Box 1

Scope and Contents

Consists of family correspondence concerning daily life and the children's travel in American and abroad. A group of postcards from 1910 contain photographs of the children at a young age and descriptions of them. Later correspondence is mostly between the Willard and Ellen Beard and their children, but includes letters written from one sibling to another.

Scope and Contents

Includes a printed sheet about a Peace Celebration parade in Oberlin, Jubilee Notes from a celebration in Foochow, China, and programs for a 1919 Elyria High School Play and the Commission Service for Phebe Beard. Additionally, there are two pages of sheet music.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes a printed sheet about a Peace Celebration parade in Oberlin, Jubilee Notes from a celebration in Foochow, China, and programs for a 1919 Elyria High School Play and the Commission Service for Phebe Beard. Additionally, there are two pages of sheet music.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Consists of family correspondence concerning daily life and the children's travel in American and abroad. A group of postcards from 1910 contain photographs of the children at a young age and descriptions of them. Later correspondence is mostly between the Willard and Ellen Beard and their children, but includes letters written from one sibling to another.

Scope and Contents This series consists of handmade booklets of gospel verses and drawings, one of which is signed “Kathleen C. Beard, age 11 years.” A separate folder contains invitations and miscellaneous notes. Two checking account books, 1900-10, contain records of checking activity and printed jokes pasted onto the pages. The Oberlin High School material, which relates to Dorothy, Marjorie, and Kathleen's school days consists of graduation and event programs, a homework assignment, and a handmade memory...

Scope and Contents

The photographs of China include snapshots with handwritten detailed descriptions on the reverse, a landscape view of a river, and a school portrait. Family photographs include snapshots taken in America, formal portraits of individuals and of High School Classes, and a picture of a school play.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

The photographs of China include snapshots with handwritten detailed descriptions on the reverse, a landscape view of a river, and a school portrait. Family photographs include snapshots taken in America, formal portraits of individuals and of High School Classes, and a picture of a school play.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Consists of family correspondence concerning daily life and the children's travel in American and abroad. A group of postcards from 1910 contain photographs of the children at a young age and descriptions of them. Later correspondence is mostly between the Willard and Ellen Beard and their children, but includes letters written from one sibling to another.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of handmade booklets of gospel verses and drawings, one of which is signed “Kathleen C. Beard, age 11 years.” A separate folder contains invitations and miscellaneous notes. Two checking account books, 1900-10, contain records of checking activity and printed jokes pasted onto the pages. The Oberlin High School material, which relates to Dorothy, Marjorie, and Kathleen's school days consists of graduation and event programs, a homework assignment, and a handmade memory...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Consists of family correspondence concerning daily life and the children's travel in American and abroad. A group of postcards from 1910 contain photographs of the children at a young age and descriptions of them. Later correspondence is mostly between the Willard and Ellen Beard and their children, but includes letters written from one sibling to another.