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MG-389

JAMES A. BEAVER PAPERS

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{series #389m.1 through #189m.17}

MG-389

James A. Beaver Papers 




PAPERS, 1790, 1796, 1841, 1849-1915, undated. (3 boxes, 2 folders)


 
Contents Dates Box # # of Folders Floor Slot
           
box 1 1841 - 1915 1 1 3783
           
Correspondence, Mother and Family 1849 - 1868 1 6 1 3783
Correspondence, Future Wife 1861 - 1864, 1889, 1893, 1915 1 1 1 3783
Accounts 1861 - 1864, undated 1 1 1 3783
Diaries (4 volumes) 1861 - 1864 1   1 3783
Miscellaneous Personal Material 1841, undated 1 1 1 3783
Newspaper 1862 September 24 1 1 1 3783
Map of 140th PA Regiment Marches undated 1 1 1 3783
Reminiscences of Frontier Military Service, 1859-1861,by J. C. McKee, Surgion and Lieutenant Colonel, U.S.A. 1890 - 1891 1 1 1 3783
Civil War Experiences of Mrs. John Harris 1888 1 1 1 3783
Description of the Johnstown Flood undated 1 1 1 3783
A Partial Account of the Pennsylvania Floods of 1889 (typescript) 1889 1 1 1 3783
           
box 2 1873 - 1889 2 1 3784
           
Biography and Genealogy of Beaver, undated undated 2 1 1 3784
Proclamation, Thanksgiving 1888 2 1 1 3784
Speeches (Dedications, Political, Inaugural, Lincoln, Grant, Military, Religious, Testmonials, Governor Curtin's Funeral, and Miscellaneous) 1877 - 1911, undated 2 9 1 3784
Deeds and Patents 1790, 1796, 1873 2 1 1 3784
Photographs (Capitol Building, Governor's Mansion) undated 2 1 1 3784
Hugh Beaver, President Harrison Photograph Information 1889 2 1 1 3784
           
box 3 1856 - 1913 3 1 3784
           
Scrapbook, Political (1 volume) 1882, 1886 - 1887 3   1 3784
           
oversize folders 5 Cabinet 9
           
Photo of Unidentified National Guard Cavalry, 20" x 10.25" (in oversize folder 1) undated     5 Cab9, Dr3
Photo of Staff, Pennsylvania National Guard, Mt. Gretna, 21.5" x 8" (in oversize folder 1) 1913 June 8 - June 13     5 Cab9, Dr3
Certificate of Appointment of James Beaver to the State Board of Agriculture (in oversize folder 2) 1910 January 25     5 Cab9, Dr3
Graduation Certificate, Jefferson College, Canonsburg (in oversize folder 2) 1856 September     5 Cab9, Dr3
Certificate, Philora Literary Society, Jefferson College (in oversize folder 2) 1856     5 Cab9, Dr3
Certificate, Lyceum Natural Science, Jefferson College (in oversize folder 2) 1856 August     5 Cab9, Dr3



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