Emma Varina Anderson

Name/Title

Emma Varina Anderson

Entry/Object ID

2018.203.014

Scope and Content

A collection of manuscripts and small photographs of Emma Varina Anderson. The collection has a few letters and legal documents. -photograph of Emma with a black dog in front of a large wood shed, probably taken around 1910 -two photographs of Emma in a protective sheet, one includes a friend Ella Lack, photographs probably taken around 1900 -a letter to Emma from her mother, Emma Jane September 29, 1909. Discusses day to day family activities and goings on - who has come to see her, how the children are, the weather. -letter to Emma from her mother, a wonderful example of Stonington social circles and gives great descriptions of Stonington residents and their day to day lives, 1909 -long letter to Emma from her mother discussing local residents and the movement of a neighbor's kitchen from her basement to the first floor, c. 1910 -Letter to Emma from Gertrude Wheeler, March 26, 1925 thanking her for her letter which has information that is being forwarded to William Palmer Horn in San Francisco -Letter from Emma to Artie (Arthur P. Anderson) asking him to help her pay her taxes, undated. -letter to Emma from her cousin Helen about Horn relatives, undated -legal notice of the death of Jerome S. Anderson and Emma Varina becoming the execrutrix of his estate, December 19, 1930 -receipt for payment of taxes, November 6, 1936 -receipt for truck and man cleaning up the yard (Vargas Brothers) paid for by Emma Varina, January 1, 1938 -receipt for payment of taxes October 26, 1938 -small packet of calling cards for Emma Varina Anderson from her brother Gene and his wife Ruby, Christmas, 1938 -certification of birth for Emma Varina Anderson, August 16, 1874. Birth identification issued July 12, 1951 -rent receipt for payment received from Emma, August 1, 1953 - $30 signed by Jessie P. Anderson -rent receipt for payment received from Emma July 8, 1954 - $30 signed by Jessie P. Anderson -rent receipt for payment received from Emma August 1, 1954 - $30 signed by Jessie P. Anderson -photograph of an older Emma wearing glasses, two small children sit on a stone wall behind her -photograph of an elderly Emma with her sister Kate in the 1950s -protective sheet with three photographs: one shows an older Emma with her father Jerome, undated; another is of Emma on a bicycle and has the date 1895 written on the back - this photograph was taken by Stiles in Westerly, RI; the last picture is of a younger Emma, probably also taken in the 1890s in a white dress with a large hat

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