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Box 3

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

Box 3

 File — Box: 3
Identifier: Box 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The core collection consists of the records of the Lyford-Davis Family from 1858 to 1951. It contains family diaries, ledgers, calendars, card games, photographs, and books. The collection documents the Lyford-Davis family life in their Midwestern farming community. The diaries document daily events and are mostly complete. Also in the collection are research notes and working papers for Carrie Meyer’s books about the family; the 2005 and 2007 publications are included in the collection.

Dates: created: 1858-2007; Other: Majority of material found in 1858-1951; Other: Date acquired: 10/21/2016

Diaries (possibly recorded by Joseph Davis), 1858-1890

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The core collection consists of the records of the Lyford-Davis Family from 1858 to 1951. It contains family diaries, ledgers, calendars, card games, photographs, and books. The collection documents the Lyford-Davis family life in their Midwestern farming community. The diaries document daily events and are mostly complete. Also in the collection are research notes and working papers for Carrie Meyer’s books about the family; the 2005 and 2007 publications are included in the collection.

Dates: created: 1858-1890

Emily Lyford Diaries, 1907-1917

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The core collection consists of the records of the Lyford-Davis Family from 1858 to 1951. It contains family diaries, ledgers, calendars, card games, photographs, and books. The collection documents the Lyford-Davis family life in their Midwestern farming community. The diaries document daily events and are mostly complete. Also in the collection are research notes and working papers for Carrie Meyer’s books about the family; the 2005 and 2007 publications are included in the collection.

Dates: created: 1907-1917

Family Card Games

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The core collection consists of the records of the Lyford-Davis Family from 1858 to 1951. It contains family diaries, ledgers, calendars, card games, photographs, and books. The collection documents the Lyford-Davis family life in their Midwestern farming community. The diaries document daily events and are mostly complete. Also in the collection are research notes and working papers for Carrie Meyer’s books about the family; the 2005 and 2007 publications are included in the collection.

Dates: created: 1858-2007; Other: Majority of material found in 1858-1951; Other: Date acquired: 10/21/2016

Elmo M. Davis Ledger, 1910-1919

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The core collection consists of the records of the Lyford-Davis Family from 1858 to 1951. It contains family diaries, ledgers, calendars, card games, photographs, and books. The collection documents the Lyford-Davis family life in their Midwestern farming community. The diaries document daily events and are mostly complete. Also in the collection are research notes and working papers for Carrie Meyer’s books about the family; the 2005 and 2007 publications are included in the collection.

Dates: created: 1910-1919

Album Book, 1886-1887; Address Books, n.d.; Diary, n.d.; Daily Light of the Day Path, a devotional text book; As A Man Thinketh, James Allen, ca. 1920

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The core collection consists of the records of the Lyford-Davis Family from 1858 to 1951. It contains family diaries, ledgers, calendars, card games, photographs, and books. The collection documents the Lyford-Davis family life in their Midwestern farming community. The diaries document daily events and are mostly complete. Also in the collection are research notes and working papers for Carrie Meyer’s books about the family; the 2005 and 2007 publications are included in the collection.

Dates: created: 1858-2007; Other: Majority of material found in 1858-1951; Other: Date acquired: 10/21/2016

May L. Davis Diaries, 1896-1920

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The core collection consists of the records of the Lyford-Davis Family from 1858 to 1951. It contains family diaries, ledgers, calendars, card games, photographs, and books. The collection documents the Lyford-Davis family life in their Midwestern farming community. The diaries document daily events and are mostly complete. Also in the collection are research notes and working papers for Carrie Meyer’s books about the family; the 2005 and 2007 publications are included in the collection.

Dates: created: 1896-1920