Letters Sent by Parents, 1914-1922, undated

Sub-Series — Box: 1

Identifier: Subseries 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series consists of three subseries: 1. Letters sent by parents, 2. Letters sent by Grace Olmstead, and 3. Letters sent by others. Documents report on the Olmstead family coal business, the deaths of Icabod Olmstead (1922) and William “Bull” Johnstone (1925), Grace Olmstead’s marriage to banker Irving Merston, and condolences for the deaths of Louis and Gardiner Olmstead (1914, 1915). Correspondents include Lucy Jane Hopkins, Laura Johnstone, Grace Olmstead Merston, Allen Olmstead, Icabod and Mary Olmstead, and John Olmstead Jr. A few letters written by Icabod Olmstead to his grandson, John Jr., are also in this series. Each subseries of letters is arranged chronologically.