Box 1
Container
Contains 20 Results:
1 letter: Rose Ker Foster’s letter to her cousin (unnamed), 1877
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters provide insight into the personal lives of a family living in Franklin, Louisiana during the time period 1877-1942. While the primary focus of the letters is family life, some letters address the politics of the era, Foster’s senatorial campaigns, various yellow fever outbreaks, and life on the home front during World War I. The vast majority of the correspondence is between Rose Ker Foster and Murphy J. Foster and their children. Included in this series are letters, telegrams,...
Dates:
Other: 1877
3 letters concerning legal matters from Murphy J. Foster’s law office (Gates & Foster, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law), 1880
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters provide insight into the personal lives of a family living in Franklin, Louisiana during the time period 1877-1942. While the primary focus of the letters is family life, some letters address the politics of the era, Foster’s senatorial campaigns, various yellow fever outbreaks, and life on the home front during World War I. The vast majority of the correspondence is between Rose Ker Foster and Murphy J. Foster and their children. Included in this series are letters, telegrams,...
Dates:
Other: 1880
6 letters; 5 letters concerning the illness of Dixie Foster (brother of Murphy J. Foster) and 1 business related letter concerning the sale of cattle, 1881
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters provide insight into the personal lives of a family living in Franklin, Louisiana during the time period 1877-1942. While the primary focus of the letters is family life, some letters address the politics of the era, Foster’s senatorial campaigns, various yellow fever outbreaks, and life on the home front during World War I. The vast majority of the correspondence is between Rose Ker Foster and Murphy J. Foster and their children. Included in this series are letters, telegrams,...
Dates:
Other: 1881
6 letters, 5 personal letters between Murphy J. Foster, Rose Ker Foster, Alice Wade (Rose Ker Foster’s childhood guardian), and Warren Foster (Murphy J. Foster’s brother); 1 business letter addressed to Murphy J. Foster from M. E. Harris, 1882
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters provide insight into the personal lives of a family living in Franklin, Louisiana during the time period 1877-1942. While the primary focus of the letters is family life, some letters address the politics of the era, Foster’s senatorial campaigns, various yellow fever outbreaks, and life on the home front during World War I. The vast majority of the correspondence is between Rose Ker Foster and Murphy J. Foster and their children. Included in this series are letters, telegrams,...
Dates:
Other: 1882
4 letters; 3 personal letters between Rose Ker Foster, William B. Kerr (Rose’s brother), and Murphy J. Foster and 1 letter concerning a property settlement between Foster and an unnamed individual, 1883
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters provide insight into the personal lives of a family living in Franklin, Louisiana during the time period 1877-1942. While the primary focus of the letters is family life, some letters address the politics of the era, Foster’s senatorial campaigns, various yellow fever outbreaks, and life on the home front during World War I. The vast majority of the correspondence is between Rose Ker Foster and Murphy J. Foster and their children. Included in this series are letters, telegrams,...
Dates:
Other: 1883
3 letters: 2 personal letters between Rose Ker Foster, Murphy J. Foster, and Don Foster (Murphy J. Foster’s brother) and 1 business related letter requesting payment, 1884
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters provide insight into the personal lives of a family living in Franklin, Louisiana during the time period 1877-1942. While the primary focus of the letters is family life, some letters address the politics of the era, Foster’s senatorial campaigns, various yellow fever outbreaks, and life on the home front during World War I. The vast majority of the correspondence is between Rose Ker Foster and Murphy J. Foster and their children. Included in this series are letters, telegrams,...
Dates:
Other: 1884
1 personal letters to Rose Ker Foster from Elizabeth Ratliff (Rose’s childhood guardian), 1885
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters provide insight into the personal lives of a family living in Franklin, Louisiana during the time period 1877-1942. While the primary focus of the letters is family life, some letters address the politics of the era, Foster’s senatorial campaigns, various yellow fever outbreaks, and life on the home front during World War I. The vast majority of the correspondence is between Rose Ker Foster and Murphy J. Foster and their children. Included in this series are letters, telegrams,...
Dates:
Other: 1885
1 business related letter to Murphy J. Foster from Annie F. Leverich concerning a pending lawsuit, 1887
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters provide insight into the personal lives of a family living in Franklin, Louisiana during the time period 1877-1942. While the primary focus of the letters is family life, some letters address the politics of the era, Foster’s senatorial campaigns, various yellow fever outbreaks, and life on the home front during World War I. The vast majority of the correspondence is between Rose Ker Foster and Murphy J. Foster and their children. Included in this series are letters, telegrams,...
Dates:
Other: 1887
4 personal letters between Murphy J. Foster, Rose Ker Foster, and William B. Kerr (Rose’s brother), 1888
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters provide insight into the personal lives of a family living in Franklin, Louisiana during the time period 1877-1942. While the primary focus of the letters is family life, some letters address the politics of the era, Foster’s senatorial campaigns, various yellow fever outbreaks, and life on the home front during World War I. The vast majority of the correspondence is between Rose Ker Foster and Murphy J. Foster and their children. Included in this series are letters, telegrams,...
Dates:
Other: 1888
3 personal letters from Rose Ker Foster’s sister Annie Ker and guardian Elizabeth Ratliff, 1889
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters provide insight into the personal lives of a family living in Franklin, Louisiana during the time period 1877-1942. While the primary focus of the letters is family life, some letters address the politics of the era, Foster’s senatorial campaigns, various yellow fever outbreaks, and life on the home front during World War I. The vast majority of the correspondence is between Rose Ker Foster and Murphy J. Foster and their children. Included in this series are letters, telegrams,...
Dates:
Other: 1889