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 Sub-Group

GRIFFIS FAMILY PAPERS

Scope and Contents

Summary: The Griffis Family Papers is the third sub-group of the William Elliot Griffis Collection. Documents include general Griffis family materials and the papers of individual Griffis family members. The types of documents represented in the sub-group are genealogies, correspondence, journals, account books, and ephemera. Correspondents include Hannah Eyre Griffis, John Limeburner Griffis, Elizabeth Eyre Griffis, Margaret Quandril Clark, Mary Eyre Clark, Anna Maria Hess Griffis, Sarah Anne Clark, Margaret Clark Griffis, Montgomery Patterson Griffis, Martha Chambers Griffis, William Elliot Griffis, Etta Snyder, Katherine Lyra Stanton Griffis, and Sarah Frances King Griffis.

Marginal notes in the letters are by William Elliot Griffis's granddaughter, Katharine G.M. Johnson.

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Arrangement: The papers are grouped by author and filed by generation. Within the author the papers are arranged by type of document and chronologically within type. Correspondence from non-family members is filed within those of the recipient. Photographs have been removed and are located in the Griffis Photograph Collection.

General

GRIFFIS FAMILY NAMES, ABBREVIATIONS AND NOTES
  1. AMHG - Anna Maria Hess Griffis (1812-1872), mother of WEG
  2. EEG - Elizabeth Eyre Griffis (1806-1890), unmarried paternal aunt of WEG
  3. ES - Etta Snyder (d. 1922)
  4. HEG - Hannah Eyre Griffis (Clark) (1780-1830), paternal grandmother of WEG
  5. JLG - John Limeburner Griffis (1804-1879), father of WEG
  6. KLSG - Kathryn Lyra Stanton Griffis (1855-1898), first wife of WEG
  7. MEC- Mary Eyre Clark (Bosler) (1811-1870), Aunt Polly, paternal aunt of WEG
  8. MCG - Margaret Clark Griffis (1838-1913), Sister of WEG
  9. MChG - Martha Chambers Griffis (1842-1923), Sister of WEG
  10. MPG - Montgomery Patterson Griffis (1840-1902), brother of WEG
  11. MQC - Margaret Quandril Clark (1811-1875), unmarried paternal aunt of WEG
  12. SAC - Sarah Anne Clark (Hunter) (1813-1905), paternal aunt of WEG
  13. SFKG - Sara Frances King Griffis (1868-1959), second wife of WEG
  14. WEG - William Elliot Griffis (1843-1928)
  15. Katharine G.M. Johnson, granddaughter of WEG
  16. Clarence Hess Griffis (1849-1911), brother of WEG
  17. Mary Bosler Griffis (1846-1909), Sister of WEG
  18. Edward Warren Clark, friend of WEG

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