LeRoy Goodwater Family Records, 1850-1926

Collection Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Correspondence

Series 1 (1850-1877) concerns the letters of Warren and William Coss and other family members. Included in this are letters during the Civil War Years. Warren Coss served with the Minnesota Heavy Artillery. This group is arranged chronologically. An annotated listing of this correspondence can be found at the end of the series.

Box 1

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1886

Folder 2: Correspondence, 1887

Folder 3: Correspondence, 1888

Folder 4: Correspondence, 1889

Folder 5: Correspondence, 1890

Folder 6: Correspondence, 1891

Folder 7: Correspondence, 1893

Folder 8: Correspondence, 1894

Folder 9: Correspondence, 1895

Folder 10: Correspondence, 1896

Folder 11: Correspondence, 1897

Folder 12: Correspondence, 1898

Folder 13: Correspondence, 1899

Folder 14: Correspondence, 1900

Folder 15: Correspondence, 1901

Folder 16: Correspondence, 1902

Folder 17: Correspondence, 1903

Folder 18: Correspondence, 1904

Folder 19: Correspondence, 1926

Series 2: Correspondence and Records

Series 2 contains letters to Mamie Goodwater. The main topic in these letters relates to family news. These letters are also arranged chronologically and cover the years 1884-1904, 1926. This collection also contains various documents, photos, correspondence, and genealogical papers pertaining to families including Powers, Harris, Coss, and Goodwater.

Box 1

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1850

Folder 2: Correspondence, 1853

Folder 3: Correspondence, 1854

Folder 4: Correspondence, 1855

Folder 5: Correspondence, 1857

Folder 6: Correspondence, 1859

Folder 7: Correspondence, 1861

Folder 8: Correspondence, 1862

Folder 9: Correspondence, 1865

Folder 10: Correspondence, 1874

Folder 11: Correspondence, 1877

Folder 12: Miscellaneous Documents

Folder 13: Broadside Advertisement, 1860

Folder 14: Fragments of Letters

Folder 15: Family Obituaries

Folder 16: Genealogical Records of Goodwater Family

Folder 17: Goodwater and Coss Family Tree

Folder 18: LeRoy Goodwater Miscellaneous 1

Folder 19: LeRoy Goodwater Miscellaneous 2

Folder 20: Notes from the Journal of Thomas Kenmir

Folder 21: LeRoy Goodwater Family Photos 1

Folder 22: LeRoy Goodwater Family Photos 2

Folder 23: LeRoy Goodwater Family Photos 3

Folder 24: LeRoy Goodwater Family Photos 4

Folder 25: LeRoy Goodwater Family Photos 5 (Tin Types)

Series 3: Genealogical Records

Series 3 contains genealogical materials, family photographs, death certificates, an extensively detailed family tree of the Powers and Harris families, and miscellaneous other documentation related to the Goodwater Family.

Box 1

Folder 1: Goodwater Family Genealogy Papers 1 (From France to America)

Folder 2: Goodwater Family Genealogy Papers 2

Folder 3: Goodwater Family Genealogy Papers 3

Folder 4: Goodwater Family Genealogy Papers 4

Folder 5: Goodwater Family Genealogy Papers 5

Folder 6: Genealogical Chart of the Powers and Harris Families (Compiled by William P. Powers) (Oversize Folder Cabinet)