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Pleasant Hunter Family papers
No full textA group of business-related letters, addressed to a Pleasant Hunter, mainly from correspondents in Annapolis and Baltimore. Hunter was active in local politics and was the county sheriff of Baltimore County for many years. Also includes letters addressed to Sheriff Hunter's daughter, Laura ("Lida") Hunter in which the women describe their families, personal relationships and jobs
Laura Kephart to George Kephart, September 19, 1927
No full textThis letter of September 19, 1927 from Laura Kephart to George and Pauline Kephart was sent to "Dear Children." Partially for the sake of her grandson, Roy Ferris, Laura describes in detail a visit she took to Throgs Neck, New York in search of her ancestor's home, the "Old Ferris Place" which was used as a headquarters for General Howe during the Revolutionary War
Laura Kephart to Leonard Kephart, January 29, 1936
No full textIn this letter of January 29, 1936, Laura Kephart writes her son, Leonard Kephart (1892-1988) from Masonville, New York where she is staying with her daughter Barbara whose husband, Roy, has been transferred to Narrowsburg, Sullivan County. Laura asks Leonard if he has been able to look into the copyright matter for Horace Kephart’s article
Laura Kephart to Leonard Kephart, November 11, 1935
No full textIn this letter of November 11, 1935, Laura Kephart writes her son, Leonard Kephart (1892-1988) regarding upcoming travel plans which include a trip to Washington D. C. where he lives. Laura includes two newspaper clippings. One regarding the new construction of a museum building in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the other regarding a memorial at her husband, Horace Kephart’s, gravesite in Bryson City
Laura Kephart to Pauline Kephart, January 25, 1939
No full textIn this letter of January 25, 1939, Laura Kephart writes her daughter-in-law, Pauline sending her a copy of the family tree Lucy made in case she is interested. Laura recounts her near death experience walking from the road to her house in a small blizzard where it was 12°F. She tells of the death of the Hayes’ son. She continues letting Pauline know she sent the family history to Stella Dodge, and mentions wocus seeds
Laura Kephart to Leonard Kephart, February 26, 1936
No full textIn this letter of February 26, 1936, Laura Kephart writes her son, Leonard Kephart (1892-1988) from Masonville, New York to discuss publishing Horace Kephart’s article about Cherokee life. Laura is working with Mr. Atkinson and I. K. Stearns to get the article reprinted. She also discusses having her son George sign a will that she will probate if he does not. She says Leonard can come to visit her and Barbara, but it won’t be the “peace and quiet” he is looking for. She stresses how difficult her trip to Bryson City was, saying it took “every bit of nerve I had.
Laura Kephart to George Kephart, April 24, 1937
No full textIn this letter of April 24, 1937 Laura Kephart writes her son, George Kephart, to give him information on former addresses and details of his birth as well as that of the other children, Barbara, Lucy, Leonard, Margaret, and Cornelia
Laura Kephart to George Kephart, December 24, 1951
No full textIn this letter of December 24, 1951, Laura Kephart writes her son George to send him a card she received. She is having Christmas dinner with Lucy, and Barbara is having Christmas with the Woomerls
Laura Mack
No full textThis glass plate negative of Laura Mack (1862-1954) was taken the year before she married Horace Kephart and was in a box labeled Laura Mack in Kermiss dress. In a letter of February 16, 1946, Laura Kephart writes her son Leonard Kephart and ends the letter explaining that the enclosed photographs were made from glass plates that she recently found. She states that "Horace Mack took them - the dress is Russian Honeymoon". Russian Honeymoon was a play written by Eugene Scribe and adapted by Mrs. Burton Harrison. Laura Mack wore the dress when the play was performed at Cornell University in 1886
Laura Kephart to Leonard Kephart, March 5, 1935
No full textIn this letter of March 5, 1935, Laura Kephart writes to her son, Leonard Kephart (1892-1988) enclosing a copy of a letter from I. K. Stearns. She discusses end of life business matters and mentions that Lew Smith, mayor, wants to change zoning regulations so he can sell his land to a business
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