Finding aid for the Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers
0394
Jacqueline Morin and Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2012
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers
Creator:
Briggs, Abby Crane
Creator:
Briggs, Benjamin
Creator:
Briggs, Caroline Crane
Identifier/Call Number: 0394
Identifier/Call Number: 1511
Physical Description:
4.92 Linear Feet
8 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1836-2020
Date (bulk): 1850-1920
Abstract: Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs was a horticulturist and medical doctor who originally came to California from Ohio during the
Gold Rush but returned to Ohio where he married and established a medical practice. He later returned to California to continue
with horticultural pursuits and was one of the founders of La Crescenta, where he hoped to establish a health resort. Though
he died before he could accomplish all his dreams, today's Crescenta-Canada valley was home to many sanitariums and health
resorts owing to its excellent quality of air. Briggs is also remembered for having started the first school in the valley,
the first church, the first public park, and the first full-time medical practice in the area. The Briggs family papers
contain correspondence to and from various family members, photographs of family members spanning multiple generations, Dr.
Benjamin Bennett Briggs' 1849 diary, ephemera, collected publications, and realia. Shedding light on the daily lives of one
of Southern California's pioneer families, the Briggs family papers is a small but historically important resource.
Language of Material:
English
.
Biographical Note
In 1986, Sally Ward, the wife of Dr. Chester L. Ward, M.D., wrote a short description of Benjamin Bennett Briggs' life and
his descendents based upon information compiled earlier by Irene Ward Kennedy, the sister of Benjamin Briggs Ward, Sr. The
document that Sally Ward created is the first folder in the collection and helps to identify various family members through
the generations as well as summarize the life of Benjamin Bennett Briggs specifically.
Benjamin Bennett Briggs was born on June 2, 1827 in Bristol, New York. The seventh of at least nine children born to Thomas
Briggs and Abigail Gregg, Benjamin and his family moved to Ohio in 1835 where they farmed and where the children learned about
horticulture.
In the spring of 1849, Benjamin and two of his brothers as well as a neighbor, set out for California (from Missouri) across
the plains with an ox team. Benjamin was 22 years old; the youngest brother on the journey, John, was only 18. It took the
group nine months to make the trip, during which time Benjamin was accidentally injured by a bullet which affected his health
for the rest of his life. When the men arrived in California, two of them went to the mines as planned; Benjamin and his
brother George became successful gardeners. Eventually, however, Benjamin's poor health led him to return to his Ohio home
while George continued to plant orchards in Knights Landing, Oroville, and Marysville, California. Unfortunately the floods
of 1861-62 destroyed the 300 acres of his Marysville orchard which was eventually completely covered by mining deposits.
Upon returning to Ohio, Benjamin married Abby Crane in 1852; their only child Irene was born in 1853 in Wadsworth, Ohio.
Benjamin and his family later spent time in California again looking at property and prospects; Abby died of tuberculosis
in Santa Paula in 1863. Benjamin and his daughter returned to Ohio where, at age 35, Benjamin enrolled in medical school.
Continuing his medical studies in 1865, Benjamin traveled to Heidelberg, Germany and Paris, France, accompanied by his daughter
Irene and her cousin Louise N. Crane, daughter of his oldest sister, Louise Briggs Crane.
After their return to the United States, Benjamin had a medical practice in Crawfordsville, Indiana for about 13 years. In
1870, Benjamin married Caroline A. Crane -- his first wife Abby's sister. Benjamin's daughter Irene married Reverend Samuel
Lawrence Ward in 1873 and they went to Persia as missionaries of the Presbyterian Church for over twenty years.
In the early 1880s, Benjamin returned to California to continue with horticultural pursuits and was one of the founders of
La Crescenta, where he hoped to establish a health resort. (Briggs coined the name "Crescenta" to indicate the crescent-shaped
valley nestled between the Sierra Madre mountains and the Verdugo Hills.) Though he died before he could accomplish all his
dreams, today's Crescenta-Cañada valley was home to many sanitariums and health resorts owing to its excellent air quality.
Briggs is also remembered for having started the first school in the valley, the first church, the first public park, and
the first full-time medical practice in the area. Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs died in 1893 at the age of 65.
Scope and Content
This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles
his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's
donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept
by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple generations.
There are also a few Presbyterian missionary materials because Benjamin's daughter, Irene, married Samuel Lawrence Ward; they
went to Persia as missionaries of the Presbyterian Church from 1876 to 1897. Other noteworthy items in the collection include
a very small (and fragile) Arabic prayer book and an 1896 book of "pressed flowers from the Holy Land" in excellent condition.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs Family Papers, Collection no. 0394, Regional History Collection, Special
Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Acquisition
The collection was presented to USC Libraries by Benjamin Briggs' great-great-grandson, Dr. Chester Ward, and his wife, Sally
Ward. In 2019, Lynda Ward Pierce donated additional family papers, which have been added and described as part of this collection.
Processing Note
Assistance in processing the Briggs papers was provided by Tiffany Chu.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
La Cañada (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
La Cañada Flintridge (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
La Crescenta (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
United States -- History -- 1849-1877 -- Archival resources
Pioneers -- California -- Biography
Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Archival resources
Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Diaries
Panama -- Photographs
Ambrotypes (photographs)
Cased photographs
Daguerreotypes (photographs)
Correspondence
Diaries
Photographs
Briggs family -- Archives
Briggs, Abby Crane -- Archives
Briggs, Benjamin -- Archives
Briggs, Caroline Crane -- Archives
Briggs, Irene Crane -- Archives
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. -- Correspondence
Ward, Samuel Lawrence -- Archives
Biographical Information 393702
Box 1, Folder 1
Family History 393703
1962
Scope and Content
This folder contains a photocopy of the work compiled by Irene Ward Kennedy in 1962:
Family History of Ward, Briggs, and Allied Lines. Irene Ward Kennedy was the sister of Benjamin Briggs Ward, Sr. and the granddaughter of Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs. The
manuscript documents the lineage of these families with "family tree" charts, photographs, and text from historical society
records and genealogical registers. A portion of the document is Samuel Lawrence Ward's own recollections of his father's
history.
In addition to the 225-page manuscript, the folder includes three pages of family information extracted and summarized from
it, accompanied by the patent information and description of a 1959-1960 invention of Benjamin Bennett Briggs known as the
"Improved Apparatus for Laying Drain Tiles."
Box 2
Briggs and Crane: A Collection of Family Letters, a Gold Rush Diary, and Other Documents, 1849-1895
2019
General
An independently published book, compiled by Trudy Lindaman in 2019, on the histories of the Briggs and Crane families. The
book consists of historical essays with reproductions of family letters, a Gold Rush diary, photographs, and other documents
spanning 1849 to 1895.
Box 1, Folder 2
Account Book 393705
Scope and Content
Account book of B.B. Briggs, 186?
Box 1, Folder 3
Diary [original] 393706
Scope and Content
Diary kept by Benjamin Bennett Briggs during his travels from Sharon, Ohio to Yuba City, California from March through December
of 1849. Briggs was accompanied by two of his brothers, John and George, as well as a neighbor, George Case. They set out
with a wagon and a team of oxen, stopping in small towns or unsettled areas to camp. Briggs makes note of the weather and
road conditions, food conditions, creek crossings, and health conditions of him and his companions. A major delay in their
journey occurred near the end of July when Briggs was accidentally shot through the lung and was laid up for about a month
while some of his party went on ahead. Briggs was "put into a wagon" through most of August but continued to travel and to
record short notes in his diary. The last entry of the diary is for December 31, 1849, in which Briggs writes, "Arrived at
the Yuba pitched my tent there and [words erased]."
Box 1, Folder 4
Diary [transcription] 407982
Scope and Content
Facsimile copy of "Transcription of the Personal Diary of Benjamin Bennett Briggs: 1949 [1849] Cross Country Travelling from
Sharon, Ohio to Yuba City, California; transcribed by Sally (wife), Katharine & Lynda Ward (daughters) of B.G. Chester L.
Ward, M.D., the Great, Great, Grandson of Dr. B.B. Briggs, 1985-86."
Box 2, Folder 20
Land conveyance from Benjamin Bennett Briggs to Joseph Briggs
1859-05-25
Box 2, Folder 18
Legal records sent to Mrs. S. L. Ward from Ristine & Ristine Attorneys
1863-1875
Scope and Contents
Includes indentures, deeds, and correspondence relating to legal issues for various Briggs family members.
Box 2, Folder 17
Passport of Benjamin Bennett Briggs
1865-04-14
Box 2, Folder 19
Warranty Deed from Sarah A. Hurlburt to Edward D. Young
1890-10-08
Box 2, Folder 21
Yuba Lodge, No. 39, F.&A.M. -- Benjamin Bennett Briggs membership certificate and receipt for dues
1864-1865
Box 6, Folder 1-4, Box 7, Box 8
[Correspondence added to the collection in 2021]
1836-1904
Scope and Contents
Additional letters written/received by the family of Benjamin Bennett Briggs. Included are letters written by his wife (Abby
Crane Briggs), daughter (Irene Briggs Ward), and son-in-law, Samuel Lawrence Ward, who was a pastor in the Glendale Presbyterian
Church. Some of the letters by Samuel Lawrence Ward were written while he and Irene Briggs Ward were missionaries in Persia.
There is also some correspondence of Samuel Lawrence Ward's father (the earliest dating from 1836), and children. The letters
describe life in Southern California (Glendale, specifically) where the family settled from the Midwest (Ohio) and after their
Persian missionary work.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Trudy Lindaman, June 1, 2021.
Box 2, Folder 1
To sister from Abby Crane
1849-1861
Scope and Contents
9 letters from Abby Crane addressed to her sister. In a few of these letters, "Caroline" is specified as the recipient and
one letter is addressed to "My dear Sister & Brother."
Box 2, Folder 2
To Abby Crane from Caroline Briggs
1842-12-10
Processing Information
A Post-it note--stating: "1842 letter / Abby & Caroline Crane attended Wheeton Seminary"--was removed from the letter.
Box 2, Folder 15
To Abby Crane from [first name illegible] Church
1847-07-28-1847-11-15
Box 2, Folder 7
To Caroline A. Crane from Levi L. Crane
1852-1855
Scope and Contents
Four letters from Levi Crane to his daughter, Caroline.
Box 1, Folder 5
To nieces from Sophie Crane [original] 407983
16 October 1853
Scope and Content
Same page includes letter addressed to "Dear sister" from Abby C.B., dated December 19, 1853
Box 1, Folder 6
To nieces from Sophie Crane [facsimile] 407984
16 October 1853
Box 1, Folder 7
To sister from Abby [Crane] [original] 407985
18 August 1853
Box 1, Folder 8
To sister from Abby [Crane] [facsimile] 407986
18 August 1853
Box 1, Folder 25
To Carrie from Abby Crane 408006
circa 1850s
Box 1, Folder 9
To father from Abby Crane [original] 407987
24 November 1861
Scope and Content
Letter from Abby Crane to father, Marysville, California, November 24, 1861. Original letter torn into five pieces.
Box 1, Folder 10
To father from Abby Crane [facsimile] 407988
24 November 1861
Box 1, Folder 11
To husband from Abby C. Briggs [original] 407992
1 September 1861
Box 1, Folder 12
To husband from Abby C. Briggs [facsimile] 407993
1 September 1861
Box 2, Folder 6
To various family members from Benjamin Bennett Briggs
1862-1891
Scope and Contents
18 letters
Box 1, Folder 13
To "My dearest one" from B.B. Briggs [original] 407994
January 1863
Scope and Content
Letter in poetic form "A sort of Lament while passing some lone hours in Unionville Nevada in Jan 1863," from B.B. Briggs
to "My dearest One"
Box 1, Folder 14
To "My dearest one" from B.B. Briggs [facsimile] 407995
January 1863
Box 2, Folder 4
To various family members from Irene B. Ward
1865-1892
Scope and Contents
11 letters, mostly addressed to "My dear Father." Other recipients include, "My dear Aunt and cousins" and "My dear Auntie."
Box 2, Folder 5
Samuel Lawrence Ward - letters to and from
1873-1901
Scope and Contents
Six letters
Box 1, Folder 15
To brother from John Briggs [original] 407996
12 October 1877
Box 1, Folder 16
To brother from John Briggs [facsimile] 407997
12 October 1877
Box 2, Folder 8
To Benjamin Bennett Briggs from Daniel Briggs
1879-09-21
Box 1, Folder 17
To sister from Abby Crane [original] 407998
16 March 1881
Box 1, Folder 18
To sister from Abby Crane [facsimile] 407999
16 March 1881
Box 2, Folder 11
To Irene B. Ward from Artemis B. Johnson
1881-10-12
Box 2, Folder 9
To Benjamin Bennett Briggs from George Gregg Briggs
1882-01-04
Box 2, Folder 32
To T. C. Stiles from Lizzie Stiles
1882-02-21
Scope and Contents
One postcard
Box 1, Folder 19
To Louise from Irene B. Ward [original] 408000
13 August 1882
Box 1, Folder 20
To Louise from Irene B. Ward [facsimile] 408001
13 August 1882
Box 1, Folder 21
To Louise from Irene B. Ward [original] 408002
17 March 1882
Box 1, Folder 22
To Louise from Irene B. Ward [facsimile] 408003
17 March 1882
Box 2, Folder 3
To Irene B. Ward from Caroline Briggs
1883-1910
Scope and Contents
Two letters and a wedding invitation. The wedding invitation is addressed to "S. L. Ward & wife" and is accompanied by a clipping
from
Harper's Weekly announcing the wedding of Sophia Crane (Caroline Briggs's daughter) to H. H. Ristine.
Box 2, Folder 16
Empty envelopes addressed to Mr. S. Paull Ward, Edward D. Young, Irene B. Ward, Annie Y. Ward, and Annie M. Wade
1883-1951
Box 2, Folder 12
To Irene B. Ward [unsigned, but probably from Louisa M. Crane Johnson]
1887-02-27
Processing Information
A Post-it note--stating: "probably Louisa M. Crane Johnson"--was removed from the letter.
Box 2, Folder 14
To Irene B. Ward from Loretta [surname illegible]
1887-07-11
Box 1, Folder 23
To father from Irene B. Ward [original] 408004
5 December 1890
Box 1, Folder 24
To father from Irene B. Ward [facsimile] 408005
5 December 1890
Box 3, Folder 2-3
New Year's letters and speech in velvet case from Samuel Lawrence Ward
1892
Language of Material: Persian, English, French
Processing Information
Three copies of New Year's address were donated framed. Frames removed during processing.
Scope and Contents
Includes the transcript of an address on New Year's Day in three languages. Also includes a velvet case with Ward's initials,
created to hold these documents.
Box 2, Folder 10
To Irene B. Ward from Maria Briggs Haskell
1895-07-11
Box 2, Folder 13
To Irene B. Ward from Julia A. Clark
1901-12-24
Box 4, Folder 34
"Benj. B. Ward Jr. Born Today" -- torn page from diary
circa 1905
Box 4, Folder 35
To Benjamin Briggs Ward, Sr. from Benjamin Briggs Ward, Jr.
1911-10-04
Box 4, Folder 37
To "Wife Mine" from "Ben" [copy]
1927-04-27
Box 4, Folder 36
To S. Paull Ward from "your wife Billie"
1931-02-27
Box 3, Folder 1
Expanding letter filer
undated
Box 2, Folder 31
To "Sally, Chester, Katharine, Lynda, Bob" from "Beth, Mother / Ben, Daddy"
1971-02-28
Box 1, Folder 26
To Mr. & Mrs. Chester Ward from Eleanor Huskins 408007
15 September 1975
Scope and Content
Letter dated September 15, 1975; to "Family and Friends" concerning the death of Bill Huskins signed by Eleanor, Vickie, David,
Doug Huskins. (Bill Huskins gave the book "History of the American Presyterian Mission to Iran, 1834-1960" to Dr. C.L. Ward
in 1972 during his visit to Tehran, Iran.)
Box 4, Folder 2
"Briggs"
undated
Scope and Contents
Two matching individual portraits of a man and a woman, both labeled "Briggs" on verso. Possibly Benjamin Bennett Briggs and
Caroline Briggs.
Box 5
Briggs, Abby Crane [daguerreotype in wooden case with identifying note]
undated
General
Uncertain identification of person(s) pictured. Stored in St. Francis Club cigar box.
Box 2, Folder 28-29
Briggs, Abby Crane [three portraits with leather case]
circa 1860
General
Written on verso of the two individual portraits: "Abby Crane Briggs died 1862 in Santa Paula of T.B. / first wife of B. B.
Briggs"
Scope and Contents
Two copies of an individual portrait and one portrait of Abby with her daughter. Accompanied by decorated leather case that
previously housed these portraits.
Box 5
Briggs, Benjamin Bennett [ambrotype in wooden case]
undated
General
Uncertain identification of person(s) pictured. Stored in St. Francis Club cigar box.
Box 4, Folder 1
Briggs, Benjamin Bennett
1861-10-10
Box 1, Folder 27
Briggs, Benjamin Bennett 408008
1890s
Scope and Content
Man looking at object on ground; transcription on the bottom margin identifies the object: "B?? that Coyote is caught in the
trap. B.B.B."
Box 5
Briggs, Benjamin Bennett and Caroline Crane Briggs [individual ambrotype portraits]
undated
General
Uncertain identification of person(s) pictured. Stored in painted wooden box with inlaid patterns and floral paper mounted
under base.
Scope and Contents
Two portraits
Box 5
Briggs, Caroline Crane with child [cased photograph with identifying note and clipped poem]
undated
General
Stored in wooden box with initials "A C" painted on lid.
Box 1, Folder 28
Briggs, Daniel 408009
186[?]
Scope and Content
Portrait of Daniel Briggs; L.N. Sackett, Photographer, Medina, Ohio
Box 1, Folder 29
Briggs, Irene [tintype] 408010
1870
Scope and Content
Photograph (tintype)- portrait of Irene Briggs, 1870; identification obtained from leaflet "Sunday Postal Labour" in which
photograph was enclosed.
Box 4, Folder 19
Briggs, Irene C. and Samuel Lawrence Ward with their six children
1925
Box 1, Folder 30
Briggs, Rhoda 408011
186[?]
Scope and Content
Portrait of Rhoda Briggs; L.N. Sackett, Photographer, Medina, Ohio
Box 5
Briggs, Thomas [daguerreotype in wooden case with identifying note]
undated
General
Stored in wooden box with initials "A C" painted on lid.
Box 4, Folder 23
Briggs, Thomas J.
circa 1895
Box 4, Folder 29
"Capt. Benj. B. Ward" - photographs of an exhibit of historical materials relating to military service
undated
Scope and Contents
Six photographic prints.
Box 4, Folder 33
Cash, N. Elizabeth, Benjamin Briggs Ward, Jr., Chester Lawrence Ward, Annie Young Ward, Flora Wade Young, and Annie Irene
Ward-Dirks
pre-1933
Scope and Contents
Five negatives and 16 prints -- all from the same Kodak envelope with label: "Pictures / 1932 and before of N. Eliz. Cash,
B. B. Ward, Jr., Chester L. Ward, Annie Young Ward, Flora Wade Young."
Box 5
Crane, Levi Lee [daguerreotype in wooden case with identifying note]
undated
General
Stored in wooden box with initials "A C" painted on lid.
Box 2, Folder 27
Dr. Briggs' Sanitarium. La Crescenta
circa 1890
General
Photograph by J. W. Wortman, Pasadena, California.
Scope and Contents
Pictured: Dr. Briggs "Terrace" Home and Dr Briggs large barn.
Box 4, Folder 24
Farm home in Wickliffe, Ohio
1914
Box 3, Folder 5
"Four Generations Attend Baptism of B. B. Ward Son" -- clippings and family portrait
1933-07
Language of Material: "Four generations were represented at a communion service held at the First Presbyterian Church at San Fernando, where Chester
Lawrence Ward, the child in the picture, was baptized. In the center is the child's father, Benjamin B. Ward, at left, Mrs.
B. B. Ward, the baby's grandmother, and, right, Edward D. Young, Sr., greatgrandfather."
Processing Information
The two clippings and the family portrait were donated framed (all in one frame). The frame was removed during processing,
but all of the items are still mounted on the same board.
Box 1, Folder 31
Panama to Valpariso, Chile 408013
circa 1914
Container Summary: 28 items
Scope and Content
28 negatives in an envelope; photographs of Panama Canal on way to Valpariso, Chile 1914(?) taken by Seymour Paul Ward (grandson
of Dr. Benjamin B. Briggs).
Box 4, Folder 30
Real photo postcards featuring family portraits
undated
Scope and Contents
Five postcards without written correspondence.
Box 4, Folder 28
Snapshots featuring unidentified men and women
undated
Scope and Contents
Six photographic prints. Only one is labeled: "Preaching the Gospel to Moros."
Box 4, Folder 27
Snapshots of landscapes and industry
1915-1922, undated
Scope and Contents
51 photographic prints. Most of the photographs are not captioned. For photographs that are labeled, captions include: "Barn.
Valley covered in fog"; "Cabin from across the creek / cleared place shows location of mill"; "60a at Tulan"; "Joshua Tree";
"Crater Lake"; "Spring Valley from Piermont"; "Entrance to New Works"; "Wheeler Pk from Spring Valley." None of these images
feature people, except for two that feature distant figures working in an industrial setting with a forge.
Box 5
Unidentified cased photograph portrait of a young man
undated
General
Stored in painted wooden box with inlaid patterns and floral paper mounted under base
Box 4, Folder 14
Unidentified group portraits
undated
Scope and Contents
Four photographs.
Box 4, Folder 15
Unidentified individual portraits
undated
Scope and Contents
Four photographs.
Box 4, Folder 26
Unidentified tintypes
undated
Scope and Contents
One individual portrait of a young woman and one group portrait of four young men.
Box 4, Folder 16
Wabash '00-'01
circa 1901
Scope and Contents
One group portrait.
Box 4, Folder 11
Wade, Stephen J. and Harriet Ramsay Wade
circa 1860s
Scope and Contents
Two individual portraits.
Box 4, Folder 21
Ward, Annie Irene and Benjamin Briggs Ward, Jr.
1909-12
Box 2, Folder 35
Ward, Annie Young
1886-1911
Scope and Contents
Eight photographic prints. Ten individual portraits and one group portrait of Annie with her two children. A few of the prints
are labeled with her maiden name, "Annie Wade Young" (the younger of the two Annie Wade Youngs in the family).
Box 4, Folder 32
Ward, Ben, Chas Chester Cash, Beth Cash Ward, and Nora Vincent Cash
undated
General
Taken in Santa Barbara, California.
Box 4, Folder 12
Ward, Benjamin Briggs, Jr.
1908-12
Box 4, Folder 17
Ward, Benjamin Briggs, Sr.
undated
Scope and Contents
Two copies of the same portrait.
Box 4, Folder 8
Ward, Benjamin Briggs, Sr. and Annie Young Ward
1903
Box 2, Folder 34
Ward, Benjamin Briggs, Sr., Annie Young Ward, Annie Irene Ward, and Benjamin Briggs Ward, Jr.
circa 1915
Scope and Contents
Three copies (photographic prints) of the same group portrait.
Box 4, Folder 32
Ward, Beth Cash, Flora Young, Clara Ward McRostie, Anne Cash Walsh, and Chester Lawrence Ward
circa 1935
General
Taken in Morro Bay, California with Morro Rock pictured in background.
Box 4, Folder 31
Ward, Chester Lawrence
circa 1930s
Scope and Contents
Three photographic prints - individual portraits.
Box 2, Folder 36
Ward, Dr. Chester L. and Lynda Ward
1979-11
Scope and Contents
One photographic print
Box 6, Folder 7
Ward, Josiah Jerome (1775-1851) [cased daguerreotype]
Box 3, Folder 4
Ward, Lawrence Arthur
1906
Scope and Contents
Three portraits.
Box 4, Folder 20
Ward, Paul, Benjamin Briggs Ward, Jr., and Annie Irene Ward
circa 1911-1912
Box 4, Folder 3
Ward, S. Paul
1908, undated
Scope and Contents
One portrait and one snapshot.
Box 4, Folder 22
Ward, Seymour, Mary Isabel Reed, and Samuel Lawrence Ward
1843-12
Box 2, Folder 33
Young, Annie Wade and Edward Davis Young, Sr.
1877-1922
Scope and Contents
Eight photographic prints. Includes both individual portraits and portraits of the two together.
Box 4, Folder 13
Young, Edward D., Jr., Benjamin B. Ward, Sr., Annie Young Wade, Edward D. Young, Sr., Flora Young, Benjamin B. Ward, Jr.,
Annie Irene Ward, Mrs. Annie Y. Ward, and others
1911
Box 4, Folder 4
Young, Edward Davis, Jr.
1890, undated
Scope and Contents
Two portraits.
Box 4, Folder 5
Young, Edward Davis, Sr. and family in living room
1902
Box 4, Folder 9
Young, Flora, Paul Ward, Annie Young Ward, and Benjamin Briggs Ward, Sr.
1905
Box 4, Folder 10
Young, Flora, Paul Ward, Bertha Potwin, and Benjamin Briggs Ward, Sr.
1902
Box 2, Folder 30
Young, Flora Wade [portraits]
circa 1890-circa 1940
Scope and Contents
11 photographic prints. All individual portraits with labels identifying "Flora Wade Young" except for one, which pictures
two young girls, labeled: "[illegible] at 1893 / Flora Edward Young." Includes one individual snapshot with label "Aunt Flora
at Lake Erie College."
Box 1, Folder 32
Admission Ticket 408014
1868-1869
Scope and Content
Ticket to Bellevue Hospital Medical College, City of New York, Session 1868-69, Lectures "The Principles and Practice of Medicine"
Box 1, Folder 33
College Commencement Invitation 408015
1903
Container Summary: 3 items
Scope and Content
Wabash College, Crawfodsville, Indiana, June 12-17, 1903; in envelope addressed to Rev., & Mrs. S.L. Ward & Family; insert:
Mr. Benjamin Briggs Ward
Box 1, Folder 34
Promissory Note 408016
1916
Scope and Content
February 28, 1916, in the amount of $1300, to the Bank of Glendale, signed Irene B. Ward
Box 1, Folder 35
Receipt 408017
1866
Scope and Content
in German, Heidelberg, 31.??? 1866; Briggs
Box 1, Folder 36
Register Ticket 408018
1883
Scope and Content
"Registered on the Great Register," County of Los Angeles, to B.B. Briggs, May 25, 18(?)3
Box 1, Folder 37
Testimony of Appreciation [original] 408019
15 February 1875
Scope and Content
Certificate, form Wabash College, February 15, 1875, acknowledgment of Dr. B.B. Briggs as a "gentleman of great[?] worth and
a physician of great[?] ability."
Box 1, Folder 38
Testimony of Appreciation [facsimile] 408020
1875
Box 2, Folder 25
American Agriculturalist
1860-08
Box 2, Folder 23
The American Tract Society's Almanac
1862
Box 1, Folder 40
Arabic Prayer Book 408022
Scope and Content
Arabic prayer book of Samuel Lawrence Ward, husband of Irene Briggs (daughter of B.B. Briggs). Acquired during a mission involved
with the Glendale Presbyterian Church; Samuel Lawrence Ward founded the La Crescenta Presbyterian Church.
Box 1, Folder 41
History of the American Presbyterian Mission to Iran, 1834-1960 408023
Scope and Content
Compiled by John Elder, published by the Literature Committee of the Church Council of Iran. Bill Huskins gave the book to
Dr. C.L. Ward in 1972 during his visit to Tehran, Iran.
Box 1, Folder 42
Leaflet: "Sunday Postal Labour" 408024
Scope and Content
Sabbath Observance Society, Edinburgh
Box 4, Folder 38
Ohio State University 1909 commencement booklet
1909-06
Box 6, Folder 8
On Call at the White House: The Diary of a White House Physician's Wife by Sally McCloud Ward
2019
Box 6, Folder 5
Presbyterian Church Book of Forms
1889
Scope and Contents
A Presbyterian Church Book of Forms that belonged to Samuel Lawrence Ward.
Box 1, Folder 43
Pressed Flowers from the Holy Land 408025
Scope and Content
Hand crafted book "Pressed Flowers from the Holy Land: Flowers Gathered and Pressed in Palestine by Rev. Harvey Greene," introduction
by Rebv. Smith Baker, D.D.; published and sold by Harvey B. Greene, Lowell, Mass.
Box 2, Folder 22
Programs of the Y.L.M.S. of the First Presbyterian Church, Wooster, Ohio
1898
Box 2, Folder 26
Samuel Lawrence Ward's New Testament Bible for/from Persia
1890
Language of Material: Persian
Box 2, Folder 24
Western Female Seminary, Oxford, Ohio -- annual catalogues
1869-1870
Box 1, Folder 44
Dictabelts 408026
Container Summary: 4 items in 1 envelope
Scope and Content
Debrief/comments by Dr. Chester L. Ward following his 1968-1969 tour in the Republic of Vietnam.
Box 5
Benjamin Bennett Briggs' tools and specimens in small wooden box
undated
General
The donor of this material identified the contents of this box as belongings of Benjamin Bennett Briggs.
Scope and Contents
A small, plain wooden box filled with small precision tools and three specimens cast in resin, including a crab and a cricket.
The inner lid of the box is branded: "Bowles' Patent / The George P. Pilling & Son Co. / Philadelphia, U.S.A."
Box 6, Folder 6
Engraving plates for Samuel Lawrence Ward's calling card
Box 5
Spectacles and Eastman thermometer
undated
Scope and Contents
Six pairs of spectacles, an Eastman thermometer for general photographic use, and one other small tool found together in an
El Roi-Tan cigar box.