Jacob W. Dernberger papers

The collection primarily consists of correspondence with other papers mixed in. Some correspondence is with Charles Scranton, operator of the Oxford Furnace. Other letters are from friends and relatives, some that were sent to him in his capacity as an employee of the Oxford Furnace. Places mentioned include Oxford and Washington Townships, N.J. Relatives lived in western cities in Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois as well as northern cities (East Hampton, Massachusetts and Troy and Poughkeepsie, New York).