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RG 30/319 - Belden Family
Inventory
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Box 1

Series 1. Biographical File, n.d.

Biographical file, copies of student records, n.d.

Series 2. Correspondence, 1856, 1876-1899 (arranged chronologically)

Jane Anne Scranton to “Ella” Oxford Furnace, O.H. Mar. 4 1856
R. W. Henry to “Ella” Bolton, ? March 24, 1876
William to “Mother” Scranton, P.A. July 28, 1879
Ellen Belden to “Uncle Selden” Antwerp, Belgium Sept. 25, 1879
Ellen Belden to “Uncle & Aunt” Samokove, Bulgaria Feb.20, 1881
Sister June to “My dear Sister” Oxford Furnace, O.H. Nov. 3, 1883
John Torrey to Charles Scranton Honesdal, ? Oct. 20, 1885

(Contains geneological information on Abigail Torrey Scranton, wife of Timothy)

W. H. Belden to “Uncle Selden & Aunt Ellen S.” Oxford, N. J. Feb. 11 1886
Ellen S. Belden to “Aunt Ellen” Bridgeton, ? Nov. 22, 1888
W.H. Belden to “Dear Mother” Clifton Springs, N.Y. Dec. 21, 1893
W.H. Belden to “Dear Aunt Ellen” Clifton Springs, N.Y. Jan. 4, 1894
Mary M. Belden to “Aunt Ellen” Clifton Springs, N.Y. Jan. 2, 1894
Ellie to “Dearest Mother” Clifton Springs, N.Y. Apr. 4, 1894
Cousin Jane to “My dear Cousin” Philadelphia, P.A. Dec. 4, 1899

Series 3. Miscellany, 1877-1933 (span; not inclusive), n.d.

Calling Cards
Dance Programs: Nov. 29, 1907; 1912
Invitations n.d., one from 1897
Newspaper clippings: Sept. 2, 1922 and Oct.. 22, 1933
Page from The Quill
Poem booklet: Dedication to Charles Scranton from Caroline Tappan
Tickets:

1877 season ticket to Home Lecture Course, Providence M.E. Church; Nov. 1, 1884 Oxford, N.J. Republican Phalanx, Charles Scranton, Pres.

Series 4. Photographs, c. 1890s-1903, n.d.

Ellen S. and Mary M. Belden, photo, 1903
Mary Wheeler Humphrey?
Postcards, n.d.
Two infants, illustration, n.d. (mounted)
Unidentified place and people, late 1800s and early 1900s?
Vacation photos of trip out west, n.d.

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