Box 1

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Mayor Oliver Clifton and Family Papers arrived in subpar conditions. Most of the documents were in a brown paper bag that was wrapped in a dust-covered garbage bag. The majority of the papers in this collection are letters addressed to either Oliver Clifton (1847-1905) or other members of his family. The letters were stacked together in various piles and tied together by shoe strings. There did not appear to be any arrangement to the materials. Along with the letters that were tied...