Powell Family Papers

Fonds — Box: 1 - 4

Identifier: Mss.005.092

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Letters, journals, legal papers and certificates about and between several members and generations of the Powell family. Topics of particular interest include agriculture and the Swedenborgian Faith . Letters between various members of the Powell family relate to agriculture and orchards on their farms in Ohio, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Dates

1875 - 1955
Majority of material found in 1900 - 1990
Date acquired: 20090608

Language of Materials

English

Extent

4.00 Cubic Feet

4.00 Linear Feet

Additional Description

Technical Access Requirements

Photographs used in the book, "The Apple Orchards," are on Compact Disc in .jpg format.

Source of Acquisition

Glenn, Vera Powell

Existence and Location of Originals

multi-part note content

Related Materials

Two letters from Lemuel Powell in 1856 (To Whom It May Concern & To Mssrs Burnham & Benade) copies of which were sent to Sylvanus Powell. These letters are in the papers of the Middleport Society of the New Church.

Online exhibit regarding the Academy Farm run by the Powells using material from this collection.

http://ancarchives.omeka.net/exhibits/show/academyfarm