Gilpin family papers, 1773-1975.

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Gilpin family papers, 1773-1975.

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Correspondence, financial and legal materials, clippings, pictures, and other items chiefly relating to Kenneth Newcomer and Isabella Tyson Gilpin and their sons. There are, however, a few items from the 1770s relating to Gilpin land purchases in Bedford County, Pa. There is also correspondence in the 1840s between Bernard Gilpin, newly arrived in Baltimore, and his mother and brothers in the Quaker settlement at Sandy Springs, Md., and with Gilpin family members who had moved west. Letters, 1884-1888, document the courtship and early marriage of Henry Brooke and Hattie Newcomer Gilpin, and include descriptions by Hattie of her trips to Minneapolis, Yellowstone National Park, and Colorado Springs in 1884, and to San Francisco, Washington Territory, and Alaska in 1886. Kenneth Newcomer and Isabella Tyson Gilpin materials include letters, 1915-1921, about local Virginia politics. In 1917, there are many notes from Isabella to Kenneth, chiefly about her social activities. Letters after their April 1918 marriage are mainly from Kenneth on active duty as a flyer in France. From 1921 to 1941, materials are largely related to horse and cattle raising and to family affairs. World War II letters are chiefly from Kenneth, serving with the Army Air Force in Colorado Springs, and son McGhee Tyson in France. There is little post-World War II material. Also included are numerous clippings; a few items relating to Gilpin family genealogy; notes and other items from Kenneth Gilpin's tenure in the Virginia House of Delegates; photographs; and a few pencil drawings by Bernard Gilpin.

About 1650 items (3.0 linear ft.).

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