Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
Foster Family Papers Series 4: Farm |
Scope & Content |
Foster Family Papers Series 4: Farm The Foster Family Papers are organized into 4 series relating to various aspects of Foster Family. Series 4 contains catalogs, receipts, brochures, journals, correspondence, and other documents relating to the operation of the Fosterfields farm, circa. 1880 to 1960. This series is broken into 5 subseries: Catalogues/Advertisements/Price Lists, Expenses, Farm Animals, Charles Foster Farm Notes and Letters, and Farm General. |
Object Name |
Papers, Business |
Catalog Number |
2020.005.0004 |
Collection |
Fosterfields Collection |
Physical characteristics |
11 boxes of material, typed and handwritten. |
Creator |
Various Creators |
Other Creators |
Foster, Charles Foster, Caroline |
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 |
1880 |
Year Range to |
1960 |
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 |