Selmes family papers, 1816-1930 (bulk 1860-1940).

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Selmes family papers, 1816-1930 (bulk 1860-1940).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39750710

Correspondence, journals, manuscripts, photographs and keepsakes relating to the Selmes and Benton families and their business, travel, political, and literary interests. The bulk of the collection is correspondence between the two families. The correspondence contains descriptions of the 1850s California Gold Rush and the Civil War. Letters from Tilden Selmes, Sr. include comments on business and financial conditions during the Civil War and descriptions of the South during Reconstruction. Letters from Isabella describe a World War I fund raising event and Women's Land Army activities in New Mexico. Elijah Benton's correspondence deals with Vermont political issues and acceptance letters from prospective teachers in Waltham, Vermont. A civil war journal, kept by Sarah Selmes,or her sister, from Apr. 1861 to Oct. 1861 describes the events of the Civil War, the conflicts in Missouri between northern and southern sympathizers, and the effects of the war on daily life. Notebooks kept by Mary and Sarah Selmes document their literary interests, travel and club discussions.

11 linear ft. (22 boxes).

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7416515

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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King, Isabella Greenway, 1886-1953

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Isabella Dinsmore Selmes Ferguson Greenway King (March 22, 1886 – December 18, 1953) is best known as the first U.S. congresswoman in Arizona history, and as the founder of the Arizona Inn of Tucson. During her life she was also noted as a one-time owner and operator of Los Angeles-based Gilpin Airlines, a speaker at the 1932 Democratic National Convention, and a bridesmaid at the wedding of Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Born Isabella Dinsmore Selmes at the historic Dinsmore Farm in Boon...

Benton, Elijah.

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Selmes, Sarah Benton, 1823-1918.

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Women's Land Army of America. New Mexico Division.

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Selmes, Tilden, 1853-1895.

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Selmes family.

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Sarah Benton, Isabella Greenway's grandmother, was married to Tilden Selmes in 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri; the family sided with the Union forces during the Civil War. Their son, Tilden, Jr. was Isabella's father; he moved to Mandan, Dakota territory in 1878 to ranch and practice law. His ranch neighbor and friend was Theodore Roosevelt. In 1883, Tilden, Jr. married Martha "Patty" Flandrau, the daughter of Charles Eugene Flandrau. Their only child, Isabella Dinsmore Selmes, was born in 1886. ...

Selmes, Martha Macomb Flandrau, 1861-1923.

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Selmes, Tilden Russell, 1806-1870.

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