Collection Contents

Box 1

Papers of Eleanor Bissell and family

Folder 1

Business papers of the family of Eleanor Bissell 1738-1836

103 pieces including legal documents, deeds, receipts from Connecticut.

Folder 2

Mills, Timothy. [Account Book], Baltimore, Maryland. 1797 February 11-October 5

Folder 3

10 letters to Timothy Mills and/or Eleanor (Mills) Bissell. 1796-1800

Folder 4

16 letters to Eleanor (Mills) Bissell, Roswell Mills, and Thomas Bissell from various persons. 1802-1819

Folder 5

9 letters to Eleanor (Mills) Bissell, Thomas Bissell, and Ellen? Bissell from various persons, with one related item. 1822-1829

Folder 6

8 letters to Eleanor (Mills) Bissell and Thomas Bissell. 1830-1848

Folder 7

8 letters to Eleanor (Mills) Bissell and Thomas Bissell. 1830-1848

Folder 8

Genealogical materials [5 pieces].

Envelope 1

Bissell, Eleanor. Autograph album. Approximately 1862-1865

Envelope 2

Bissell, Eleanor. Journal. 1893-1895

Envelope 3

Bissell, Eleanor. Guest book for 580 Prospect Boulevard, Pasadena. 1933-1958

Envelope 4

Bissell, Eleanor. 3 colored lantern slides of Pasadena home rose garden. 1924

Envelope 5

Photographs of family, relatives, and friends. Approximately 1860-1925

18 pieces. Chiefly carte-de-visite and card photographs of young women and children, as well as the exterior of "The Adams Place, Bethel, Vermont," a photograph of four women on camels in front of Egyptian pyramids, 1925, and two photographs of the interior of a sitting room with a mural over the fireplace.

Collection Contents

Papers of Eleanor Bissell and family