Collection number: MC 56
Size: 43 boxes
(ca. 16 cu.ft.)
About the Adams Family
The Adams family resided at Adams Point in Durham, New Hampshire from 1835 until 1960. The principal figures of the family are: “Reformation” John Adams (1791-1851), Methodist minister and founder of the Adams Point branch of the family; his son Enoch George Adams (1829-1900), Union officer, poet and newspaper editor; and Edward Hamlin Adams (1860-1951), gundalow builder.
For further information about the Adams family see Evelyn Browne’s “Reformation John Adams of Adams Point,” M.A. thesis, University of New Hampshire, 1962.
About the Adams Family Papers
The Adams Family papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, documents, and photographs of the family, its kin and the local area. The collection also includes papers from other local families related to the Adams Family (Coleman, Foss, Harvey, Hoyt, Libbey, Sanderson) and materials concerning the Adams Point property.
Items in Boxes 29 – 33 were added from the ARH Foss glass negative collection (Rye-Portsmouth-Newcastle-Newington (from Adams Family estate Adam’s Point) purchased from Thom Hindle (2023).
NOTE: The Fanny Adams papers, containing letters, newspaper clippings, notes, and lists (including one made by her husband, Edward Hamlin Adams, of the timber he needed to build the gundalow named after her, The Fanny M, the last working gundalow in the world), are held at the Durham Historic Association Museum. (See DHA Newsletter #204, June 2001, for more information).
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open.
Copyright Notice
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], [Folder number], [Box number], Adams Family Papers, 1731-1964, MC 56, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Mulitple accessions:
- Donations: primarily by Analesa MacLeod and Evelyn Brown, March 1980 - July 1984 (accession numbers: 7942, 8057, 8153, 822, 8217, 8218, 847)
- Purchase: R.R. Allen Books, Knoxville, TN (accession number: 95.015)
- Purchase: Thom Hindle, Dover N.H., 2021
Collection Arrangement
This material in this collection has been arranged into fourteen series, nine of which are organized by Adams family member. Series made up of each family members' papers are organized in chronological order by year of birth. Other series are organized based on the materials they contain, including scrapbooks, photographs, and miscellaneous papers. Oversized materials are primarily scrapbooks of news clippings and can be found in the corresponding series at the end of the finding aid. More detailed information about each Adams family member can be found at the beginning of their specific series.
Collection Contents
- Series 1: Reformation John Adams, 1791-1851
- Subseries A: Early Adams Papers
- Subseries B: Letters to Ref. John Adams
- Subseries C: Letters from Ref. John Adams
- Subseries D: Other Writings of Ref. John Adams
- Subseries E: Financial Materials
- Subseries F: Other Material Concerning Ref. John Adams
- Subseries G: Church Materials
- Subseries H: Miscellaneous Material
- Series 2: Sarah Sanderson Adams, 1797-1879
- Series 3: John Isaac Ira Adams, 1826-1857
- Series 4: Joseph Martin Reuter Adams, 1838-1917
- Series 5: Enoch George Adams, 1829-1900
- Series 6: Various 19th Century Members of the Adams Family
- Series 7: Edward Hamlin Adams, 1860-1950
- Series 8: Edward Cass Adams, 1892-1959
- Series 9: Analesa Foss Adams MacLeod
- Series 10: Adams Family and Adams Point
- Series 11: Miscellaneous
- Series 12: Photographs
- Series 13: Scrapbooks
Series 1: Reformation John Adams, 1791-1851
John Adams was born in Newington, New Hampshire on February 14, 1791 to John Adams and Abigail Coleman Adams. As a teenager Adams converted to Methodism and as a young man he became an itinerant preacher. He was appointed elder of the Bristol Conference in Rhode Island in 1810. In 1820 he married Sarah Sanderson of Waterford, Maine. He was known for his emotional appeals and fiery preaching and remained a popular minister through the 1830s. His preaching career spanned the period of the “Second Great Awakening” and primarily took him throughout the New England area. In the 1840s his preaching style and mental instability caused him increasing difficulties. Since his religious message was often unwelcome, Adams turned to preaching about temperance issues and using his singing voice. Adams died in 1851 after a period of illness.
This series includes material from Adams's parents and covers the period between 1731 and 1828.
Subseries A: Early Adams Papers
Box 1 | ||
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Box 1, Folder 1 | Miscellaneous Papers, 1788-1804 | |
Box 1, Folder 2 | Miscellaneous Papers, 1805-1828 | |
Box 1, Folder 3 | Coleman Family Papers, (family of Abigail Coleman Adams, mother of Ref. John Adams), 1731-1739 | |
Box 1, Folder 4 | Coleman Family Papers, 1768-1788 | |
Box 1, Folder 5 | Benjamin and Nathaniel Adams, Miscellaneous Papers, 1788-1828 |
Subseries B: Letters to Ref. John Adams
Box 1 | ||
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Box 1, Folder 6 | Letters from J. F. Adams, 182?-1849 | |
Box 1, Folder 7 | Letters from Amos Binney, 1826-1827 | |
Box 1, Folder 8 | Letters from Ephraim Coleman, 1818-1829 | |
Box 1, Folder 9 | Letters from James Coleman, 1829-1844 | |
Box 1, Folder 10 | Receipts related to business with Nathaniel Coleman, 1832-1844 | |
Box 1, Folder 11 | Letters from Eleazar Dunham, 1823-1829 | |
Box 1, Folder 12 | Letters from Andrew Marston, 1843-1848 | |
Box 1, Folder 13 | Letters from Jeremiah Pease, 1823-1826 | |
Box 1, Folder 14 | Letters from Jeremiah Pease, 1832-1844 | |
Box 1, Folder 15 | Letters from J. A. Pickering, 1847-1848 | |
Box 1, Folder 16 | Letters from Moses Rowe, 1823-1838 | |
Box 1, Folder 17 | Legal Materials Concerning Debt Owed Adams, 1842-1844 | |
Box 1, Folder 18 | Letters from Joseph Sanderson (Ref.John Adams’ brother-in-law), 1828-1846 | |
Box 1, Folder 19 | Letters from Moses Sanderson, (Ref.John Adams’ brother-in-law), 1822-1849 (?) | |
Box 1, Folder 20 | Letters from O. Scott, 1833-1837 | |
Box 1, Folder 21 | Letters from Mary Waterhouse, 1819-1825 | |
Box 1, Folder 22 | Letters from Nathaniel and Joseph Wheeler, 1819-1831 | |
Box 1, Folder 23 | Letters from John Whittlesey, 1822-1824 | |
Box 1, Folder 24 | Letters from William Wyman, 1824-1834 | |
Box 1, Folder 25 | Letters from William Wyman, 1837-1847 | |
Box 1, Folder 26 | Letters from William Wyman, 1848-1850 | |
Box 2 | ||
Box 2, Folder 1 | Miscellaneous Letters, A | |
Box 2, Folder 2 | Miscellaneous Letters, B | |
Box 2, Folder 3 | Miscellaneous Letters, C to D | |
Box 2, Folder 4 | Miscellaneous Letters, F to G | |
Box 2, Folder 5 | Miscellaneous Letters, H | |
Box 2, Folder 6 | Miscellaneous Letters, I to J | |
Box 2, Folder 7 | Miscellaneous Letters, K to L | |
Box 2, Folder 8 | Miscellaneous Letters, M | |
Box 2, Folder 9 | Miscellaneous Letters, N to P | |
Box 2, Folder 10 | Miscellaneous Letters, R | |
Box 2, Folder 11 | Miscellaneous Letters, Sa to Si | |
Box 2, Folder 12 | Miscellaneous Letters, Sm to St | |
Box 2, Folder 13 | Miscellaneous Letters, T | |
Box 2, Folder 14 | Miscellaneous Letters, U to W | |
Box 2, Folder 15 | Invitations to Preach, 1819-1824 | |
Box 2, Folder 16 | Invitations to Preach, 1825-1828 | |
Box 2, Folder 17 | Invitations to Preach, 1829-1831 | |
Box 2, Folder 18 | Invitations to Preach, 1832-1835 | |
Box 2, Folder 19 | Invitations to Preach, 1836-1840 | |
Box 2, Folder 20 | Invitations to Preach, 1841-1843 | |
Box 2, Folder 21 | Invitations to Preach, 1844-1849 | |
Box 2, Folder 22 | Invitations to Preach, Undated | |
Box 2, Folder 23 | Testimonials, 1818-1828 | |
Box 2, Folder 24 | Testimonials, 1835-1846 | |
Box 2, Folder 25 | Letter Fragments |
Subseries C: Letters from Ref. John Adams
Box 3 | ||
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Box 3, Folder 1 | Letters to his Family, 1820-1843 | |
Box 3, Folder 2 | Letters to his Family, 1845-1846 | |
Box 3, Folder 3 | Letters to his Family, 1847 | |
Box 3, Folder 4 | Letters to his Family, 1848 | |
Box 3, Folder 5 | Letters to his Family, 1849-1850 | |
Box 3, Folder 6 | Letters to Others, 1818-1824 | |
Box 3, Folder 7 | Letters to Others, 1825-1827 | |
Box 3, Folder 8 | Letters to Others, 1833-1844 |
Subseries D: Other Writings of Ref. John Adams
Box 3 | ||
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Box 3, Folder 9 | MS Family History | |
Box 3, Folder 10 | Obituaries for Methodist Periodicals, 1822-1827 | |
Box 3, Folder 11 | Obituaries for Methodist Periodicals, 1833-1843 | |
Box 3, Folder 12 | Miscellaneous Writings, sermons, etc. (mostly undated) | |
Box 3, Folder 13 | Miscellaneous Writings, sermons, etc. (mostly undated) | |
Box 3, Folder 14 | Miscellaneous Writings, sermons, etc. (mostly undated) | |
Box 3, Folder 15 | Miscellaneous Writings, sermons, etc. (mostly undated) | |
Box 3, Folder 16 | Miscellaneous Writings, sermons, etc. (mostly undated) | |
Box 3, Folder 17 | Miscellaneous Writings, sermons, etc. (mostly undated) | |
Box 3, Folder 18 | Undated Notebooks | |
Box 3, Folder 19 | Undated Notebooks | |
Box 3, Folder 20 | Undated Notebooks | |
Box 3, Folder 21 | Undated Notebooks | |
Box 4 | ||
Box 4, Folder 1 | Diaries, Day Books, and Accounts, 1830-1833 and 1844-1846 | |
Box 4, Folder 2 | Diaries, etc., 1846-1848 | |
Box 4, Folder 3 | Diaries, etc., undated and fragments | |
Box 4, Folder 4 | Intro and Index to Transcribed Diary | |
Box 4, Folder 5 | Transcribed Diary | |
Box 4, Folder 6 | Transcribed Diary | |
Box 4, Folder 7 | Transcribed Diary | |
Box 4, Folder 8 | Transcribed Diary | |
Box 4, Folder 9 | Transcribed Diary | |
Box 4, Folder 10 | Transcribed Diary | |
Box 4, Folder 11 | Transcribed Diary and miscellaneous scraps | |
Box 4, Folder 12 | Printed Poetry |
Subseries E: Financial Materials
Box 5 | ||
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Box 5, Folder 1 | Real Estate, 1814-1838 | |
Box 5, Folder 2 | Real Estate, 1841-1847 | |
Box 5, Folder 3 | Book Selling Receipts, 1820-1845 | |
Box 5, Folder 4 | Notes Bearing Interest | |
Box 5, Folder 5 | Family Expenses, 1840-1850 | |
Box 5, Folder 6 | Receipts, 1823-1829 | |
Box 5, Folder 7 | Receipts, 1830-1831 | |
Box 5, Folder 8 | Receipts, 1832 | |
Box 5, Folder 9 | Receipts, 1833 | |
Box 5, Folder 10 | Receipts, 1834 | |
Box 5, Folder 11 | Receipts, 1835 | |
Box 5, Folder 12 | Receipts, 1836 | |
Box 5, Folder 13 | Receipts, 1837 | |
Box 5, Folder 14 | Receipts, 1838-1839 | |
Box 5, Folder 15 | Receipts, 1840 | |
Box 5, Folder 16 | Receipts, 1841 | |
Box 5, Folder 17 | Receipts, 1842 | |
Box 5, Folder 18 | Receipts, 1843-1844 | |
Box 5, Folder 19 | Receipts, 1845 | |
Box 5, Folder 20 | Receipts, 1846 | |
Box 5, Folder 21 | Receipts, 1847-1848 | |
Box 5, Folder 22 | Receipts, 1849-1850 | |
Box 5, Folder 23 | Tax Receipts, 1822-1847 | |
Box 5, Folder 24 | Promissory Notes, 1818-1834 | |
Box 5, Folder 25 | Miscellaneous Undated Receipts and Notes | |
Box 6 | ||
Box 6, Folder 1 | Account Book, 1825-1856 | |
Box 6, Folder 2 | Account Book, 1846-1860 | |
Box 6, Folder 3 | Deeds and Mortgages, 1824-1828 | |
Box 6, Folder 4 | Deeds and Mortgages, 1829-1832 | |
Box 6, Folder 5 | Deeds and Mortgages, 1833-1838 | |
Box 6, Folder 6 | Deeds and Mortgages, 1841-1848, and undated |
Subseries F: Other Material Concerning Ref. John Adams
Box 6 | ||
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Box 6, Folder 7 | Character References, 1846-1848 | |
Box 6, Folder 8 | Memorabilia from Ref. John Adam’s Trip Abroad, June 9 to October 13, 1846 | |
Box 6, Folder 9 | Memorabilia | |
Box 6, Folder 10 | Program of Evangelical Alliance Conference, 1846 | |
Box 6, Folder 11 | Account of Death of John Adams, by John Adams, transcribed by Enoch George Adams | |
Box 6, Folder 12 | Inventory of the Estate of Ref. John Adams, December 12, 1850 | |
Box 6, Folder 13 | Miscellaneous Material Related to John Adams, 1828-1903 |
Subseries G: Church Materials
Box 7 | ||
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Box 7, Folder 1 | Church Affairs, 1819-1829 | |
Box 7, Folder 2 | Church Affairs, 1833-1839 | |
Box 7, Folder 3 | Church Affairs, 1840-1846 | |
Box 7, Folder 4 | Church Affairs, undated | |
Box 7, Folder 5 | Church Affairs, undated | |
Box 7, Folder 6 | Church Affairs, Expenses, 1820-1826 | |
Box 7, Folder 7 | Church Affairs, Expenses, 1827-1845 | |
Box 7, Folder 8 | Church Affairs, Expenses, undated | |
Box 7, Folder 9 | Church Affairs, Subsciption Lists | |
Box 7, Folder 10 | Sermons, Religious Writings | |
Box 7, Folder 11 | Church Papers Concerning ref. John Adams, 1818-1847 | |
Box 7, Folder 12 | Hymnals | |
Box 7, Folder 13 | Pamphlets on the Methodist Episcopal Church in NH, 1821-1846 | |
Box 7, Folder 14 | Various Methodist Societies, 1811-1838 | |
Box 7, Folder 15 | Sundry Lists | |
Box 7, Folder 16 | Marriage Bans, 1819-1821 | |
Box 7, Folder 17 | Marriage Bans, 1822-1824 | |
Box 7, Folder 18 | Marriage Bans, 1825-1829 | |
Box 7, Folder 19 | Marriage Bans, 1830-1834 | |
Box 7, Folder 20 | Marriage Bans, 1834-1839 | |
Box 7, Folder 21 | Marriage Bans, 1840 | |
Box 7, Folder 22 | Marriage Bans, 1841-1845 | |
Box 7, Folder 23 | Woodbury v. Haskell, 1826 | |
Box 7, Folder 24 | Church Pamphlets, 1830-1848 | |
Box 7, Folder 25 | Church Related Broadsides and Handbills, 1819-1877 | |
Box 7, Folder 26 | Miscellaneous Church Related Material |
Subseries H: Miscellaneous Material
Box 7, Folder 27 | Clippings on the Death of John Quincy Adams |
Box 7, Folder 28 | Miscellaneous Printed Material |
Box 7, Folder 29 | Miscellaneous Material |
Series 2: Sarah Sanderson Adams, 1797-1879
Sarah Sanderson Adams was the wife of “Reformation” John Adams. The two were married in 1820. This series includes Sanderson family papers and deeds.
Subseries A: Letters to Sarah Sanderson Adams
Box 8 | ||
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Box 8, Folder 1 | Letters from Joni Branscomb (sister of John Isaac Ira Adams’s wife, Helen), 1862-1868 | |
Box 8, Folder 2 | Letters from Aaron Sanderson, 1820-1874 | |
Box 8, Folder 3 | Letters from Joseph Sanderson, 1845-1873 | |
Box 8, Folder 4 | Letters from Mary and Steven Sanderson, (parents of Sarah Sanderson Adams), 1820-1832 | |
Box 8, Folder 5 | Letters from Moses Sanderson, 1821-1829 | |
Box 8, Folder 6 | Letters from Moses Sanderson, 1831-1845 | |
Box 8, Folder 7 | Letters from Moses Sanderson, 1846-1858 | |
Box 8, Folder 8 | Letters from Moses Sanderson, 1861-1873 | |
Box 8, Folder 9 | Miscellaneous Letters to Sarah Sanderson Adams: A to C, 1826-1876 | |
Box 8, Folder 10 | Miscellaneous Letters to Sarah Sanderson Adams: E to H, 1824-1870 | |
Box 8, Folder 11 | Miscellaneous Letters to Sarah Sanderson Adams: M to R, 1824-1857 | |
Box 8, Folder 12 | Miscellaneous Letters to Sarah Sanderson Adams: S, 1826-1859 | |
Box 8, Folder 13 | Miscellaneous Letters to Sarah Sanderson Adams: T, 1823-1853 | |
Box 8, Folder 14 | Miscellaneous Letters to Sarah Sanderson Adams: W, 1837-1863 | |
Box 8, Folder 15 | Miscellaneous Letters to Sarah Sanderson Adams: Unidentifiable |
Subseries B: Letters from Sarah Sanderson Adams
Box 8, Folder 16 | Letters from Sarah Sanderson Adams to Others, 1823-1848 | |
Box 8, Folder 17 | Letters from Sarah Sanderson Adams to Others, 1852-1859 | |
Box 8, Folder 18 | Letters from Sarah Sanderson Adams to Others, 1861-1862, and undated |
Subseries C: Other Papers of Sarah Sanderson Adams
Box 8, Folder 19 | Financial Papers, 1841-1859 | |
Box 8, Folder 20 | Legal Materials, 1851-1859 | |
Box 8, Folder 21 | Miscellaneous | |
Box 8, Folder 22 | Sanderson Deeds, 1825 |
Series 3: John Isaac Ira Adams, 1826-1857
John Isaac Ira Adams was born to “Reformation” John Adams and Sarah Sanderson Adams in July of 1826 on Martha’s Vineyard. After attending Yale, John became a teacher at both Martha’s Vineyard and Newington, New Hampshire. He also wrote many articles and poems for several newspapers. Newspapers containing the writings of John Isaac Ira Adams can be found in Oversize Box 1.
Subseries A: Letters to John Isaac Ira Adams
Box 8, Folder 23 | Letters from Martha A. Mathes, 1944-1845 | |
Box 8, Folder 24 | Letters from Edwin Sanderson (cousin), 1842-1845 | |
Box 8, Folder 25 | Letters from Joseph Thompson, 1843-1845 | |
Box 8, Folder 26 | Letters from Various People: A to Z, 1852-1853 |
Subseries B: Letters from John Isaac Ira Adams
Box 8, Folder 27 | Letters to Various Persons, 1844-1845 | |
Box 8, Folder 28 | Letters to Various Persons, 1846 | |
Box 8, Folder 29 | Letters to Various Persons, 1847-1848 | |
Box 8, Folder 30 | Letters to Various Persons, 1849 | |
Box 9 | ||
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Box 9, Folder 1 | Letters to Various Persons, 1851-1855 | |
Box 9, Folder 2 | Letters to Various Persons, 1857 | |
Box 9, Folder 3 | Letters to Various Persons, undated |
Subseries C: Other Papers of John Isaac Ira Adams
Box 9, Folder 4 | Manuscripts |
Box 9, Folder 5 | Financial Papers |
Box 9, Folder 6 | School Pamphlets |
Box 9, Folder 7 | Miscellaneous |
Series 4: Joseph Martin Reuter Adams, 1838-1917
Joseph Martin Reuter Adams was born to “Reformation” John Adams and Sarah Sanderson Adams in May of 1838 on Adam’s Point, Durham, New Hampshire. In 1860 he married Olive Esther Libbey. Joseph opened up the family house as a summer hotel in 1900 and ran it until his death in 1917.
Box 9 | ||
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Box 9, Folder 8 | Letters to Joseph Martin Reuter Adams: A to Z, 1860-1911 | |
Box 9, Folder 9 | Diaries, 1869-1871 | |
Box 9, Folder 10 | Diaries, 1872-1874 | |
Box 9, Folder 11 | Diaries, 1873-1878 | |
Box 9, Folder 12 | Diaries, 1879-1880 | |
Box 9, Folder 13 | Diaries, 1879-1880 | |
Box 9, Folder 14 | Account Book, 1852-1862 | |
Box 9, Folder 15 | Deeds, 1865-1928 | |
Box 9, Folder 16 | Tax Receipts, 1852-1923 | |
Box 9, Folder 17 | Insurance Material | |
Box 9, Folder 18 | Ledger Accounts | |
Box 9, Folder 19 | Miscellaneous Bills, etc | |
Box 9, Folder 20 | Miscellaneous Bills, etc | |
Box 10 | ||
Box 10, Folder 1 | “A Book of Recordes for the Methodist Episcopal Church in East Kingston” |
Series 5: Enoch George Adams, 1829-1900
Enoch George Adams was born to “Reformation” John Adams and Sarah Sanderson Adams in February of 1829 in Bow, New Hampshire. He attended Yale with his brother John Isaac Ira. He served in the Civil War in Company D, Regiment 2 of the 2nd. New Hampshire. After his service Adams was engaged in several Indian wars in the mid-west including an engagement with Sitting Bull. He settled for a time in the Pacific Northwest and edited The Vancouver Register. Enoch George Adams transcribed and edited his father’s journals and wrote poetry. He was married to Sarah Plummer and Mary Elizabeth Libbey. Newspapers that Enoch George Adams edited or contributed in some manner can be found in Oversize Box 1.
Subseries A: Letters to Enoch George Adams
Box 10, Folder 2 | Letters from Preston M. Glines, 1860-1862 | |
Box 10, Folder 3 | Letters from Charles H. Long, 1861 | |
Box 10, Folder 4 | Letters from James Lucas, 1861-1862 | |
Box 10, Folder 5 | Letters from Attorneys Philips and Gillis (regarding his first wife’s will), 1858-1859 | |
Box 10, Folder 6 | Letters from Samuel Sayles, Commander of 2nd Regt. of NH volunteers, 1862-1868 | |
Box 10, Folder 7 | Miscellaneous Letters: A to Z, 1850-1862 | |
Box 10, Folder 8 | Miscellaneous Letters: C to D, 1850-1866 | |
Box 10, Folder 9 | Miscellaneous Letters: E to H, 1850-1872 | |
Box 10, Folder 10 | Miscellaneous Letters: I to L, 1859-1862 | |
Box 10, Folder 11 | Miscellaneous Letters: M, 1850-1862 | |
Box 10, Folder 12 | Miscellaneous Letters: P to R, 1853-1863 | |
Box 10, Folder 13 | Miscellaneous Letters: S, 1847-1862 | |
Box 10, Folder 14 | Miscellaneous Letters: T to W, 1860-1861 | |
Box 10, Folder 15 | Miscellaneous Letters: Unidentifiable, 1849-1862 | |
Box 10, Folder 16 | Envelopes |
Subseries B: Letters from Enoch George Adams
Box 10 | ||
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Box 10, Folder 17 | 1845-1852 | |
Box 10, Folder 18 | 1853-1854 | |
Box 10, Folder 19 | 1855-1856 | |
Box 10, Folder 20 | 1857-1860 | |
Box 10, Folder 21 | February - September, 1861 | |
Box 10, Folder 22 | October - December, 1861 | |
Box 10, Folder 23 | January - April, 1862 | |
Box 10, Folder 24 | May, 1862 | |
Box 10, Folder 25 | June - August, 1862 | |
Box 10, Folder 26 | September - December, 1862 | |
Box 11 | ||
Box 11, Folder 1 | January - May, 1863 | |
Box 11, Folder 2 | June - August, 1863 | |
Box 11, Folder 3 | September - December, 1863 | |
Box 11, Folder 4 | 1864-1865 | |
Box 11, Folder 5 | 1866 | |
Box 11, Folder 6 | 1867 | |
Box 11, Folder 7 | 1868-1869 | |
Box 11, Folder 8 | 1870 | |
Box 11, Folder 9 | 1872-1876 | |
Box 11, Folder 10 | undated | |
Box 11, Folder 11 | undated | |
Box 11, Folder 12 | undated, damaged | |
Box 11, Folder 13 | Envelopes |
Subseries C: Other Papers from Enoch George Adams
Box 11, Folder 14 | School Workbook, Mathematics |
Box 11, Folder 15 | “J. Adams’ Farewell to Martha’s Vineyard [by Ref. John Adams]” and “Further Particulars of the Adams’ Genealogy [by Enoch G. Adams]“ |
Box 11, Folder 16 | Poems |
Box 11, Folder 17 | Miscellaneous Writings |
Box 11, Folder 18 | Published Poems |
Box 11, Folder 19 | Financial Papers |
Box 11, Folder 20 | Financial Papers |
Box 11, Folder 21 | Civil War Papers |
Box 11, Folder 22 | Civil War Papers |
Box 11, Folder 23 | Miscellaneous Papers |
Series 6: Various 19th Century Members of the Adams Family
Subseries A: Sarah Plummer Adams
Box 11 | ||
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Box 11, Folder 24 | Letters to Sarah P. Adams | |
Box 11, Folder 25 | Letters to Enoch G. Adams from Sarah P. Adams, 1850-1853 | |
Box 12 | ||
Box 12, Folder 1 | Letters to Enoch G. Adams from Sarah P. Adams, 1850-1854 | |
Box 12, Folder 2 | Manuscripts | |
Box 12, Folder 3 | Miscellany |
Subseries B: Olive Esther Libbey Adams
Box 12, Folder 4 | Letters to Olive E. A. Adams, 1917-1919 | |
Box 12, Folder 5 | Letters from Olive E. A. Adams, 1873-1881 | |
Box 12, Folder 6 | Financial Papers | |
Box 12, Folder 7 | Miscellaneous Papers |
Subseries C: Mary Elizabeth Libbey Adams
Box 12, Folder 8 | Letters to Mary E. L. Adams, 1870-1881 | |
Box 12, Folder 9 | Letters from Mary E. L. Adams | |
Box 12, Folder 10 | Autograph Album, Notebook | |
Box 12, Folder 11 | Miscellaneous Libbey Papers, James Libbey, Surveyor, 1829-1891 | |
Box 12, Folder 12 | Libbey Account Books, 1839-1864 | |
Box 12, Folder 13 | Libbey Account Books, 1838-1862 |
Subseries D: Other 19th. Century Adamses
Box 12 | ||
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Box 12, Folder 14 | Blanche Adams | |
Box 12, Folder 15 | Albert Howard Adams | |
Box 12, Folder 16 | Albert H. Adams, Diaries, 1878-1880 | |
Box 12, Folder 17 | Albert H. Adams, Diaries, 1882, 1884 | |
Box 12, Folder 18 | Mary Esther Adams, 1879-1890 | |
Box 13 | ||
Box 13, Folder 1 | Helen Branscomb Adams, Letters by Helen B. Adams, 1857-1864 | |
Box 13, Folder 2 | Helen B. Adams, Letters by Helen, B. Adams, 1868-1869 | |
Box 13, Folder 3 | Helen B. Adams, Miscellaneous | |
Box 13, Folder 4 | Arthur Adams, Letters from Arthur Adams, 1866-1870 | |
Box 13, Folder 5 | Arthur Adams, Letters from Arthur Adams, 1873-1874 and miscellany | |
Box 13, Folder 6 | Mary Abigail Adams Senter, Letters from Mary A. Senter, 1856-1864 | |
Box 13, Folder 7 | Mary A. Senter, Letters from Mary A. Senter, 1865-1876 | |
Box 13, Folder 8 | Mary A. Senter, Letters from Mary, A. Senter | |
Box 13, Folder 9 | Mary A. Senter, Envelopes | |
Box 13, Folder 10 | Mary A. Senter, Letters from Others A to L, 1843-1866 | |
Box 13, Folder 11 | Mary A. Senter, Letters from Others, M to Z, 1855-1883 | |
Box 13, Folder 12 | Mary A. Senter, Miscellany | |
Box 13, Folder 13 | Unidentified Diaries, 1869, 1922, 1923 |
Series 7: Edward Hamlin Adams, 1860-1950
Edward Hamlin Adams was the oldest son of Joseph Martin Reuter Adams and Olive Esther Libbey Adams. Edward served as the last of the gundalow skippers on the Piscataqua River. Gundalows are low built boats with lateen riggings which were used primarily for shipping cargo; they were peculiar to the Piscataqua region. After the use of gundalows died out, Edward and his son Edward “Cass” built two gundalows, The Fannie M and The Driftwood. Edward married Martha Francis Harvey (known thereafter as “Fanny Adams,”) for whom The Fannie M was named, in 1885. He died in 1950 soon after the launch of The Driftwood. This series contains material dating from 1830-1962.
Box 13 | ||
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Box 13, Folder 14 | Letters to Edward H. Adams, A to Z, 1909-1950 | |
Box 13, Folder 15 | Letters to Edward H. Adams, 1927-1951 | |
Box 13, Folder 16 | Diaries, 1891, 1929; Notebook | |
Box 13, Folder 17 | Account Book | |
Box 13, Folder 18 | Financial Papers | |
Box 13, Folder 19 | Financial Papers | |
Box 14 | ||
Box 14, Folder 1 | Launching of Gundalow – The Driftwood | |
Box 14, Folder 2 | Clippings on Gundalows, esp. The Driftwood, 1830-1860 | |
Box 14, Folder 3 | Magazine Articles on Edward H. Adams, 1950-1962 | |
Box 14, Folder 4 | Miscellaneous | |
Box 14, Folder 5 | Frances Harvey Adams, Letters for Francis H. Adams, 1907-1929 | |
Box 14, Folder 6 | Frances H. Adams, Letters from Frances H. Adams, 1920 | |
Box 14, Folder 7 | Frances Harvey Adams, Miscellany | |
Box 14, Folder 8 | Sarah Thompson Harvey Adams, Letters from Abbey Thompson, 1842-1860 | |
Box 14, Folder 9 | Sarah T. H. Adams, Letters from Elizabeth Thompson, 1847-1850 | |
Box 14, Folder 10 | Susan Thompson H. Adams, Letters from Others, 1832-1857 | |
Box 14, Folder 11 | Susan T. H. Adams, Letters from Others, Unsigned, 1849-1865 | |
Box 14, Folder 12 | Susan T. H. Adams, Leters from Susan T. H. Adams, 1849 | |
Box 14, Folder 13 | Susan T. H. Adams, Manuscripts, poetry | |
Box 14, Folder 14 | Susan T. H. Adams, Manuscripts, prose | |
Box 14, Folder 15 | Susan T. H. Adams, Minutes of Walnut Grove Lyceum, 1849-1853 | |
Box 14, Folder 16 | Avis Suzanne Adams, Letters to Avis S. Adams, 1918-1952 | |
Box 14, Folder 17 | Avis Suzanne Adams, Letters of Recommendation, 1923-1926 | |
Box 14, Folder 18 | Avis Suzanne Adams, Miscellaneous |
Series 8: Edward Cass Adams, 1892-1959
Edward Cass Adams was born to Edward Adams and Francis Harvey Adams in 1892. Like his father and grandfather, Cass Adams lived on Adams Point. He married Analesa Foss of Rye, New Hampshire in 1936. Cass Adams served on several local civic committees and was active in anti-water pollution efforts in the region. When he died in 1959 no more Adams descendants lived on Adams Point. The property itself came to be owned by the State of New Hampshire and is currently run as a nature preserve.
Box 14 | ||
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Box 14, Folder 19 | Letters to Edward C. Adams: A to C, 1934-1958 | |
Box 14, Folder 20 | Letters to Edward C. Adams: D to F, 1927-1958 | |
Box 14, Folder 21 | Letters to Edward C. Adams: G to K, 1927-1958 | |
Box 15 | ||
Box 15, Folder 1 | Letters to Edward C. Adams: L to M, 1938-1958 | |
Box 15, Folder 2 | Letters to Edward C. Adams: N to Z, 1917-1959 | |
Box 15, Folder 3 | Letters from Edward C. Adams, 1933-1955 | |
Box 15, Folder 4 | Notes on his Life, by Edward C. Adams, 1892-1959 (and typed transcription of same by Evelyn Browne) | |
Box 15, Folder 5 | Notes and Class Exercises | |
Box 15, Folder 6 | Anti-Taxation Exercises | |
Box 15, Folder 7 | Water Pollution Writings | |
Box 15, Folder 8 | Miscellaneous Writings> | |
Box 15, Folder 9 | Drawings, 1892-1856 | |
Box 15, Folder 10 | Sketchbook | |
Box 15, Folder 11 | Miscellaneous Personal Material | |
Box 15, Folder 12 | Materials on the Seacoast Redevelopment Association, 1945-1958 | |
Box 15, Folder 13 | Material from Other Associations Edward C. Adams was Associated wit | |
Box 15, Folder 14 | Great Bay Materials | |
Box 15, Folder 15 | Soil and Water Conservation Plan for Durham Point | |
Box 15, Folder 16 | Durham and Durham School Proposal |
Series 9: Analesa Foss Adams MacLeod
Wife of Edward Cass Adams. The two were married in 1936.
Box 16 | ||
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Box 16, Folder 1 | Letters from Evelyn Browne, 1960-1964 | |
Box 16, Folder 2 | Letters from Others | |
Box 16, Folder 3 | Letters to Evelyn Browne, 1960-1964 | |
Box 16, Folder 4 | Letters to Others, 1941-1965 | |
Box 16, Folder 5 | Appointment Book, 1948 | |
Box 16, Folder 6 | Miscellaneous Papers | |
Box 16, Folder 7 | Rev. Samuel Hoyt, Letters to Hoyt, 1845-1854 | |
Box 16, Folder 8 | Rev. Samuel Hoyt, Writings | |
Box 16, Folder 9 | Rev. Samuel Hoyt, Writings | |
Box 16, Folder 10 | Rev. Samuel Hoyt, Writings, printed material | |
Box 16, Folder 11 | Rev. Samuel Hoyt, Sermons | |
Box 16, Folder 12 | Rev. Samuel Hoyt, Sermons | |
Box 16, Folder 13 | Rev. Samuel Hoyt, Marriage Bans, 1835-1841 | |
Box 16, Folder 14 | Rev. Samuel Hoyt, Marriage Bans, 1842-1888 | |
Box 16, Folder 15 | Rev. Samuel Hoyt, Newsclippings | |
Box 16, Folder 16 | Rev. Samuel Hoyt, Miscellaneous Papers | |
Box 16, Folder 17 | Other Hoyts, Frank M. Hoyt, Papers, 1894-1944 | |
Box 16, Folder 18 | Other Hoyts, Katherine S. Hoyt, Daybook, 1857 | |
Box 16, Folder 19 | Other Hoyts, Emma Foss, Papers | |
Box 16, Folder 20 | Other Hoyts, Grade Book and Account Books | |
Box 16, Folder 21 | Other Hoyts, Miscellaneous, 1816-1952 | |
Box 16, Folder 22 | Other Hoyts, Clippings | |
Box 17 | ||
Box 17, Folder 1 | Diary fragments – authors unknown | |
Box 17, Folder 2 | Miscellaneous correspondence | |
Box 17, Folder 3 | Haliburton Papers, mostly finance, 1848-1905 | |
Box 17, Folder 4 | Foss Correspondence | |
Box 17, Folder 5 | Unidentified diaries, 1898 and 1900 | |
Box 17, Folder 6 | Unidentified diaries, 1908 and 1910 | |
Box 17, Folder 7 | Unidentified diary, 1920 | |
Box 17, Folder 8 | Foss scrapbook | |
Box 17, Folder 9 | Miscellaneous papers | |
Box 17, Folder 10 | Miscellaneous papers | |
Box 17, Folder 11 | Miscellaneous papers | |
Box 18 | ||
Box 18, Folder 1 | Hymns | |
Box 18, Folder 2 | Almanacs, 1850, 1557, 1879 | |
Box 18, Folder 3 | Religious Tracts | |
Box 18, Folder 4 | Rule of House and Senate of NH, 1849 and 1851 |
Series 10: Adams Family and Adams Point
Box 18 | ||
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Box 18, Folder 5 | History of Adams Family with Biographical Sketches, Whittemore, Henry, 1893 | |
Box 18, Folder 6 | Copy of History of Adams Family | |
Box 18, Folder 7 | Genealogical Material, Memorial Pamphlet> | |
Box 18, Folder 8 | Genealogical Material | |
Box 18, Folder 9 | Genealogical Material, Copy of Analesa F. A. MacLeod’s Genealogical Notebook. [Adams Point] | |
Box 18, Folder 10 | Printed Material | |
Box 18, Folder 11 | Purchase of Adams Point by NH Fish and Game Dept., 1961-1962 | |
Box 18, Folder 12 | Public Auction, 1961 | |
Box 18, Folder 13 | Post-1961 Actions | |
Box 19 | ||
Box 19, Folder 1 | Guest Log, 1936 | |
Box 19, Folder 2 | Guest Logs, 1941-1949 | |
Box 19, Folder 3 | Guest Logs, 1949-1950 | |
Box 19, Folder 4 | Guest Log, 1950 | |
Box 19, Folder 5 | Guest Logs, 1958, 1960 | |
Box 19, Folder 6 | Illustrated handmade booklet: “Calico, a Cat That Once Lived on Adams Point” by Isabel Sewall Hunter, Nov. 30, 1946 |
Series 11: Miscellaneous
Box 20 | ||
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Box 20, Folder 1 | Miscellaneous, Large Fragments | |
Box 20, Folder 2 | Miscellaneous, Small Fragments | |
Box 20, Folder 3 | Miscellaneous, Zion’s Herald, February 5, 1902 | |
Box 20, Folder 4 | “Tacoma: the city with a snow-capped mountain in its dooryard” | |
Box 20, Folder 5 | Miscellaneous publications | |
Box 20, Folder 6 | Subscription letter | |
Box 20, Folder 7 | Unidentified letters | |
Box 20, Folder 8 | Miscellaneous unidentified papers |
Series 12: Photographs
This series consists of photographs of the Adams Family, Adams Point, of a house on Adams Point, Misc. photographs of the Point, various Adams Relatives and other people, the Foss family, Sanderson Family (Sarah Sanderson was the wife of Reformation John Adams), and others (in alphabetical order). The latter part of the series contains miscellaneous unidentified people, local places, boats, small and large photograph albums, and glass plate negatives.
Unless noted otherwise, all glass plate negatives in boxes 28-33 have a corresponding image proof.
Box 21 | ||
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Box 21, Folder 1 | John Isaac Ira Adams
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Box 21, Folder 2 | Mary Abigail Adams Senter
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Box 21, Folder 3 | Mary Abigail Adams Senter
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Box 21, Folder 4 | Olive Esther Libbey Adams
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Box 21, Folder 5 | Enoch George Adams
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Box 21, Folder 6 | Enoch George Adams
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Box 21, Folder 7 | Enoch George Adams
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Box 21, Folder 8 | Edward Hamlin Adams
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Box 21, Folder 9 | Enoch George Adams
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Box 22 | ||
Box 22, Folder 1 | Enoch George Adams
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Box 22, Folder 2 | The Driftwood
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Box 22, Folder 3 | The Driftwood
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Box 22, Folder 4 | The Driftwood
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Box 22, Folder 5 | The Driftwood and other
Gundalows
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Box 22, Folder 6 | The Driftwood
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Box 22, Folder 7 | Edward H. Adams
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Box 22, Folder 8 | Edward H. Adams
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Box 23 | ||
Box 23, Folder 1 | Avis Suzanne Adams
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Box 23, Folder 2 | Avis Suzanne Adams
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Box 23, Folder 3 | Edward Cass Adams
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Box 23, Folder 4 | Edward Cass Adams
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Box 23, Folder 5 | Edward Cass Adams
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Box 23, Folder 6 | Analesa Foss Adams (wife of Edward C. Adams)
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Box 23, Folder 7 | Adams Point as a tourist spot, miscellaneous photographs of guest
and activities
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Box 23, Folder 8 | Adams Point cont.
Photographs of House on Adams Point
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Box 23, Folder 9 | Photographs of House on Adams Point
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Box 23, Folder 10 | Photographs of House on Adams Point, cont.
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Box 24 | ||
Box 24, Folder 1 | Miscellaneous photographs of the Point
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Box 24, Folder 2 | John Greenleaf Adams
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Box 24, Folder 3 | Foss Family
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Box 24, Folder 4 | Foss Family
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Box 24, Folder 5 | Foss Family
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Box 24, Folder 6 | Foss Family
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Box 24, Folder 7 | Foss Family
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Box 24, Folder 8 | Sanderson Family
Sarah Sanderson was the wife of Reformation John Adams.
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Box 24, Folder 9 | Sanderson Family
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Box 24, Folder 10 | Sanderson Family
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Box 24, Folder 11 | Sanderson Family
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Box 25 | ||
Box 25, Folder 1 | Sanderson Family
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Box 25, Folder 2 | Sanderson Family
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Box 25, Folder 3 | Other Individuals, Adams-Davis
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Box 25, Folder 4 | Other Individuals, Demeritt-Greenlaw
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Box 25, Folder 5 | Other Individuals, Greenough-Lidbury
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Box 26 | ||
Box 26, Folder 1 | Other Individuals, Lucas-Nason
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Box 26, Folder 2 | Other Individuals, Nason-Quimby
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Box 26, Folder 3 | Other Individuals, Rand-Towle
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Box 26, Folder 4 | Other Individuals, True-Young and Unidentified
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Box 26, Folder 5 | Other Individuals, Unidentified
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Box 26, Folder 6 | Other Individuals, Unidentified
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Box 27 | ||
Box 27, Folder 6 | Local Places
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Box 27, Folder 2 | Local Places
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Box 27, Folder 3 | Boats
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Box 27, Folder 4 | Albums
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Box 27, Folder 5 | Albums
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Box 27, Folder 6 | Albums
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Box 28 | ||
Glass Plate Negatives
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Box 29 | ||
Glass Plates: 34 8x10 and 6x8 glass plate negatives
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Box 30 | ||
Glass Plate Negatives: 71 - 5x7 Plates
8 unknown 5x7 negatives:
Newington 5x7 Negatives
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Box 31 | ||
Glass Plate Negatives: Newington 35 - 5x7 Negatives
Misc assorted – 4 5x7 Split Negatives
Foss Extras – 8 Portraits 5x7 Negatives
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Box 32 | ||
Glass Plate Negatives: 4x5 Negatives
10 Positive Plates
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Box 33 | ||
Glass Plate Negatives: 19 6x8 split glass plates – studio family
portraits
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Box 34 | ||
Misc items related to Foss Studio/Print Blocks
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Box 35 | ||
Large Photographs and Photo Albums
Note: These items have been removed from the preceding boxes in the series due to their size.
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Series 13: Scrapbooks
Box 36 | ||
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Box 36, Item 1 | Scrapbook of European History and Sights by sister of Edward Cass Adams | |
Box 37 | ||
Box 37, Item 1 | 2 Scrapbooks, Inclusive dates approximately 1870-1930; Newsclippings, poems, some family related materials | |
Box 38 | ||
Box 38, Item 1 | 3 Scrapbooks, Inclusive dates approximately 1870-1930; Newsclippings, poems, some family related materials | |
Box 39 | ||
Box 39, Item 1 | Large Book of “Samples of Dance Orders, Tickets and Menus, J. C. & Co., Inc.” | |
Oversize Box 1 | ||
Prints of Lithograph of “Reformation” John Adams
Newspapers with contributions by John Isaac Ira Adams:
School Papers with contributions by John Isaac Ira Adams:
Western Papers with contributions from or edited by Enoch George Adams:
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Oversize Box 2 | ||
Papers and Photographs
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Map Drawer A7 | Maps, Floor Plans, and Blueprints
Enoch George Adams:
About the Adams Family and Adams Point:
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Collection Content
- Series 1: Reformation John Adams, 1791-1851
- Subseries A: Early Adams Papers
- Subseries B: Letters to Ref. John Adams
- Subseries C: Letters from Ref. John Adams
- Subseries D: Other Writings of Ref. John Adams
- Subseries E: Financial Materials
- Subseries F: Other Material Concerning Ref. John Adams
- Subseries G: Church Materials
- Subseries H: Miscellaneous Material
- Series 2: Sarah Sanderson Adams, 1797-1879
- Series 3: John Isaac Ira Adams, 1826-1857
- Series 4: Joseph Martin Reuter Adams, 1838-1917
- Series 5: Enoch George Adams, 1829-1900
- Series 6: Various 19th Century Members of the Adams Family
- Series 7: Edward Hamlin Adams, 1860-1950
- Series 8: Edward Cass Adams, 1892-1959
- Series 9: Analesa Foss Adams MacLeod
- Series 10: Adams Family and Adams Point
- Series 11: Miscellaneous
- Series 12: Photographs
- Series 13: Scrapbooks