Archive Record
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Title |
Farmhouse Plans |
Scope & Content |
1915 plans for reconstruction of Farmhouse post fire. Documents are on linen. Signed Mitchell Beret (?) These items belong to Series 4: Farm which includes Catalogs, receipts, brochures, journals, correspondence, and other documents relating to the operation of the Fosterfields farm, ca. 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 |
Drawing, Architectural |
Catalog Number |
2022.002.0001.a-f |
Collection |
Fosterfields Collection |
Physical characteristics |
hand drawn plans on linen |
Creator |
Beret, Mitchell |
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.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. |
Year Range from |
1910 |
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 |
20th Century Architectural drawings Architecture Building construction Fire |
Copyright Statement |
For obtaining use permission refer to the MCPC Copyright Policy. |
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 |