Scope and Contents note From the Series: Primarily consists of ca. 1860-1910 letters of Josephine Wheat Gridley. The majority of the correspondence is from Josephine’s family members. Most letters are about family matters and daily life in and around Amboy, Illinois. Josephine generally corresponded with women, and many of the letters deal with issues like fashion, social gatherings, and domestic concerns. There are also letters from sister Alice Wheat Garrison’s divorce lawyer, business correspondence between Woodbridge Gridley...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Primarily consists of ca. 1860-1910 letters of Josephine Wheat Gridley. The majority of the correspondence is from Josephine’s family members. Most letters are about family matters and daily life in and around Amboy, Illinois. Josephine generally corresponded with women, and many of the letters deal with issues like fashion, social gatherings, and domestic concerns. There are also letters from sister Alice Wheat Garrison’s divorce lawyer, business correspondence between Woodbridge Gridley...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Primarily consists of ca. 1860-1910 letters of Josephine Wheat Gridley. The majority of the correspondence is from Josephine’s family members. Most letters are about family matters and daily life in and around Amboy, Illinois. Josephine generally corresponded with women, and many of the letters deal with issues like fashion, social gatherings, and domestic concerns. There are also letters from sister Alice Wheat Garrison’s divorce lawyer, business correspondence between Woodbridge Gridley...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Primarily consists of ca. 1860-1910 letters of Josephine Wheat Gridley. The majority of the correspondence is from Josephine’s family members. Most letters are about family matters and daily life in and around Amboy, Illinois. Josephine generally corresponded with women, and many of the letters deal with issues like fashion, social gatherings, and domestic concerns. There are also letters from sister Alice Wheat Garrison’s divorce lawyer, business correspondence between Woodbridge Gridley...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Primarily consists of ca. 1860-1910 letters of Josephine Wheat Gridley. The majority of the correspondence is from Josephine’s family members. Most letters are about family matters and daily life in and around Amboy, Illinois. Josephine generally corresponded with women, and many of the letters deal with issues like fashion, social gatherings, and domestic concerns. There are also letters from sister Alice Wheat Garrison’s divorce lawyer, business correspondence between Woodbridge Gridley...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Primarily consists of ca. 1860-1910 letters of Josephine Wheat Gridley. The majority of the correspondence is from Josephine’s family members. Most letters are about family matters and daily life in and around Amboy, Illinois. Josephine generally corresponded with women, and many of the letters deal with issues like fashion, social gatherings, and domestic concerns. There are also letters from sister Alice Wheat Garrison’s divorce lawyer, business correspondence between Woodbridge Gridley...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Primarily consists of ca. 1860-1910 letters of Josephine Wheat Gridley. The majority of the correspondence is from Josephine’s family members. Most letters are about family matters and daily life in and around Amboy, Illinois. Josephine generally corresponded with women, and many of the letters deal with issues like fashion, social gatherings, and domestic concerns. There are also letters from sister Alice Wheat Garrison’s divorce lawyer, business correspondence between Woodbridge Gridley...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Primarily consists of ca. 1860-1910 letters of Josephine Wheat Gridley. The majority of the correspondence is from Josephine’s family members. Most letters are about family matters and daily life in and around Amboy, Illinois. Josephine generally corresponded with women, and many of the letters deal with issues like fashion, social gatherings, and domestic concerns. There are also letters from sister Alice Wheat Garrison’s divorce lawyer, business correspondence between Woodbridge Gridley...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Primarily consists of ca. 1860-1910 letters of Josephine Wheat Gridley. The majority of the correspondence is from Josephine’s family members. Most letters are about family matters and daily life in and around Amboy, Illinois. Josephine generally corresponded with women, and many of the letters deal with issues like fashion, social gatherings, and domestic concerns. There are also letters from sister Alice Wheat Garrison’s divorce lawyer, business correspondence between Woodbridge Gridley...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Primarily consists of ca. 1860-1910 letters of Josephine Wheat Gridley. The majority of the correspondence is from Josephine’s family members. Most letters are about family matters and daily life in and around Amboy, Illinois. Josephine generally corresponded with women, and many of the letters deal with issues like fashion, social gatherings, and domestic concerns. There are also letters from sister Alice Wheat Garrison’s divorce lawyer, business correspondence between Woodbridge Gridley...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Primarily consists of ca. 1860-1910 letters of Josephine Wheat Gridley. The majority of the correspondence is from Josephine’s family members. Most letters are about family matters and daily life in and around Amboy, Illinois. Josephine generally corresponded with women, and many of the letters deal with issues like fashion, social gatherings, and domestic concerns. There are also letters from sister Alice Wheat Garrison’s divorce lawyer, business correspondence between Woodbridge Gridley...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Material includes the transcribed copies of Ruth Daube Gridley and Marion Gridley Hitchcock's diaries. Ruth's diaries are from 1917-1927 and 1945-1950, and Marion's spans 1951-1958. There is also a biography of Ruth Gridley written by Marion in 2006 with copies of family photographs and some letters, and a genealogy of the Gridley family written by Marion in 1998. Other personal material includes a Civil War enlistment roster, miscellaneous notes written by Harry Gridley at Beloit College,...