DescriptionThis collection consists of personal papers, ephemera, and several bound volumes belonging to the Whitehead family, several generations of whom lived in and around Rahway, New Jersey from the 181 century to the end of the 20th century. The collection is approximately 1 cubic foot in size and is composed of two manuscript boxes and two oversized flat containers housing a business journal and ledger covering transactions from 1859 through 1874. There are several oversized items including diplomas, certificates, and one panoramic photograph of a group of women at Mount Vernon, the home of President George Washington. It is believed that the image of one of the Whitehead family members, Florence, appears in the photograph. The photograph would probably have been taken some time in the 1930's.
The papers of the Whitehead family are divided into four series: correspondence between members of the Whitehead family and others (13 folders); files containing other personal papers such as certificates and diplomas, juvenile class notes, drawings and compositions (12 folders); miscellany files containing ephemera, unascribed items and small bound items (4 folders) and a ledger book and journal that correspond to a business with no known relationship to the Whitehead family.
The files containing correspondence include a number of letters written by members of the family to other members while traveling extensively in the United States, and letters received from friends of the family. The remaining files contain diplomas and certificates; musical recital programs; a handwritten volume of pharmaceutical formulae; a bound and printed pharmaceutical vademecum; a diary; and a handwritten bookkeeping journal and ledger from a retailing and contracting concern that operated between 1859 and 1874 and that had specific transactions in Rahway in 1874.
CollectionSpecial Collections and University Archives Legacy Finding Aids
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
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