Sawyer, Goodhue, and Fisk Family Papers, 1831-1964

Title:

Sawyer, Goodhue, and Fisk Family Papers, 1831-1964

Creator:

Fisk family
Goodhue family
Sawyer family

Accession / Call Number:

2003.013

Object ID:

2003.013

Date:

1831-1964

Physical Description:

6 boxes ; 2.29 linear feet

Scope and Content:

The Sawyer, Goodhue, and Fisk Family Papers contain materials from these families from 1831 to 1964, though the bulk of materials in this collection primarily concern Harvey Sawyer (a Methodist minister), his wife Gavuetta, and their daughter Orrine, between 1910 and 1945. Incoming correspondence to Harvey, Gavuetta, and Orrine from Goodhue extended family members relate news of neighbors and family; the Sawyer family seems not to have been as closely connected. Harvey and Gavuetta wrote to Orrine frequently about their activities, news about neighbors and family, and Harvey's efforts to stay afloat financially during the depression of the 1930s. Orrine's brief stay at Antioch College is documented in this way. Orrine's correspondence is almost entirely incoming from friends and members of the extended Goodhue family. Harvey, Gavuetta, and Orrine all kept diaries now and then, and Harvey kept clippings of Bible verses, inspirational quotes, religious publications, and religious tracts. The bulk of ephemera throughout this collection are invitations and announcements for marriages, wedding anniversaries, births, and high school graduations from individuals throughout New Hampshire and a few from Vermont from about 1885 to 1933. Other ephemera includes holiday cards, Webster Old Home Week programs, and calling cards, as well as religious ephemera collected by Harvey. Photographs were placed in other Historical Society files at the time of accession - see the finding aid for a complete list. Other than wondering how rationing would work and mentioning friends being drafted (or not), the events of World War II are not discussed.

Subjects:

Birth announcements , Camps , Christmas cards , Clergy , Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) , Commencement ceremonies , Condolence notes , Correspondence , Cooks , Depressions--1929--United States , Diaries , Draft , Families , Farmers , Greeting cards , Housekeepers , Invitation cards , Marriage , New Hampshire Old Home Week , Obituaries , Poetry , Religion , Resorts

Locations:

Charlestown, NH
Concord, NH
Durham, NH
Natick, MA
New Hampshire
Penacook, NH
Piermont, NH
Rye, NH
Webster, NH
Weirs Beach, Laconia, NH

People:

Goodhue, James, 1831-1905 , Fisk, Mary, 1825-1911 , Sawyer, Gavuetta M., 1859-1936 , Sawyer, Harvey Calvin, 1868-1948 , Sawyer, Orrine, 1909-1986

Organizations:

Antioch College
Bradford Academy (Bradford, Vt.)
Charlestown High School
Hinsdale High School
Hopkinton High School
Moultonborough Public Schools
Penacook High School
Proctor Academy
Simonds Free High School (Warner, N.H.)
Union Graded School (Tilton, N.H.)
Walnut Hill School (Natick, Mass.)
Sawyer family
Fisk family
Goodhue family

Credit Line:

Gift of Susan E. Schnare.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Collection

Finding Aid Link:

RS67337_Sawyer_Goodhue_and_Fisk_Family_Papers_2003.013.pdf