Samuel Mather photograph albums and papers, 1869-1951.

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Samuel Mather photograph albums and papers, 1869-1951.

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The collection includes a letter and bank book of Samuel Mather; bills, receipts, and guarantees (1869-1899), many from the Cold Spring Cheese Factory; a fire and tornado insurance policy; a farm questionnaire related to The Evergreens filled out by Anders Mather; Rachel's autograph book; clippings on Ellen K. Mather and Rachel's husband, Stephen Hayes Bush; two account books belonging to Samuel's nephew, Carl H. Mather which note Carl's expenses while attending the Friends Congress in Chicago in 1893, and college expenses for 1897-1898 at Penn College; and 6 albums of family photographs and pictures of Rachel and her friends at the State University of Iowa and Penn College. A certificate for membership in the American Flag House and Betsy Ross Association (1921) belonging to Ellen removed to the broadside collection. A piece of plaster from a house in Springdale, Iowa where John Brown's men wrote their names removed to artifact cabinet.

2 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7760880

Iowa State Historical Society

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Mather family.

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Penn College

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Iowa State University

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On March 22, 1948, Iowa State College (University) sponsored a 90th anniversary celebration in honor of the founding of the college, which occurred on the same date in 1858 when the charter act establishing a state agricultural college became law. The celebration included a symposium, luncheon, departmental open houses, and a dinner. From the description of 90th anniversary collection, 1947-1948. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 54799482 In 1958, Iowa State Colle...

Mather, Carl H.

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Bush, Rachel Evans Mather, 1879-1960.

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Mather, Samuel, 1846-1920.

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Samuel Mather (age 5) came to southwestern Cedar County near West Branch in 1851 with his family. The Mather farmstead later became known as The Evergreens after the grove of pines Samuel and his father (Samuel Sr.) planted on the property. After his parents' divorce, Samuel remained on the farm, assisting his mother and paying for the business ventures and education of his siblings. In 1878 he married Ellen Knudson. The couple had 6 children, including Rachel (their eldest child) and Anders. Th...

Mather, Anders V.

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Mather, Ellen Knudson, 1853-1938.

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Bush, Stephen Hayes, 1878-

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