Box 48

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Forsythe family papers contain correspondence, documents, literature, photographs, and ephemera. They represent the collected efforts of Irene Hanson (née Forsythe), Emmett and Bessie Forsythe, and Margaret Grace Forsythe to retain their family history. The materials in the collection are from as early as the mid-1800s, spanning all the way to the last years of Margaret Forsythe’s life in the 2000s. The Forsythe family papers consist of four distinct series. The first and most voluminous...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series features Perry O. Hanson and Irene Forsythe Hanson's collected correspondence, photography, her writings and academic work, and other assorted ephemera. The materials date from as early as the 1890s, spanning all the way to the last years of Irene Hanson's life in 1994. The Hansons' correspondence features letters written to family members such as her brother and sister-in-law, Emmett and Betty Forsythe, as well as to Margaret Forsythe, and Irene's many other correspondents,...