Special Collections Finding Aids

Scope and Contents The Emerson Harris Family Papers include correspondence, farming receipts, bank account book, legal documents relating to the estate of Harris and his wife, Theresa Harris. Among the letters is one from Taylor Crum asking Mr. Harris for a letter in attempt to secure a pardon for Emil Wendland. The postcard correspondence is between various members of the Harris family with the most written to Theresa Harris. The Subject Files Series includes two certificates of annual membership for Emerson...

Scope and Contents The Emerson Harris Photograph Collection primarily consists of images taken from the mid-1880s until the 1930s. There are a variety of photographic formats including cabinet photographs, photographic postcards, and one tintype. The collection has been organized into three series: People, Farming and Homes, and the Pure Food Grocery Store. The photographs were originally accessioned as part of the manuscript collection donated by the family. The manuscripts have been processed as Mss 81. Most of...