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Almas Alli Knowlton fonds

  • CA BCHS BCHS143
  • Fonds
  • 1845-1868

The fonds contains primary source information regarding Almas A. Knowlton.

Knowlton, Almas A.

Lace Family Fonds

  • CA BCHS BCHS1078
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1880-1930]

The fonds consists of primary source information relating to the Lace family that lived in Foster. It includes framed portraits and a little photo album containing pictures of William Henry Lace (1864-1948) and Ruth Lucinda Whitehead (1870-1942) family, including John Edwin Lace (1897-1977) and Fred Ambrose Lace (1892-1959).

Family photo album

The series consists of a photo album probably owned by the William Henry Lace and Ruth Lucinda Whitehead family. It contains portraits of Lace family members but also Whitehead, Lloyd, Martin, Quilliams, Sweet and Young families.

Framed Portraits

The series consists of three oval framed portraits relating to the Lace family of Foster. It includes a portrait of William Henry Lace and his wife Ruth Lucinda Whitehead, a portrait of John Edwin Lace and another of Frederick Ambrose Lace.

Patents

The file consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to the patents that Almas A. Knowlton received for his inventions.

Receipt

Receipt from Hanson L. Knowlton (Almas' brother) for money received by him from Dr. Parmelee of Waterloo, C.E., dated November 12, 1866 at Osage Iowa.

1845

Account Book from when Almas Knowlton was a blacksmith at West Bolton.

Charles Taber

Reproduction of a charcoal drawing of Charles Taber, who came to live in East Farnham with his family and the part of an american Quaker community.

Porcelain Teeth Order

Order to Mitchell & Co. by A.A. Knowlton, Dentist and Manufacturer of porcelain teeth, for the Business Directory of 1865, dated September 22, 1865 at Waterloo, C.E.

1854

The file consists of a correspondence to his father, Luke Knowlton, reporting on his activities at Hatley dated January 16, 1854 at Hatley.

1845

The file consists of a letter from his brother with suggestions re his future plans, also family news, dated August 30, 1845 at Brome.

Taber family fonds

  • CA BCHS BCHS976
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1855-1925]; 1958

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source information regarding the Taber family, including the East Farnham's families of: Joseph Taber (1806-1873) and Deborah P. Hoskins (1808-1888), and Rev. Curtis Phelps Taber (1837-1925) and Ruth England (1836-1922). There are also information about Georgia Taber Muirhead (1873-1921) and Mary Taber McCutcheon (1900-1983). The photographs concern East Farnham families, including Charles Taber, Curtis Phelps Taber and his grand-son Curtis Penn Taber, and Joseph Taber and his wife Deborah Hoskins and their children. The photo album probably belonged to Eli Hoskins Taber's family (1842-1878), who became a famous photographer, along with his older brother Abner Bedee Taber (1832-1866), even though their career ended too soon.

Photographs

The series consists of photographs of Taber family members, mostly from East Farnham. The photo album is assumed to have been in the Eli Hoskins Taber family. Many of the photographs were taken by Eli Hoskins Taber, who was a photographer like his brother Abner Bedee Taber.

Textual records

The series consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to the Taber family. It includes an 'In Memoriam' of Georgia Taber Muirhead (1873-1921), an obituary pamphlet for Curtis Phelps Taber (1837-1925), and information on Mary Taber McCutcheon's family.

Loose Photographs

The sub-series consists of loose photographs of Taber family members of East Farnham, including Rev. Curtis Phelps Taber, Curtis Penn Taber, Charles, Joseph and Carrie Taber.

Family photographs

The file contains loose photographs and negatives of members of the Taber family from East Farnham.

Charles Taber

Reproduction of a charcoal drawing of Charles Taber, who came to live in East Farnham with his family and the part of an american Quaker community.

Joseph Taber

Reproduction of the oval portrait of Joseph Taber. There are two different views of the same picture.

Joseph Taber

Reproduction of a portrait of Joseph Taber, son of Charles Taber and Eliza Brownell, who came to live in East Farnham with his wife Deborah Hoskins, their children and his father.

Deborah Hoskins

Reproduction of a portrait of Deborah Hoskins, wife of Joseph Taber, who came to live in East Farnham with her husband , their children and her father-in-law.

Joseph Taber with unknown man

Portrait of Joseph Taber, seated and holding a cane, with an unknown man beside him. There are two different views of the same picture.

Brome Woods Scene

Exterior scene of a big house at Brome Woods [Iron Hill], with three generations of unidentified people, probably of the same family.

Carrie Taber

Portrait of Caroline Annie (Carrie) Taber as an adult, probably around the time of her marriage. She is the daughter of Eli H. Taber and Marian Helen Hall of East Farnham.

Curtis Phelps Taber

Portrait of Curtis Phelps Taber (1837-1925). Son of Hervey Taber and Mary Alva Varney, he married Ruth England in 1862.

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