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Alexander Forbes to James Fife, 22 May 1859

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, item: 9
Identifier: 9
Scope and Contents From the File:

These letters from friends include news from Centre College, as his friend Alexander Henry is a student there in the 1850s. Letters from family members talk about health and family news and several letters talk about the purchase of a pianoforte for Mary E.G. Fife. The latter talk about currency that can be used in Boston during the Civil War.

Dates: 22 May 1859
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Green/Fife/White Family Papers / Fife, James G., Correspondence

William Ross to William Green, 23 Aug 1846

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, item: 3
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Green - Fife - White Family Papers consist of correspondence and other documents from the family of Daniel Green and Margaret Ross Green and their descendants. The letters from Ireland to Alexander Fife are especially interesting as they discuss the economic and political situation in Ireland as well as information about family members and neighbors. The last letter in that series briefly mentions the Potato Famine. There are also numerous documents relating to slaves and slavery...
Dates: 23 Aug 1846
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Green/Fife/White Family Papers / Green Correspondence-Miscellaneous

Martha White Diary, 1905-1908

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: 13
Scope and Contents The first entry in the diary of Martha White is December 30, 1905 when she left Richmond, Kentucky to become a trained nurse in Dr. Price's Hospital in Philadelphia. For the next three years subsequent entries describe her fellow nurses, the patients, their ailments, her activities during her free time, the names of churches she attended, clothing she purchased, and trips she enjoyed on her holidays. The diary is in remarkably good condition although the paper is yellowing and becoming...
Dates: 1905-1908
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Green/Fife/White Family Papers

A. Henry to Jas. Fife, 30 May 1855

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, item: 6
Identifier: 6
Scope and Contents From the File:

These letters from friends include news from Centre College, as his friend Alexander Henry is a student there in the 1850s. Letters from family members talk about health and family news and several letters talk about the purchase of a pianoforte for Mary E.G. Fife. The latter talk about currency that can be used in Boston during the Civil War.

Dates: 30 May 1855
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Green/Fife/White Family Papers / Fife, James G., Correspondence

David Fife to Cousin, 15 Mar 1897

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5, item: 8
Identifier: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Green - Fife - White Family Papers consist of correspondence and other documents from the family of Daniel Green and Margaret Ross Green and their descendants. The letters from Ireland to Alexander Fife are especially interesting as they discuss the economic and political situation in Ireland as well as information about family members and neighbors. The last letter in that series briefly mentions the Potato Famine. There are also numerous documents relating to slaves and slavery...
Dates: 15 Mar 1897
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Green/Fife/White Family Papers / Fife Correspondence-Miscellaneous

W[illiam] H. W[atts] to Emma Lucile White, 24 Jan 1898

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, item: 2
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents

This letter is written from Klondyke, Northwest Territory and describes life in Alaska including a night when his cabin slid down the side of the mountain.

Dates: 24 Jan 1898
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Green/Fife/White Family Papers / White, Emma L., Correspondence

Will [Watts] to Emma [White], 4 Apr 1898

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, item: 3
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents

He writes about small pox in Richmond.

Dates: 4 Apr 1898
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Green/Fife/White Family Papers / White, Emma L., Correspondence

J. Green to James R. Green, 16 Apr 1826

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, item: 3
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Green - Fife - White Family Papers consist of correspondence and other documents from the family of Daniel Green and Margaret Ross Green and their descendants. The letters from Ireland to Alexander Fife are especially interesting as they discuss the economic and political situation in Ireland as well as information about family members and neighbors. The last letter in that series briefly mentions the Potato Famine. There are also numerous documents relating to slaves and slavery...
Dates: 16 Apr 1826
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Green/Fife/White Family Papers / Green, James R., Correspondence

To Green, 09-13-1799

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, item: 2
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the File:

Over thirty deeds and surveys are included in this series, the earliest being dated in 1797. The latest deed is dated 1881 and is filed preceding three undated years of surveys. Some of the surveys were signed by John Crooke and Kiah Crooke, early surveyors in Kentucky. Information contained in the deeds indicated that much land was handed back and forth among family.

Dates: 09-13-1799
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Green/Fife/White Family Papers / Deeds and Surveys

Alexander Green Fife to Mother [Mary R. Fife], 8 Apr 1863

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4, item: 2
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Green - Fife - White Family Papers consist of correspondence and other documents from the family of Daniel Green and Margaret Ross Green and their descendants. The letters from Ireland to Alexander Fife are especially interesting as they discuss the economic and political situation in Ireland as well as information about family members and neighbors. The last letter in that series briefly mentions the Potato Famine. There are also numerous documents relating to slaves and slavery...
Dates: 8 Apr 1863
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Green/Fife/White Family Papers / Fife, Mary R., Correspondence

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