The
The Joseph Downs Collection
of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis du Pont
5105 Kennett Pike,
Winterthur, Delaware 19735
Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF
THE COLLECTION
Creator: Craig Family
Title: Papers
Dates: 1847-1935 (bulk: 1880-1915)
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 00x2
Quantity: 3 boxes
Location: 33 A 1
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
The Craigs were an African American family in Wilmington, Delaware, and Salem, New Jersey. (The family also has Native American and Caucasian ancestry.) The patriarch represented in this collection was George Washington Craig (called Washington, lived 1811-1889). He owned and operated a cigar store at 838 French Street in Wilmington, Delaware, at least from 1875-1878, and then became a fish dealer. He was possibly a member of the African Union Church, from which he purchased a cemetery plot in 1863. In 1837, Washington married Hester A. Ryder (1817 or 1818-1881), for whom there is an obituary written by her fellow sisters of the Hand in Hand Lodge, Daughters of Samaria. The Washington Craig home was a two-story brick house constructed in 1872 at 703 Buttonwood Street. There, Washington and Hester raised their children: George Washington Craig (called George, 1849-1905), Laura (1839-1878; married Andrew Young and had son Washington Young, lived 1860-1931), Caroline (born 1842, married Mr. Brown), Martha Ann (1847-1940, married Alfred Bayard), Calvin (born 1857), and Lizzie (Elizabeth Ann, 1861-1950, married Benjamin D. Miller).
George Craig and his wife Lavinia Pierce (born 1859,
daughter of Andrew N. and Lydia Cornish Pierce) were married on Dec. 5, 1877, in
Salem, New Jersey; in 1880 they purchased 53 Hedge Street for their home.
George hired contractors to lead major construction projects on this lot in
1882 and again in 1891-1892. In 1897 he
purchased more lots on
George and Lavinia Craig had 12 children, most of
whom are represented in this collection: Hester (called Essie, born 1878), Lavinia
(born 1881, married William Inloes), Lydia (1883-1965, married Theodore Cuff), George
Washington (born 1887, probably died around 1946), Henry G. (born 1889),
Prudence (born 1892), William (born 1896), Walter (born 1898), Edna (born
1899), Alfred Bayard (1901-1971, called Bard) and an unnamed child. After George Craig died in 1905, Lavinia
worked as a domestic, continued to live at 84 Hedge Street, and by 1909 had
married her second husband, Moses Casper (b. 1863), a laborer.
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
This collection of papers focuses upon the daily life of
the members the Craig family, particularly that of George W. Craig of
ORGANIZATION
The
collection is housed in three boxes. The
first box contains the bulk of the material, while the second box (actually a
folder) contains oversize life insurance policies. The third box holds the photographic
materials.
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Purchased from Peter L. Masi, P.O. Box B,
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Craig, George Washington, 1811-1889
Craig,
Hester Ann Ryder, 1817-1881
Craig,
George W. (George Washington), 1849-1905.
Casper,
Lavinia Pierce Craig, 1859-1933
Craig,
Bayard (Alfred Bayard), 1901-1971.
Craig
family
Topics:
African American families.
African American women.
African Americans—Delaware—Wilmington.
African Americans—Housing.
African Americans—New
Jersey—Salem.
Dwellings—Maintenance and repair
Friendly societies.
House construction – Delaware—Wilmington.
House
construction - New Jersey—Salem.
Insurance, Fire.
Insurance, Life.
Undertakers and undertaking.
Insurance
policies
Mortgages
Recipes
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 33 A
1
Box 1: family
papers
Folder 1: Washington Craig. Wilmington, DE.
Documents:
Receipt for
ground rent paid by Washington Craig to the A.S. Society, Ziba Ferris,
treasurer, April 9, 1847.
Mifflin Speakman promises to peacefully give up
possession of his premises to Washington Craig, who bought the property, Jan. 15,
1857.
Deed to plot in
the St. Peter’s Cemetery of the African Union Church, June 27, 1863. Signed by Peter S. Chippy and Absalom
Black. With seal of the African Union
Church.
License issued
by state of Delaware to Washington Craig to engage in “purchasing and selling
produce, wares, merchandise, and property,” at 838 French St., 1875 (valid
until June 1, 1876); signed by governor John P. Cochran and Secretary of State
Ignatius C. Grubb.
Folder 2: Washington Craig. Documents re:
Buttonwood St. house, Wilmington, DE, 1872.
George
Washington Craig’s bond and warrant to William D. Sparks and William A. Sparks,
1872.
Three
receipts, William S.[?] Sparks & Son received payment from Washington Craig
for building his house, January 6, February 3, and February 9, 1872.
Release of
liens to Washington Craig for his two story brick house on Buttonwood Street,
signed by the various craftsmen and suppliers (stonemason, bricklayer,
plasterer, sash and door makers, carpenter, glazier and painter, roofer, and
supplier of lumber, bricks, stone, and sand)
Folder 3: Craig Family. Wilmington, DE. Property
Repair and Maintenance. 1883-1890.
Receipt for
painting tin roof of house at 703 Buttonwood St., signed by Wm. H. Faucett, May
28, 1883.
Receipt from
Colter & Williams (but signed John W. Riley) for cleaning cesspool at
Locust St., Aug. 1885.
Three receipts
from John W. Riley & Co., Champion Odorless Machine, No. 5, for cleaning
cesspool at 703 Buttonwood St., July 1886, April 1887, October 1887.
Two receipts
to Messrs Hawkins & Co., from Wilmington Odorless Excavating Co., No. 3
(James M. Winchester & Bro., Frederick Winchester), for cleaning cesspool
at 703 Buttonwood St., June 1889 and Dec. 1890.
Name of Geo. W. Craig written on back.
Receipt from
Alexander & Wells for roof repairs on Buttonwood St., July 1889.
Three receipts
ro W.E. Hawkins and Hawkins & Co., from Calvin I. Swayne for molding, door,
supplies, labor, etc., at 703 Buttonwood St., Dec. 1889, June 1890, and Sept.
1890.
Receipt to
Hawkins & Co., from Gawthrop & Bro., for plumbing work at 703
Buttonwood, June 1890.
Folder 4: George Washington Craig. Wilmington,
DE. Star of Bethlehem Lodge, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. 1880-1888.
Clearance
card from Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, Star of Bethlehem Lodge,
Wilmington, declaring George Craig a legal member, Dec. 6, 1880.
Active Lodge
no. 2101, G.U.O. of O.F., listing arrears in payment of G.W. Craig, 1886.
Star of
Bethlehem Lodge, no. 897, G.U.O. of O.F., listing arrears and payments of G.W.
Craig, 1887-1888.
Receipt from
Star of Bethlehem Lodge for payment of clearance card, Dec. 19, 1888. [blind embossed with seal of the lodge]
Receipt for
payments to lodge up to April 1889, receipted dated 1888.
Folder 5: Hester A. Ryder Craig. Wilmington, DE.
Obituary and Funeral. March 1881.
Envelope,
addressed to Washington Craig, with printed return address of Giles & Son,
Undertakers, Wilmington. Includes
picture of horse-drawn hearse.
Receipted
bill from Giles & Son, Furnishing Undertakers, addressed to Washington
Craig, for coffin, handles, plate, icing corpse, carriages, and hearse, March
8, 1881. Printed billhead includes
picture of horse-drawn hearse.
Receipt from
Davidson & Bro., marble, Granite and Sand Stone Works, for head and foot
stones and enclosing cemetery lot, Aug. 6, 1881. Printed letterhead includes picture of
granite monuments.
Handwritten
obituary for Mrs. Hester A. Craig, age 63, died March 3, 1881. The obituary was composed by Anna Butler of
the Hand in Hand Lodge, D. of S. [Daughters of Samaria]. She praised Mrs. Craig for her Christian
faith, her patient suffering, her heart overflowing with kindness and
gratitude, and other worth attributes.
Resolution
of condolence to family of Hester A. Craig, from of the Hand in Hand Lodge, D.
of Samaria [Daughters of Samaria], signed by Mary J. Branton, Lucinda Scott,
and Margaret Sterling.
Folder 6: George
Washington Craig [the elder]. Wilmington, DE. Receipts for Funeral. August
1889.
Receipt from
Samuel Glasco, Wilmington, for digging grave, Aug. 13, 1889.
Receipt from
Amelia S. Carty, Wilmington, for shrouding Craig’s father, Aug. 12, 1889.
Receipt from
T. Dunn & Co., Salem, N.J., for icing body and use of ice box, Aug. 4, 1889.
Receipt from
S.V.B. Carty, undertaker and embalmer, Wilmington, for coffin, removing body,
shaving, permit, coaches, and hearse, Aug. 15, 1899.
Folder 7: Craig Family. Wilmington, DE. Rent
Account with Hawkins & Co. 1888-1891.
Sixteen documents
pertaining to D.T. Hawkins & Son’s management of the rental of the Craig
house at 703 Buttonwood St. Several
letters mention that the managers are unable to pay money owed to the estate of
the elder George Washington Craig until the heirs settle the estate.
Folder 8: Washington Craig. Wilmington, DE. Water
Bills for 703 Buttonwood St.. 1875-1890.
Seven water bills, 1875,
1879, 1880, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1890. The
money was paid to the Mayor and Council of Wilmington.
Folder 9: Craig Family. Wilmington, DE. Taxes.
1884-1890.
Twelve tax bills for 703
Buttonwood St., for city and school taxes for 1884-1890, and for county, school,
and poor taxes for 1884-1886, 1889-1890.
Folder 10: Craig Family. Salem, NJ. Taxes. 1878-1929.
Forty-seven tax bills,
for years 1878-1915, 1917-1919, 1922-1924, 1927-1929, for various properties on
Hedge Street; all addressed to George W. Craig or his estate.
Folder 11: Craig Family. Salem, NJ. Mortgage and Related Correspondence. 1880.
Mortgage indenture for house and lot at 53 Hedge Street,
purchased by George W. and Lavinia Craig from George C. Radcliff of Baltimore,
March 11, 1880.
Letters from
Mr. Radcliff about the Craigs paying off the mortgage early, Sept. 30, Nov. 8,
and Nov. 11, 1880. A receipt for final
payment was enclosed with one of the letters.
On the back of the Sept. 30 letter is found a list of delegates to an
unknown organization or meeting.
Folder 12: Craig Family. Salem, NJ. Bonds and Mortgage. 1894, 1897.
Bond, George
W. Craig to Elizabeth S.[?] Gillingham, 1894.
Bond, George
W. Craig to William T. Hilliard and William J. Freas, executors of William R.
Freas, 1897, with interest payments noted 1898-1916.
Mortgage
indenture, George W. and Lavinia Craig to William T. Hilliard and William J.
Freas, executors of William R. Freas, for 4 lots on Hedge St., 1897.
Folder 13: Craig Family. Salem, NJ. Mortgage Payment Receipts. 1898-1915.
Thirteen receipts for
mortgage payments, 1898, 1900-1903, 1905-1909, 1912-1914. Payments were made by George W., Lavinia
(later as Mrs. Casper), and Louisa (also as Louisa C. Casper) Craig. [Louisa may be a mistake for Lavinia.]
Folder 14: George W. Craig. Salem, NJ. Receipts for construction and renovation on
Hedge Street Lot. 1882, n.d.
Receipt from
I.O. Acton (on paper from Queen Insurance Co.) for surveying, Feb. 15, 1882.
Receipts
from Joseph H. Bell for various payments on house, May-June, 1882 (three on one
piece of paper).
Receipt from
Woodnutt C. Wistar for lumber, June 1882.
Receipt from
Joseph H. Bell for extra work done, including bricks for well, hanging windows
and blinds, etc., June 30, 1882.
Bill for
bricks, hanging windows, etc. [goes with Bell receipt.]
Release from
Charles W. Casper to Joseph Bell for George Craig’s house, June 30, 1882.
Bills for
paint and putty from J.R. Lippincott & Co., July 18, and Sept. 30, 1882. Also an undated receipt for paint.
Receipt from
C.M. Harris for painting house, July 20.
Receipt from
J.C. & A.B. Hall for plastering, Aug. 17, 1882.
Receipted
bill from Mrs. John P. Moore, for hardware, Sept. 30, 1882.
Receipted
bill from E.W. Dunn &Son for boards, posts, railing, shingles, planks,
scantling, Sept. 30, 1882.
Receipted
bill from William D. Walters, for labor, Sept. 30, 1882.
Folder 15: George. W. Craig. Salem, NJ. Construction
of Addition on Hedge Street. Receipts, Release of Liens, etc. 1891-1892, n.d.
Two
receipted bills to David McAllister from Jos. K. Chew for bricks for Craig
house, Sept. 9, 1891. [note: Chew used
old stationery from National Standard printers.]
Receipts,
Craig paid David S. McAllister, Oct. 3, 9, 10, 13, 17, 24, 28 [this last one on
stationery of Rufus R. Thomas & Co., Builder’s Mill Work] 1891.
Bill to
David McAllister from I.C. Ewan, Contractor and House Mover, for moving back
kitchen of Craig house, Oct. 9, 1891.
Receipted
bill, David McAllister paid Wilbur S. Dunham for bricks and mason work on Craig
house, Oc. 16, 1891. With note on back
from McAllister to Craig, requesting payment.
Request from
McAllister to Craig to let Rafe[?] have one dollar, Oct. 22, 1891.
Receipted
bill to McAllister at Craig’s house, from J.T. Garwood & Co., for nails,
gutter spouts, roofing, eave pipes, etc., Oct. 29, 1891. With note on back from McAllister to Craig,
requesting payment.
Receipted
bill to McAllister from Salem and Philadelphia Navigation Co., for shipping shutters,
molding, sash, etc., Oct. 30, 1891.
Receipted
bill to Craig from Jos. K. chew, for brick, Nov. 4, 1891.
Receipted
bill to McAllister from Jos. Bell, for services, Nov. 5, 1891 (on stationery of
J.T. Garwood & Co.)
Freight bill
for shipping sash and shutters, from West Jersey Railroad Co., Nov. 5, 1891.
Note from
McAllister to Craig requesting a payment to carpenter William Kano[?], Nov. 7,
1891.
Note from
McAllister to Craig requesting payment to Henry [i.e. Harry A.] Smith, and
Smith’s receipt for money received, Nov. 7, 1891. On back: Smith’s bill for carting work, Nov.
6, 1891.
Note from
McAllister to Craig requesting a payment to carpenter Frank Gosling [sic], Nov.
7, 1891. On back: Goslin’s receipt for
money received.
Note from
McAllister to Craig requesting a payment to William A. Johnson, for painting,
Nov. 9, 1891. On back: Johnson’s receipt
for money received.
Bill from
John H. Hall to McAlister for plastering, Nov. 9, 1891, with note from
McAllister to Craig requesting a payment to Hall. On back: Hall’s receipt for money received.
Note from
McAllister to Craig requesting a payment to Joseph McAllister, Nov. 10,
1891.
Bill from
Vining H. Tuft to McAllister for lime, hair, and plaster, with note from
McAllister to Craig requesting a payment to Tuft, Nov. 14, 1891. On back: Tuft’s receipt for money received.
Note from
McAllister to Craig requesting a payment to carpenter Frank Goslin, Nov. 17,
1891. On back: Goslin’s receipt for
money received.
Note from
McAllister to Craig requesting a payment to Joseph McAllister, Nov. 26,
1891. On back: Joseph’s signature.
Note from
McAllister to Craig requesting a payment to William Kano for wages, Dec. 3,
1891. On back: note from Kano to Craig
to pay the money to Frank Garwood.
Note from
McAllister to Craig requesting a payment to William Kano for wages, Dec. 5,
1891. On back: Kano’s receipt for money
received.
Note from
McAllister to Craig requesting a payment to carpenter Isaac Goslin, Dec, 5,
1891. On back: Goslin’s receipt for
money received.
Note from
McAllister to Craig requesting a payment to William A. Johnson, for painting,
Dec. 9, 1891, and Johnson’s receipt for money received.
Receipted
bill from John T. Garwood to McAllister for nails, locks, latches, knobs, and
other hardware items, Dec. 11, 1891, on printed billhead. On back: Note from McAllister to Craig
requesting payment of bill, Dec. 29, 1891.
Note to
William Hilliard to pay William A. Johnson for work done for McAllister and
Craig, Dec. 11, 1891.
Receipted
bill from John S. Newell & Son to McAllister for lath, boards, shingles, and
other lumber, Dec. 7. 1891. On back:
note from McAllister to Craig requesting payment of bill.
Note from
McAllister to Craig requesting a payment to carpenter Franklin Goslin, Dec. 16,
1891, and Goslin’s receipt for money received from W.T. Hilliard.
Receipted
bill from John Hogan to McAllister. On
back: note from McAllister to Craig requesting payment of bill. [work or item supplied is not specified, but
Hogan signed release of liens as having supplied sand]
Release of
liens to George W. Craig, signed by various workmen and suppliers, with yellow
envelope which held the document.
Letter,
William T. Hilliard (lawyer) to Craig listing amounts of money paid to various
workmen and suppliers, Jan. 22, 1892.
List of
amounts of money paid or owed to various people.
Folder 16: George W. Craig. Salem, NJ. Receipts for food,
coal, fertilizer. 1882-1891, n.d. (12
items)
Receipted invoices from
Hiles & Son (dealers in grain, groceries, coal, etc.); A. Steiner (dealer
in fine groceries); George N. Currey (baker); David R. Hires (meats, lard,
etc.); W.D. Griscom (ice cream); J.A. Hart & Bro. (dealers in fruits, nuts,
vegetables); T.[?] Clyde (milk); Moses Atkinson (manure); Absalom J. Wilson
(manure); and Hires & Co. (guano)
Folder 17: George W. Craig. Salem, NJ. Receipts for kitchen
and dining room goods. 1890-1898. (5 items)
Among
the goods purchased: table linen, plates, cups and saucers, dishes, bowls,
pans, tea and coffee pots, kettle, meat hammer, wash basin, etc. One receipt mentions that dishes were bought
for use in steamer Major Reybold.
Receipted invoices were
from Lewis S. Hall & Son of Philadelphia (dress and furnishing goods); A.
Steiner (fine groceries, but in this case supplying china and glassware); John
T. Garwood & Co.; W.R. Matlack (cigar manufacturer, but being paid for
dishes); and Steamer Reybold (for
dishes)
Folder 18: Mrs. [Lavinia] Craig and Mrs. Lavinia
Casper. Salem, NJ. Sewer Rent Bills. 1906-1919. (10 items)
Bills paid to Salem City
Sewer Department; several of the bills specify that the charges are for numbers
80, 84, and 86 Hedge Street, while others specify the charges are for 3 houses
on Hedge St.
Folder 19: Lavinia Casper. Salem, NJ. Water Rent
Bills and Permit. 1911-1917. (6 items)
Permit dated April 3,
1911 is to attach to a water pipe for the purposes of supplying a water closet
at 80-84-86 Hedge St. One water bill is
for 80-84-85 Hedge St., while others are for 84 and 86 Hedge. All bills issued by Water Department, City of
Salem.
Folder 20: Lavinia
Craig Casper (Mrs. Moses Caper). Salem, NJ. Home Improvement & Maintenance receipts.
1910-1920. (11 items, plus one envelope)
Includes
lumber, hardware, wallpaper, plumbing work, a smoke pipe, etc. Also, delivery document for a buffet, “not
too large, small and neat.”
Bills from Wilbert H. Scott
(plumber and tin roofer); Sinnickson-Smith Lumber Co.; Albert C. Robinson
(dealer in wall paper, carpets, oil cloth, window shades); Clinton Bowen
(dealer in picture frames, window shades, wall paper, toys, stationery, school
supplies, etc.); Charles B. Guest (plumber, gas-fitter, tin-worker); and
Mangan-Campbell Co. (plumbing, heating, tin, sheet metal work)
Folder 21: Lavinia Craig Casper. Salem, NJ. Fire
Insurance. 1917-1926, 1932-1935. (4 items)
Insurance policies
issued by Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. for 84 Hedge St., a 2 story, shingle
roof, frame building, occupied by a single family
Folder 22: Craig/Casper Family. Salem, NJ. National
Benefit Life Insurance Receipt Books. 1925-1931.
Family members named:
Walter E. Wilson, Margaret Jacobs, Lavinia Craig Casper, Moses Casper, A. B.
Craig, W. A. Craig, William Craig, Essie Craig, George W. Craig.
Folder 23: Bernard Craig. National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Membership Card. June 1933.
Although the name is
clearly typed as Bernard Craig, there is no known family member with that name,
and it is believed that this is for Alfred Bayard Craig, who was called Bayard.
Folder 24: Craig Family. Salem, NJ. Banking. 1882,
1891, 1915-1917. (5 items)
Note to Wilmington
Savings Fund Society, to pay $500 to the order of Washington Craig and charge
to the account of Geo. W. Craig,” signed lavinia Craig, Martha A. [Craig]
Bayard, and Lizzie [Craig] Miller, Feb. 27, 1882.
Other items are promise
to pay orders drawn on the City National Bank of Salem and Salem National
Banking Co., one signed Geo. W. Craig, the others Lavinia C. Casper.
Folder 25: Craig
Family. Wilmington, DE and Salem, NJ. Medical Receipts. 1883-
1889. (5 items)
Receipt for payment made by George Craig, received by Dr.
W. Wiley, Salem, Feb. 19, 1883;
Bill from Dr. J.M. Curtis, Wilmington, to Washington
Craig, Jan. 1, 1887, and receipt for payment, Jan. 31, 1887.
Receipt of payment made by G.W. Craig, received by Joseph
Groves, Salem, Aug. 15, 1889, for attending Washington Craig during his
illness. As Groves signed with his mark,
this was not for medical care rendered by him but probably for personal care.
Receipt for payment made by George Craig, received by Dr.
W. Wiley, Salem, Sept. 5, 1889; for medical services rendered to Washington
Craig.
Folder 26: Craig
Family. Correspondence. 1885, 1914, n.d.
Letter, George W. Craig
(signing as “your son in the Lord”), Salem, N.J., to his father, Oct. 8,
1885. Louie [a female] had a fever; he
has just started in the fish business; enclosed a money order. Most of letter expresses his religious
beliefs and trust in God.
Letter, Francis Cooch,
assistant trust officer, Equitable Guarantee and Trust Company, Wilmington, to
Lavinia Casper, Salem, Dec. 1, 1914.
Needs the names and ages of Lavinia’s nine children with George
Craig. Includes envelope on which 8 children
are identified by a letter (V, L, M, G, P, W, O, B), and their ages are worked
out (born between 1881 and 1900).
(Lavinia, Lydia, Martha, George, Prudence, William, Walter O., and
Bayard; this omits Essie, Henry, and Edna; the latter two probably died young,
but Essie was alive at this time)
Letter, George, to “dear
Bro.,” no place, no date. Among mortgage
papers. Expresses his dislike of signing
a one year mortgage and requests his brother to see the lawyer about getting
the terms changed.
Folder 27: George W. Craig. Salem, NJ. Piercetown property
leases. 1891. (2 items)
Craig rented property to
Enoch Pierce (his brother-in-law) and Joseph Perkins, Jr. Papers witnesses by Andrew N. Pierce,
father-in-law of George Craig. Enoch
signed with his mark.
Folder 28: Craig
Family. Quinton township, NJ. Tax receipts. 1891-1917. (24 items)
Bills for 1891-1893 are
addressed to George Craig for the Jones estate.
Bills for 1894-1908 are addressed to George Craig. Bills of 1909-1917 are variously addressed to
LC. Casper, George Craig’s estate, or to George Craig.
Folder 29: Craig
Family. Miscellaneous Receipts. 1884-1934, n.d. (18 items)
Includes receipts for a
buffet, a dress and silver (both bought on time), engrossing a testimonial in
1884, taxes for Baird [i.e. Bayard] Craig, a horse, a blanket and sheets (also
bought on time), copper sheets, rent, etc.
Folder 30: Assorted
Envelopes and Pieces of Paper. 1894-1924, n.d. (27 items)
Addressed to various
members of the family; of especial interest is the envelope from Merchant &
Co. of Philadelphia, with a picture of a glove ventilator or chimney cap, which
they sold; also included is an ad from Wanamaker & Brown of Philadelphia,
offering railroad fare to Philadelphia with the purchase of a man’s suit (not
dated)
Folder 31: Dandelion
Wine Recipe. n.d. (typed)
National Benefit
Association. Life insurance policies,
dated 1909, for Lavinia Craig Casper (born 1859), Moses Casper (b.1863),
William A. Craig (b.1896), Walter Craig (age 10; two copies of policy for him),
and Alfred B. Craig (age 8). Policies
include some personal information about the insured person.
National Benefit Association. Life insurance policy for Lavinia Craig
Casper, 1916. Beneficiary is daughter
Essie Craig.
National Benefit
Life Insurance Company. Life insurance
policy for George W. Craig (age 42), 1930.
Beneficiary is mother Lavinia Craig Casper.
Folder 1: negatives (8)
Folder 2: photograph and tintypes:
Young man in a suit;
Middle-aged woman in striped
dress [tintype] (has been identified as Lavinia Pierce Craig Casper);
Tintype
of R.[?] A. McDuffie, 63 Atlantic St., Jersey City, N.J., wearing a bathing
costume, in cardboard frame decorated with pictures of cupids
Folder 3: photographs:
studio portraits (possibly all 4 are post-mortem photographs, a specialty of
the photographer Flynn of Salem; the poses are typical of his post-mortem
photos)
Studio
portrait of girl, taken by Flynn of Salem, N.J.;
Studio
portrait of young boy in a knickerbocker suit;
studio
portrait of a baby;
studio
portrait of young child in a dress
Folder 4: photographic postcards
Postcard,
labeled on back: “Edna Mae Cooper, sad and lonely” (photo taken in a studio);
Postcard of young woman standing
next to an iron fence;
Small postcard of two middle-aged
women (image is very dark);
Postcard of young man in suit
Folder 5: photographs:
woman
sitting in a rowboat on dry land;
Three
women and two men on a beach, holding shells, a fish, and seaweed;
three
women and a man on a beach, with house in background;
two women and a man on a beach, holding shells, wooden
fence behind them;
three women (with a man behind them on a beach,
holding shells;
two photos of women sitting on a beach, with wooden
fence behind them;
two young women and two young men, wooden fence in
background;
three young men in suits, wooden
fence in background;
three women and a car;
two photos of three women sitting on a bridge;
woman on bridge and man approaching it;
three men and two women on bridge
Folder 6: photographs:
woman and man standing in a doorway (man appears to be
smoking a pipe) (woman has been identified as Lavinia Pierce Craig Casper);
two middle-aged women, one holding a pocketbook (woman
on left (has been identified as Lavinia Pierce Craig Casper);
two women and a dog on steps of house with number 84
above door [probably 84 Hedge Street] (women have been identified as Lavinia
Pierce Craig Casper and Lavinia Craig Pinkett Inloes);
two
women in hats, faces in deep shade;
two
young women sitting on a log;
young woman wearing sweater;
two young women next to a haystack;
Two
young women next to cases of empty bottles, one of the women pretends to drink
from a bottle;
head
of a woman;
woman with a long braid standing amongst hollyhocks
[this may be another photo of Edna Mae Cooper];
two young women in hats, standing in front of a large
house;
young
woman outside door of a clapboarded building;
folder 7: photographs
woman
sitting with dog on lap, building with cupola in background;
young
woman sitting on steps of a stone building, labeled on back: “taken Tuesday
6.15.20, main entrance to the A.C.H.S.” (believed to refer to Atlantic City
High School)
young man in suit;
two photos of a young couple;
woman in middy blouse sitting on
ground outside a house;
young woman with houses in
background;
young woman holding a puppy;
woman in a coat and boots,
standing in a field;
young woman standing outside a
clapboard house;
head
shot of a woman in a graduation cap and gown;
man wearing hat and holding cane
outside a furniture and antique store