Box 2

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...

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...

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Contains a collection of photographs (tintypes and carte de visites) of the Edward P. Smith family. Includes photographs of Smith's daughter, Mary Gertrude, which Smith kept while away from his family, as well as photographs taken in Germany of the Smith family following Edward Smith's death in 1876.