Collection Overview
Title: Mosher Family Records, 1848-1945
ID: OGLMC/463
Extent: 1.0 Linear Feet
Arrangement: The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by surname and then chronologically for each individual. Correspondence is both incoming and outgoing except that all correspondence to Alllette Mosher is in her files.
Date Acquired: 09/00/1977
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The principal recipient and correspondent is Allette Mosher (1864-1945). Other recipients and correspondents include: Eliza Keyes (1848-1903), mother of Allette; Warren and Viola Pierce, Allette’s sister and brother-in-law, (1856-1870); Inez Mosher (1886-1924), Allette’s daughter; and Gladys Mosher (1932-1933), Allette’s granddaughter. The correspondence deals with the everyday concerns, including farming, health, and the lives of family members in Kansas, New York, North Dakota, and Michigan. Included are documents concerning the death of Thomas Batty and the efforts of Allette to receive her Civil War widow’s pension. There is also correspondence with a relative in the Pacific during World War II.
Administrative Information
Accruals:
Phyllis Kannowski loaned photographs of Mosher family members for duplication in August 1979; 80-646
Access Restrictions:
Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source:
Phyllis Kannowski, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Acquisition Method:
Donation; 77-485. The originals were loaned for duplication and returned to the donor
Preferred Citation:
(Description of Item). Mosher Family Records. OGLMC 463, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.
Finding Aid Revision History:
Finding aid added to Archon in January 2020.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Correspondence, Eliza Keyes, 1848-1903
- Folder 2: Correspondence, Eliza Keyes, 1848-1903
- Folder 3: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1890-1945
- Folder 4: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1890-1945
- Folder 5: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1890-1945
- Folder 6: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1890-1945
- Folder 7: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1890-1945
- Folder 8: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1890-1945
- Folder 9: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1890-1945
- Folder 10: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1890-1945
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1864-1889 and undated
- Folder 2: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1864-1889 and undated
- Folder 3: Correspondence, Allette (Keyes) Batty Mosher, 1864-1889 and undated
- Folder 4: Correspondence, Inez Mosher, 1886-1924
- Folder 5: Correspondence, Gladys Mosher, 1932-1933
- Folder 6: Correspondence, W.H. Pierce and Viola (Keyes) Pierce, 1856-1899
- Folder 7: Correspondence, W.H. Pierce and Viola (Keyes) Pierce, 1856-1899
- Folder 8: Correspondence, W.H. Pierce and Viola (Keyes) Pierce, 1856-1899
- Folder 9: Legal Documents
- Folder 10: Batty Pension Materials
- Folder 11: Photocopied Photographs of Mosher Family Members