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| RG 30/6 - Archibald McCullum Ball and Sarah A. Curtis |
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| Scope and Content |
| The genealogy fills 12 three-ring notebooks, with an accompanying volume that contains an introduction and an index. In addition to the genealogical information, the notebooks include letters and documents of family members, plus historical and biographical sketches. Significant components of the collection are letters by Irene Ball (Allen), 1836 1842, describing life as a student in early Oberlin and as the wife of an abolitionist minister in Illinois; an eight-page typescript of a notebook written by Elizabeth Curtis covering the four years before to her marriage to Orrin Safford in 1839 and containing poems to friends and writings on education, Catherine Beecher, and the Bible; several letters between the sisters Sarah, Elizabeth, and Salome Curtis and information on Sophia Smith's ancestors, some of whom were related to the Ball family. Also included are early family photographs and Sarah Bedell Ball's own reminiscences. |
| Series Descriptions |
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This collection is not divided into series |
| Provenance |
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This twelve volume genealogy with index was created by Sarah Bedell Ball, granddaughter of A.M. Ball and Sarah Curtis, and daughter of Frank H. Ball. It was given to the Secretary's Office in 1960 [see folder containing correspondence of the Office of the Secretary (RG 5), mainly D. M. Love, with Sarah Bedell Ball, 1944-62] |
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