Prow family papers MSS.158

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1 Prow family papers MSS.158 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit November 19, 2013 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Alexander M. Bracken Library 2000 W. University Avenue Muncie, Indiana, libarchives@bsu.edu

2 Table of Contents Summary Information... 3 Biographical Note... 4 Scope and Contents... 4 Arrangement...4 Administrative Information...5 Controlled Access Headings...5 Collection Inventory... 7 Series 1: Prow family correspondence, Series 2: Evans family documents, Series 3: Prow family documents and papers, 1780, , Series 4: Rohrbaugh family documents, Series 5: Strong family documents, , Series 6: Wingate family documents, , Series 7: Prow family oversize collection, Series 8: Prow family oversize collection, Series 9: Prow family photographs, Page 2 -

3 Summary Information Repository Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Creator - Compiler Clark, Alice Prow Title Prow family papers Date Extent 4.2 Cubic feet 5 boxes Language English Preferred Citation Prow family papers, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries - Page 3 -

4 Biographical Note Frederick Prow was born in 1926 and was the son of Harold Prow. His grandfather, Frederick Prow was a prominent dentist in Bloomington Indiana. Margaret (Penny) and Frederick were married on an unknown date. Frederick's aunt, Alice (Prow) Clark, constructed the genealogical information contained in the collection. Scope and Contents The collection contains 1118 letters of correspondence dating between the years Postcards dating from are also included. Fifty-nine of the postcards contain writing and dates, six have writing and no dates, and 163 have no writing at all. The collection also includes 23 greeting cards, legal papers, tax receipts, birth certificates, inventories, advertisements, etchings and various miscellaneous items dating from 1776 through the 1980s. Arrangement Arranged in the following series: Series 1: Prow family correspondence, Series 2: Evans family documents, Series 3: Prow family documents and papers, 1780, , Series 4: Rohrbaugh family documents, Series 5: Strong family documents, , 1939 Series 6: Wingate family documents, , 1974 Series 7: Prow family oversize collection, Series 8: Prow family oversize collection, Page 4 -

5 Series 9: Prow family photographs, Administrative Information Publication Information Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research. Conditions Governing Use Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections. Custodial History This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation. Accruals No further additions are expected. Processing Information EAD finding aid created 2012/10/12 by Julie Hausknecht. EAD finding aid revised 2013/10/28 by Rebecca Marangelli. Controlled Access Headings Family Name(s) - Page 5 -

6 Prow family Genre(s) Correspondence Subject(s) Family Family--History Genealogy Local history Stoeckel Archives of Local History - Page 6 -

7 Series 1: Prow family correspondence, Collection Inventory Series 1: Prow family correspondence, Box Folder Articles of agreement, 1843, 1844, Asher, Henry N., Asher, Jennie 1867, Asher, L.P. and Mary M. Strong, Beam, A. E., Bergdall, Elizabeth, 1834, Brady, Rose Allegue, Bunope, Kate, Cards, undated 6 2 Cassius, Correspondence, undated Page 7 -

8 Series 1: Prow family correspondence, Correspondence, , Correspondence, ca. 1900s 1 12 Correspondence, 1911, 1924, 1950, 1974, DeHaven, Abijah T., 1818, 1848, DeHaven, A.T., DeHaven, Wesley, Dinglitz, B. W., Delph, Fountain, Dorothy, , Dunn, Emma R., 1907, Evans, Dennis, Evans, Dodie, 1920, Evans, Jim, Evans, Mae, Page 8 -

9 Series 1: Prow family correspondence, Evans, Mae, Evans, Helen Rosa, Florence, 1925, 1927, German and English language, Glassgow, James and Susan, Goiuge, Effie, Helen, Hobbs, Harold, Hodson, A. H., Holiday, Doris, 1960, 1962, 1966, Holt, Washington Weather, Hymns, undated 1 36 Jane to Mary Strong, Katteman, Israel, Page 9 -

10 Series 1: Prow family correspondence, Kern, W. I., Lister, W. M., 1861, Maude, McDaniel, Elizabeth McDaniel, John J., McDonald, C. M., McDonald, C. W., Memorial cards, undated 1 46 Murphy, S. B., Neel, Alta I., Newspaper clippings, undated 1 49 Opan, James, Pace, Beverly T. 1909, Poetry, undated Page 10 -

11 Series 1: Prow family correspondence, Postcards, undated 6 1 Prow, Alice, 1917, Prow, Grace L., 1909, Prow, Dr. Fred Prow, Hallie, Prow, Harold, 1912, 1926, Prow, Imogene Wingate, Prow, Jean Wingate Prow, Jean Wingate, 1923 Jan.-June 1 60 Prow, Jean Wingate, 1923 July-Dec Prow, Jean Wingate, 1924 Jan.-June 1 62 Prow, Jean Wingate, 1924 July-Dec Prow, Jean Wingate, 1925 Jan.-June 2 1 Prow, Jean Wingate, 1925 July-Dec Page 11 -

12 Series 1: Prow family correspondence, Prow, Jean Wingate, 1926 Jan.-June 2 3 Prow, Jean Wingate, 1926 July-Dec. 2 4 Prow, Jean Wingate, 1927 Jan.-June 2 5 Prow, Jean Wingate, 1927 July-Dec. 2 6 Prow, Jean Wingate, 1928 Jan.-June 2 7 Prow, Jean Wingate, 1928 July-Dec. 2 8 Prow, Jean Wingate, 1929 Jan.-June 2 9 Prow, Jean Wingate, 1929 July-Dec Prow, Jean Wingate, 1930 Jan.-June Prow, Jean Wingate, 1930 July-Dec Prow, Jean Wingate, 1931 Jan.-June 2 13 Prow, Jean Wingate, 1931 July-Dec Prow, Jean Wingate, 1932 Jan.-June 2 15 Prow, Jean Wingate, 1932 July-Dec Page 12 -

13 Series 1: Prow family correspondence, Prow, Jean Wingate, 1933 Jan.-June 2 17 Prow, Jean Wingate, 1933 July-Dec Prow, Jean Wingate, 1934 Jan.-June 3 1 Prow, Jean Wingate, 1934 July-Dec. 3 2 Prow, Jean Wingate, Prow, Jean Wingate, 1936 Jan.-June 3 4 Prow, Jean Wingate, 1936 July-Dec. 3 5 Prow, Jean Wingate, Prow, Mary Alice, "Puss", Read, Cynthia, Redman, M. and C. E., "Aunt" Rilla, Rohrbaugh, Clarissa and Elizabeth, Page 13 -

14 Series 1: Prow family correspondence, Rohrbaugh, Elizabeth, Rohrbaugh, Elizabeth and S., Rohrbaugh, Elizabeth and Samuel, Rohrbaugh, Elizabeth and Solomon, 1837, Rohrbaugh, S., Rohrbaugh, Samuel, Rohrbaugh, Samuel and Abijah T. DeHaven, Rohrbaugh, Samuel and Solomon, Rohrbaugh, Solomon, Royse, Thomas, Santa Clause, Sellers, Lucinda, Shearow, May, Shulman, Geo. L., Page 14 -

15 Series 1: Prow family correspondence, Speech, Strong, Clarrisa, Strong, John W., Strong, Martha E., Strong, Mollie, Strong, O. M., Strong, R. T., 1862, Strong, Ruben T., Strong, Silvester, Strong, S. M., Torn letters, undated 3 37 Wingate, Bruce, Wingate, Grace Evans, Wingate, Grace Evans, Page 15 -

16 Series 2: Evans family documents, Wingate, Herbert, Zola, M., Series 2: Evans family documents, Box Folder Evans, C. Ashbury ledgers, Evans, C Ashbury legal documents, Evans family church records, Evans family deeds and legal documents, Evans family school souvenir, Evans family tax receipts, Evans, Mae bank books, 1916, Evans, Mae composition book, Evans, Mae deed abstract, Evans, Mae diary, Page 16 -

17 Series 3: Prow family documents and papers, 1780, , Evans, Mae rental receipts, Series 3: Prow family documents and papers, 1780, , Box Folder Account books, 1835, 1883, 1889, Address books, undated 4 2 Advertisements, 1863, 1882, Bergdall, Elizabeth birth certificate, Geneology, undated 4 5 Geneology, historical importance, undated 4 6 Geneology, Prow, Pace, Depp, Montgomery, undated 4 7 Grindle, Alfred photo engravings, Hitchcock family, legal documents, Legal documents, unidentified, Lotteries, Page 17 -

18 Series 4: Rohrbaugh family documents, Memorabilia, unidentified, undated 4 12 Pace, Beverly T., cemetery lot, Prow family auction survey, 1968, Prow family report cards, Prow family memorabilia, 1887, 1893, Prow, Hallie memorabilia, undated 4 17 Prow, Harold P., estate, Prow, Mary Alice Christmas wishes, Tautscheine research, undated 4 20 Series 4: Rohrbaugh family documents, Box Folder Rohrbaugh, Elijah biography, Rohrbaugh family legal documents, Rohrbaugh, Frederick estate, Page 18 -

19 Series 5: Strong family documents, , 1939 Rohrbaugh, Samuel will, Rohrbaugh and Strong families, receipts, taxes, Series 5: Strong family documents, , 1939 Box Folder Strong, Elizabeth estate, Strong family administrator notices, Strong family receipts, , Strong family school receipts, Strong, John W. genealogy, Strong, Ruben estate, Strong, Samuel birth certificate, Series 6: Wingate family documents, , 1974 Box Folder Wingate, C. Bruce estate, Wingate family legal documents, Page 19 -

20 Series 7: Prow family oversize collection, Wingate family memorabilia, Wingate, Grace composition book, Wingate, Grace diary Wingate, Grace diary, undated 5 13 Wingate, Grace estate, Wingate, John N. estate, Wingate, Rupert estate, OVA.071 Series 7: Prow family oversize collection, Decorative wooden picture frame, undated Decorative wooden picture frame, undated Family photographs, undated Matted cloth picture frame, undated The Record of the Family geneological record book, 1889 Family photo album, Page 20 -

21 Series 8: Prow family oversize collection, OVB.026 Series 8: Prow family oversize collection, P.058 Series 9: Prow family photographs, Page 21 -