Scope and Contents The collection spans from 1805 to circa 1962 and consists of Eliza’s diaries; family letters (photocopies); and various documents, sketches, and biographical information about Eliza’s parents and descendants (copies). Twenty-one original diaries kept by Eliza G. Post and one volume with a catalog of books comprise the bulk of the collection and date from 1815 to 1876. The diaries appear chronologically before the catalog of books and the various family documents. The 2009...

Scope and Contents The collection dates from 1861 to 1925 and is arranged alphabetically. It is comprised primarily of six scrapbooks kept by Martha Ann (Mattie) Anderson Waller containing items dated from 1861 to 1901. There are two documents from Mattie’s older sister, Lizzie Anderson Wright, pertaining to her kindergarten teacher training (1883) and to her membership in the United Daughters of the Confederacy (1925). The Family Scrapbook (Vol. 1) contains an array of items, beginning with a...