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Box 3

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

11 personal letters, 1916

 File — Box: 3, 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: 1916

34 letters and 1 wedding announcement (31 personal letters, and 3 business letters); one letter (dated November 11, 1917) addressed to Murphy J. Foster from his son Prescott, mentions his military involvement (Prescott was inspired to join the military after the United States’ entry into WWII), 1917

 File — Box: 3, 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: 1917

16 letters and 1 telegram (includes one advertisement letter, pamphlets, and membership form from the Wesley Adult Bible Classes Department, and 4 letters from Prescott discussing military life (dated January 13, April 7, July 21, and August 18, 1918), 1918

 File — Box: 3, 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: 1918

3 personal letters, 1919

 File — Box: 3, 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: 1919

Undated letters and fragments (6 letters), 1910s

 File — Box: 3, 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: 1910s

5 letters (3 personal letters, 2 business letters) and 1 Christmas card; one letter (dated January 19, 1921) addressed to W.W. Battle, Esq. concerns Murphy J. Foster’s work as the Collector of Customs in New Orleans, LA, 1921

 File — Box: 3, 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: 1921

Sympathy letters (Murphy J. Foster died on June 12, 1921): 44 personal letters, 1921

 File — Box: 3, 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: 1921

Sympathy Cards (Murphy J. Foster died on June 12, 1921): 23 sympathy cards, 1921

 File — Box: 3, 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: 1921