Anderson Family Papers
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Overview of the Collection
Title:
Anderson Family Papers
Dates (inclusive):
1776-1948
Bulk dates:
1838-1938
Collection Number:
mssAD 1-454
Creator:
Anderson (Family)
Extent:
approximately 775 pieces in 9 boxes + loose volumes
Abstract:
This collection contains the personal and business papers of William Marshall Anderson (1807-1881) and various members of the Anderson family, a prominent Catholic family of Ohio and Kentucky.
Language:
English.
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Anderson Family Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
The collection was acquired from various sources from 1954 to 1968:
- The 1834 journal of William Marshall Anderson's overland journey was purchased from Parke-Bernet Galleries via J. S. Holliday in April 1954.
- The bulk of the collection: business papers, correspondence, diaries, land and legal papers, family papers, newspaper clippings and photographs were purchased from Effie Anderson Olds, granddaughter of William M. Anderson, via J. S. Holliday in October 1957.
- The correspondence of Robert Spurrier Ellison was the gift of J. S. Holliday, April 1960.
- AD 397-416, gift of Charles Anderson Gauld III, 1961.
- 7 cartes-de-visite (Box 8), gift of Charles Anderson Gauld, 1966.
- In 1968, the Publications Department of the Huntington Library transferred miscellaneous papers relating to William Marshall Anderson to the Department of Manuscripts.
Biographical Notes
The Anderson family, descendants of American Revolutionary War officer Colonel Richard Clough Anderson, was one of the most prominent families of Ohio and Kentucky.
Biographical Note on Richard Clough Anderson (1750-1826)
During the Revolutionary War, Richard Clough Anderson (1750-1826) took part in the battles of Assunpink Bridge, Brandywine, Germantown, and Savannah, and as aide-de-camp to General Lafayette, Anderson attended to the surrender of Cornwallis. On December 17, 1783, the Society of Cincinnati appointed Richard Clough Anderson surveyor general in Virginia Military District, (the land between Scioto and Little Miami rivers), which had been granted to Virginia by Congress in 1784 to be distributed as wartime to Virginia soldiers. Richard C. Anderson's first wife, Elizabeth Clark, was the sister of Generals George Rogers and William Clark. In 1797, Richard Clough Anderson married Sarah Marshall (1779-1854), first cousin of Chief Justice John Marshall and a relative of the Clarks. They had seven sons and five daughters some of whom played an important role in state and national political and cultural life.
Biographical Note on Richard Clough Anderson, Jr. (1788-1826)
Richard Clough Anderson, Jr. (1788-1826), a son of Elizabeth and Richard Clough Anderson, graduated from William and Mary, became a representative in the Kentucky legislature from 1815 to 1817, a member of Congress from 1817 to 1821, speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1822, and from 1823 to 1826 minister to Colombia, where he negotiated the first treaty between the United States and a South American country. He died of yellow fever to Cartagena en route to the Congress of Panama of 1826.
Biographical Note on Larz Anderson (1803-1878)
Larz Anderson (1803-1878), a son of Sarah and Richard Clough Anderson, graduated from Harvard Law School and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, when he married into the family of Nicholas Longworth, noted horticulturist of Cincinnati, and became one of the wealthiest men in the state, Director of the Citizens' National Bank, known for involvement in various charities. Larz Anderson died in June 1878.
Biographical Note on Robert Anderson (1805-1871)
Robert Anderson (1805-1871), a son of Sarah and Richard Clough Anderson, graduated from West Point in 1825, and was appointed second lieutenant in the 3rd artillery. He served in the Black Hawk war of 1832 as colonel of the Illinois volunteers. From 1835 to 1837, he was instructor of artillery at West Point, and in 1837 and 1838 served in the Florida war, and was brevetted captain. Subsequently, he was attached to the staff of Winfield Scott as assistant adjutant-general, and was promoted to captain in 1841. He served in the Mexican War, and was severely wounded at Molino del Rey. In 1857 he was appointed major of the 1st artillery, and on November 20, 1860, he assumed command of the troops in Charlestown harbor, with headquarters at Fort Moultrie. Owning to threatened assaults, he withdrew his command, on the night of December 26th to Fort Sumter, and on April 13 surrendered the fort. In recognition of his services, he was appointed brigadier-general in the U.S. Army and was assigned to the command of the department of Kentucky, and subsequently to that of the Cumberland. He was relieved from the duty due to his failing health, and in October 1863 retired from active service. He died in Nice, France in 1871. He was one of the principal founders of the Soldiers' Home in Washington.
Biographical Note on William Marshall Anderson (1807-1880)
William Marshall Anderson (1807-1880), a son of Sarah and Richard Clough Anderson, studied at Chillicothe Academy and Transylvania Academy in Lexington, Kentucky. In October 1826, following death of his father, he returned home and was appointed executor of the estate. For the next three years he was involved in the management of the farm. Having sold the farm, W. Marshall Anderson studied law in the office of his brother Larz in Louisville. In May 1832, he received his law license. Having been stricken with yellow fever, he decided to take a trip West in order to improve his health, and joined the fur-trading party being taken to the Rocky Mountains by the Kentucky-born William L. Sublette. His health restored, Anderson returned home in the fall of 1834. In 1839, he replaced his brother-in-law Allen Latham as the permanent Surveyor General of the Virginia Military Land District in Ohio. In May 1839, Governor McArthur died leaving a will that resulted in one of the most notorious lawsuits in U.S. history. As McArthur's last attorney, Anderson became involved in the intricate litigation. In 1839, Anderson bought a small place near Chillicothe called Glen Mary. In 1853 Anderson moved from Chillicothe to Circleville, Ohio and settled at Seven Oaks Farm in Pickaway County. In 1865-1866 he traveled to Mexico, in order to establish a Confederate colony. William Marshall Anderson died of double pneumonia in Circleville in 1881.
W. Marshall Anderson converted to Catholicism in 1839, after years of intense study. He and his brothers were involved in the affairs of the Cincinnati Archdiocese. In the early 1850's Anderson became involved in a vitriolic controversy over the visit of the anti-Catholic Hungarian revolutionary Louis Kossuth. In 1870s, W. Marshall Anderson, a zealous Catholic, found himself in confrontation with his sons and sister Louisa, who resented his heavy-handed attempts to interfere with their religious beliefs.
In 1840s W. Marshall Anderson became interested in archeology and arts, and in June 1844, Anderson was appointed secretary of the American Art Union for the promotion of the Fine Arts in the United States. In 1871, he visited the Lake George area to study mound builders. He succeeded in uncovering a valuable collection of pottery.
W. Marshall Anderson was married twice. His first wife, Eliza McArthur Anderson (1815-1855), daughter of Duncan McArthur died in 1855. In 1857, W. Marshall Anderson married Ellen Columba Ryan, a daughter of a wealthy Irish Catholic family of Urbana, Ohio.
Biographical Note on Charles Anderson (1814-1895)
Charles Anderson (1814-1895), a son of Sarah and Richard Clough Anderson, graduated at Miami University Oxford, Ohio (1833), practiced law in Louisville, Kentucky, and in 1835 moved to Dayton, Oh. In 1844 he was elected to the Ohio senate, where his efforts in behalf of the repeal of the "Black Laws" made him unpopular with his constituency. He then made a tour in Europe and returning opened his law office in Cincinnati with Rufus King. In 1859 he settled in Texas, and at the outbreak of the rebellion was driven out the state for his unionism, and narrowly escaped with his life. He returned to Ohio and was made colonel of the 93th Ohio Volunteer infantry, and was severely wounded at the battle of Stone River. In he was governor of Ohio. He moved from Ohio to Kentucky in 1887 and purchased property in Kuttawa, Kentucky.
Biographical Note on Thomas McArthur Anderson (1836-1917)
Thomas McArthur Anderson (1836-1917), a son of Eliza and William Marshall Anderson, abandoned the bar in 1861 to enlist as a Private in the 65th Ohio Volunteers. Through the influence of his uncle, Robert Anderson, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of the 5th US Cavalry. He was soon promoted to Captain, and served through the Civil War with the 12th US infantry, being twice wounded and twice brevetted — to Major for conduct in Wilderness and Lieutenant and to Lieutenant Colonel for Spotsylvania Court House. After the war he remained in the Army, rising to Colonel, commanding the 14th Infantry. In 1898, with the temporary rank of Brigadier General, he commanded the first troops to reach the Philippines after George Dewey's victory in Manila Bay.
Biographical Note on Mary Anderson Olds (1846-)
Mary Anderson (born 1846), a daughter of Eliza and William Marshall Anderson, married Judge Joseph Olds (born 1832) of Columbus, Ohio, in 1866.
Biographical Note on Robert Marshall Anderson (1862-1939)
Robert Marshall Anderson (1862-1939), son of Ellen and William Marshall Anderson, graduated from Notre Dame University in 1883. An expert civil engineer, he taught at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. and served as vice-president of a New York engineering company. In 1831, he retired and moved to Circleville, Ohio. He inherited his father's archeological and manuscript collections. The archaeological collection was curated by Mrs. A. R. Van Cleaf, and then loaned to the Department of Archeology of Ohio State University. In 1938 he, in cooperation with Robert Spurrier Ellison, an Oklahoma oil producer and collector of Western Americana, attempted to publish the Rocky Mountain journals. With Ellison's death, however, this project was brought to an end.
Related materials in the Huntington Library
- Richard Clough Anderson Papers (mssAND 1-1874)
- Anderson, William Marshall, 1807-1881. Letters to Allen Latham [microform] (MSS MFilm 00636)
- Correspondence re: acquisition and publishing of William Marshall Anderson's Rocky Mountains Journals can be found in the Huntington Archives.
Related Collections in Other Repositories
- Anderson-Latham Papers, The Filson Club, Louisville, Ky.
- Anderson, Richard C. (Richard Clough), 1750-1826. Papers, 1813-1822. Ohio Historical Society, (Columbus).
- Anderson, Richard C. (Richard Clough), 1850-1826. Papers, 1785-1881. University of Illinois Library.
Scope and Content Note
This collection primarily contains letters and some manuscripts concerning William Marshall Anderson and the Anderson family, mainly for the period of 1838-1938. It covers family affairs, legal practices and business affairs of William Marshall Anderson, including his involvement in the McArthur lawsuit; the Catholic Church and its financial involvement in Ohio; the northwest United States in 1830s, archeological mounds; Mexico in 1865, civil engineering, bounty land grants to Virginia revolutionary soldiers; Richard Clough Anderson and George Rogers Clark, also William Marshall Anderson's diaries, including his trips to the Rocky Mountains (1834), Mexico (1865), and Mississippi (1871); family and business correspondence of Robert Marshall Anderson, including letters re: construction of Robert M. Anderson's home in Circleville, Ohio, designed by Charles S. Keefe.
Anderson family members represented in the collection include Larz Anderson, Charles Anderson, Robert Anderson, Thomas McArthur Anderson, Richard Clough Anderson, Robert Marshall Anderson, Ellen Columba Ryan Anderson, and Mary Anderson Olds.
Significant figures represented in the collection include:
- Anderson, Charles, 1814-1895. As author: 10 pieces; as addressee: 4 pieces
- Anderson, Ellen Columba Ryan. As author: 16 pieces (1858-1898); as addressee: 30 (1858-1891)
- Anderson, Larz, 1803-1878. As author: 13 pieces (1856-1877); as addressee: none
- Anderson, Richard Clough, 1829-1878. As author: 6 pieces (1864-1878); as addressee: none
- Anderson, Robert, 1805-1871. As author: 8 pieces (1825-1871); as addressee: 2 pieces (1842-1843)
- Anderson, Robert Marshall, 1862-1939. As author: 22 pieces (1872-1939); as addressee: 87 pieces (1879-1939)
- Anderson, Thomas McArthur, 1836-1917. As author 5 pieces (1864-1901); as addressee 7 pieces (1876-1901)
- Anderson, William Marshall, 1807-1881. As author: 53 pieces (1838-1880); as addressee: 115 pieces (1837-1880)
- Clarke, Powhatan Henry, 1862-1893. As author: 6 pieces (1875-1893); as addressee: none
- Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891. As author: 7 pieces (1843-1867); as addressee: none
- Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894. As author: 1 piece (1865); as addressee: none
- Ellison, Robert Spurrier. As author: 11 pieces (1935-1939); as addressee: 22 pieces (1935-1941)
- Juncker, Henry Damian, 1810-1868. As author: 1 piece (1855); as addressee: none
- Longworth, Nicholas, 1782-1863. As author: 1 piece (1851); as addressee: none
- McArthur, Duncan, 1772-1839. As author: 2 pieces; as addressee: 1817 and 1837
- Magruder, John Bankhead, 1807-1871. As author: 1 piece (1866); as addressee: none
- Olds, Joseph. As author: 12 pieces (1885-1901); as addressee: 8 pieces (1866-1903)
- Olds, Mary Anderson, b. 1846. As author: 12 pieces (1877-1896); as addressee: 1 piece (1885)
- Purcell, John Baptist, 1800-1883. As author: 4 pieces (1855-1868); as addressee: 1 piece (1868)
- Piatt, Donn 1819-1892. As author: 5 pieces (1884-1891); as addressee: none
- Sherman, Ellen Boyle Ewing, 1824-1888. As author: 1 piece (1872); as addressee: none
- Thurman, Allen Granbery, 1813-1895. As author: 1 piece (1875); as addressee: 1 piece (1851)
The Rocky Mountain diary of William Marshall Anderson was published on various occasions in 1838-1967. His Mexican diary has been published in: An American in Maximilian's Mexico, 1865-1866: the diaries of William Marshall Anderson / edited by Ramon Eduardo Ruiz. (San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library, 1959).
Arrangement
Organized in the following manner:
- Anderson Family Correspondence, miscellaneous documents, and ephemera (Boxes 1-5)
- Robert Spurrier Ellison Correspondence (Box 6)
- William Marshall Anderson diaries and related correspondence (Box 7-8)
- Oversize, Genealogical Materials, and Miscellaneous
- Loose volumes
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Subjects
Anderson, Charles, 1814-1895 -- Correspondence.Anderson, Ellen Columba Ryan -- Correspondence.
Anderson, Larz, 1803-1878 -- Correspondence.
Anderson, Robert, 1805-1871 -- Correspondence.
Anderson, Robert Marshall, 1862-1939 -- Correspondence.
Anderson, Thomas McArthur, 1836-1917.
Anderson, William Marshall, 1807-1881 -- Archives.
Rogers, George, 1741-1835.
Clarke, Powhatan Henry, 1862-1893 -- Correspondence.
Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891 -- Correspondence.
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 -- Correspondence.
Ellison, Robert Spurrier -- Correspondence.
Girty, Simon, 1741-1818.
Juncker, Henry Damian, 1810-1868 -- Correspondence.
Kossuth, Lajos, 1802-1894.
McArthur, Duncan, 1772-1839.
Purcell, John Baptist, 1800-1883 -- Correspondence.
Piatt, Donn, 1819-1891 -- Correspondence.
Sublette, William Lewis.
Anderson family -- Archives.
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Cincinnati (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
Stevens Institute (Hoboken, N.J.)
Catholics -- Ohio -- Archives.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mississippi -- 19th century.
Fur traders.
Indians of North America -- Antiquities.
Mounds -- Ohio.
Mounds -- Mississippi.
Real property -- Ohio.
Real property -- Kentucky.
Engineering -- United States.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Ohio -- Politics and government.
Fort Bridger (Wyo.) -- History.
Fort Laramie (Wyo.) -- History.
Mexico -- Description and travel.
Mexico -- History -- European intervention, 1861-1867 -- Sources.
Mississippi -- Antiquities.
Ohio -- Antiquities.
Ohio -- Social life and customs -- Sources.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Forms/Genres
Diaries -- United States.Drawings -- United States.
Ephemera -- United States.
Family papers -- United States.
Land grants -- United States.
Letters (correspondence) -- United States.
Memoirs -- United States.
Newspaper clippings -- United States.
Contributors
Anderson, William Marshall, 1807-1881.Anderson, Charles, 1814-1895.
Anderson, Ellen Columba Ryan.
Anderson, Larz, 1803-1878.
Anderson, Robert, 1805-1871.
Anderson, Robert Marshall, 1862-1939.
Anderson, Thomas McArthur, 1836-1917.
Clarke, Powhatan H. (Powhatan Henry), 1862-1893.
Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891.
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894.
Ellison, Robert Spurrier.
Juncker, Henry Damian, 1810-1868.
Keefe, Charles C.
McArthur, Duncan, 1772-1839.
Peet, Edward D.
Purcell, John Baptist, 1800-1883.
Container List
Anderson Family Papers
[ Box 1 ]
Correspondence, 1810-1855. 62 folders
1810 September 20. Anderson, Sarah Marshall. To Elizabeth Clark Anderson Gwathmey and Maria Williams Anderson Latham.AD 066
1813 March 23.United States. War Department. To Duncan McArthur: Commission as Brigadier General.AD 352
[Approximately 1817].McArthur, Duncan, 1772-1839. To Tar-he, Chief of the Wyandot Indians [typescript copy].AD 245
1832 May 10.Guthrie, James. To William Marshall Anderson [with handwritten Kentucky law license, May 1832].AD 198
1832 September 26.Kentucky. Governor (1832-1834 : Breathitt). To William Marshall Anderson [with two Kentucky Militia commissions, 1832-33].AD 118
1843 August 27.Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891. To William Marshall Anderson [includes handwritten memorandum about Simon Girty].AD 148
1851 September 24-December 31.Carrell, George Aloysius (1803-1868). To William Marshall Anderson.AD 124(1-4).
[1852?].Anderson, William Marshall. To the Catholic Citizens of the United States [an address on Catholicism and politics]. AD 076
1853 September 1.Anderson, Larz, 1803-1878. To William Marshall Anderson [with draft of an inscription to the memory of Richard Clough Anderson on the second leaf].AD 030
[ Box 2 ]
Correspondence, 1856-1875. 72 folders
1858 March 28.Boyce, Michael. To Ellen Columba Ryan Anderson [followed by 1858 April 15 letter from William Marshall Anderson to Ellen Columba Ryan Anderson].AD 112
1861 June 23.Anderson, Robert. To William Marshall Anderson [followed by 1861 June 25 letter from William Marshall Anderson to Ellen Columba Ryan Anderson].AD 048
1861 November 21.Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-. To William Marshall Anderson [with printed circular regarding Draper's historical work, May 1857].AD 152
1864 June 2.Anderson, Richard Clough. To William Marshall Anderson [with notes by William Marshall Anderson re: pedigreed horses].AD 038
Approximately 1866] January 14.Anderson, Richard Clough (1829-1878). To William Marshall Anderson.AD 037
1867 July 13-November 26.Anderson, Richard Clough (1829-1878). To William Marshall Anderson.AD 039 (1-4)
1869. New Mexico (Territory). Courts. District Court. 1st Judicial District. Court records pertaining to Territory vs. William L. Ryerson.AD 275
[Approximately 1870].Anderson, William Marshall. [Verse beginning "Says Simple Bill to Billy Grum"].AD 088
1871 October 8.Anderson, Robert. To William Marshall Anderson [Followed by 1871 October 14 letter from Sophie Anderson to William Marshall Anderson].AD 049
1872 October 6.Force, M. F. (Manning Ferguson), 1824-1899. To William Marshall Anderson [with 8 photographs: people in early automobile, ca. 1900; house exterior; trees; St. Maurice, France; 4 images of Native American mound builder artifacts].AD 176
1872 December 8.Anderson, Richard Clough, 1829-1878. To William Marshall Anderson [discussion on religion].AD 008
1872 December 28-31.Anderson, Robert Marshall (1862-1939). To Ellen Columba Ryan Anderson [followed by December 31 letters to his mother and father and a note to "Wally" (Mrs. Wardell)].AD 050
1873 September 5.Stehoulepnikoff, Serge de. To Ellen Columba Ryan Anderson [with carte-de-visite portrait of Stehoulepnikoff].AD 337
1874 December 28.Springer, Rueben Rungdon. To William Marshall Anderson [with newspaper clipping of engraving of Springer].AD 335
1874. Anderson, William Marshall. To "Gentlemen and Ladies" [a speech re: Dunmore's Expedition and the Shawnee Indians].AD 097
1875 November 21 and December 23.Anderson, Larz, 1803-1878. To William Marshall Anderson.AD 034 (1-2)
[ Box 3 ]
Correspondence, 1876-1891. 68 folders
1876 February 21.Kendrick, Samuel. To William Marshall Anderson [followed by draft of letter from Anderson to Samuel Kendrick].AD 231
1877 April.Dickinson, John. To William Marshall Anderson [note written on printed circular: "Dickinson's Patent Shaped Diamond and Carbon Points, and Their Technical Uses"].AD 147
1877 December 29.Anderson, Larz. To William Marshall Anderson [with 3 newspaper clippings re: Death of Larz Anderson].AD 035
1879 January.Anderson, William Marshall. To Louisa Anderson Hall [drafts with newspaper clipping re: death of Mrs. James Hall].AD 093
[Approximately 1879 and undated]. Anderson, William Marshall. Notes, incomplete drafts, extracts, primarily from religious works [approximately 25 pieces, including notes in "Illustrated Catalogue" for 1879 of the Moline Plow Company" booklet].
1880 November 17.Peet, Stephen D. (Stephen Denison), 1831-1914. To William Marshall Anderson [facsimile].AD 308
1880 December 23.Anderson, William Marshall. To Thomas McArthur Anderson [draft with newspaper page used as wrapper].AD 095
1885 September 2.Olds, Joseph. To Mary Anderson Olds [followed by letter from Mary Anderson Olds to Mary Anderson Clark].AD 286
[after 1888] June 20.Van Cleaf, E. L. To Robert Marshall Anderson [with newspaper clipping about shipment of the Anderson's archaeological specimens to Ohio State University].AD 353
[Approximately 1890].Gray, Eleanor Daugherty Olds. To Mary Olds Clark [followed by letter from Mary Anderson Olds to Elizabeth McArthur Olds and with 2 1891 letters from Gray to Mary Anderson Olds Clark].AD 190 (1-3)
1891 March 12-July.Piatt, Donn, 1819-1891. To Ellen Columba Ryan Anderson [with newspaper clipping re: death of Donn Piatt].AD 312 (1-7)
1891 December 8 and December 29.Clarke, Powhatan Henry (1862-1893). To Robert Marshall Anderson.AD 138 (1-2)
[ Box 4 ]
Correspondence, 1892-1929. 75 folders
1892 February 28-Novemer.Clarke, Powhatan Henry (1862-1893). To Robert Marshall Anderson [with newspaper clipping of photograph of Clarke].AD 139 (1-4)
1893 March 2 and July 11.Clarke, Powhatan Henry (1862-1893). To Robert Marshall Anderson.AD 140 (1-2)
1893 June 29.Kearny, Lucy McNary. To Robert Marshall Anderson [with undated note and 2 newspaper clippings].AD 225
1924 August 24.Humphreys, Alexander Crombie. To Robert Marshall Anderson: Copy of Report to the Trustees of Stevens Institute of Technology.AD 210
1928 January 15 and undated.Clark, Charles Franklin. To Margaret Clark Fullerton [drafts].AD 131 (1-2)
[Between 1929 and 1936].Miscellaneous items re: the home of Robert M. Anderson To Robert Marshall Anderson.AD 395
Includes pencil plan and front elevation of house; ink map of Circleville, Ohio, streets; ink sketch of fence with measurements; two ink sketches of library table; and clippings: "I Got the House I wanted" by Robert M. Anderson and Charles S. Keefe, architect; "Pickaway County in the Old Days"; "Insulation is Praised by Retired Instructor" (1936);
[ Box 5 ]
Correspondence, 1930-1938 and undated; miscellaneous and ephemera; photographs. 41 folders
1930 February 19 and March 24.Anderson, Robert Marshall. To Tom O. Gilliland.AD 059 (1-4)
Also includes an undated incomplete draft of letter and Columbia System Gas Transmission and Distribution Controlled by Columbia Gas & Electric Corporation, December 31, 1929map of natural gas lines in Ohio.
1930 June 10 and June 17.Clark, Charles Franklin. To Mary Olds Clark [with photograph presumably of Charles Clark].AD 132 (1-2)
1931 September 14.Outwaite, Charles P. To Mary Olds Clark [including 2 items about the estate of Charles Franklin Clark].AD 304 (1-3)
1936.Anderson, Robert Marshall. Notes on home heating to Johns-Manville Corp (Firm) with the Johns-Manville Corp. "The Invisible Home" booklet, 1930.AD 061
With The Invisible Home (Johns-Manville Corp., 1930)
[Year unknown] October 2 and October 11. Marlow, Katherine. To Robert Marshall Anderson.AD 259 (1-2)
[Undated].Newspaper clipping and handwritten transcription of "The Brightest of All" [sketch of Richard Clough Anderson], Louisville Courier, September 14, 1918, and handwritten transcription of article on Anderson's estate Soldier's Retreat.AD 366 (1-2)
1844-1897 and undated.Anderson family. Miscellaneous items and ephemera.
Includes fragments and unidentified pages of text; miscellaneous drawings/sketches; a calling card for Madame M. Boix of Cincinnati a ticket for Henry Boyes, 1859; plan of an unidentified house lot; handwritten poem: "To my Wedding Ring!" signed "Ship Lightning, Novr 1st, 1860"; envelope containing hair identified "My Mother's hair, June 2nd, 1897"; one-page handwritten verse beginning, "Oh would that I could meet thee" dated Oct 13th 1844;
1881-1924 and undated.Anderson, Robert Marshall. Miscellaneous items pertaining to Robert Marshall Anderson.
Includes photograph of Anderson as a child; monogram samples; sketches of bookplate design; 1881 sketch of machinery plans; miscellaneous certificates and printed ephemera; 1924 fraternity invitation; note from H. A. Loviaguine, December 30, 1924, etc.
1837-1873 and undated.Anderson, William Marshall. Miscellaneous documents.
Includes: miscellaneous financial receipts and documents, dating from 1837-1873; 1838 U.S. Seventh Circuit Court law license for Anderson; 1863 United States Internal Revenue license; 1844 and 1870 religious certificate; 1869 St. Joseph's Cathedral, Columbus, Ohio, certificate; 1844 American Art Union certificate to William Marshall Anderson; 1869 Western Reserve Historical Society membership certificate for William Marshall Anderson; 1-page undated transcription of 1814 Army Register of the United States.
[ Box 5 ]
[Approximately 1890s?]. Anderson family. Photographs of Cincinnati homes and streets [including cyanotypes].AD 365
Approximately 26 snapshots, chiefly cyanotypes.
Robert Spurrier Ellison correspondence and clippings
[ Box 6 ]
Correspondence.1935-1941.34 folders
1936 October 27.Greenburg, Dan W. To Robert Spurrier Ellison [with photographic reproductions of Fort Bridger and a ground plan of Old Fort Laramie].AD 196 (1-4)
1938 January 12.Mechem, Kirke. To Robert Spurrier Ellison [with memorandum re: Marston Greene Clark].AD 265
1938 March 18 and June 3.Partoll, Albert J. To Robert Marshall Anderson [with reprint, "Blackfoot Indian Peace Council," Sources of Northwest History No. 3 [1937].AD 306 (1-2)
1938 March 18 and April 13.Poucher, Anna. To Robert Spurrier Ellison [with memorandum re: Marston Greene Clark].AD 316 (1-3)
William Marshall Anderson diaries and related correspondence
[ Box 7 ]
Mexican diaries and related correspondence.1866-1867.30 folders
Diaries
Correspondence
Anderson, William Marshall. Miscellaneous documents re: Mexico.6 items + newspaper clippings and ephemera.
[ Box 8 ]
Rocky Mountain diaries and related correspondence.1833-1948.12 folders
Includes miscellaneous copies obtained by the Publications Department
1833 February 20.Forsyth, Riddle, et al. To William H. Ashley [typescript copy].
Transferred from the Huntington Publication Department, September 1968.
1833 February 9.Sublette, William L. To William H. Ashley [typescript copy].
Transferred from the Huntington Publication Department, September 1968.
1833 January 10.Forsyth, Riddle, et al. To William H. Ashley [typescript copy].
Transferred from the Huntington Publication Department, September 1968.
1834 March 13-July 9.Anderson, William Marshall. Diary of a Horseback Ride to the Rocky Mountains. Vol. 1 . AD 371 (A)
1834 July 10-September 27.Anderson, William Marshall. Diary of a Horseback Ride to the Rocky Mountains. Vol. II.AD 371 (B)
Anderson, William Marshall. Diaries kept during a Rocky Mountains trip, 1834. Transcribed by Robert Marshall Anderson.
Approximately 1936-1939.Ellison, Robert Spurrier, ed. Notes and footnotes prepared for use in publishing William Marshall Anderson's diaries kept during a Rocky Mountain trip in 1934.
Ellison, Robert Spurrier, ed. With Sublette on A Horseback Ride to the Rocky Mountains in 1834. By William Marshall Anderson. Also a brief Sketch of William Marshall Anderson, by Robert Marshall Anderson and Foreword and Notes by Robert S. Ellison. [typescript copy].
Transferred from the Huntington Publication Department, September 1968.
Miscellaneous copies related to the publishing of William Marshall Anderson's Rocky Mountain Journals.
Transferred from the Huntington Publication Department, September 1968.
[ Box 9 ]
Oversize, Genealogical Materials, and Miscellaneous. 1776-1885.15 folders
Oversize items including genealogical materials, land grants, and newspaper clippings kept by Robert M. Anderson.
United States. Congress (1776). Commission to Richard Clough Anderson as Captain in 5th Virginia Battalion.AD 350
1789-1804.United States. Land grants to members of the Virginia Continental Line, of property in the Virginia military District of Ohio.AD 367 (1-6)
1819 May 21.Talbot, Isham, 1773-1837. Opinion re: right of Governor of Virginia to remove Richard Clough Anderson as Surveyor for Virginia Military District. AD 341
1848 March 27.Anderson, William Marshall and Stewart, William. Agreement to lease of property in Scioto Co., Ohio. AD 075
1851 August 11.Lewis, Joseph Jackson. To Allen Granberry Thurman re: the estate of John Black.AD 241 (1-5)
1885 December 31.Anderson, Thomas McArthur et al. Answer of defendants in a property suit brought by Ohio State University. AD 070
Loose volumes
Ellen Columba Ryan Anderson
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1891 July-November.Anderson, Ellen Columba Ryan. Diary re: trip to Europe with Robert Marshall Anderson.AD 388
William Marshall Anderson
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1870 December 31-1871 March 23.Anderson, William Marshall. Diary re: a trip to Mississippi.AD 384
Robert Marshall Anderson
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[Approximately 1878-1879 and undated].Anderson, Robert Marshall. Volume of notes and newspaper clippings.AD 393
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[Approximately 1860s-1870s].Anderson, Robert Marshall. Carte-de-visite photograph album.AD 394
With identified carte-de-visite portraits of Robert E. Lee; Maria Latham; Sarah Kendrick, Allen Latham; Christopher Ryan; Gen. Jubal Early; Mrs. M. A. Daugherty; M. A. Daugherty; Bishop Woods of Philadelphia; Gen. George W. Jones, pioneer of Dubuque, Iowa; Robert Marshall Anderson; Mrs. "Walley" Wardell; Frances Ketchum; Admiral John C. Febiger; Louise Hall; Rev. Father Junker; Miss Ewing; William J. Flugg; Ms. Flugg; Richard C. Anderson; Bishop Watterson of Columbus, Ohio; Rev. Samuel Hedges; Henry A. Boyce; Frances J. Febiger; Archbishop Purcell of Cincinnati, Ohio; the altar piece of St. Joseph's Church, Circleville, Ohio; Adolph G. Menocal; Mrs. A. G. Menocal; Harry Febiger; Mary Boyce; Annie Febiger; Jesus Christ; Marcus Babcock; George Renick; Sidney Tyler; Mrs. Sidney Tyler; Louise Boyce.