MS-52
Frances Orr Severinghaus Collection
INTRODUCTION
The collection of Frances Orr Severinghaus was accessioned into the Flesh Public Library Archives in June, 1999.
The collection fills four Hollinger boxes and twenty individual folders. There are no restrictions on the use of this collection and the library copyright has been deeded to the public.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The Frances Orr Severinghaus Collection is divided into eleven series:
SERIES I: FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE
SERIES II: JOURNALS
SERIES III: SCHOOL RECORDS AND MOMENTOES
SERIES IV: DOCUMENTS –from 1845 -1907
SERIES V: DIARIES, AUTOGRAPH BOOK, AND RECIPE BOOK
SERIES VI: PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
SERIES VII: FUNERAL MEMORIAL BOOK
SERIES VIII: CORRESPONDENCE –to Mr. C.W. Orr from sons and nephew
SERIES IX: POSTCARDS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
SERIES X: PHOTOGRAPHS –Identified and Unidentified
SERIES XI: SCRAPBOOK, DIPLOMAS, AND LARGE PHOTOGRAPH
History
Frances Orr Severinghaus was born on April 20, 1892, and died in August, 1981. She died in New York City and was buried in Seymour, Indiana.
Her father was Caleb Worley Orr who lived from 1845 until 1935. Her mother was Gertrude Rhodehamel, who lived from 1866 to 1944.
Frances married William I. Severinghaus. William lived from 1882 to 1947. They were married in Piqua, Ohio on August 26, 1920.
CONTAINER LISTING
SERIES I –FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE
BOX 1
File 1 Letters from Mother (Gertrude R. Orr) and Father (C.W. Orr) -520 Wayne Street, Piqua, Ohio ; to Professor and Mrs. Willard I. Severinghaus (Frances Orr Severinghaus), 106 Morningside Drive, N.Y. Letters written during 1930 and 1931 and a group from 1941-1943.
File 2 Letter from Frances to Father concerning her marriage and the plans for her wedding. Wedding announcement –August 26, 1920 in Piqua, Ohio. Obituary of William I. Severinghaus from The Physical Review, March, 1948.
File 3 Miscellaneous Correspondence
Letter to Mrs. C.W. Orr (visiting in New York) from her mother, Mrs. Rhodehammel, 316 W. North Street, Piqua, Ohio, September 11, 1925
Letter from Mrs. H.E. McFarland concerning farm, March, 1932
Letter from Robert M. Hance concerning farm, May, 1932
Letters from half-sister, Bessie (Mrs. Robert Cook, Oxford, Ohio), April, 1945 and June 9, 1948
Letters from Mrs. Robert Hance, July 1951 and June 4, 1969
Letter from Mrs. William Runyan, Columbus, Ohio –December, 1947
Letter from the Peffers concerning Mrs. Orr (mother) –April, 1941
Letter of sympathy from DAR on the death of her mother, Mrs. Orr, January 7, 1944
SERIES II –JOURNALS
BOX 1
File 4 Journals with articles written by Frances O. Severinghaus
SERIES III –SCHOOL RECORDS AND MOMENTOES
BOX 1
File 5 School information as student and teacher
Piqua High School Grade Card, 1908-1909
Transcript –Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio, 1910-1914
Transcript –Columbia University, 1917-1920
Western Oxford magazine –June, 1910
Retirement memorabilia
File 5 Diplomas
SERIES IV –DOCUMENTS
BOX 1
File 6 Documents
Discharge papers of Caleb Worley Orr (1845-1944) from the United States Army –August, 1865 (served three years with the 124th Regiment of Indiana Infantry
Appointment as “Mounten Orderly” of the 124th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, August 1, 1864 at Chattahoochee River, Georgia (signed by John W. Orr, Colonel)
Pension Application -1907
Application of Frances Orr for membership into the DAR with family information and dates
Letter to Dr. James E. Shellenberger from T.C.H. (March 16, 1891) concerning Adjutant General’s report about service of Col. John W. Orr and service of the 16th Regiment Indiana Volunteers.
Wills of:
William Rhodehamel
Gertrude R. Orr
Frances O. Severinghaus
SERIES V –DIARIES, AUTOGRAPH BOOK AND RECIPE BOOK
BOX 1
File 7
1 Travel diary –European trip, 1927
2 Passport and travel documents
3 Diary from 1912-1919
BOX 1
File 8 Autograph book of Gertrude Rhodehamel, 1880-1882
Recipe books of Gertrude R. Orr and Frances
SERIES VI –PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
BOX 1
File 9 Photograph album –circa 1905-1909 which contains some Piqua High School activities
SERIES VII –FUNERAL MEMORIAL BOOK
BOX 2
File 1 Funeral Memorial Book of Gertrude Rhodehamel Orr –January, 1944
SERIES VIII –CORRESPONDENCE TO MR. C.W. ORR
File 2 Letters from son to father, Mr. C.W. Orr, 1912-1913
File 3 Letters from son, Ear, to father, Mr. C.W. Orr
File 4 Miscellaneous correspondence to Mr. C.W. Orr:
Letter from nephew, Lewis
Order and invoice for furnace installation, June 28, 1889
Telegram from H.E. Orr, January 17, 1913
Copy of letter to Mr. C.R. Orr (Ray?) from Edwin A. Hiatt, lawyer, Piqua, Ohio
SERIES IX –POSTCARDS AND MISCELLANEOUS
BOX 2
File 5 Postcards –cards sent from Frances to Mother -1920’s and 1930’s Unused picture postcards
File 6 Miscellaneous securities transactions
File 7 Planing Mill Invoice –November, 1889
(copy of this invoice was also placed in Vertical File folder under “Mills.”)
File 8 Box with miscellaneous personal momentoes
File 9 Copy of clippings which pertain to the family
File 10
1 Notes on “duplication of the cube”
2 Copy of Ulster Co. Gazette, January 4, 1800
SERIES X –PHOTOGRAPHS –IDENTIFIED AND UNIDENTIFIED
File 11 Identified photographs
BOX 3 Unidentified photographs
SERIES XI –SCRAPBOOK, DIPLOMAS, AND LARGE PHOTOGRAPH
BOX 4
Large Scrapbook
Copies of diplomas
Large photograph