Box 17
Container
Contains 15 Results:
Series 10. Ephemera, 1859-1917, undated
Series — Box: 17, Folder: 1-9
Scope and Contents
This series includes certificates, invitations, the diary of an unknown Pierpont family member, and other items. Notable items include Francis H. Pierpont's membership certificate for the Society of the Army of West Virginia (1872), invitations to the weddings of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her daughter Frances Pierpont Siviter Pryor (1886-1917), and Republican National Convention tickets (1884).
Dates:
1859-1917, undated
Series 11. Artifacts, 1887, undated
Series — Box: 17, Folder: 10-13
Scope and Contents
This series contains ribbons worn by Pierpont, including a Society of the Army of West Virginia ribbon and a Grand Army of the Republic ribbon.
Dates:
1887, undated
Certificates (contains a commission for Alphus Kellogg as justice of the peace of Windham County, Vermont and Pierpont's membership certificate for the Society of the Army of West Virginia), 1859-1872
File — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Dates:
1859-1872
WVU Commencement Invitations (2 invitations, 1 envelope), 1888
File — Box: 17, Folder: 2
Dates:
1888
Invitations (includes invitations to Mr. and Mrs. Pierpont and a newspaper clipping of a joke; one invitation is for the graduation ceremonies of Adrian College, possibly for Pierpont's son's graduation [1884]; 12 items), 1867-1884, undated
File — Box: 17, Folder: 3
Dates:
1867-1884, undated
Diary (likely belonged to a member of the Pierpont family; contains notes and poetry), ca. 1884
File — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Dates:
ca. 1884
Wedding Invitations (includes an invitation to the wedding of Anna Pierpont to William Henry Siviter, and of Frances Pierpont Siviter to Dr. James Chambers Pryor), 1886-1917
File — Box: 17, Folder: 5
Dates:
1886-1917
USA Centennial (contains three invitations and a program for the International Exhibition in Philadelphia), 1876
File — Box: 17, Folder: 6
Dates:
1876
Republican National Convention (contains an envelope, a note, and tickets to the Convention in Chicago; 3 items), 1884
File — Box: 17, Folder: 7
Dates:
1884
Poetry (contains a valentine poem to Julia, an envelope, and a note), undated
File — Box: 17, Folder: 8
Dates:
undated