Archives For November 30, 1999
In addition to small portraits and cabinet cards, this collection includes a wide variety of formats from the mid-late 1800s- early 1900s. Here are a few examples:

Hand painted prayer verse

Correspondence between Ethel Sanford (GSL’s mother), John Sanford (GSL’s father), Carola Sanford Dow (GSL’s aunt), Gertrude Ellen du Puy (GSL’s grandmother), and others, 1890-1915

Hand painted memorabilia, 1890

Dried flowers

Dried flower souvenir from the Julian Pass in Switzerland

Invitation for the Inauguration Reception of Ulysses S. Grant, 1869

Dinner invitation extended by President Benjamin Harrison to the Sanfords, 1892

Dinner invitation extended by President Benjamin Harrison to the Sanfords, 1892

Hon. John Sanford’s personal business papers