in Kalispell, Montana, 1902-1939.Early letters, 1902-1912, document the courtship of Helen Stevens and Jess Hayes Stevens, their domestic and family life, and the childhoods of Dixie Stevens and John Howard Stevens. They also include Helen Howard Stevens' experiences as a teacher and Jess Stevens' work as a lawyer, as well as the former's...
Dates: 1902-1939