GILES WALDO & MARY E. BURTON SHURTLEFF

(1831-1904, 1836-1924)

Papers, 1846-(1854-1904)-1930

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INVENTORY

Note: An asterisk * denotes records.

Series 1. Correspondence of Giles Waldo Shurtleff 

	Subseries 1. Letters Sent 

Box 1

	Letters sent by GWS, 1854-1862 (3f)
	Letters sent by GWS to Mary E. Burton, 1862-Dec. 1863 (5f)
	Letters sent by GWS to Mary E. Burton, Jan.-June 1864 (3f)

Box 2

	Letters sent by GWS to his wife, Sept.-Dec. 1864 (2f)
	Letters sent by GWS to his wife, Jan.-June 1865 (2f)
	Letters sent by GWS to his wife, 1875-1880 (4f)
	Letters sent by GWS to his wife. 1881-1890 (8f)

	Subseries 2. Postcards Sent 

Box 1

	Postal cards sent by GWS to his wife, April-August 1882
	Postal cards sent by GWS to his family, July 1886-April 1887

	Subseries 3. Letters Received 

Box 1 (cont.)

	Letters rec'd by GWS, Jan.-Oct. 1864 (4f)
	Letters rec'd by GWS, 1882-1885
	Letters rec'd by GWS while in Europe, Sept. 1886-May 1887
	Letters rec'd by GWS, 1886-1887 (2f)

	Subseries 4. Letters of Other Correspondents 

Box 1
	
	Other Correspondence, 1846, 1862-1865 (2f)
	Fairfield, George Day, 1886-1887
	G. W. Shurtleff to [Henry E.] Peck, 1862 (original)
	Correspondence about student testimony against fellow students, 1879,
		1886





Subseries 5. Memoranda 

Box 1 (cont.)

	Memoranda to the trustees of Oberlin College, 1886


Series 2. Correspondence of Mary E. Burton Shurtleff 

	Subseries 1. Letters Sent 

Box 1

	Letters sent by Mrs. GWS to her husband, Jan.-July, 1865 (2f)
	Letters sent by Mary Shurtleff to her husband in Europe, March-July 1882 (2f)
	Letters sent by Mary Shurtleff to her husband in Europe, July 1886-May 		1887 (5f)

	Subseries 2. Letters received 

Box 1 (cont.)

	Letters rec'd by Mary Shurtleff, 1884-1887


Series 3. Correspondence (Rec'd and Sent) of Mr. and Mrs. Giles 	Waldo Shurtleff 

Box 1 (cont.)

	Letters: Fragments and n.d. during the Civil War
	Letters rec'd by Col. and/or Mrs. GWS, 1865
	Letters rec'd, 1866 (2f)
	Letters rec'd and sent, 1870-1874
	Letters received, 1875-1881 (2f)
	Letters rec'd and sent, 1886-1902, n.d.
	Letters rec'd about alumni meeting in Chicago, May-July 1887


Series 4. Civil War Service Records of Giles Waldo Shurtleff 

Box 1

	Military Papers (Commissions,Discharge documents, etc.), 1861-1865





Series 5. Financial Files of Mr. and Mrs. Giles W. Shurtleff 

	Subseries 1. G.W. Shurtleff 

Box 1 (cont.)

	Letters of Credit, 1886

	Subseries 2. Mary Shurtleff 

Box 1 (cont.)

	Account Book, c. (June 17, 1915-May 30, 1924)


Series 6. Genealogical Files of Mr. and Mrs. Giles W. Shurtleff 

Box 1 (cont.)

	Burtons (Family history materials), 1898-1930
	Newspaper Clippings, n.d.


Series 7. Writings of Mr. and Mrs. Giles W. Shurtleff 

	Subseries 1. Giles Waldo Shurtleff 

Box 1 (cont.)

	Writings about Civil Service Reform, n.d.
	Writings about the Civil War, 1881, 1895
	Writings about Education, n.d.
	Writings about Temperance, n.d.
	Writings--Miscellaneous, n.d. (4f)

Box 2

	Writings--Miscellaneous, n.d.
	Writings--Incomplete, n.d.

	Subseries 2. Mary Shurtleff 

Box 2 (cont.)

	Writings by Mrs. Shurtleff, n.d.




Series 8. Photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Giles W. Shurtleff 

Box 2 (cont.)

	Photographs, n.d.


Series 9. Printed Materials of Mr. and Mrs. Giles W. Shurtleff 

Box 2 (cont.)

	Printed Matter, n.d.

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