Box 2
Container
Contains 12 Results:
Gridley, Russell Woodbridge, Jan. 2, 1864 - Oct. 9, 1889
File — Box: 2, Folder: 13
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 and...
Dates:
Jan. 2, 1864 - Oct. 9, 1889
Gridley, William Cadwell, March 12, 1866 - Aug. 7, 1868
File — Box: 2, Folder: 14
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 and...
Dates:
March 12, 1866 - Aug. 7, 1868
Gridley, William Whiting, Oct. 21, 1963 - Nov. 11, 1977, transcribed by Marion Gridley Hitchcock April 2005
File — Box: 2, Folder: 15
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 and...
Dates:
Oct. 21, 1963 - Nov. 11, 1977, transcribed by Marion Gridley Hitchcock April 2005
Hitchcock, Sarah "Sed" and Bird, Sept. 3, 1860 - Jan. 24, 1896
File — Box: 2, Folder: 16
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 and...
Dates:
Sept. 3, 1860 - Jan. 24, 1896
Huntress, George L. (lawyer in Martin and Alice Garrison divorce), March 17 - Sept. 9, 1885
File — Box: 2, Folder: 17
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 and...
Dates:
March 17 - Sept. 9, 1885
McGraw, Jane, April 9, 1863 - Jan. 24, 1865
File — Box: 2, Folder: 18
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 and...
Dates:
April 9, 1863 - Jan. 24, 1865
Miscellaneous (arranged alphabetically by name), Feb. 2, 1860 - Nov. 30, 1931
File — Box: 2, Folder: 19
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 and...
Dates:
Feb. 2, 1860 - Nov. 30, 1931
Patcher, Mary "Mate", July 13, 1862 - Feb. 7, 1863
File — Box: 2, Folder: 20
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 and...
Dates:
July 13, 1862 - Feb. 7, 1863
Smith, Addie May (Gridley), Feb. 27, 1880 - Aug. 1914
File — Box: 2, Folder: 21
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 and...
Dates:
Feb. 27, 1880 - Aug. 1914
Wheat, Frederick "Fred" Augustus, July 1863 - Dec. 9, 1889
File — Box: 2, Folder: 22
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 and...
Dates:
July 1863 - Dec. 9, 1889
Woodbridge, Anna, Sept. 3, 1892 - May 26, 1896
File — Box: 2, Folder: 23
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 and...
Dates:
Sept. 3, 1892 - May 26, 1896
Biography of Ruth Daube Gridley (written by Marion Gridley Hitchcock), 2006
File — Box: 2, Folder: 24
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,...
Dates:
2006