Box 1

Within the folder is a rather random collection of pictures. None of them are dated, and some were just cut out of a book or magazine. There is a picture of William Jennings Bryan, a picture of a landscape, pictures of men who operate a publishing company, and others that cannot be identified.

Contains a listing of all the offices held by Curtis F. Burnam along with dates, a numbered list of the positions, and a brief description of each.

This letter discusses a controversy pertaining to A.R. Burnam's appointment to West Point. It says that the assertions made by Curtis Burnam about General Delafield's incompetence are false, and A.R. Burnam was denied a cadetship for good and sufficient reason.

This folder contains letters written by many people who wished to show their support for having Curtis Burnam appointed to a position in the U.S. Court of Claims.

All of the letters within this folder were created to endorse C.F. Burnam as a candidate for District Court judgeship.

The correspondence within this folder only references Curtis Burnam. A couple of the letters are about a land dispute in which Burnam was involved, one was written to Chester Arthur, future president of the United States, asking him to welcome Burnam to New York as he visits, and others are written after Burnam's death. The subjects of the post-mortem letters are about Yale football and family upbringing as well as a little about the onset of World War II.

This folder contains an item which permitted Burnam to sign any and all papers in place of the Secretary of the Treasury should the need arise for him to do so.

This is a formal authorization which allows Burnam to perform the duties associated with the US Secretary of the Treasury.

This folder contains a 16 page booklet that has the address presented by C.F. Burnam in regard to the dedication of the Richmond cemetery.

This folder contains the will for Anthony Rollins. Among some of the items discussed within the will are slaves, land, money, furniture, and $10,000 which Rollins willed to the children of Boone County in hopes that it would assist them in becoming better educated.