Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
Foster Family Papers Series 2: Oral Histories |
Scope & Content |
Foster Family Papers Series 2: Oral Histories The Foster Family Papers are organized into 4 series relating to various aspects of Foster Family. This series contains the typed transcripts of oral histories relating to the Foster Family and Farm including Caroline Foster, Russell Myers, and others conducted in the 1960s and 1970s. |
Object Name |
Transcript |
Catalog Number |
2020.005.0002 |
Collection |
Fosterfields Collection |
Physical characteristics |
1 box of archival material, typed transcriptions |
Creator |
Various Creators |
Biographical History |
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 |
1962 |
Year Range to |
2016 |
System of arrangement |
The Foster Family Papers are organized into 4 series relating to various aspects of Foster Family. Series 1: Business/Financial Series 2: Oral Histories Series 3: Family Series 4: Farm |
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 |
Series |