Foster family

Overview Photographs and other material regarding the Foster family, relatives of the prominent American songwriter Stephen C. Foster. Highlights of the collection include a daguerreotype of Foster's parents, William Barclay and Eliza Foster, and an ambrotype of Foster's brother Morrison. The collection also contains photographs and other material regarding Foster's grandnephew Richard K. "Dick" Foster and his family. Please see "Scope and Content Note" for a contents list for this collection, and...

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A typescript copy of the "History of the George Foster Family," the great great grandparents of John Foster Dulles; also a typescript letter of transmittal and explanation from Dr. Earl Hudelson to Dr. J. M. Callahan.

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Genealogical research material concerning families who settled in Hardy and Hampshire counties, West Virginia. There is correspondence with historical societies and archives, handwritten notes, genealogical charts, and Xeroxed published material. Most of the material concerns the Casey family. In addition, there is information on the DePuy, Harness, and Steenberger families.