Waters Family Correspondence
c.00325

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
Waters family, (Achsa Otis Waters, 1804-1885)
Title
Waters family correspondence
ID
c.00325
Date [inclusive]
1860-1865
Extent
0.1 Cubic feet , 1 folder
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Scope and Contents note

This collection contains five letters relating family matters, three of them from Achsa Waters of Independence and Union, Michigan, to her family (Otis) in Steuben County, New York. She mentions visits to Oberlin, Ohio; a trip through Memphis to Vicksburg, Mississippi (1864) to teach the "colored people" and to deliver clothing from Oberlin and Union. Another letter, form Otis B. Waters of Genessee County, New York to his uncle, talks of finances and an impending trip "West" to be married. Another letter is written by a father to his son.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections February 1967

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Revision Description

  April 2000

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Custodial History

Gift of Lulu Marshall, 1962-07-15. Transferred by Michigan State University Museum

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

  • Letters (correspondence)

Geographic Name(s)

  • Genesee County (Mich.)
  • Independence (Mich.)
  • Memphis (Tenn.)
  • Oberlin (Ohio)
  • Steuben County (N.Y.)
  • Union (Mich.)
  • Vicksburg (Miss.)

Personal Name(s)

  • Marshall, Lulu

Subject(s)

  • African Americans -- Education -- Mississippi
  • Women

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Collection Inventory

Folder

Correspondence 1860-1865 

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