Photographs of adults, 1920, undated
File — Box: 4, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection includes the Ford family's correspondence, photographs, and assorted receipts, certificates, clippings, and cards dating from 1864 to 1980. The bulk of the collection dates from 1880 to 1937. Materials are arranged chronologically within correspondence, financial records, miscellaneous materials, and photographs.
The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1880 to 1924. Primary correspondents include Mary L. Ford, Emma Annie (Ford) Nichols, Robert V. Ford, Judson Nichols, Alice Susan (Ford) Bailey, Clarence W. Ford, Helen M. Ford, Kiser Nichols, Stanley Nichols, and Martha Plummer.
Topics discussed in the correspondence include family activities and health, clothing, travels, employment and problems finding employment, weather, and financial matters.
The financial records are unsorted and include bills and related materials from Helen's hospitalization, dating from 1974 to 1977.
Miscellaneous materials include certificates, receipts, and bills predating Helen's hospitalization, clippings, cards, assorted paper items, Robert V. Ford's passes during the Spanish-American War, baptism certificates, graduation programs, the marriage certificate of Mary and Martin Ford, and legal papers assigning power of attorney to Plummer. Materials date from 1864 to 1976, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1890 to 1936. There are some genealogical materials, including an undated handwritten history of the activities of Company B of the 88th Illinois Volunteers, a family history of Mary L. Ford's family dated 1942, and undated obituaries for Martin Ford and Emma Judson. Box 5 includes two family Bibles. Also included are several oversized items, housed in B 188, including Emma and Helen's high school diplomas and Robert's discharge papers from the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans Home.
The photographs are unidentified and undated with few exceptions, but seem to include most members of the extended Ford family. They appear to date from the early 1860s through the 1940s and for the most part are formal studio portraits. Letters refer to photographs being sent to various family members, but the photographs were removed at some point from the letters. Also included in the series are several tintypes. Many of the photographs are of children. The photograph album (housed in Box 5) kept by Helen M. Ford is in poor condition and the photos are unidentified. Some of the photographs have first names, but since the Ford family named children after aunts and uncles, it remains difficult to identify the photographs.
There is also an oversize folder which contains Ford family diplomas and certificates ranging from 1881 to 1907 and photographs, ca. 1890 (OB035).
The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1880 to 1924. Primary correspondents include Mary L. Ford, Emma Annie (Ford) Nichols, Robert V. Ford, Judson Nichols, Alice Susan (Ford) Bailey, Clarence W. Ford, Helen M. Ford, Kiser Nichols, Stanley Nichols, and Martha Plummer.
Topics discussed in the correspondence include family activities and health, clothing, travels, employment and problems finding employment, weather, and financial matters.
The financial records are unsorted and include bills and related materials from Helen's hospitalization, dating from 1974 to 1977.
Miscellaneous materials include certificates, receipts, and bills predating Helen's hospitalization, clippings, cards, assorted paper items, Robert V. Ford's passes during the Spanish-American War, baptism certificates, graduation programs, the marriage certificate of Mary and Martin Ford, and legal papers assigning power of attorney to Plummer. Materials date from 1864 to 1976, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1890 to 1936. There are some genealogical materials, including an undated handwritten history of the activities of Company B of the 88th Illinois Volunteers, a family history of Mary L. Ford's family dated 1942, and undated obituaries for Martin Ford and Emma Judson. Box 5 includes two family Bibles. Also included are several oversized items, housed in B 188, including Emma and Helen's high school diplomas and Robert's discharge papers from the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans Home.
The photographs are unidentified and undated with few exceptions, but seem to include most members of the extended Ford family. They appear to date from the early 1860s through the 1940s and for the most part are formal studio portraits. Letters refer to photographs being sent to various family members, but the photographs were removed at some point from the letters. Also included in the series are several tintypes. Many of the photographs are of children. The photograph album (housed in Box 5) kept by Helen M. Ford is in poor condition and the photos are unidentified. Some of the photographs have first names, but since the Ford family named children after aunts and uncles, it remains difficult to identify the photographs.
There is also an oversize folder which contains Ford family diplomas and certificates ranging from 1881 to 1907 and photographs, ca. 1890 (OB035).
Dates
- 1864-1980
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 1.85 Cubic Feet (4 manuscript boxes, 1 medium oversize box, 1 medium oversize folder)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Ford family (Family)
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
