Campbell: Elsie Erwin Letter about Campbell Family, 1956

Archive

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Millburn-Short Hills Historical Society

Name/Title

Campbell: Elsie Erwin Letter about Campbell Family, 1956

Entry/Object ID

2004.068.003

Scope and Content

Six-page, double-sided handwritten letter from Elsie Campbell Erwin to A. Ross Meeker dated February 6, 1956 discussing the Campbell family history in preparation for the Millburn Centennial publication. She discusses life in the "Valley," family landholdings in NY and NJ, her Aunt Hattie (Harriet Campbell) and Aunt Kate (Catherine Campbell Stanley), and describes the photographs she encloses of Aunt Hattie at ages 100 & 101. Elsie Campbell Erwin (1873-1956) was the daughter of Anna and George Washington Campbell. She died in November 1965.

Acquisition

Accession

2004.068

Source or Donor

Owen Lampe

Acquisition Method

Gift

Dimensions

Height

7-1/4 in

Width

6-1/2 in