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Collection consists primarily of letters of Thomas H. Griffith of St. Louis to his niece Mrs. Belle Resor in Cincinnati, which mostly discuss family news. Collection also contains two biographical sketches and an autobiographical sketch of Griffith.

Scope and Contents The Newman Family Papers consist of correspondence, blueprints, newspapers, writings, legal documents, family papers, music scores, and other materials pertaining to Eric and Evelyn Newman, their families, and children Linda Schapiro and Andrew Newman. Families include the Newman, Pfeiffer, Lilienfeld, and Maestre families on Eric Newman’s side and the Edison family on Evelyn Newman’s side. There are also documents pertaining to the Edison Brothers Stores. The collection also...

Scope and Contents The collection contains several loose papers and a scrapbook of the Tredway and Greeley families, which include several military and professional papers of William W. Tredway while he resided in New York and Wisconsin in the 1820s and 1830s; several documents relating to Jefferson Davis that appear to have been taken from Davis’ home by Dwight Tredway during the Civil War; several Confederate letters captured by Tredway; papers of Charles S. Greeley, many of which relate to...