Haldeman family : papers, 1843-1985.

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Haldeman family : papers, 1843-1985.

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Papers include correspondence, legal records, business records, land records, and genealogical data. The bulk of the correspondence is letters between family members, including early letters between Walter Haldeman and his wife Elizabeth; letters to and from William Haldeman during his service in the Confederate Navy; and letters from William, John, Lizzie, and Bruce Haldeman while they were away at school. Subjects discussed include family news, activities, travels, business, health, politics, and sports, especially baseball. The bulk of the latter correspondence centers on Bruce Haldeman, his family, and his tenure as president of the Courier-journal, the family business. His letters are between him and his wife, from his son Walter N. Haldeman, II, while he was at Yale (1919-1922) and during his bicycle tour of England, and from Bruce's daughters, Florence Price, Elizabeth H. Campbell, and Ann Bruce Haldeman. Estate records include papers for the estates of Walter Haldeman, Elizabeth Haldeman, Bruce Haldeman, and Annie Haldeman. Business records include papers regarding Walter N. Haldeman's ownership of the Courier-journal, including a number of documents concerning the consolidation of the Courier, Journal, and the Democrat; reports examining the financial condition of the paper; and documents regarding the sale of the paper to Robert W. Bingham. Also, the Haldeman's interest in the Wintersmith Chemical Co. and Florida land. Miscellaneous papers include family receipts, advertisements, documents regarding Bruce Haldeman's presidency of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, and miscellaneous printed material. Newspaper clippings include numerous items about the family, their interests, and obituaries. Also included is a small group of Eckstein Norton papers which include his estate records, Jane Norton's estate records, and letters from George F. Norton during his service in the American Ambulance Service during World War I. Correspondents include Robert W. Bingham, Max Devlin, Arthur Krock, George D. Prentice, William H. Taft, Henry Watterson, and Bennett H. Young.

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