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Grant Rowe Graham collection of Samuel Rowe papers and Cummings family papers
Grant Rowe Graham collection of Samuel Rowe papers • Copy of page 27 from 1875 Lancaster City County directory, marked at instance of B. F. Rowe, deputy sheriff • Copies from 1883 Ellis and Evan’s Historic of Lancaster County, Benjamin F. (B. F.) Rowe marked in several spots • Copy of pa...
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| Collection: | Grant Rowe Graham Collection of Samuel Rowe Papers and Cummings Family Papers |
| Collection Number: | 4556 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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0.3 Linear feet 1 box, 1 volume |
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Grant Rowe Graham collection of Samuel Rowe papers
• Copy of page 27 from 1875 Lancaster City County directory, marked at instance of B. F. Rowe, deputy sheriff
• Copies from 1883 Ellis and Evan’s Historic of Lancaster County, Benjamin F. (B. F.) Rowe marked in several spots
• Copy of page 463 from Worner’s Cemetery Records Vol II, with Benjamin F. Rowe listed
• Copy of pages 16-17, “Abraham Lincoln in Lancaster” from Lancaster County Historical Society journal, with B. F. Rowe marked
• Copy of pages 344-345 of undated Directory of Lancaster County, with B. F. Rowe and Samuel Rowe marked
• Copies of pages 55-56, “Lincoln’s Visit to Lancaster in 1861…” from Lancaster County Historical Society journal, vol. 13, with Benj. F. Rowe marked
• Empty envelope postmarked 1978 addressed to Mrs. Richard Graham from Lancaster County Historical Society
• Cordial letter about friendship to “my old and dear friend Sam” from Charles R.? Prailey?, 2 March 1899
• Samuel W. Rowe discharge certificate (captain of Col. E. Franklin’s 122nd, Pennsylvania Volunteers), 15 May 1863
• (2) Abstract of expenditures, Company B, 122nd regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 2nd quarter 1863, signed by Samuel W. Rowe
• (2) Quarterly return and ordnance and ordnance stores, etc., Company B, 122nd regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 10 June 1863, signed by Samuel Rowe
• Receipt for issues to ___ P. P. Stetson, ordnance officer at Harrisburg, PA, 13 May 1863
• Muster roll, Company B, 122nd regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1862-1863 (in several pieces)
• Receipt for issues to Col. E. Franklin’s 122nd regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 15 April 1863, signed Emlem Franklin
• Blank Grand Army of the Republic certificate, 188_, notes in pencil verso
• Empty pension certificate envelope
• Three copies of a letter from Samuel Rowe to his father and mother, 18 April 1861, about him joining the Union Army
Cummings family
• 1998 record of birth certificate of Michael Commons, born 1857, obtained from Mayo Family History Centres.
• Two prints of group photograph with Michael Cummings and Teddy Roosevelt.
• Copy of article “Readin’, Writin’ and Rithmatic” with highlights, re: J. B. Cummings and M. W. Cummings
• Letter from Lackawanna Historical Society to Mary Graham concerning Cummings family research
• Typescript of individuals with last names “Cummings” and “Faden” from the Lackawanna County Directory, Olyphant, 1888, from the Lackawanna Historical Society
• Copy of obituary of Mary Cummings Dempsey from unidentified newspaper, 31 August 1945
• Mayo Family History Centres “assessment of research possibilities concerning Michael Commons, born 1857” (3 pages)
• Pennsylvania Heritage magazine (Summer 2000), article marked: “The UMWA Wins America’s Approval,” with attached post-it reading “could this be why T. Roosevelt went to Olyphant, Scranton, PA”
• John M. Cummings photographs:
◦ Small black and white portrait, verso: “John M. Cummings, 1969”
◦ Mounted sepia-toned photograph, verso: “Uncle Jack writing for Inquirer, date?”
◦ Black and white 8 x 10 (Cummings in top hat), verso: “Uncle Jack, John M, Cummings”
• John M. Cummings tributes and obituaries:
◦ “John M. Cummings Dies, Inquirer Columnist,” with photograph by Edward J. Freeman (copy – 2 pages)
◦ “So Farewell and Salute to a Friend,” by Harold Weigand (1 copy, 1 original clipping)
◦ “John M. Cummings, Columnist, Dies at 82” – from Philadelphia Inquirer, 20 October 1970, (2 versions, copies; original clipping mounted to white paper)
◦ “John M. Cummings Dies, Political Columnist Was 82” – from Evening Bulletin, 20 October 1970 (1 copy, 1 original clipping)
• Articles on and from John M. Cummings:
◦ “John M. Cummings Retires as Inquirer Political Columnist” by C. Allen Keith (2 copies)
◦ “Ursinus College Gives Honorary Degree to Schweiker, 4 Others,” with image of Cummings receiving degree; Philadelphia Inquirer, 4 November 1963. (copy)
◦ “100th Enjoy Satire at 84th Dinner of Clover Club” with reference to Cummings (original clipping)
◦ “An omelet fit for a champion,” by Harold J. Weigand, with reference to Cummings (original clipping)
◦ Column: “’Feathers’ is Gone: Old, Faithful Friend” (copy)
◦ Column: “So Awnings Can Talk, Too,” 8 May 1962 (reprint)
◦ Column: “Toughest Goose of All Defied Sharp Hatchet” (original clipping)
• Copy of Ursinus College Founder’s Day Convocation program, 3 November 1963
• Invitation to John M. Cummings’ 80th birthday party, 23 January 1968
• 17 March 1993 letter from Mary Graham (Mrs. Richard W. Graham, II) to Walter Annenberg
• 30 April 1993 letter from Mary Graham (Mrs. Richard W. Graham, II) to Walter Annenberg
• 2 June 1993 letter of Walter Annenberg to Mary Graham (Mrs. Richard W. Graham, II), with original envelope
• Michael Washburn Cummings original diary of a trip to Ireland, November-December 1908, numbered to 82 pages (more are filled out), with photocopies of pages 58-79
• Eight 1908 letters from Michael Washburn Cummings to his wife (sent home during his trip)
• Photograph of Michael Washburn Cummings, verso “grandfather, Michael Washburn Cummings”
• Black and white photograph of Michael Washburn Cummings on a “sightseeing automobile coach of Washington (D.C.) with
• Book: The Annenbergs: The Salvaging of a Tainted Dynasty, by John Cooney (1982), inscribed “Mary Graham” |