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Title |
Caroline Foster's 1918 Wanamaker Diary |
Scope & Content |
1918 Wanamaker Diary, Caroline Foster The Foster Family Papers are organized into 4 series. The arrangement of the collection reflects the natural groupings found within the collection: Series #1 - Business Series #2 - Family Series #3 - Oral Histories Series #4 - Farm |
Object Name |
Diary |
Catalog Number |
2017.008.0001 |
Collection |
Fosterfields Collection |
Physical characteristics |
1 harcopy journal with entries handwritten in pencil. |
Creator |
Foster, Caroline |
Biographical History |
Caroline Rose "Cara" Foster (1877-1979) was born in Brooklyn, NY and came to Fosterfields as an infant with her parents while her mother was ill. Emma's sister, Caroline (known as Aunt Carrie) and mother, Phoebe, both lived at the Willows to help raise young Caroline after her mother's death. She attended Miss Dana's School from 1886 to 1896 where she made friends with a number of local socialites. Charles Foster "Charlie" Thompson, the son of Emma's younger brother William "Uncle Bill" Thompson and his wife Maude, came to live at Fosterfields for a time in the 1890s and early 1900s and later served in WWI. Caroline was also close with her father's youngest sisters, Alice and Emma Phelps Foster, who lived in Hartford, CT and left her a large portion of their belongings. The farm remained active through the 1920s, but the herd was reduced around the time of Charles' death in 1927. Caroline never married nor had any children. On her death in 1979 at age 102, Caroline left her property to the Morris County Park Commission including the Willows, farm, archives, and some of the house's contents. Most of the rest of her estate went to her cousin, Mrs. Jean Patterson, the granddaughter of Emma's brother, John Seely Ward Thompson and his wife Josephine Coles Smith. Charles, Emma, and their three children are all buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. |
Year Range from |
1915 |
Year Range to |
1920 |
System of arrangement |
The Foster Family Papers are organized into 4 series. There is a diversity of materials relating to the Foster Family, this includes biographical, financial, and farm information. The arrangement of the collection reflects the natural groupings found within the Collection: Business/Financial information, Oral Histories, Family, and Farm. |
Subjects |
World War I |
Copyright Statement |
For obtaining use permission refer to the MCPC Copyright Policy. |
Parent ObjectID |
2013.009 |
Copyrights |
Records may be copied for use in individual scholarly or personal research; however, as with all materials in the Morris County Park Commission, researchers are responsible for obtaining copyright permission to use material from the collection. |
Level of description |
Item |