Stone Family Correspondence, 1909-1960\n

Title:

Stone Family Correspondence, 1909-1960\n

Creator:

Stone family

Accession / Call Number:

2003.007

Object ID:

2003.007

Date:

1909-1960

Physical Description:

2 boxes ; 0.63 linear feet

Level of Description:

Collection

Abstract:

The Stone Family Correspondence consists of approximately 184 letters, with all but a few from Alice Stone to her husband Robert Bowditch Stone. The remainder of the letters are from Robert to Alice while he was in army training camp in Plattsburgh, NY, in 1916 and from Robert's children, Ellen and Richard, to their father in 1921, 1932, and 1940.

Scope and Content:

The Stone Family Correspondence consists of approximately 184 letters dated from 1909 to 1960, with a few letters undated. All the undated letters have been kept with the years in which they were found. The earliest letters were written from the time shortly after Alice Balch made the acquaintance of Robert Bowditch Stone, through to their marriage. The bulk of the letters were written by Alice Balch Stone after her marriage to Robert Bowditch Stone and after they had their two children, Richard and Ellen. Alice and the children spent the summers in the country while Robert remained in Boston, MA, joining his family on some weekends and on his vacation. Early summer residences were in Maine; beginning in 1922, the summer letters are from Chocorua, NH. \n \n The letters provide some insight into the life and activities of the summer people who vacationed in the mountains of New Hampshire in the first half of the 20th century. Alice writes often about her love for her husband, and about her pride in and worries about her children. She writes about her art and the art done by Ellen. She describes the people and events that fill her summer life. There are vivid descriptions of New Hampshire lakes, mountains (especially Mt. Chocorua), the Notches, and the Falls at Swift River. \n \n The letters include a wide span of topics, such as: prohibition, birth control, current authors, the eclipse of 1932, the great flood of 1932, the hurricane of 1938, politicians, the King Edward and Mrs. Simpson scandal, the Lindbergh kidnapping trial, Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering, and World War II refugee children. \n \n The 13 letters written by Robert Stone from Army camp in Plattsburgh, NY, in 1916 contain details of the daily life of an Army recruit in World War I. An item level list is available in the accession file.

Arrangement:

The Stone Family Correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Subjects:

Art, Artists, Birth control, Children, Correspondence, Families, Mountains--New Hampshire, Painting, World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945--Refugees

Locations:

Chocorua, NH
East Orange, NJ
Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA
Manchester, MA
Milton, MA
Newcastle, ME
North Edgecomb, ME
Plattsburgh, NY
Tamworth, NH

People:

Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958, Davis, Bette, 1908-1989, Eppelsheimer, Ellen Stone, 1913-2002, Göring, Herman, 1893-1946, Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945, Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951, Lindbergh, Charles A., 1902-1974, Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1882-1945, Stone, Alice, 1876-1969, Stone, Richard, 1912, Stone, Robert Bowditch, 1877-1945, Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937, Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972, Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of, 1896-1986

Credit Line:

Gift of the estate of Ellen Eppelsheimer.

Location Code:

TL/1E

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Preferred Citation:

Item title, Stone Family Correspondence, 2003.007. New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH. Date accessed.

Finding Aid Link:

Stone_Family_Correspondence_2003.007.pdf