Manuscripts Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
99.001 |
Title |
Watts, Joseph O., 1846-1934 |
Date |
1890-1909 |
Scope & Content |
WATTS, JOSEPH O. 1846-1934 INVENTORY AND DESCRIPTION. Correspondence (some marked L76-679, L76-680, L76-682 and L76-699) between Watts, his wife, and their two children, Charles and Mary (Mrs. Charles Wallace). Also 2 school reports of Cedric Wallace (L76-700 and L76-701), a Johnson and Johnson Zonas Corn Leaf - contains cannabis indica (L76-702), and a photograph of Mary and Cedric Wallace (L76-948). (Entered in the Library of Congress National Union Catalog of Manuscripts - NUCMC - as OCLC 807998203.) Watts, Joseph O., 1846-1934 Family papers, 1890-1909. Joseph O. Watts opened a jewelry store in Eugene City in 1884. He later combined the practice of optometry with jewelry business. The collection consists of twenty letters between Watts, his wife, and their two children, Charles and Mary (Mrs. Charles Wallace). The correspondence contains family news; most letters are from family news; most letters are from various family members to Mary Watts Wallace, who was living away from Eugene. "Have you been down to the house lately to see how those people are treating our furniture set? Have they any children to smash things? Is she a neat housekeeper? I never heard of her before. How is Mrs Quealy's baby now? Did Wippenman's baby get sick & are the babies still dying off? Have you had much hot weather there. Have you suffered from any of the fevers that have troubled us here? Are you taking good care of the table linen, bed clothes, dishes, that you took to the office? Or like Mr. Wassing were you going to leave the washing till I come home, & Just use the same sheets all the time? Do you keep your socks well darned & all your bottons sewd on?" |