Sophia Yarnal Jacobs Papers, 1861-1990.

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Sophia Yarnal Jacobs Papers, 1861-1990.

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Series I. Coxe family research materials, 1887-1990 (2 boxes). -- Series II. Bound volumes, 1861-1926 (5 vols.) -- Series III. Photographs (15 photographs). The Sophia Yarnall Jacobs papers contain photocopies of correspondence, photocopies of newspaper clippings, research notes, manuscript drafts, printed materials, letter books, and photographs. All the files relate either to the Coxe family or to the various mining enterprises, and were used by Jacobs to write the novel The Clark Inheritance. The Sophia Yarnall Jacobs papers contain research files, letter books, and other miscellaneous data pertaining to the Coxe family and their ownership of anthracite coal land and coal mining enterprises in the Eastern Middle anthracite coal field of northeastern Pennsylvania.

1.5 linear feet (3 boxes, 5 vols.)

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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