The
Fairbanks Family Papers consist of the miscellaneous papers of five generations
of the family who founded E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., manufacturers of
scales in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Most
of the collection relates to William Paddock Fairbanks (1840-1895), son of
Joseph P. Fairbanks, and William’s son, Joseph (1881-1964). The papers include personal and business
correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, genealogy, postcards,
newspaper clippings, and ephemera. The
papers are housed in seven document boxes, two oversize folders, and two
oversize volumes (7.5 linear feet). Philip Merrill Fairbanks (1913-1997), son
of Joseph, gave the papers to the Vermont Historical Society in 1965. Use of
the papers was restricted until Philip Fairbanks’ death in 1997.
Biographical
Sketches
Erastus
Fairbanks (1792-1864), the eldest son of Joseph and Phebe Paddock Fairbanks,
was the first of the family to move to Vermont, leaving his Brimfield, Massachusetts,
birthplace in 1811; the rest of the family followed in 1815. While Erastus operated a store in Barnet,
Vermont, his father and brother, Thaddeus (1796-1886), built and operated a
gristmill and sawmill, and built carriages in St. Johnsbury. In 1823 Thaddeus built an iron foundry and
Erastus joined him to establish E. and T. Fairbanks, to manufacture stoves and
plows. Thaddeus, an inventor and
mechanic, perfected and patented a design for a platform scale in 1830 and
three years later Erastus, Thaddeus, and their youngest brother, Joseph P.
(1806-1855), formed E. & T. Fairbanks & Company to manufacture and sell
the scales. Erastus and Joseph managed
the business while Thaddeus provided the mechanical expertise. Because of the size of the scales and the
relative remoteness of St. Johnsbury, the Fairbanks contracted with agents and
mechanics who were given defined territories to sell, assemble, and repair the
scales. The company was successful and
the scales became renowned nationally and internationally. E. & T. Fairbanks & Company
continued in business until 1916 when it was purchased by Fairbanks, Morse and
Company of Cincinnati and Chicago (originally an agent of E. & T. Fairbanks
& Company). Ownership has changed
several times but scales continue to be made in St. Johnsbury (as of 1996).
While
serving as president of E. & T. Fairbanks & Company, Erastus was also
active in civic affairs and politics. A
member of the Congregational Church in St. Johnsbury, he was president of the
Vermont Domestic Missionary Society, and a member of the American Board of
Foreign Missions, and was active in the temperance movement. He was elected to the legislature in 1836
and was chosen presidential elector in 1844 and 1848 for the Whig party. He was elected governor of Vermont in 1852
and again in 1860.
As
one of six men to be granted a charter for the Connecticut and Passumpsic
Railroad in 1835, Erastus supported the railroad project through its third
charter and was named president when the company finally organized in
1846. He held that position until 1854.
Erastus
Fairbanks married Lois Crossman (or Crosman) of Peacham, Vermont, in 1815 and
they had nine children: Jane
(1816-1852, m. Ephraim Jewett); George (1819-1843); Horace (1820-1888); Charles
(1821-1898); Julia (1824-1884, m. John H. Paddock); Franklin (1828-1895); Sarah
(1831-1858); Emily (1833-1859, m. Charles Stone); Ellen (1836-1843, m. Constans
Goodel).
Thaddeus
Fairbanks was born in Brimfield, Massachusetts, in 1796 and moved to St. Johnsbury,
Vermont, in 1815. He was an inventor
with many patents including a cast iron stove and plow. In 1830 he and Erastus became interested in
the raising and processing of hemp, and Thaddeus patented a hemp dresser (and
was for a time manager of the St. Johnsbury Hemp Company). His most successful invention was the
platform scale in 1830. He married Lucy
Peck Barker in 1820 and they had a son, Henry (1918-1830), and daughter,
Charlotte (1837-1869, m. George Webber).
Thaddeus Fairbanks died in 1886.
Joseph
Paddock Fairbanks was born in 1806. He
studied law from 1828 to 1833 and had a law practice in Vermont before joining
his brothers in the platform scale business.
He was elected to the legislature in 1845 and fought for improvements in
education, temperance, and spoke out against slavery and against the Mexican
War. Together with his brothers he
founded St. Johnsbury Academy. He
married Almira Taylor in 1845 and had two children: Edward Taylor (1836-1919), and William Paddock (1840-1895).
Horace
Fairbanks (1820-1888), son of Erastus, became president of the E. & T.
Fairbanks & Co. after his father’s death. He was governor of Vermont from
1876-1878. He gave the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum (1871) and Art Gallery (1873) as
well as the North Congregational Church (1878) to the town of St. Johnsbury.
Edward
Taylor Fairbanks (1836-1919) son of Joseph P., and a graduate of Yale
University and Andover Theological Seminary, was pastor of the St. Johnsbury
Center Church (1868-1874) and the South Congregational Church (1874-1902). He
was librarian of the Athenaeum from 1902-1918. He is the author of The Town
of St. Johnsbury, Vt., a review of one hundred and twenty five years.
William
Paddock Fairbanks (1840-1895), brother of Edward Taylor Fairbanks, was
secretary and treasurer of the E & T. Fairbanks &Co. until 1888 when he
moved to New York City. He married Rebecca Pike (1841-1928) in 1861. Their
mansion, Brantview, built in 1884, is now part of St. Johnsbury Academy.
The three children from the marriage were, Almira Taylor (1865-1902), Mabel
(1871-1955), and Joseph (1881-1964). Sometime after 1888 William divorced
Rebecca and married Flora Sylvester. There were no children from this marriage.
Joseph
Fairbanks (1881-1964), the youngest child of William P. and Rebecca Fairbanks,
was educated at St. Johnsbury Academy, Yale (class of 1903), and Harvard Law
School (class of 1906). He practiced law in St. Johnsbury and, in 1917,
volunteered for duty in World War I. He was given a lieutenant’s commission and
promoted to rank of major, and eventually to colonel, serving in the Judge
Advocate and War Departments. After his discharge in 1919, he became an
attorney for the War Claims Board until 1920, and for the U.S. Shipping Board
until 1923. He then entered private practice in Washington, D.C., where he and
his family had resided since 1919. In 1908, Joseph married Luella Merrill, a
graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music. Their children were: Edward
Joseph (1910-1979) and Philip Merrill (1913-1997).
Philip
Merrill Fairbanks (1913-1997), donor of this collection, was born in St.
Johnsbury and raised in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Yale (class of 1935)
and the George Washington University Law School (class of 1938). Judge
Fairbanks’ distinguished legal career culminated in his appointment to the
Maryland Circuit Court where he served from 1973 until his retirement.
In
addition to the genealogy folders, further genealogical information is in
Folder 0.
The papers are organized in 10 series. Series II through VI correspond to the generations of the Fairbanks Family in St. Johnsbury, beginning with Joseph (1763-1846). Members of each generation are represented by a sub series.
I. Genealogy (Fairbanks and Pike families)
II.
1st Generation
Joseph Fairbanks (1763-1846), and
Phebe Paddock (1760-1853)
III.
2nd Generation
A. Erastus (1792-1864) and Lois
Crosman (1792-1866)
B. Thaddeus (1796-1886) and Lucy
Peck Barker (1799-1866)
C. Joseph Paddock Fairbanks
(1806-1855) and Almira Taylor (1811-1883)
IV.
3rd Generation
A. Sons of Erastus Fairbanks
1. George (1819-1843)
2. Horace (1820-1888) and Mary
Elizabeth Taylor (1824-1901)
3. Charles (b. 1821)
4. Franklin (1828-1895) and Frances
Clapp (1832-1895)
B. Son of Thaddeus Fairbanks
1. Henry (1830-1918), Annie Noyes
(1845-1872), and Ruthy Page (1852-1935)
C. Sons of Joseph P Fairbanks
1. Edward Taylor Fairbanks (1836-1919)
and Emma Taplin (1844-1917)
2. William Paddock Fairbanks (1840-1895)
and Rebecca Pike (1841-1928)
V.
4th Generation – children of William P. Fairbanks
A. Joseph (1881-1964) and Luella
Merrill (1878-1965)
B. Laura Bartlett (1878-1965) and
Charles H. Merrill (1845-1923)
C. Merrill Family
D. Mabel Fairbanks Robinson (b.
1871)
VI.
5th Generation – sons of Joseph Fairbanks
1. Edward Joseph (1910-1979)
2. Philip Merrill (1913-1997)
VII.
E. & T. Fairbanks & Co.
VIII.
St. Johnsbury
IX.
Photographs
X.
Miscellaneous
The
Fairbanks Family Papers consist of the miscellaneous papers of five generations
of this prominent St. Johnsbury, Vermont, family, founders and owners of the E.
& T. Fairbanks & Co. Scales and donors of The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
(public library), Fairbanks Museum, and the St. Johnsbury Academy. The papers include personal and business
correspondence, Fairbanks and Pike family genealogy, photographs, scrapbooks,
diaries, postcards, newspaper clippings, and ephemera, for the period
1798-1953.
Although
the papers span five generations of the Fairbanks family, there are only a few
letters and other miscellaneous items from the earliest period. Most of the
collection consists of the papers of William P. Fairbanks, his wife, Rebecca
Pike, and their son, Joseph, and his wife Luella Merrill. They are concentrated
in the late 19th century, and early 20th century with
special emphasis on the period around World War I. The papers from this period
reveal the family’s affluence: they build and furnish an elegant St. Johnsbury
estate, Brantview, their sons are educated at prestigious private
schools, and they enjoy a leisurely fin de siecle grand tour.
Among
the earliest correspondence in the collection is a letter to Joseph P.
Fairbanks from his father in 1834, and letters from his brother Erastus in
1845, during the time Joseph was in the Vermont Legislature. In a series of
letters between 1847 and 1851, Horace Eaton, Vermont’s Governor and former
Superintendent of Common Schools, discusses education issues with Joseph, a
champion of public schools.
Edward
T. Fairbanks (1836-1919) is represented in the papers in a series of witty and
affectionate letters to his younger brother, “Willie” (William P. Fairbanks),
when one, or both, was at private school or college between 1853 and 1865. A
typescript transcription of the letters contains penciled annotations by
William’s son, Joseph. Most of the letters are related to student life:
Andover, Yale, and Heidelburg, but Edward also accompanied his father on an
1855 business trip to Chicago, soon after which, his father died. An 1859
graduate of Yale, Edward continued to collect memorabilia from his alma mater.
William
P. and Rebecca Pike Fairbanks’ letters occupy several document boxes. Most of
these are business letters to William as treasurer of the E. & T. Fairbanks
Company, a position he held until he left St. Johnsbury in 1888 to become a
partner in Fairbanks & Company in New York City. Glimpses of his personal
life can be seen however, in a few letters to his family (in a letter to his wife
he describes the 1885 entombment of President Ulysses S. Grant), and in his
1884 to 1888 letter copybooks. William’s copybook correspondence reveals the
care he took in furnishing Brantview, his 1886 decision not to seek
further political office, and his displeasure by 1888 with his business
situation.
World
War I shaped the life of Joseph Fairbanks and his family. Joseph left his St.
Johnsbury law practice in 1917 to volunteer in the U.S. Army. After the war, he
worked for the United States government and he and his family continued to live
in Washington D.C. The collection includes many wartime (1917-1918) letters
exchanged by Rebecca and Joseph, as well as correspondence between Joseph and
Luella, prior to the family’s move from St. Johnsbury to Washington.
Joseph
saved business letters and memos from the period 1917 to 1920 and continued to
collect publications and clippings into the 1940s.
Although
Philip Fairbanks (1913-1997) donated the collection to Vermont Historical
Society, there are few of his papers, or those of his brother, Edward Joseph
(1910- 1979) in the collection. What few papers there are date mostly from the
time they were children.
Apart
from William P. Fairbanks’ business letters, the collection has little about
the E. & T. Fairbanks Co. Series VII includes an 1827 letter to Isaiah
Ripley in Franconia, N.H. “to cast about thirty” from a pattern the sender
enclosed; the letter is signed only “E. & T. Fairbanks.” There are several
examples of company advertising from the 1860s, and miscellaneous papers from
Joseph Fairbanks’ law firm in the early 1900s.
In
addition to series VII, material related to St. Johnsbury and its institutions
are scattered throughout the collection. Materials related to St. Johnsbury
Academy can be found in the papers of Rebecca P. Fairbanks (1856-1858), Joseph
(1898-1899) and Luella Merrill Fairbanks (1932-1938) (MSC136:5, 136:39, and
138:5). Postcard views of St. Johnsbury and environs, 1913-18, collected by
Joseph Fairbanks, are located in MSC 138:15.
The
extensive collection of photographs includes family portraits, snapshots,
stereoscopic views, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, and postcards.
Photographs
in Series IX include family portraits (1860s to 1920s); a photographic record
of Joseph Fairbanks’ 1895 grand tour; informal snapshots of Joseph Fairbanks
and his family from 1896-1920; 1929 interior and exterior views of Brantview,
William P. and Rebecca Fairbanks’ St. Johnsbury estate; St. Johnsbury school
views in the 1890s; and miscellaneous 1870s Vermont and New England
stereoscopic views.
The
series also includes a ca. 1914 photograph of the superintendents, foremen, and
officers of the E. & T. Fairbanks & Co. and several stereoscopic views
of the company’s January 21, 1876 fire.
Additional
photographs of Joseph and Luella Fairbanks at the time of World War I can be
found with their scrapbooks (MSC 137:6-11, 138:43-44, and 139:1-5).
Joseph
and Luella Fairbanks’ postcard collection (MSC 137:15-20) includes views of St.
Johnsbury from 1913 to 1918, and Vermont scenes from the same period.
Most
of the identified daguerreotypes, all of which are located in MSC 140:26 and
27, are images of Fairbanks family members. Rebecca Pike Fairbanks, wife of
William P. Fairbanks, her mother, Huldah Johnson Pike, and her grandmother,
Rebecca Miner Pike (1773-1865) are also represented. A list of the
daguerreotypes in the papers can be found in section IX of the inventory.
A
tintype of a Civil War winter camp, ca 1860s, is located in FB27-1. The image may
be the 12th Vt. at Wolf Run Shoals, winter, 1862-1863. The 12th Vermont was
commanded by Asa Blunt, an employee of the E. & T. Fairbanks Co.
Related
manuscript collections include:
·
Fairbanks Papers, 1815-1889. Doc 1-5 and Doc 95
These consist of
records of the E. & T. Fairbanks Co., the correspondence of Erastus
Fairbanks and a few papers of Thaddeus, Joseph, and Horace Fairbanks
·
Erastus Fairbanks Letters, 1813-1866. Doc 169
Letters to Erastus
Fairbanks from family and from business associates.
Books include:
·
Yale, Allen. Ingenious and Enterprising
Mechanics: A Case Study of Industrialization in Rural Vermont, 1815-1900.
University of Connecticut dissertation, 1995. VHS 974.31 Sa23y
·
Fairbanks, Edward T., Town of St. Johnsbury.
Cowles, 1914. VHSR974.31Sa23f
For additional
references, look in the card catalog under: Fairbanks E. & T. & Co.,
names of family members, and St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
·
Photographs
See VHS Portrait
Index: Fairbanks Family
See VHS Picture file:
Fairbanks family (F-PO)
St. Johnsbury
Inventory
I. Genealogy
MSC
134:1 Fairbanks family
2 _____ _____, Memorial booklets, (Almira
Taylor Fairbanks Thayer, 1811-1883, Mary Elizabeth Fairbanks, 1824-1901; Emma
L. Taylor, 1827-1886; Sarah Fairbanks Stone, 1831-1909; Isabel Fairbanks
Farwell, 1861-1891.)
3 Records
of the Pike Family Association of
America, 1902 and 1904; and Luther M. Pike, 1835-1914, obituary.
4 Pages from Pike family Bible, 1800-1900.
5 The Old Fairbanks House,
abridged from Old Colonial Homes by
A. L. Jones, 1894.
MS
Size D Holiday visitor, Dedham, Massachusetts, v. 1, #3, Dec. 1880.
(Article about the Fairbanks house, 1636).
II. First Generation
A.
Joseph Fairbanks (1763-1846) and Phebe Paddock Fairbanks (1760-1853)
MSC
134:6 Letter to his son, Joseph P.
Fairbanks, 1834.
7 Washington’s
Farewell Address, Brookfield, [Massachusetts], Merriam
& Co., 1812. Presentation copy, Joseph Fairbanks, May 10, 1812, Washington
Benevolent Society of the County of Worcester…town of Brookfield…
III. Second
Generation, sons of Joseph Fairbanks
A.
Erastus Fairbanks (1792-1864)
MSC
134:8 Letters, 1839 and 1845
B.
Thaddeus Fairbanks (1796-1886)
MSC 134:9 Deed,
Erastus and Thaddeus Fairbanks, 1832
10 Obituaries, 1886
C.
Joseph P. Fairbanks (1806-1855) and Almira Taylor (1811-1883)
MSC
134:11 Letters, 1845-1855
12 _____, from Horace Eaton, 1847-51
13 Miscellaneous, 1832-47
14 Obituary, 1855
15 Almira Taylor Fairbanks, letters to her
son William P. Fairbanks, 1858-59
IV. Third Generation, sons of Erastus,
Thaddeus and Joseph P. Fairbanks
A. Sons of Erastus Fairbanks
1.
George (1819-1848)
MSC
134:16 Miscellaneous, 1838
2.
Horace (1820-1888)
MSC
134:17 Memorial booklet, 1888
18 Miscellaneous Vt. State publications,
1876-77
19 Empty envelopes
3. Charles (b. 1821)
MSC
134:20 Correspondence with family,
1880-86
4. Franklin (1828-95) and Frances
Clapp Fairbanks (1832-1895)
MSC
134:21 Memorial booklet, 1896
B.
Henry Fairbanks (1830-1918) son of Thaddeus Fairbanks
MSC
134:22 Misc. letters (1840-45)
23 Correspondence re: flying machines, 1910-12
24 Obituary, 1918
C.
Sons of Joseph P. Fairbanks
1. Edward Taylor Fairbanks
(1836-1919)
MSC
134:25 Letters to William P.
Fairbanks, 1853-54
26 _____, 1855
27 _____, 1856
28 _____, Feb. – June, 1857
MSC 134:29 _____,
July – Dec.,1857
30 _____, Jan. – June, 1858
31 _____, July – Dec., 1858
32 _____, Feb. – Aug., 1859
33 _____, 1860-65
34 _____, transcripts, 1853-65
35 _____, undated
36 Letter to Joseph Fairbanks, 1918
37 South Church calendar, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, 1897
38 Essay, undated
39 Letters from Yale alumni, 1902-13
40 Yale University, class of 1859,
miscellaneous
41 _____, miscellaneous undated
42 _____, Scroll and Key, 1858-1917
43 _____, clippings, 1880s-1915
44 Obituaries, 1919
2. William Paddock Fairbanks
(1840-1895)
MSC 134:
45 Letters, to his family, 1850-1885.
46 _____, from Almira M. Adams, 1887
47 _____, business, 1875-76
48 _____, _____, A, 1885
XMSC63:1 _____,
_____, letter copybook, 1884-86
Pages missing: 46-49 (April 1885), 150-168
(Sept. Oct. 1885), 187-193 (Dec. 1885), 308 and 319 (March 1886), and 498-499
(Nov. 1886).
:2 _____, _____, _____1886-88
Pages missing: 47-56 (Jan.-March 1887),
89-95 (April 1887), and 216 (Oct. 1887).
MSC
134:49 Letters, business, B, 1884
50 _____, _____, B, 1885
51 _____, _____, C, 1884-85
52 _____, _____, D, 1884-85
53 _____, _____, E, 1884-85
MSC
135:1 _____, _____, F, 1884
2 _____, _____, F, 1885
3 _____, _____, G, 1884-85
4 _____, _____, H, 1884-85
5 _____, _____, I, 1884-85
6 _____, _____, J-K, 1884-85
7 _____, _____, L, 1884-85
8 _____, _____, M, 1884
9 _____, _____, M, 1885
10 _____, _____, N, 1884-85
11 _____, _____, O-P, 1884-85
12 _____, _____, R, 1884-85
MSC 135:13 _____,
_____, S, 1884-85
14 _____, _____, T, 1884-85
15 _____, _____, W, 1884
16 _____, _____, W, 1885
17 _____, _____, Y, 1885
18 _____, _____, Jan. 1886
19 _____, _____, Feb. 1886
20 _____, _____, March 1886
21 _____, _____, April 1886
22 _____, _____, May 1886
23 _____, _____, June 1886
24 _____, _____, July 1886
25 _____, _____, Aug. 1886
26 _____, _____, Sept. 1886
27 _____, _____, Oct. 1886
28 _____, _____, Nov. 1886
29 _____, _____, Dec. 1886
30 _____, _____, fragments, 1886
31 _____, _____, B, Jan.-May 1887
32 _____, _____, B, June 1887-Jan. 1888
33 _____, _____, C-D, 1887
34 _____, _____, F, 1887-88
35 _____, _____, G-H, 1887-88
36 _____, _____, M-N, 1887-88
37 _____, _____, P, 1887-88
38 _____, _____, R, 1887
39 _____, _____, S-T, 1887
40 _____, _____, W, 1887-88
41 Commission, Colonel, Vt. National Guard, 1884
MS
Size D _____, Denver National Mining
and Industrial Exposition, 1883.
Appointment to represent the State at the
New Orleans Exposition, 1884.
Arbor Day Proclamation, 1885.
MSC
135:42 House furnishing estimate,
1884
43 St. Johnsbury Petroleum Co., 1865-66
44 Miscellany found in his Bible
MS
Size C Map of Woodlawn Cemetery, New
York City, 1928. (WPF buried, Dec. 5, 1895.)
MSC
135:45 Miscellaneous, 1850-1880
3. Rebecca Pike Fairbanks,
(1841-1921), wife of WPF
MSC
135:46 Diary, July, 1900
47 Letters, to Joseph and Luella Aug.-Oct.
1917
48 _____, _____, Nov.-Dec. 1917
49 _____, _____, Jan.-Sept. 1918
50 _____, _____, Oct.-Dec. 1918
MSC
135:51 _____, _____, 1918?
52 _____, to Joseph, 1920s
MSC
136:1 Letters, to RPF, 1900-1918
2 Contents of box, letters, 1837 and 1863
3 _____, greeting
cards, undated
4 _____, compositions, 1850s
5 _____, St. Johnsbury Academy, 1856-58
6 Newspaper clippings, Caledonian,
1858-60
7 _____, The World,
N.Y., July 1860
8 _____, miscellaneous, ca. 1860
9 _____, stories, undated
10 _____, undated
11 Daniel Pike, Revolutionary War service
(great-great-grandfather of RPF), 1906
V. Fourth Generation, children of William
P. Fairbanks
A.
Joseph (1881-1964) and Luella Merrill Fairbanks (1878-1965)
MSC
136:12 Biographical, 1917-1923
13 Diaries, 1897 and 1900
14 _____, Dec. 1906-May 1907
15 Letters, to his family, 1900
16 _____, to Luella, 1916-17
17 Postcards, to his family, 1917
18 Letters, to Luella, 1919
19 _____, _____, fragments 1919
20 _____, _____, 1920
21 _____, to him, 1881-86
22 _____, _____, 1902-1906
23 _____, _____, 1907
24 _____, _____, 1908
25 _____, _____, 1915-16
26 _____, _____, Aug.-Sept. 1917
27 _____, _____, Oct. 1917
28 _____, _____, Nov. 1917
29 _____, _____, Dec. 1917
30 _____, _____, Jan.-April 1918
31 _____, _____, May 1918-July 1919
32 _____, _____, business, April 1917
33 _____, _____, _____, May-June 1917
34 _____, _____, _____, Army Reserve, 1917
35 _____, _____, _____, 1918
36 _____, _____, _____, 1919-20
37 _____, _____, miscellaneous, 1927 and 1935
38 _____, _____, miscellaneous, undated
MSC 136:39 The Academy Student, St. Johnsbury
Academy, Feb. 1898 and June 1899.
40 Yale University, diary Jan.-Aug. 1902
41 _____, essays 1901-1902
42 _____, commencement 1903
43 Military service, 1904 and 1905
44 Legal cases, 1906
45 _____, 1907
46 _____, Estate of Emily Fairbanks, 1909
47 Patent application, for bull staffs (tethering device),
1911
MSC
137:1 Legal cases 1913-14
2.1 _____, 1914-16
3 U.S. Presidential election, 1912
4 Thousand Islands (N.Y.) trip July, 1917
5 Sphinx Club, St. Johnsbury, Vt, 1917-23
6 Madison Barracks, N.Y., 1917
7 Plattsburgh, N.Y., clippings, 1917
8 Scrapbook, p. 1-10, 1917
9 _____, p. 11-20 _____
10 _____, p. 21-26 _____
11 _____, p. 27-28 _____
12 _____, miscellaneous _____
13 World War I, miscellaneous, 1917
MS
Size C _____, clippings, 1917-18
MS
Size D _____, miscellaneous _____
MSC
137:14 Selective Service,
Regulations, 1917-18