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Wheelwright family. Wheelwright family papers, 1779-1975; bulk: 1816-1951.

Title: Wheelwright family papers, 1779-1975; bulk: 1816-1951.

Wheelwright family papers primarily include correspondence between Boston architect Edmund March Wheelwright and his mother Hannah Giddings, father George William, wife Elizabeth (Bessie) Brooks Wheelwright, and others, 1866-1912 (including a few references to his architectural career); papers of Elizabeth Wheelwright, 1912-49, including condolence letters following the death of her son John Brooks in 1940, letters received from her grandson during World War II, a scrapbook compiled in 1923-42, and a commonplace book compiled ca. 1878; drafts and publications of writings by Edmund March Wheelwright on architecture, the Harvard Lampoon, and John F. Andrew; and architectural sketches by John Brooks Wheelwright, ca. 1930s. Also includes related Brooks family papers such as correspondence between Edward Brooks, his father Peter Chardon, and mother Ann Gorham, and courtship letters sent to his wife Elizabeth Boott Brooks, 1816-36; letters sent by Francis B. Brooks to his family while traveling in Cuba, 1851-52; travel diaries kept by Louise Winsor Brooks in Europe, 1853-54; and Wheelwright, March, Brooks, and Giddings family genealogical information compiled primarily by Edmund March Wheelwright and daughter Louise Wheelwright Damon, 1779-1975.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes (3 narrow), 4 v. in cases, and 4 oversize boxes.

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Boott family. Boott family letters, 1795-1950; bulk: 1795-1978.

Title: Boott family letters, 1795-1950; bulk: 1795-1978.

Letters from Fanny Boott (later Wells) and John Wright Boott of Boston, Mass. to their aunt Eliza Boott of Derbyshire, England, 1795-98, discussing their family and education. Also includes a letter from their father, Kirk "Church" Boott to his sister Eliza, 1795; and two letters from Kirk Boott of Brookline, Mass. to his cousin Louise Wheelwright Damon discussing family genealogy, 1950.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46959315 View