Woods Family Papers, ca. 1843-1959

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Title:
Woods Family Papers,
Dates:
ca. 1843-1959
Creators:
Wood family
Abstract:
The Woods family was from Versailles, Missouri. Peter George Woods (1844-1919) was a doctor, druggist, prominent Democrat and Mason, and was also one of the founders of the Bank of Versailles. His brothers were: S.R. Woods, and Charles Carroll Woods, a minister and poet. The collection consists of business and personal correspondence, legal documents, financial records, memorabilia, and ephemera related to Dr. Peter George Woods and family. The materials reflect Woods' professional and social involvements as well as the family's diverse interests.
Extent:
3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Woods Family Papers (Collection 1130). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of business and personal correspondence, legal documents, financial records, memorabilia, and ephemera related to Dr. Peter George Woods and family of Versailles, Missouri. Materials reflect Woods' professional and social involvements as well as the family's diverse interests.

Biographical / historical:

The Woods family was from Versailles, Missouri; Peter George Woods was born in 1844; he was a doctor, druggist, prominent Democrat and Mason, and was also one of the founders of the Bank of Versailles; he died in 1919; his brothers were: S.R. Woods, and Charles Carroll Woods, a minister and poet; he married Susan Parkes Woods (d. 1909) and Margaret Osborne Woods; 7 children include: Richard Harry Woods, Herbert Spencer Woods, Weightstill Arno Woods, Edna Woods Banks, Eva Woods Peters, George Woods, and Nancy Mosel Woods Yarnell.

Biographical Narrative

The paper of this Versailles, Missouri family reflect, to a partial extent, the broad variety of their interests. The central figure is Peter George Woods (1844-1919), an M.D. and druggist, prominent Democrat and Mason, as well as one of the founders of the Bank of Versailles. His correspondence and memorabilia contain evidence of both professional and social involvements, as well as of matters pertaining to his brothers, Charles Carroll Woods, a minister and poet (Who Was Who in America, vol.1, 1897-1942, p.1378), S.R. Woods, and his father, Samuel Hairston Woods. Unidentified members of the Woods family represented in the papers include William M. Woods and Mary L. Woods.

Real estate interests in and around Chicago are indicated by the presence of a substantial number of examinations of title, dating from 1865 to 1918.

Issues of the Versailles Statesman and Versailles Leader carry biographical information about Dr. Woods on the occasion of his death.

Richard Harry Woods, apparently responsible for collecting the family papers, was the fourth of Dr. Woods' seven children. His entire life seems to have been spent in Versailles, where he practiced law. His own papers, dating 1919-1952, reflect this career and include notes and correspondence relating to local law suits invoolving real estate.

Herebert Spencer Woods (1881-1920), the sixth child in the Woods family, is represented by his obituary in the Versailles Statesman and Versailles Leader.

Weightstill Arno Woods, the youngest of Dr. Woods' children, is represented by a few miscellaneous items, spanning the years 1909-1959.

Edna Woods Banks (d. 1893), Eva Woods Peters, George Woods, and Nancy Mosel WWoods yarnell, the remaining children, are mentioned or represented in the letters or other effects of the persons described above, as are Dr. Woods' two wives, Susan Parkes Woods (d. 1909), and Margaret Osborne Woods.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Mrs. Willard Libby, 1973.
Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Tania Meyers and James V. Mink; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:
© 2004
Date Encoded:
Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house paper finding aid, March 2004 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala. Date of source: June 12, 1973 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Woods Family Papers (Collection 1130). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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