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RG 30/199 - Platt Family Papers
Inventory
An asterisk (*) indicates restricted records.

Series I. Platt Family Correspondence, Outgoing (Originals unless otherwise noted), 1848-1910, 1955-57, 1960, n.d.

Box 1

Bassett, Charles, 1857-59 (4 letters)
Coxhead, Phebe Rebecca Platt, 1868-69, 1872, 1881-84, n.d. (13 letters)
Darwin, Mamie, 1873, 1875 (2 letters)
Darwin, Mary A. Platt, 1856, 1859-63, 1865-66, 1868-71, 1875, 1879, 1882, 1884-85, n.d. (34 letters)
Gaston, Amelia, 1908-10 (3 originals and 3 transcriptions)
Goodell, Clarissa Platt, 1857, 1862, 1869, 1873, 1889, 1890-92, n.d. (11 letters)
Lehman, Elizabeth Charlotte Ricketts Whaley, 1861-76 (57 transcriptions)
Nash, Gracia (Grace) M. Platt Powell, 1861-63, 1866-71, 1873, 1875, 1888 (24 letters)
Platt, Alanson Coles, 1854, 1856, 1859, 1862-64, 1866 (9 letters)
Platt, Alfred C., 1856-59, 1864, 1866-74, 1881-82, n.d (53 letters)
Platt, Elvira G. (Mrs. Lester W.), 1863, 1866-67, 1869, 1872, 1875, 1892, 1894, 1903-10, n.d. (29 originals and 34 transcriptions) (3f)
Platt, Henry, 1869, 1894 (4 letters)
Platt, Landra Beach, 1848 (1 letter)
Platt, Merrett Fayette, 1872, 1888-89, 1891-94, n.d. (15 letters)
Whatley, George H., 1891, 1955-57, 1960 (photocopies of 8 transcriptions)

Series II. Photographs by Platt Family Members, c. 1861, c. 1868, n.d.

Box 1 (cont.)

Photographs of Platt Family Members and other individuals, c. 1861, c. 1868, n.d. (2f)

Series III. Writings by Platt Family Members, 1888, 1905

Box 1 (cont.)

“A Battle with the Sioux,” by L.B. Platt, in The Cosmopolitan, January, 1888 (vol. IV, no. 5), reprint
“A Story About a Dog,” by Elvira Platt, 5 June 1905 (handwritten original and transcript)

Series IV. Miscellaneous Research Materials (photocopies 1853-54, 1899, 1914, 1919, 1930s, 1960, 1986, n.d.), 1952, n.d.

Box 1 (cont.)

Platt Family Members, biographical information, (1853-54, 1899, 1914, 1919, 1930s, 1960, 1986, n.d.) photocopies
Tabor, Iowa and Tabor Congregational Church, article and brochure, 1952, n.d.

Series V. Diplomas, 1845, 1855 (photocopies)

[Originals housed with RG 0 College General, Series 27 Diplomas, Box 5]
Platt, Mary Abigail (Mrs. C.B. Darwin)
Oberlin College, A.B. 1845
Oberlin College, A.M. 1855

 
 
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