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Adams family papers, 1687-1939.
BANC MSS 81/96 zLOCAL
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Title:

Adams family papers, 1687-1939

Creator/Contributor:

Adams family., creator

Abstract:

Includes two letters, 1697-1700, by Richard Adams, Chester, England, to his brother, Francis, in Boston re shipment of weaving equipment and wool to Massachusetts; diary of Mary Carver Adams, Oct. 1856, re her travels from Washington, D.C., to New York and sailing from thence to New Orleans; diary of her sister, Alice, for 1867, recording social life in Washington, D.C. and her trip to Europe; scrapbook kept by Cora B. Taylor (later Mrs. James Barry Adams) while in Rome, with calling cards, menus, programs and letters, including three from John B. Jackson; obituary clippings for James Barry Adams, 1939.

Date:

1687 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-dc -- e-it--- -- n-us-ma
Textile industry -- Massachusetts
Family archives
Textile fabrics -- Massachusetts
Family records
Textiles et tissus -- Industrie et commerce -- Massachusetts
Archives familiales
Textiles et tissus -- Massachusetts
family papers
Family records
Family archives
Manners and customs
Textile fabrics
Textile industry
Travel
Europe -- Description and travel
Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
Rome (Italy) -- Description and travel
Europe -- Descriptions et voyages
Rome (Italie) -- Descriptions et voyages
Europe
Italy -- Rome
Massachusetts
Washington (D.C.)
Adams, Mary Carver -- -1860
Adams, Alice M -- 1841-
Adams, Cora Berenice McGaw Taylor -- 1876-
Jackson, John Brinckerhoff -- 1862-1920
Adams, Richard
Adams, Francis
Taylor, Cora B
Adams, James Barry -- -1939
Adams, Francis

Note:

Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1981.027--PIC).

Type:

Diaries.
Scrapbooks.
Theater programs.

Physical Description:

1 box (.4 linear ft.)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 81/96 zLOCAL

Origin:

California