Box 2
Container
Contains 9 Results:
Typescripts of material in f. 1.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Huff-Nixon family papers consist of correspondence, legal and business papers, reminiscences, clippings, and genealogical materials of five generations of Quaker families in North Carolina and Indiana. Most of the material concerns the families of Samuel Nixon (1781-1865), his son-in-law Daniel Huff (1816-1899), and his son Dr. Oliver Nixon Huff (1852-1937) of Fountain City, Indiana, and Oliver Nixon Huff's wife, Sophia (Bogue) Huff (1866-1931).
The oldest material in the Nixon-Huff...
Dates:
1760-1976; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1980
Daniel Huff, "Reminiscences of Newport and Fountain City and Its Environs from 1830 to 1896," and "Old-Time People of Newport", undated
File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Huff-Nixon family papers consist of correspondence, legal and business papers, reminiscences, clippings, and genealogical materials of five generations of Quaker families in North Carolina and Indiana. Most of the material concerns the families of Samuel Nixon (1781-1865), his son-in-law Daniel Huff (1816-1899), and his son Dr. Oliver Nixon Huff (1852-1937) of Fountain City, Indiana, and Oliver Nixon Huff's wife, Sophia (Bogue) Huff (1866-1931).
The oldest material in the Nixon-Huff...
Dates:
undated
Oliver N. Huff historical writings on Quakerism and Fountain City
File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Huff-Nixon family papers consist of correspondence, legal and business papers, reminiscences, clippings, and genealogical materials of five generations of Quaker families in North Carolina and Indiana. Most of the material concerns the families of Samuel Nixon (1781-1865), his son-in-law Daniel Huff (1816-1899), and his son Dr. Oliver Nixon Huff (1852-1937) of Fountain City, Indiana, and Oliver Nixon Huff's wife, Sophia (Bogue) Huff (1866-1931).
The oldest material in the Nixon-Huff...
Dates:
1760-1976; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1980
Antislavery Correspondence, Documents, and Clippings
File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: 4
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Levi Coffin, and Mary Hough Goddard on abolition and the Underground Railroad at Newport; an 1874 abolitionist reunion; and antislavery politics; documents that include a copy of the 1860 indictment of the Rev. Daniel Worth in Randolph County, North Carolina, for inciting slaves to revolt and an essay on the election of 1848; clippings including a copy of an 1859 letter from Levi Coffin to Daniel Huff and an obituary of Catherine Coffin; and miscellaneous notes of...
Dates:
1760-1976; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1980
Antislavery Writings by Daniel Huff and Oliver N. Huff
File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents
Mainly on the history of the abolitionist movement in Newport and Wayne County, Indiana, with an essay by Solomon Woddy on Daniel Worth.
Dates:
1760-1976; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1980
Newport Gold Rush Party of 1850
File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: 6
Scope and Contents
Mainly material gathered by Oliver N. Huff, with some additions by Robert N. Huff. It includes a list of members of the party; a typescript of the diary of Henry W. Puckett; photocopies of letters of Solomon Woody; correspondence relating to Alva H. unthank, whose grave at Glenrock, Wyoming became a landmark; writings by Oliver N. Huff on the party; and clippings.
Dates:
1760-1976; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1980
Newport School History. Materials relating to a 1904 reunion
File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Identifier: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Huff-Nixon family papers consist of correspondence, legal and business papers, reminiscences, clippings, and genealogical materials of five generations of Quaker families in North Carolina and Indiana. Most of the material concerns the families of Samuel Nixon (1781-1865), his son-in-law Daniel Huff (1816-1899), and his son Dr. Oliver Nixon Huff (1852-1937) of Fountain City, Indiana, and Oliver Nixon Huff's wife, Sophia (Bogue) Huff (1866-1931).
The oldest material in the Nixon-Huff...
Dates:
1760-1976; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1980
Miscellaneous Clippings
File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Identifier: 8
Scope and Contents
includes an 1865 exchange between Thomas Bennett and bayless W. Hanna on the merits of Wayne vs. Sullivan counties; obituaries; and Newport and Wayne County history; and a facsimile of the [u]Savannah Republican[/u] of March 17, 1863.
Dates:
1760-1976; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1980
Photographs
File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Identifier: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Huff-Nixon family papers consist of correspondence, legal and business papers, reminiscences, clippings, and genealogical materials of five generations of Quaker families in North Carolina and Indiana. Most of the material concerns the families of Samuel Nixon (1781-1865), his son-in-law Daniel Huff (1816-1899), and his son Dr. Oliver Nixon Huff (1852-1937) of Fountain City, Indiana, and Oliver Nixon Huff's wife, Sophia (Bogue) Huff (1866-1931).
The oldest material in the Nixon-Huff...
Dates:
1760-1976; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1980