Box 1
Container
Contains 44 Results:
To Louise from Irene B. Ward [original], 17 March 1882
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates:
17 March 1882
To Louise from Irene B. Ward [facsimile], 17 March 1882
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates:
17 March 1882
To father from Irene B. Ward [original], 5 December 1890
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates:
5 December 1890
To father from Irene B. Ward [facsimile], 5 December 1890
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates:
5 December 1890
To Carrie from Abby Crane, circa 1850s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates:
circa 1850s
To Mr. & Mrs. Chester Ward from Eleanor Huskins, 15 September 1975
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Scope and Content
Letter dated September 15, 1975; to "Family and Friends" concerning the death of Bill Huskins signed by Eleanor, Vickie, David, Doug Huskins. (Bill Huskins gave the book "History of the American Presyterian Mission to Iran, 1834-1960" to Dr. C.L. Ward in 1972 during his visit to Tehran, Iran.)
Dates:
15 September 1975
Briggs, Benjamin Bennett, 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Scope and Content
Man looking at object on ground; transcription on the bottom margin identifies the object: "B?? that Coyote is caught in the trap. B.B.B."
Dates:
1890s
Briggs, Daniel, 186[?]
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Scope and Content
Portrait of Daniel Briggs; L.N. Sackett, Photographer, Medina, Ohio
Dates:
186[?]
Briggs, Irene [tintype], 1870
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Scope and Content
Photograph (tintype)- portrait of Irene Briggs, 1870; identification obtained from leaflet "Sunday Postal Labour" in which photograph was enclosed.
Dates:
1870
Briggs, Rhoda, 186[?]
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Scope and Content
Portrait of Rhoda Briggs; L.N. Sackett, Photographer, Medina, Ohio
Dates:
186[?]