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RG 30/84 - Silas F. Millikan (1834-1915)
Inventory
An asterisk (*) indicates restricted records.

Series 1. Biographical Material, 1853, 1914, c. 1950, 1958, n.d.

Box 1

“ Historical Sketch” of the Congregational Church in Stockbridge, Mass., 1853
“ The Oak Park, Illinois, Event,” re: Mr. & Mrs. Silas F. Millikan’s 50th Wedding Anniversary, 1914
“ The Literary Spotlight” column, re: “The Autobiography of Dr. Robert A. Millikan,” c. 1950
“ Shipherd’s Rocket: In Orbit for 125 Years, Has Oberlin Failed?” unknown author, c. 1958
Biographical sketch of Silas F. Millikan, unknown author, n.d.

Series 2. Correspondence, 1814-1960 (span), n.d.

Box 1 (cont.)

Pease family letters, 1814-18

Various acquaintances of his son Phineas to Phineas Pease, hand copy, 1818
Phineas Pease, to his family, excerpts of letters, hand copy, 1814-17

Letters from Pease sisters to S. Aurelia Millikan and Family, 1830s-1851, n.d.

Amanda Pease to “My dear Friends” (Daniel F. Millikan Family), 2 hand copies, 1832
Martha Pease to “My dear sister” (Aurelia Pease Millikan), hand copy, 1830s
Amanda (Pease) Patterson to “My Dear Sister,” 1837, with later letter on back: To “My Dear Child” from “A.M.” (Aurelia Millikan?), her mother, original and copy, n.d.
Unknown author to “Dear Sister,” original, 1848
Amanda P. Patterson to “My Dear Sister” (Aurelia Pease Millikan), original, 1851
Amanda P. Patterson to “My Dear Sister Aurelia (Millikan),” original, n.d.

Letters from S. Aurelia Pease Millikan, 1819-1863

Acrostic to Daniel F. Millikan, original and copy, 1819
“ Dear cousin”—Noah, original and copy, 1819
Daniel F. Millikan, hand copy, 1833
Children of Daniel & Aurelia Millikan, original, 1863

Miscellaneous Millikan correspondence, 1855-1960, n.d.

Martha (Millikan?) to “My Dear Father,” original and copy, 1855
“ Frank” to unknown addressee, partial letter, and quotation from Mary Sweeney, original, 1859
Unknown author (Silas F. Millikan’s sister) to “My Dear Parents” (Daniel & Aurelia Millikan), original, 1859
“ Mother” (niece of Mary J. Millikan on Andrews side) to “Dear Howard” (C. Howard Hall), original, 1915

Postcard, unknown author to Mrs. Robert E. Brown, 1916
“ Aunt Sarah” to “Dear Niece” (Martha Whallon), probably re: Mary Jane Millikan’s death, original, 1918
Robert A. Millikan to “Dear Mable”—Mrs. Robert E. Brown (Mabel [Millikan] Brown), original, 1924
Robert A. Millikan to “Dear Cousin Jennie”—Mrs. Jennie (Andrews) Hall, original, 1950
A. Ross Eckler (descendent of Franklin family) to “Dear Mrs. Brown” (Mabel Millikan Brown), original, 1960
A. Ross Eckler to “Dear Mrs. Brown” (Mabel Millikan Brown), original, 1960
“ Quotations from father’s letters to mother” (Silas to Mary Millikan), hand copy, n.d.
Marjorie (Millikan) Johnson to unknown addressee, partial, original, n.d.

Series 3. Writings, 1937, n.d.

Box 1 (cont.)

“ A Century of Co-education,” unknown author, c. 1937
Inscription in the Daniel Franklin Bible, hand copy, n.d.
“ The scar of Lexington,” poem by H.F. Goud, Robert D. Millikan’s copy, n.d.
“ The stream of Death,” essay by Martha A. Millikan, n.d.

Series 4. Miscellaneous, 1855, 1857

Box 1 (cont.)

Lecture notes, probably by Silas F. Millikan, 1855, 1857
100th Edition of the Golden Wreath, belonged to Silas F. Millikan, 1857
Ribbon, 17.5” x 2.5”, white, “Presented to Miss M.J. Andrews by the following members of her Grammar Class. Oberlin, Aug. 21, 1857”

Series 5. Photographs, 1864, n.d.

Box 1 (cont.)

Mary Andrews Millikan, 1864
Mary Andrews Millikan, n.d.
Pease house, n.d.

 
 
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