Withrow Family Papers 1870-1925

Scope and content:

Letters to William Withrow, Jr. and his wife, Mary Anne Jones Withrow of Waynesboro, Virginia, from their children, relatives, and acquaintance. His daughter Evelyn married Matthew Hale Houston, a Presbyterian missionary to China, in 1871. Letters concerning the Houstons' stay at the Presbyterian Mission Church in Hangchow include the following: January 4, August 11, and September 6, 1881; March 22, August 5 & 12, September 13, October 3 & 16, and November 18, 1882. Louisa and her brother Charles, a graduate of the University of Virginia, were both educators, and their correspondence at times discusses their work. #38-148

Physical description:

ca. 1000 items.

Access and use