Box 1
Container
Contains 11 Collections and/or Records:
Finding aid, and Biographical material
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The William H. Best Family Papers consists of correspondence and subject files, arranged alphabetically.
The Correspondence Series ranges from 1859 to 1961. Of interest is a copy of an 1859 letter describing an Indian attack on some wagons. Also noteworthy is correspondence from Linda Slaughter concerning the WCTU, and her property dispute with the WCTU in 1897. There are some letters from Fargo Masons, Augustus Roberts, and Ina Best. Also included are a set of notes on...
Dates:
1838-1953, 1962.
1859-1897, 1961
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The William H. Best Family Papers consists of correspondence and subject files, arranged alphabetically.
The Correspondence Series ranges from 1859 to 1961. Of interest is a copy of an 1859 letter describing an Indian attack on some wagons. Also noteworthy is correspondence from Linda Slaughter concerning the WCTU, and her property dispute with the WCTU in 1897. There are some letters from Fargo Masons, Augustus Roberts, and Ina Best. Also included are a set of notes on...
Dates:
1838-1953, 1962.
Biographical sketches and clippings - Best Family, 1929-1961
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The William H. Best Family Papers consists of correspondence and subject files, arranged alphabetically.
The Correspondence Series ranges from 1859 to 1961. Of interest is a copy of an 1859 letter describing an Indian attack on some wagons. Also noteworthy is correspondence from Linda Slaughter concerning the WCTU, and her property dispute with the WCTU in 1897. There are some letters from Fargo Masons, Augustus Roberts, and Ina Best. Also included are a set of notes on...
Dates:
1838-1953, 1962.
Chattel Mortgages, 1886-1889
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The William H. Best Family Papers consists of correspondence and subject files, arranged alphabetically.
The Correspondence Series ranges from 1859 to 1961. Of interest is a copy of an 1859 letter describing an Indian attack on some wagons. Also noteworthy is correspondence from Linda Slaughter concerning the WCTU, and her property dispute with the WCTU in 1897. There are some letters from Fargo Masons, Augustus Roberts, and Ina Best. Also included are a set of notes on...
Dates:
1838-1953, 1962.
Legal and financial documents, 1879-1897
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The William H. Best Family Papers consists of correspondence and subject files, arranged alphabetically.
The Correspondence Series ranges from 1859 to 1961. Of interest is a copy of an 1859 letter describing an Indian attack on some wagons. Also noteworthy is correspondence from Linda Slaughter concerning the WCTU, and her property dispute with the WCTU in 1897. There are some letters from Fargo Masons, Augustus Roberts, and Ina Best. Also included are a set of notes on...
Dates:
1838-1953, 1962.
Legal and financial documents, 1885-1902
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The William H. Best Family Papers consists of correspondence and subject files, arranged alphabetically.
The Correspondence Series ranges from 1859 to 1961. Of interest is a copy of an 1859 letter describing an Indian attack on some wagons. Also noteworthy is correspondence from Linda Slaughter concerning the WCTU, and her property dispute with the WCTU in 1897. There are some letters from Fargo Masons, Augustus Roberts, and Ina Best. Also included are a set of notes on...
Dates:
1838-1953, 1962.
Legal and financial documents - Best Family, 1866-1904, 1919
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The William H. Best Family Papers consists of correspondence and subject files, arranged alphabetically.
The Correspondence Series ranges from 1859 to 1961. Of interest is a copy of an 1859 letter describing an Indian attack on some wagons. Also noteworthy is correspondence from Linda Slaughter concerning the WCTU, and her property dispute with the WCTU in 1897. There are some letters from Fargo Masons, Augustus Roberts, and Ina Best. Also included are a set of notes on...
Dates:
1838-1953, 1962.
Maps, 1886
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The William H. Best Family Papers consists of correspondence and subject files, arranged alphabetically.
The Correspondence Series ranges from 1859 to 1961. Of interest is a copy of an 1859 letter describing an Indian attack on some wagons. Also noteworthy is correspondence from Linda Slaughter concerning the WCTU, and her property dispute with the WCTU in 1897. There are some letters from Fargo Masons, Augustus Roberts, and Ina Best. Also included are a set of notes on...
Dates:
1838-1953, 1962.
Newspaper clippings, 1887-1915, 1926-1931, 1951-1960
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The William H. Best Family Papers consists of correspondence and subject files, arranged alphabetically.
The Correspondence Series ranges from 1859 to 1961. Of interest is a copy of an 1859 letter describing an Indian attack on some wagons. Also noteworthy is correspondence from Linda Slaughter concerning the WCTU, and her property dispute with the WCTU in 1897. There are some letters from Fargo Masons, Augustus Roberts, and Ina Best. Also included are a set of notes on...
Dates:
1838-1953, 1962.
Newspaper clippings-biographical, 1924-1937
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The William H. Best Family Papers consists of correspondence and subject files, arranged alphabetically.
The Correspondence Series ranges from 1859 to 1961. Of interest is a copy of an 1859 letter describing an Indian attack on some wagons. Also noteworthy is correspondence from Linda Slaughter concerning the WCTU, and her property dispute with the WCTU in 1897. There are some letters from Fargo Masons, Augustus Roberts, and Ina Best. Also included are a set of notes on...
Dates:
1838-1953, 1962.