Papers 1831-1974 (bulk 1880-1926).

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Papers 1831-1974 (bulk 1880-1926).

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Personal letters, business correspondence, diaries, financial material, literary manuscripts and typescripts, poetry, leases and other legal documents, and printed ephemerea documenting the lives and experiences of members of the McKnight, Davis and Wilson families of Allegheny, Osborne and Sewickley, Pennsylvania, from 1831 to 1974. The collection also includes minutes, reports, and other archival records of the Protestant Orpahn Asylum of Pittsburgh and Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church of Sewickley, Pa. The bulk of the collection concerns Eliza Cochran Wilson McKnight (1860-1926) and describes her marriage with Charles McKnight, relations with her five children, friendship with Philadelphia missionary worker Rachel Lowrie, and attempts to reconcile the demands of family life with her personal intellectual and literary ambitions. Notable items include financial papers of Judge Hugh Davis; letters and other personal papers of his son, Robert Hudman Davis, and his wife, Eliza Cochran Davis; diaries and letters of their daughter, Daisy Davis Wilson, and her husband, Presbyterian minister and educator, Samuel Jennings Wilson; personal and business correspondence of Charles McKnight, a Pittsburgh banker and industrialist; correspondence, diaries, writings, and personal financial papers of his wife, Eliza Cochran Wilson McKnight; and diaries and letters of their daughter. Principal subjects in the collection include the banking and steel industries in Pittsburgh and Sewickley, Pa., charitable and philanthropic activities and women's clubs, orphans and orphanages, descriptions of secondary and undergraduate student life, Sunday School education, women's missionary work in China and India and the experiences of soldiers during World War I.

51.25 linear ft.

Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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Lowrie, Rachel, 1861-1957.

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Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hudman, 1814-1881.

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United States. Army. Infantry, 119th.

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United States. Army. Machine Gun Battalion, 21st.

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McKnight, Eliza Cochran Wilson, 1860-1926.

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Knox, Philander C. (Philander Chase), 1853-1921

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Lawyer and public official. From the description of Papers of Philander C. Knox, 1893-1922 (bulk 1901-1921). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79632215 Philander C. Knox (1853-1921) was an attorney and politician from southwest Pennsylvania. Knox served as U.S. Attorney General (1901-1904), U.S. Senator (1904-1909, 1917-1921), and as Secretary of State (1909-1913) under William Howard Taft. From the description of Philander C. Knox letter to N.B. Billingsley, 1882 M...

Woman's Club of Sewickley Valley.

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Davis, Eliza Cochran, 1815-1899.

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McKnight, Charles, 1863-1926.

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Protestant Orphan Asylum of Pittsburgh and Allegheny.

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Davis, Hugh, 1777-1862.

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Chatham College

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Simmons, Rachel McKnight, 1889-

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Wilson, Samuel Jennings, 1828-1883

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McKnight family.

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Smith College.

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Since 1900, Christmas at Smith College has involved the sending of cards, the singing of carols and the annual Vespers. Smith College's Christmas Vespers has allowed religious and non-religious students alike to come together and appreciate the music and spirit of the holiday season. At this annual candlelight ceremony, Smith College choral groups perform seasonal songs and religious readings. From the description of Records of Christmas at Smith College, 1900-[ongoing]. (Smith Colle...

Wilson, Daisy Davis, 1838-1880.

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Presbyterian Church of Sewickley, Pa. Woman's Missionary Society.

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