Gardner-Hannah Family Collection

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Title

Subject

Gardner-Hannah Family.

Gardner, Claribel (Hannah), 1864-1938.

Gardner, George Washington, 1862-1934.

Hannah, Perry, 1824-1904.

Description

Collection of letters, speeches, personal narrative, ledgers, documents, and photographs related to the lives of George Washington Gardner and Claribel Hannah Gardner, as well as Claribel's father, Perry Hannah of Traverse City, Michigan.

Creator

Gardner-Hannah Family.

Source

Gardner-Hannah Family.

Publisher

Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City (Mich.)

Date

1852-1918

Contributor

Digital surrogate item from privately held collection.

Rights

This image may be protected by copyright law. Contact the Traverse Area District Library for permission to reproduce, display or transmit this image.

Relation

Part of the Gardner-Hannah Family Collection.

Format

TIFF.

PDF.

Language

English.

Type

Still Image.

Document.

Identifier

ph0001-ph0153

Coverage

Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota

Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan

Collection Items

"The Book of Common Prayer," with signatures of Gardner-Hannah Family members and friends, after 1893

"The Book of Common Prayer," with signatures of Gardner-Hannah Family members and friends, after 1893. The prayer book publication dedication is dated January 1893; the signatures could have been collected anytime after that.

Ten signatures of…

Letter to Claribel Hannah from her father, Perry Hannah, 22 December 1884

Letter to Claribel Hannah from her father, Perry Hannah, 22 December 1884. Envelope return-to address is stamped "Return to Banking House of Hannah, Lay & Co., Traverse City, Mich., If not delivered within 10 days." Also contains a 2-cent postage…

Gardner Family Photograph album, 1877-1911

Premanufactured photograph album covered in leather with metal embellishments and metal clasp. Contains 20 pages and could hold 40 cabinet card photographs. This album contains a number of images from the Gardner Family, mostly of Claribel Hannah…

Diary of Perry Hannah, 1852 to n.d.

Premanufactured leatherbound ledger used as a diary by Perry Hannah beginning January 1st, 1852 in Elgin, Illinois, to March 3, 1852 on the passenger steamer Niagra. After those entries, there are a number of undated entries, and the last date noted…

After dinner speech given by, Truman Perry Gardner, student of The Hill School Y.M.C.A of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 1918

After dinner speech given by Truman Perry Gardner, student of The Hill School Y.M.C.A of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 1918. Contents of speech are on current events including financial matters and food waste. Includes poems.

A tribute given in honor of Perry Hannah, 22 September 1884

A four-page tribute given in honor of Perry Hannah, dated September 22, 1884. Perhaps read as part of a birthday celebration to Hannah. The author claims a companionship with Hannah for 25 years, and signed S. Davies or Dames, September 22, 1884. The…

Typewritten letter from A. Tracy Lay to Perry Hannah, 22 April 1903

Letter from A. Tracy Lay to Perry Hannah describing the partners' arrival and early business ventures in Traverse City ca. 1850-1851. Sent from Chicago, Illinois, dated April 22, 1903.

Letter to Claribel Hannah Gardner from her son, Truman Perry Gardner, attending The Hill School of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 4 February 1918

Letter to "Mother" from her son, Truman Perry Gardner while attending The Hill School of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 4 February 1918. An amusing letter written about Truman's delivery of a speech at school. Truman P. Gardner is found in the The Hill…

Letter from "Hattie" Kenney of Chicago to "Clara" Hannah, 1895

Letter from Hattie (unknown) of Chicago to presumably Claribel Hannah Gardner, addressed as Clara in the letter. It is likely that Hattie is Harriet A., the sister of Claribel, who married into the Keeney family. Letter is on J.F. Keeney Real Estate…

"Cemetery Deed, City of Traverse City to Perry Hannah," 13 April 1896

Cemetery Deed made out to Perry Hannah by the City of Traverse City City Clerk's Office, Traverse City, Michigan, dated April 13, 1896, recorded in Liber 1 on page 23 of the Cemetery Deeds. The document is signed by Almon W. Rickerd, City Clerk.…

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