The Williams Family Papers 1850-1890 [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center.

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Williams Family. The Williams Family Papers 1850-1890 [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center.

The Williams Family Papers 1850-1890 [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center.

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The Williams Family Papers are divided into three series: Diaries and Ledgers, Business Correspondence and Papers and Personal Correspondence and Papers. The Business Correspondence and Papers are further divided into five subseries: the Williams Brothers' Correspondence, the Chronological Correspondence Subseries, the Alphabetical Correspondence Subseries, the Williams Copybooks Subseries and the Business Papers Subseries. The Williams Brothers' Correspondence contains much discussion of business. Interests in California, as well as other ventures that the brothers were involved in. There is also commentary on events impacting the Williams family members, although the correspondence is largely about business topics. The Alphabetical Correspondence Subseries contains strictly business correspondence to A.L. from partners in his mining and railroad ventures with whom he had extended relationships over many years. The Chronological Correspondence Subseries is the most varied of all the subseries in terms of content because it contains letters to A.L. Williams from business associates and contacts between 1851 and 1884. The A.L. Williams Copybooks Subseries contain six ledgers, some as long as 700 pages, of copies of letters that A.L. Williams wrote to business associates between the years 1862 and 1884. These letters were created by imprinting the original letter onto thin paper before the ink dried. The Business Paper Subseries contains A.L. Williams' legal documentation associated with mining and railroad (such as deeds, powers of attorney, stock certificates and the like). The Diaries and Ledgers Series contain A.L.'s notations about his business dealings over the years. The Personal Correspondence and Papers are also divided into three subseries: the A.L. Williams to Harriet Williams, 1848-1883 Subseries (containing letters that A.L. Williams wrote to his wife Harriet on his business travels), the Williams Family Letters, 1853-1888 Subseries (containing letters that the Williams family wrote to. Each other during these years), and the Personal Papers Subseries (containing various writings by A.L. Williams and other ephemera). The letters that A.L. wrote to his wife Harriet are largely personal in nature, though they do contain commentary on business ventures in which he was involved.

8.25 linear feet.

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