Curtis family papers
Scope and Content
This collection consists primarily of the correspondence of various Curtis family members, including William Eleroy Curtis, Elroy Curtis, Elsie Curtis, William Eleroy Curtis II, as well as other relatives including Melville Curtis and Frank R. Kepler. The papers also consist of correspondence relating to the Curtis family genealogy, a scrapbook of the Curtis genealogy, a legal document, and family photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1886-1964
Restrictions on Access
The collection is open for research use.
Restrictions on Use
The collection is open for research use.
Biography of Curtis family
William Eleroy Curtis (1850-1911) was born on November 5, 1850, in Akron, Ohio. He was the second son of Reverend Eleroy Curtis and Harriet (Coe) Curtis*. William graduated from Western Reserve College in 1871. He worked as a journalist at the Chicago Inter-Ocean from 1873 to 1887. In 1887 he became a Washington correspondence for the Chicago Record. He wrote many books and also served as special commissioner from the United States to Central and South American republics, among one of many esteemed positions.
William married Cora Kepler on December 23, 1874. Cora and William had two children: Elroy Curtis (b. 1879) and Elsie Evans Curtis (b. 1881). Elroy attended Princeton University. After graduation, he worked with his father at The Chicago Herald. Elroy married Mary Steele of Chicago on February 28, 1905. Mary and Elroy had one son, William Eleroy Curtis II (born January 25, 1906).
*Harriet (Coe) Curtis, William Eleroy Curtis' mother, was the daughter of Reverend Harvey Coe (1785-1860), the first elected trustee of Western Reserve College.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Correspondence, legal documents, application forms, photographs, and scrapbooks of the Curtis family. William Eleroy Curtis was a graduate of Western Reserve College (Hudson, Ohio).
Statement of Arrangement
This collection is arranged into four series.
Series List
- Correspondence
- Genealogy
- Legal
- Photographs
Physical Location
vault
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated in 1978 (accession no. 78-1378)
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Alyss Hardin in 2011.
Subject
- Curtis, William Eleroy , 1850-1911 (Person)
- Curtis, Elsie Evans, b. 1881 (Person)
- Curtis, Elroy, b. 1879 (Person)
- Curtis, William Eleroy, b. 1906 (Person)
- Curtis, Melville G. (Person)
- Kepler, Frank Roy, 1875- (Person)
- Curtis family (Family)
- Kepler family. (Family)
Genre / Form
- Title
- Finding aid for the Curtis family papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Alyss Hardin and Polly Reynolds
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Hudson Library & Historical Society Repository