Emma C. Watters scrapbooks

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 3240", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"3240", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Emma C. Watters scrapbooks"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1859-1924", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1859/1924"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".75 linear feet (2 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1859

date_inclusive_end

1924

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>George Lawrence Watters (1885- ), a Pennsylvania waterworks engineer, and his wife, Bertha Louise Watters (1878- ), separately compiled scrapbook genealogies.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of two genealogy scrapbooks compiled by the Watterses in 1919 and 1923. The 1919 scrapbook compiled by George Lawrence Watters contains biographical notes by Watters about his father, Leonidas Hamline Watters, letters, photographs, newsclippings, postcards, certificates, frakturs, diplomas, and announcements, 1860 to 1906. Bertha Louise Watters's 1923 scrapbook contains genealogical records for the Hark family with some records for other families, letters, photographs, postcards, newsclippings, prints, and parchment and paper certificates spanning 1859 to 1924. Topics in the scrapbooks include teaching, the Civil War, church matters, and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 62M83"}

{"date"=>"1962", "source"=>"Watters, Emma C", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Watters, Emma C, 1962"}

langmaterial_code

ger

eng

keydate

1859

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Some items from Bertha Louise Watters scrapbook in German"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"Emma C. Watters scrapbooks, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"George Lawrence Watters (1885- ), a Pennsylvania waterworks engineer, and his wife, Bertha Louise Watters (1878- ), separately compiled scrapbook genealogies. Collection consists of two genealogy scrapbooks compiled by the Watterses in 1919 and 1923. The 1919 scrapbook compiled by George Lawrence Watters contains biographical notes by Watters about his father, Leonidas Hamline Watters, letters, photographs, newsclippings, postcards, certificates, frakturs, diplomas, and announcements, 1860 to 1906. Bertha Louise Watters's 1923 scrapbook contains genealogical records for the Hark family with some records for other families, letters, photographs, postcards, newsclippings, prints, and parchment and paper certificates spanning 1859 to 1924. Topics in the scrapbooks include teaching, the Civil War, church matters, and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.75 linear feet (2 v.)

date_start

1859

date_end

1924

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