MG-132          The Benjamin Witmer Collection, 1830-1950

1 box               6 folders                     .2 cubic ft.

Description: This collection contains family photographs, a printed copy of Benjamin Herr’s journal, judgment bond, correspondence, and a Lehigh University progress report. Also includes genealogies for Letitia Herr Malone, the DuBois family, and the Witmer family, as well as a copy of an original genealogy scroll of the Witmer family.

 

Folder 1 Photographs
Insert 1  Jane Lightner Witmer and David Witmer.
Insert 2
1. Leah Fierre
2. Esther Kendig
3. David Witmer
4. Unidentified man and woman
5. Aunt Mary
Insert 3
1. Grandmother Musser
2. Grandfather Musser
Insert 4  Lehigh University Class of 1874, A. Herr’s class.

Folder 2 Benjamin Herr’s journal, printed copy.

Folder 3 Genealogies
Insert 1  Genealogy of Letitia Herr Malone.
Insert 2  Genealogy of the DuBois family.
Insert 3  Booklet about the DuBois family genealogy.
Insert 4  Photocopy of Witmer family history.

Folder 4 Correspondence
Insert 1  Copy of letter written to Allan A. Herr’s mother, Emma, by former teacher Amos Gilbert while she was a student at the Moravian Seminary in Lititz, 1830.
Insert 2  Photostatic copy of a letter to Emma from Amos Gilbert, 1950.
Insert 3  Invitation to Mrs. Malone to be a delegate to the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, 1930.

Folder 5
Insert 1  Progress report for Allan A. Herr, The Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa. 1873.
Insert 2  Judgment Bond, John McCue and William McCue to Benjamin Herr, 1853.

Folder 6 Copy of scroll of Witmer family history.