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Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: October 2006 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS Guide to the Stetson and Minor Family Photographs Collection, 1862 - 1948 Special Collections & ArchivesWesleyan University Middletown, CT, USA

Descriptive Summary Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University Stetson family. Minor family. Stetson and Minor Family Photographs Collection, 1862 - 1948 1000-129 Material in English 0.5 1 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff. Willis Kimball Stetson, son of Daniel Kimball Stetson and Mary Weeks Sanborn Stetson, born 1858 and died 1942. After graduating from Wesleyan University, Class of 1881, he taught public school in Ansonia, CT then became the Assistant Librarian and Librarian at Wesleyan University from 1882 to 1887. Willis Kimball Stetson married Lillian Minor and had three children: John Minor Stetson (born 1887), George Albert Stetson (born 1889) and Mary Mead Stetson (born 1891). Margaret Buell Allen is the daughter of Frederick G. and Mary Mead Stetson Allen. There is no accompanying biographical information regarding the Minor family photographs or other Stetson family member photographs. This collection contains a three generation history in photographs of the Minor and Stetson families from 1862-1948. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Stetson and Minor Family Photographs Collection, Collection #1000-129, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Received circa 1982 from R.W. Clarke, Class of 1921.

Processing Information

Processed by Linda Hurteau, October 2006

Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, October 2006

Biographical Note

Willis Kimball Stetson, son of Daniel Kimball Stetson and Mary Weeks Sanborn Stetson, born 1858 and died 1942. After graduating from Wesleyan University, Class of 1881, he taught public school in Ansonia, CT then became the Assistant Librarian and Librarian at Wesleyan University from 1882 to 1887. Willis Kimball Stetson married Lillian Minor and had three children: John Minor Stetson (born 1887), George Albert Stetson (born 1889) and Mary Mead Stetson (born 1891). Margaret Buell Allen is the daughter of Frederick G. and Mary Mead Stetson Allen. There is no accompanying biographical information regarding the Minor family photographs or other Stetson family member photographs.

Collection Overview

This collection contains a three generation history in photographs of the Minor and Stetson families from 1862-1948; Willis Kimball Stanton, his father Daniel K. Stetson and his children John Minor, George Albert and Mary Mead.

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Stetson family. Minor family. Photographs. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) --Alumni and alumnae. Detailed Description of the Collection 11 Allen, Margaret Buell 2 Grandma McCall. Hannah Stowe Sullivan (John Minor's Mother?) 3 Minor, Alla Mead, nine photos, only one photo dated January 13, 1862 4 Minor, George S. 5 Minor, Georgianna 6 Minor, John A.one photo in folder dated Jan. 13, 1862 7 Stetson, Daniel Kimball and Mary Weeks Sanborn Stetson (Mrs. D.K. Stetson) and photos of their home in Pasadena, CA with thousands of roses in the garden. 8 Stetson, George Albert and his siblings John M. Stetson and Mary Mead Stetson (Allen) through childhood. The first photo is George Albert Stetson c. 1887 at 3 months. Dr. George A. Stetson, obituary George A. Stetson, c.1907, high school graduation? George A. Stetson, c. 1910, graduated from Yale Sheffield Scientific (?) 1910 George A. Stetson, undated George A. Stetson, 1948, receiving Honorary degree from Stevens Institute of Technology 9 Minor, Solomon Miller 10 Minor, Urania Foster Treat 11 Stetson, Lillian Alla Minor at various ages, beginning at infancy. Photo of a group of women that consists of Lillian M. Stetson, Sally Stetson, Georgianna Minor and Alla Minor. 12 Stetson, Margaret Atwater 13 Stetson, Willis Kimball, May 8, 1938 his 80th birthday and earlier photographs. 14 Unidentified photographs from the Stetson and Minor collection. 15 Photograph of early Minor House Stetson Kindred of America (Inc.) : Brief Sketch of Work of Organization and Extended Account of Second Reunion, Held August 18, 1906 Third Reunion and Annual Meeting Stetson Kindred of America (Inc.), Medford, MA, August 1, 1907 Honor Tucker Stetson, copy of talk presented at Stetson Kindred of America, 1954 Reunion The Meeting House and the Puritan Tradition, by William Coughlan, President of the Abington Historical Society, copy of talk presented at Stetson Kindred of America, 1954 Reunion The Stetson Coat-of-Arms, copy of talk presented at Stetson Kindred of America, 1954 Reunion 3 page description of photographs