Manuscripts

These photographs and manuscripts were separated from a collection of photographs formerly known as the Townsend Photographs. They are arranged starting with photos of identified people, and these starting with the Roberts family photos themselves. The photos work themselves out through a family web starting with Letha Mae, then moving to her parents, then on to extended family and friends. Following the identified people are the photos of people who were not identified (a photo in which a person is the subject but is either too far away to see or just not identified by the original photographer). The next group consists of identified places and unidentified places. There are a few larger photos at the end of this group including a photo of a train with its crew and a photo of Letha Roberts. The manuscript material follows the photographs and consists of a letter to Stanley Roberts from C.F. Roberts (not her husband, but probably her grandson), a poem about the Cumberland Gas Plant explosion, a short story by C.F. Roberts about a trip through the Panama Canal and lists of family genealogy which explains some of the connections in the Roberts family as well as people outside of the family.