Box 2
Container
Contains 12 Results:
13 letters, 11 personal letters, most sent between Rose and Murphy J. Foster’s daughters to one another and to their parents; 2 business letters sent between Murphy J. Foster and M. Bosworth, esq. (an employee of Murphy J. Foster), 1900
File — Box: 2, 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: 1900
5 letters, 4 personal letters all sent between Rose and Murphy J. Foster’s children to one another, 1 advertisement letter addressed to Murphy J. Foster from U.S. Naval Academy, 1901-1904
File — Box: 2, 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: 1901-1904
7 personal letters; includes three letters (dated circa July 1905, August 14, 1905, August 17, 1905) that mention Senator Murphy J. Foster’s goodwill trip to Hong Kong, Japan, and the Philippines with Secretary of War Taft and Alice Roosevelt and several other senators, 1905
File — Box: 2, 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: 1905
5 personal letters, 1906
File — Box: 2, 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: 1906
6 personal letters, 1907
File — Box: 2, 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: 1907
4 personal letters, 1909
File — Box: 2, 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: 1909
5 personal letters; 2 telegrams (both birth announcements for Murphy J. Foster’s grandchildren), 1910
File — Box: 2, 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: 1910
10 personal letters; 1 postcard; several of the letters between Rose and Murphy J. Foster mention Foster’s reelection campaign, 1911
File — Box: 2, 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: 1911
22 personal letters; 1 telegram; many of the letters between Rose and Murphy J. Foster mention Foster’s frustration with politics and his failed reelection campaign, 1912
File — Box: 2, 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: 1912
17 letters (13 personal letters (one letter has several news clippings attached), 4 business letters), 1 telegram (congratulating Murphy J. Foster’s son, Prescott, on becoming a lawyer), 1913
File — Box: 2, 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: 1913