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Box 1

 Container

Contains 15 Results:

Photographs: unidentified Native American individuals and dwellings, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of Edward Parmelee Smith document his family, as well as his service to the U.S. Christian Commission, the American Missionary Association, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The papers are comprised almost entirely of correspondence and photographs, with a small amount of news clippings, Smith's log book for the U.S. Christian Commission, and additional documents present. The majority of the correspondence, which dates from 1818 to 1876, relates to Smith's family and...
Dates: Created: undated

Photographs: unidentifiable daguerreotypes, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: Folder 11
Scope and Contents

2 daguerreotypes; one lacking front case, other in black purse case

Dates: Created: undated

Engraving: portrait of Nathaniel W. Taylor, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: Folder 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of Edward Parmelee Smith document his family, as well as his service to the U.S. Christian Commission, the American Missionary Association, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The papers are comprised almost entirely of correspondence and photographs, with a small amount of news clippings, Smith's log book for the U.S. Christian Commission, and additional documents present. The majority of the correspondence, which dates from 1818 to 1876, relates to Smith's family and...
Dates: Created: undated

Poem and lock of hair, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: Folder 13
Scope and Contents

Hand script poem entitled "The Blind Spinner" by unknown author.

Notes by Edward P. Smith's granddaughter, Ruth Crawford Mitchell indicate the hair may have been that of Clarke Smith, Edward and Laura Smith's son, who died just before his fourth birthday.

Dates: Created: undated

Newspaper clippings, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: Folder 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of Edward Parmelee Smith document his family, as well as his service to the U.S. Christian Commission, the American Missionary Association, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The papers are comprised almost entirely of correspondence and photographs, with a small amount of news clippings, Smith's log book for the U.S. Christian Commission, and additional documents present. The majority of the correspondence, which dates from 1818 to 1876, relates to Smith's family and...
Dates: Created: undated