Box 1
Container
Contains 20 Results:
5 personal letters and 2 telegrams, 1890
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
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: 1890
3 personal letters, 1891-1892
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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: 1891-1892
5 personal letters from Rose and Murphy J. Foster’s children to their parents and each other, letters from Rose’s sister Annie Ker and her friend Jeanette Ballard to Rose Ker Foster, 1893
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
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: 1893
2 personal letters, 1 letter (dated April 15, 1894) which mentions Rose’s resignation from the Baton Rouge Woman’s Club, 1894
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
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: 1894
11 personal letters; 1 letter (dated July 23, 1895) from a J. B. Shelton with information about Rose’s father, 1895
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
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: 1895
12 personal letters, 3 postcards (sent from the Foster children to Rose Ker Foster), 3 telegrams (sent by Murphy J. Foster to Rose Ker Foster), and 1 letter fragment (sent to Rose Ker Foster by one of her daughters), 1896
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
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: 1896
8 personal letters, 2 postcards, 1897
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
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: 1897
14 personal letters between Rose, Murphy J. Foster, and their children, most discuss domestic matters, several letters in this folder mention the yellow fever outbreak of that year (see letters dated, September 27, 1898 and October 26, 1898 (addressed to Mrs. M. P. Foster (Foster’s mother) from Murphy J. Foster), September 27, 1898 (addressed to Warren Foster from Murphy J. Foster), and December 7, 1898 (addressed to Rose from Annie H. Foster), 1898
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
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: 1898
2 personal letters, one addressed to Rose Ker Foster from Murphy J. Foster, and the other addressed to Mrs. M. P. Foster from Murphy J. Foster, 1899
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
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: 1899
5 personal letters, 1 letter (dated September 22, no year) mentions yellow fever epidemic, 1890s, n.d.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
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: 1890s, n.d.