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Box 1

 Container
Call Number: RH MS 1582

Contains 42 Results:

Letter to Eleanor "Lollie" Havens from her uncle Arthur Havens, October 12, 1914

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 45
Scope and Contents

The letter is a recollection of the childhood days of Arthur and Paul Havens.

Dates: October 12, 1914

Paul E. Havens business correspondence, June 1, 1855 – January 8, 1910

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 47-49
Scope and Contents

Includes papers dealing with building railroads, the Havens farm, and the First Leavenworth Bank and various investment and banking opportunities. Also included are special requisition papers for 1000 rounds of ammunition for the Company “A” Iron Clads received on October 22, 1864 by Havens while serving as ordinance officer of the Kansas State Militia.

A newspaper removed from the envelope containing this material is housed at RH MS R521.

Dates: June 1, 1855 – January 8, 1910

Letters to Paul E. Havens from his wife Matilda “Tillie” Havens, July 19, [1877] – August 8, 1877

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents

Also includes a note presumably written by Daniel Read Anthony III that says “Letters from Tillie Moore who married Paul E. Havens – your great, great grandfather,” though no letters were found from Tillie to Paul before they were married.

Dates: July 19, [1877] – August 8, 1877

“Mother Goose Melodies: New Edition” by Paul E. Havens [coloring book using racist language and imagery], 1869

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents A hand-painted color tracing book presumably written and drawn by Paul E. Havens, with his name on the cover. The writing bemoans the Kansas Immigration Society and Farmer Havens' inability to profit from his farm. Havens uses a racial slur to refer to African American workers on the farm, in addition to depicting an African American body labeled "Armstrong" used as fishing bait. The book has tracing paper over each page so that a child can trace the drawings and words, a few of...
Dates: 1869

Letters to Paul E. Havens from his brother Eugene's daughter Nellie Havens, April 2, 1872 - September 25, 1879

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents

These letters imply that Paul Havens was in charge of his neice Nellie's finances after her father Eugene's death in 1864.

Dates: April 2, 1872 - September 25, 1879

"Daniel Read Anthony", 1902 - 1948

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Bound and mounted newspaper clippings about Daniel Read Anthony, his son, grandson, and great grandson from numerous newspapers including the Kansas City Star, February 23, 1902; The Leavenworth Times, November 12, 1904; and The Graduate Magazine, January 1948.

Dates: 1902 - 1948