Orr family

Scope and Contents The collection includes a letter written on the reverse of an undated broadside. The one-page portion of a letter is dated December 31, 1905, and is addressed to “Tracy, My Dear Son.” The letter mentions receipt of a bank certificate, a tribute paid to the writer’s mother, and memories of dear Grandmother Orr. The undated broadside on which the letter was written includes a column headed “notes of Sport” (“Dope That May Interest Baseball Readers…”) and another column headed “Low...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence of the Hammond family of Fort Wayne (Allen County), Indiana and Swan (Noble County), Indiana (1841-1867), correspondence and other papers regarding the Orr family in DeKalb and Steuben Counties, Indiana (1869-1904) and two issues of the Ashley-Hudson Times, Indiana newspaper (1916, 1932).Helen [S] Bates wrote 2 letters in 1967 to Mrs. Hopper regarding old papers and letters which she was reviewing for a friend.There are letters...