Finding aid for the Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers 0394

Jacqueline Morin and Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2012
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu


Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers
Creator: Briggs, Abby Crane
Creator: Briggs, Benjamin
Creator: Briggs, Caroline Crane
Identifier/Call Number: 0394
Identifier/Call Number: 1511
Physical Description: 4.92 Linear Feet 8 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1836-2020
Date (bulk): 1850-1920
Abstract: Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs was a horticulturist and medical doctor who originally came to California from Ohio during the Gold Rush but returned to Ohio where he married and established a medical practice. He later returned to California to continue with horticultural pursuits and was one of the founders of La Crescenta, where he hoped to establish a health resort. Though he died before he could accomplish all his dreams, today's Crescenta-Canada valley was home to many sanitariums and health resorts owing to its excellent quality of air. Briggs is also remembered for having started the first school in the valley, the first church, the first public park, and the first full-time medical practice in the area. The Briggs family papers contain correspondence to and from various family members, photographs of family members spanning multiple generations, Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs' 1849 diary, ephemera, collected publications, and realia. Shedding light on the daily lives of one of Southern California's pioneer families, the Briggs family papers is a small but historically important resource.
Language of Material: English .

Biographical Note

In 1986, Sally Ward, the wife of Dr. Chester L. Ward, M.D., wrote a short description of Benjamin Bennett Briggs' life and his descendents based upon information compiled earlier by Irene Ward Kennedy, the sister of Benjamin Briggs Ward, Sr. The document that Sally Ward created is the first folder in the collection and helps to identify various family members through the generations as well as summarize the life of Benjamin Bennett Briggs specifically.
Benjamin Bennett Briggs was born on June 2, 1827 in Bristol, New York. The seventh of at least nine children born to Thomas Briggs and Abigail Gregg, Benjamin and his family moved to Ohio in 1835 where they farmed and where the children learned about horticulture.
In the spring of 1849, Benjamin and two of his brothers as well as a neighbor, set out for California (from Missouri) across the plains with an ox team. Benjamin was 22 years old; the youngest brother on the journey, John, was only 18. It took the group nine months to make the trip, during which time Benjamin was accidentally injured by a bullet which affected his health for the rest of his life. When the men arrived in California, two of them went to the mines as planned; Benjamin and his brother George became successful gardeners. Eventually, however, Benjamin's poor health led him to return to his Ohio home while George continued to plant orchards in Knights Landing, Oroville, and Marysville, California. Unfortunately the floods of 1861-62 destroyed the 300 acres of his Marysville orchard which was eventually completely covered by mining deposits.
Upon returning to Ohio, Benjamin married Abby Crane in 1852; their only child Irene was born in 1853 in Wadsworth, Ohio. Benjamin and his family later spent time in California again looking at property and prospects; Abby died of tuberculosis in Santa Paula in 1863. Benjamin and his daughter returned to Ohio where, at age 35, Benjamin enrolled in medical school. Continuing his medical studies in 1865, Benjamin traveled to Heidelberg, Germany and Paris, France, accompanied by his daughter Irene and her cousin Louise N. Crane, daughter of his oldest sister, Louise Briggs Crane.
After their return to the United States, Benjamin had a medical practice in Crawfordsville, Indiana for about 13 years. In 1870, Benjamin married Caroline A. Crane -- his first wife Abby's sister. Benjamin's daughter Irene married Reverend Samuel Lawrence Ward in 1873 and they went to Persia as missionaries of the Presbyterian Church for over twenty years.
In the early 1880s, Benjamin returned to California to continue with horticultural pursuits and was one of the founders of La Crescenta, where he hoped to establish a health resort. (Briggs coined the name "Crescenta" to indicate the crescent-shaped valley nestled between the Sierra Madre mountains and the Verdugo Hills.) Though he died before he could accomplish all his dreams, today's Crescenta-Cañada valley was home to many sanitariums and health resorts owing to its excellent air quality. Briggs is also remembered for having started the first school in the valley, the first church, the first public park, and the first full-time medical practice in the area. Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs died in 1893 at the age of 65.

Scope and Content

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 generations. There are also a few Presbyterian missionary materials because Benjamin's daughter, Irene, married Samuel Lawrence Ward; they went to Persia as missionaries of the Presbyterian Church from 1876 to 1897. Other noteworthy items in the collection include a very small (and fragile) Arabic prayer book and an 1896 book of "pressed flowers from the Holy Land" in excellent condition.

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder# or item name], Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs Family Papers, Collection no. 0394, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Acquisition

The collection was presented to USC Libraries by Benjamin Briggs' great-great-grandson, Dr. Chester Ward, and his wife, Sally Ward. In 2019, Lynda Ward Pierce donated additional family papers, which have been added and described as part of this collection.

Processing Note

Assistance in processing the Briggs papers was provided by Tiffany Chu.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

La Cañada (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
La Cañada Flintridge (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
La Crescenta (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
United States -- History -- 1849-1877 -- Archival resources
Pioneers -- California -- Biography
Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Archival resources
Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Diaries
Panama -- Photographs
Ambrotypes (photographs)
Cased photographs
Daguerreotypes (photographs)
Correspondence
Diaries
Photographs
Briggs family -- Archives
Briggs, Abby Crane -- Archives
Briggs, Benjamin -- Archives
Briggs, Caroline Crane -- Archives
Briggs, Irene Crane -- Archives
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. -- Correspondence
Ward, Samuel Lawrence -- Archives

 

Biographical Information 393702

Box 1, Folder 1

Family History 393703 1962

Scope and Content

This folder contains a photocopy of the work compiled by Irene Ward Kennedy in 1962: Family History of Ward, Briggs, and Allied Lines. Irene Ward Kennedy was the sister of Benjamin Briggs Ward, Sr. and the granddaughter of Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs. The manuscript documents the lineage of these families with "family tree" charts, photographs, and text from historical society records and genealogical registers. A portion of the document is Samuel Lawrence Ward's own recollections of his father's history.
In addition to the 225-page manuscript, the folder includes three pages of family information extracted and summarized from it, accompanied by the patent information and description of a 1959-1960 invention of Benjamin Bennett Briggs known as the "Improved Apparatus for Laying Drain Tiles."
Box 2

Briggs and Crane: A Collection of Family Letters, a Gold Rush Diary, and Other Documents, 1849-1895 2019

General

An independently published book, compiled by Trudy Lindaman in 2019, on the histories of the Briggs and Crane families. The book consists of historical essays with reproductions of family letters, a Gold Rush diary, photographs, and other documents spanning 1849 to 1895.
 

Personal Papers 393704

Box 1, Folder 2

Account Book 393705

Scope and Content

Account book of B.B. Briggs, 186?
Box 1, Folder 3

Diary [original] 393706

Scope and Content

Diary kept by Benjamin Bennett Briggs during his travels from Sharon, Ohio to Yuba City, California from March through December of 1849. Briggs was accompanied by two of his brothers, John and George, as well as a neighbor, George Case. They set out with a wagon and a team of oxen, stopping in small towns or unsettled areas to camp. Briggs makes note of the weather and road conditions, food conditions, creek crossings, and health conditions of him and his companions. A major delay in their journey occurred near the end of July when Briggs was accidentally shot through the lung and was laid up for about a month while some of his party went on ahead. Briggs was "put into a wagon" through most of August but continued to travel and to record short notes in his diary. The last entry of the diary is for December 31, 1849, in which Briggs writes, "Arrived at the Yuba pitched my tent there and [words erased]."
Box 1, Folder 4

Diary [transcription] 407982

Scope and Content

Facsimile copy of "Transcription of the Personal Diary of Benjamin Bennett Briggs: 1949 [1849] Cross Country Travelling from Sharon, Ohio to Yuba City, California; transcribed by Sally (wife), Katharine & Lynda Ward (daughters) of B.G. Chester L. Ward, M.D., the Great, Great, Grandson of Dr. B.B. Briggs, 1985-86."
Box 2, Folder 20

Land conveyance from Benjamin Bennett Briggs to Joseph Briggs 1859-05-25

Box 2, Folder 18

Legal records sent to Mrs. S. L. Ward from Ristine & Ristine Attorneys 1863-1875

Scope and Contents

Includes indentures, deeds, and correspondence relating to legal issues for various Briggs family members.
Box 2, Folder 17

Passport of Benjamin Bennett Briggs 1865-04-14

Box 2, Folder 19

Warranty Deed from Sarah A. Hurlburt to Edward D. Young 1890-10-08

Box 2, Folder 21

Yuba Lodge, No. 39, F.&A.M. -- Benjamin Bennett Briggs membership certificate and receipt for dues 1864-1865

 

Letters 407871

Box 6, Folder 1-4, Box 7, Box 8

[Correspondence added to the collection in 2021] 1836-1904

Scope and Contents

Additional letters written/received by the family of Benjamin Bennett Briggs. Included are letters written by his wife (Abby Crane Briggs), daughter (Irene Briggs Ward), and son-in-law, Samuel Lawrence Ward, who was a pastor in the Glendale Presbyterian Church. Some of the letters by Samuel Lawrence Ward were written while he and Irene Briggs Ward were missionaries in Persia. There is also some correspondence of Samuel Lawrence Ward's father (the earliest dating from 1836), and children. The letters describe life in Southern California (Glendale, specifically) where the family settled from the Midwest (Ohio) and after their Persian missionary work.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Trudy Lindaman, June 1, 2021.
Box 2, Folder 1

To sister from Abby Crane 1849-1861

Scope and Contents

9 letters from Abby Crane addressed to her sister. In a few of these letters, "Caroline" is specified as the recipient and one letter is addressed to "My dear Sister & Brother."
Box 2, Folder 2

To Abby Crane from Caroline Briggs 1842-12-10

Processing Information

A Post-it note--stating: "1842 letter / Abby & Caroline Crane attended Wheeton Seminary"--was removed from the letter.
Box 2, Folder 15

To Abby Crane from [first name illegible] Church 1847-07-28-1847-11-15

Box 2, Folder 7

To Caroline A. Crane from Levi L. Crane 1852-1855

Scope and Contents

Four letters from Levi Crane to his daughter, Caroline.
Box 1, Folder 5

To nieces from Sophie Crane [original] 407983 16 October 1853

Scope and Content

Same page includes letter addressed to "Dear sister" from Abby C.B., dated December 19, 1853
Box 1, Folder 6

To nieces from Sophie Crane [facsimile] 407984 16 October 1853

Box 1, Folder 7

To sister from Abby [Crane] [original] 407985 18 August 1853

Box 1, Folder 8

To sister from Abby [Crane] [facsimile] 407986 18 August 1853

Box 1, Folder 25

To Carrie from Abby Crane 408006 circa 1850s

Box 1, Folder 9

To father from Abby Crane [original] 407987 24 November 1861

Scope and Content

Letter from Abby Crane to father, Marysville, California, November 24, 1861. Original letter torn into five pieces.
Box 1, Folder 10

To father from Abby Crane [facsimile] 407988 24 November 1861

Box 1, Folder 11

To husband from Abby C. Briggs [original] 407992 1 September 1861

Box 1, Folder 12

To husband from Abby C. Briggs [facsimile] 407993 1 September 1861

Box 2, Folder 6

To various family members from Benjamin Bennett Briggs 1862-1891

Scope and Contents

18 letters
Box 1, Folder 13

To "My dearest one" from B.B. Briggs [original] 407994 January 1863

Scope and Content

Letter in poetic form "A sort of Lament while passing some lone hours in Unionville Nevada in Jan 1863," from B.B. Briggs to "My dearest One"
Box 1, Folder 14

To "My dearest one" from B.B. Briggs [facsimile] 407995 January 1863

Box 2, Folder 4

To various family members from Irene B. Ward 1865-1892

Scope and Contents

11 letters, mostly addressed to "My dear Father." Other recipients include, "My dear Aunt and cousins" and "My dear Auntie."
Box 2, Folder 5

Samuel Lawrence Ward - letters to and from 1873-1901

Scope and Contents

Six letters
Box 1, Folder 15

To brother from John Briggs [original] 407996 12 October 1877

Box 1, Folder 16

To brother from John Briggs [facsimile] 407997 12 October 1877

Box 2, Folder 8

To Benjamin Bennett Briggs from Daniel Briggs 1879-09-21

Box 1, Folder 17

To sister from Abby Crane [original] 407998 16 March 1881

Box 1, Folder 18

To sister from Abby Crane [facsimile] 407999 16 March 1881

Box 2, Folder 11

To Irene B. Ward from Artemis B. Johnson 1881-10-12

Box 2, Folder 9

To Benjamin Bennett Briggs from George Gregg Briggs 1882-01-04

Box 2, Folder 32

To T. C. Stiles from Lizzie Stiles 1882-02-21

Scope and Contents

One postcard
Box 1, Folder 19

To Louise from Irene B. Ward [original] 408000 13 August 1882

Box 1, Folder 20

To Louise from Irene B. Ward [facsimile] 408001 13 August 1882

Box 1, Folder 21

To Louise from Irene B. Ward [original] 408002 17 March 1882

Box 1, Folder 22

To Louise from Irene B. Ward [facsimile] 408003 17 March 1882

Box 2, Folder 3

To Irene B. Ward from Caroline Briggs 1883-1910

Scope and Contents

Two letters and a wedding invitation. The wedding invitation is addressed to "S. L. Ward & wife" and is accompanied by a clipping from Harper's Weekly announcing the wedding of Sophia Crane (Caroline Briggs's daughter) to H. H. Ristine.
Box 2, Folder 16

Empty envelopes addressed to Mr. S. Paull Ward, Edward D. Young, Irene B. Ward, Annie Y. Ward, and Annie M. Wade 1883-1951

Box 2, Folder 12

To Irene B. Ward [unsigned, but probably from Louisa M. Crane Johnson] 1887-02-27

Processing Information

A Post-it note--stating: "probably Louisa M. Crane Johnson"--was removed from the letter.
Box 2, Folder 14

To Irene B. Ward from Loretta [surname illegible] 1887-07-11

Box 1, Folder 23

To father from Irene B. Ward [original] 408004 5 December 1890

Box 1, Folder 24

To father from Irene B. Ward [facsimile] 408005 5 December 1890

Box 3, Folder 2-3

New Year's letters and speech in velvet case from Samuel Lawrence Ward 1892

Language of Material: Persian, English, French

Processing Information

Three copies of New Year's address were donated framed. Frames removed during processing.

Scope and Contents

Includes the transcript of an address on New Year's Day in three languages. Also includes a velvet case with Ward's initials, created to hold these documents.
Box 2, Folder 10

To Irene B. Ward from Maria Briggs Haskell 1895-07-11

Box 2, Folder 13

To Irene B. Ward from Julia A. Clark 1901-12-24

Box 4, Folder 34

"Benj. B. Ward Jr. Born Today" -- torn page from diary circa 1905

Box 4, Folder 35

To Benjamin Briggs Ward, Sr. from Benjamin Briggs Ward, Jr. 1911-10-04

Box 4, Folder 37

To "Wife Mine" from "Ben" [copy] 1927-04-27

Box 4, Folder 36

To S. Paull Ward from "your wife Billie" 1931-02-27

Box 3, Folder 1

Expanding letter filer undated

Box 2, Folder 31

To "Sally, Chester, Katharine, Lynda, Bob" from "Beth, Mother / Ben, Daddy" 1971-02-28

Box 1, Folder 26

To Mr. & Mrs. Chester Ward from Eleanor Huskins 408007 15 September 1975

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.)
 

Photographs 407872

Box 4, Folder 7

"Ben / Paul" undated

Box 4, Folder 2

"Briggs" undated

Scope and Contents

Two matching individual portraits of a man and a woman, both labeled "Briggs" on verso. Possibly Benjamin Bennett Briggs and Caroline Briggs.
Box 5

Briggs, Abby Crane [daguerreotype in wooden case with identifying note] undated

General

Uncertain identification of person(s) pictured. Stored in St. Francis Club cigar box.
Box 2, Folder 28-29

Briggs, Abby Crane [three portraits with leather case] circa 1860

General

Written on verso of the two individual portraits: "Abby Crane Briggs died 1862 in Santa Paula of T.B. / first wife of B. B. Briggs"

Scope and Contents

Two copies of an individual portrait and one portrait of Abby with her daughter. Accompanied by decorated leather case that previously housed these portraits.
Box 5

Briggs, Benjamin Bennett [ambrotype in wooden case] undated

General

Uncertain identification of person(s) pictured. Stored in St. Francis Club cigar box.
Box 4, Folder 1

Briggs, Benjamin Bennett 1861-10-10

Box 1, Folder 27

Briggs, Benjamin Bennett 408008 1890s

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."
Box 5

Briggs, Benjamin Bennett and Caroline Crane Briggs [individual ambrotype portraits] undated

General

Uncertain identification of person(s) pictured. Stored in painted wooden box with inlaid patterns and floral paper mounted under base.

Scope and Contents

Two portraits
Box 5

Briggs, Caroline Crane with child [cased photograph with identifying note and clipped poem] undated

General

Stored in wooden box with initials "A C" painted on lid.
Box 1, Folder 28

Briggs, Daniel 408009 186[?]

Scope and Content

Portrait of Daniel Briggs; L.N. Sackett, Photographer, Medina, Ohio
Box 1, Folder 29

Briggs, Irene [tintype] 408010 1870

Scope and Content

Photograph (tintype)- portrait of Irene Briggs, 1870; identification obtained from leaflet "Sunday Postal Labour" in which photograph was enclosed.
Box 4, Folder 19

Briggs, Irene C. and Samuel Lawrence Ward with their six children 1925

Box 1, Folder 30

Briggs, Rhoda 408011 186[?]

Scope and Content

Portrait of Rhoda Briggs; L.N. Sackett, Photographer, Medina, Ohio
Box 5

Briggs, Thomas [daguerreotype in wooden case with identifying note] undated

General

Stored in wooden box with initials "A C" painted on lid.
Box 4, Folder 23

Briggs, Thomas J. circa 1895

Box 4, Folder 29

"Capt. Benj. B. Ward" - photographs of an exhibit of historical materials relating to military service undated

Scope and Contents

Six photographic prints.
Box 4, Folder 33

Cash, N. Elizabeth, Benjamin Briggs Ward, Jr., Chester Lawrence Ward, Annie Young Ward, Flora Wade Young, and Annie Irene Ward-Dirks pre-1933

Scope and Contents

Five negatives and 16 prints -- all from the same Kodak envelope with label: "Pictures / 1932 and before of N. Eliz. Cash, B. B. Ward, Jr., Chester L. Ward, Annie Young Ward, Flora Wade Young."
Box 4, Folder 25

Clark, Sarah undated

Box 5

Crane, Levi Lee [daguerreotype in wooden case with identifying note] undated

General

Stored in wooden box with initials "A C" painted on lid.
Box 2, Folder 27

Dr. Briggs' Sanitarium. La Crescenta circa 1890

General

Photograph by J. W. Wortman, Pasadena, California.

Scope and Contents

Pictured: Dr. Briggs "Terrace" Home and Dr Briggs large barn.
Box 4, Folder 24

Farm home in Wickliffe, Ohio 1914

Box 3, Folder 5

"Four Generations Attend Baptism of B. B. Ward Son" -- clippings and family portrait 1933-07

Language of Material: "Four generations were represented at a communion service held at the First Presbyterian Church at San Fernando, where Chester Lawrence Ward, the child in the picture, was baptized. In the center is the child's father, Benjamin B. Ward, at left, Mrs. B. B. Ward, the baby's grandmother, and, right, Edward D. Young, Sr., greatgrandfather."

Processing Information

The two clippings and the family portrait were donated framed (all in one frame). The frame was removed during processing, but all of the items are still mounted on the same board.
Box 4, Folder 32

George 1915-10

Box 1, Folder 31

Panama to Valpariso, Chile 408013 circa 1914

Container Summary: 28 items

Scope and Content

28 negatives in an envelope; photographs of Panama Canal on way to Valpariso, Chile 1914(?) taken by Seymour Paul Ward (grandson of Dr. Benjamin B. Briggs).
Box 4, Folder 32

Paul and "Scout" undated

Box 4, Folder 30

Real photo postcards featuring family portraits undated

Scope and Contents

Five postcards without written correspondence.
Box 4, Folder 28

Snapshots featuring unidentified men and women undated

Scope and Contents

Six photographic prints. Only one is labeled: "Preaching the Gospel to Moros."
Box 4, Folder 27

Snapshots of landscapes and industry 1915-1922, undated

Scope and Contents

51 photographic prints. Most of the photographs are not captioned. For photographs that are labeled, captions include: "Barn. Valley covered in fog"; "Cabin from across the creek / cleared place shows location of mill"; "60a at Tulan"; "Joshua Tree"; "Crater Lake"; "Spring Valley from Piermont"; "Entrance to New Works"; "Wheeler Pk from Spring Valley." None of these images feature people, except for two that feature distant figures working in an industrial setting with a forge.
Box 5

Unidentified cased photograph portrait of a young man undated

General

Stored in painted wooden box with inlaid patterns and floral paper mounted under base
Box 4, Folder 14

Unidentified group portraits undated

Scope and Contents

Four photographs.
Box 4, Folder 15

Unidentified individual portraits undated

Scope and Contents

Four photographs.
Box 4, Folder 26

Unidentified tintypes undated

Scope and Contents

One individual portrait of a young woman and one group portrait of four young men.
Box 4, Folder 16

Wabash '00-'01 circa 1901

Scope and Contents

One group portrait.
Box 4, Folder 6

Wade, Annie M. 1876

Box 4, Folder 11

Wade, Stephen J. and Harriet Ramsay Wade circa 1860s

Scope and Contents

Two individual portraits.
Box 4, Folder 21

Ward, Annie Irene and Benjamin Briggs Ward, Jr. 1909-12

Box 2, Folder 35

Ward, Annie Young 1886-1911

Scope and Contents

Eight photographic prints. Ten individual portraits and one group portrait of Annie with her two children. A few of the prints are labeled with her maiden name, "Annie Wade Young" (the younger of the two Annie Wade Youngs in the family).
Box 4, Folder 32

Ward, Ben, Chas Chester Cash, Beth Cash Ward, and Nora Vincent Cash undated

General

Taken in Santa Barbara, California.
Box 4, Folder 12

Ward, Benjamin Briggs, Jr. 1908-12

Box 4, Folder 17

Ward, Benjamin Briggs, Sr. undated

Scope and Contents

Two copies of the same portrait.
Box 4, Folder 8

Ward, Benjamin Briggs, Sr. and Annie Young Ward 1903

Box 2, Folder 34

Ward, Benjamin Briggs, Sr., Annie Young Ward, Annie Irene Ward, and Benjamin Briggs Ward, Jr. circa 1915

Scope and Contents

Three copies (photographic prints) of the same group portrait.
Box 4, Folder 32

Ward, Beth Cash, Flora Young, Clara Ward McRostie, Anne Cash Walsh, and Chester Lawrence Ward circa 1935

General

Taken in Morro Bay, California with Morro Rock pictured in background.
Box 4, Folder 31

Ward, Chester Lawrence circa 1930s

Scope and Contents

Three photographic prints - individual portraits.
Box 2, Folder 36

Ward, Dr. Chester L. and Lynda Ward 1979-11

Scope and Contents

One photographic print
Box 4, Folder 18

Ward, Gerlinde undated

Box 6, Folder 7

Ward, Josiah Jerome (1775-1851) [cased daguerreotype]

Box 3, Folder 4

Ward, Lawrence Arthur 1906

Scope and Contents

Three portraits.
Box 4, Folder 20

Ward, Paul, Benjamin Briggs Ward, Jr., and Annie Irene Ward circa 1911-1912

Box 4, Folder 3

Ward, S. Paul 1908, undated

Scope and Contents

One portrait and one snapshot.
Box 4, Folder 22

Ward, Seymour, Mary Isabel Reed, and Samuel Lawrence Ward 1843-12

Box 2, Folder 33

Young, Annie Wade and Edward Davis Young, Sr. 1877-1922

Scope and Contents

Eight photographic prints. Includes both individual portraits and portraits of the two together.
Box 4, Folder 13

Young, Edward D., Jr., Benjamin B. Ward, Sr., Annie Young Wade, Edward D. Young, Sr., Flora Young, Benjamin B. Ward, Jr., Annie Irene Ward, Mrs. Annie Y. Ward, and others 1911

Box 4, Folder 4

Young, Edward Davis, Jr. 1890, undated

Scope and Contents

Two portraits.
Box 4, Folder 5

Young, Edward Davis, Sr. and family in living room 1902

Box 4, Folder 9

Young, Flora, Paul Ward, Annie Young Ward, and Benjamin Briggs Ward, Sr. 1905

Box 4, Folder 10

Young, Flora, Paul Ward, Bertha Potwin, and Benjamin Briggs Ward, Sr. 1902

Box 2, Folder 30

Young, Flora Wade [portraits] circa 1890-circa 1940

Scope and Contents

11 photographic prints. All individual portraits with labels identifying "Flora Wade Young" except for one, which pictures two young girls, labeled: "[illegible] at 1893 / Flora Edward Young." Includes one individual snapshot with label "Aunt Flora at Lake Erie College."
 

Ephemera 407881

Box 1, Folder 32

Admission Ticket 408014 1868-1869

Scope and Content

Ticket to Bellevue Hospital Medical College, City of New York, Session 1868-69, Lectures "The Principles and Practice of Medicine"
Box 1, Folder 33

College Commencement Invitation 408015 1903

Container Summary: 3 items

Scope and Content

Wabash College, Crawfodsville, Indiana, June 12-17, 1903; in envelope addressed to Rev., & Mrs. S.L. Ward & Family; insert: Mr. Benjamin Briggs Ward
Box 1, Folder 34

Promissory Note 408016 1916

Scope and Content

February 28, 1916, in the amount of $1300, to the Bank of Glendale, signed Irene B. Ward
Box 1, Folder 35

Receipt 408017 1866

Scope and Content

in German, Heidelberg, 31.??? 1866; Briggs
Box 1, Folder 36

Register Ticket 408018 1883

Scope and Content

"Registered on the Great Register," County of Los Angeles, to B.B. Briggs, May 25, 18(?)3
Box 1, Folder 37

Testimony of Appreciation [original] 408019 15 February 1875

Scope and Content

Certificate, form Wabash College, February 15, 1875, acknowledgment of Dr. B.B. Briggs as a "gentleman of great[?] worth and a physician of great[?] ability."
Box 1, Folder 38

Testimony of Appreciation [facsimile] 408020 1875

Box 1, Folder 39

Facsimiles 408021

 

Publications 407882

Box 2, Folder 25

American Agriculturalist 1860-08

Box 2, Folder 23

The American Tract Society's Almanac 1862

Box 1, Folder 40

Arabic Prayer Book 408022

Scope and Content

Arabic prayer book of Samuel Lawrence Ward, husband of Irene Briggs (daughter of B.B. Briggs). Acquired during a mission involved with the Glendale Presbyterian Church; Samuel Lawrence Ward founded the La Crescenta Presbyterian Church.
Box 1, Folder 41

History of the American Presbyterian Mission to Iran, 1834-1960 408023

Scope and Content

Compiled by John Elder, published by the Literature Committee of the Church Council of Iran. Bill Huskins gave the book to Dr. C.L. Ward in 1972 during his visit to Tehran, Iran.
Box 1, Folder 42

Leaflet: "Sunday Postal Labour" 408024

Scope and Content

Sabbath Observance Society, Edinburgh
Box 4, Folder 38

Ohio State University 1909 commencement booklet 1909-06

Box 6, Folder 8

On Call at the White House: The Diary of a White House Physician's Wife by Sally McCloud Ward 2019

Box 6, Folder 5

Presbyterian Church Book of Forms 1889

Scope and Contents

A Presbyterian Church Book of Forms that belonged to Samuel Lawrence Ward.
Box 1, Folder 43

Pressed Flowers from the Holy Land 408025

Scope and Content

Hand crafted book "Pressed Flowers from the Holy Land: Flowers Gathered and Pressed in Palestine by Rev. Harvey Greene," introduction by Rebv. Smith Baker, D.D.; published and sold by Harvey B. Greene, Lowell, Mass.
Box 2, Folder 22

Programs of the Y.L.M.S. of the First Presbyterian Church, Wooster, Ohio 1898

Box 2, Folder 26

Samuel Lawrence Ward's New Testament Bible for/from Persia 1890

Language of Material: Persian
Box 2, Folder 24

Western Female Seminary, Oxford, Ohio -- annual catalogues 1869-1870

 

Audiovisual 407883

Box 1, Folder 44

Dictabelts 408026

Container Summary: 4 items in 1 envelope

Scope and Content

Debrief/comments by Dr. Chester L. Ward following his 1968-1969 tour in the Republic of Vietnam.
 

Realia 407880

Box 5

Benjamin Bennett Briggs' tools and specimens in small wooden box undated

General

The donor of this material identified the contents of this box as belongings of Benjamin Bennett Briggs.

Scope and Contents

A small, plain wooden box filled with small precision tools and three specimens cast in resin, including a crab and a cricket. The inner lid of the box is branded: "Bowles' Patent / The George P. Pilling & Son Co. / Philadelphia, U.S.A."
Box 6, Folder 6

Engraving plates for Samuel Lawrence Ward's calling card

Box 5

Spectacles and Eastman thermometer undated

Scope and Contents

Six pairs of spectacles, an Eastman thermometer for general photographic use, and one other small tool found together in an El Roi-Tan cigar box.