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John A. Borden letters [4 items], 1900, 1902, inclusive
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Four letters from John A. Borden, Police Justice, Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, and Commissioner of Deeds, Asbury Park, New Jersey, to members of the Wilson family in New York City, and to Josephine Keip, who was apparently employed by the Wilsons, regarding Keip's domestic problems.
• 1900 Oct. 22, to Mrs. Wilson, 210 East 79th Street, Manhattan
• 1902 Apr. 29, to Miss Josephine Keip
• 1902 Oct. 28, to Miss Josephine Keip, 1143 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan
• 1902 Nov. 1, to Mr. M. A. S. Wilson
Yiddish letters [7 items], 1901-1903, undated, inclusive
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Seven letters in Yiddish to and from members of the Damsky / Damsey family (for explanation, see collection documentation in Box 2, Folder 9).
• 1901 Feb. 3, from Denver, Colorado (on Denver Bazar Department Store stationery), to Mr. S. A. Wilson, 210 East 79th Street, Manhattan
• 1901 Apr. 14 (foreign postmark), to Mr. or Mrs. M. Wilson, 210 East 79th Street, Manhattan
• 1901 Sep. 26, from Fort Collins, Colorado (on Linden Hotel Stationery)
• 1901 Nov. 17, from Fort Collins, Colorado
• 1902 Apr. 9, from Denver, Colorado
• 1903 Dec. 18 (foreign postmark; Lithuania?), to Mrs. B. Damsky [mother of Annie (Damsey) Wilson?], 326 East 117th Street, Manhattan
• Undated
P.S. 10 commencement program [1 item], 1912 January 31
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Commencement program for Public School 10, Manhattan, 117th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. Frank Wilson appears in the list of graduates in class 8B2.
Miscellaneous letters [4 items], 1916, inclusive
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• 1916 May 16, Anna Gordon, Baltimore, to Mrs. M. ("Aunt Annie") Wilson, 701 West 177th Street, Manhattan
• 1916 May 30, Myra [Damsky], Denver, Colorado, to Mrs. Annie Wilson ("Aunt Annie"), 701 West 177th Street, Manhattan
• 1916 Dec. 8 (postmark), Frank Wilson, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (on Pacific House stationery), to his sister, Margaret/Marjorie Wilson, 701 West 177th Street, Manhattan
• Undated, Frank Wilson, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (on Pacific House stationery), to his sister, Margaret
Frank Wilson World War I diary and ephemera [12 items], 1914-1918, inclusive
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• Manual of Interior Guard Duty, U.S. Army (New York: Army and Navy Journal: 1914, corrected to Feb. 24, 1915)
• "Instructions on the French Measures: A help to the American Soldiers." Small handout explaining "chief features of the metric system," 1917/1918
• Army and Navy Service Book (New York: National Lutheran Commission for Soldiers and Sailors Welfare, 1918)
• Pocket address book, also used as a diary, 1918 July 6–Nov. 12
• Alhambra (theatre) program, Paris
• Casino de Paris (music hall) program, Paris (with notation "This place is like our Winter Garden")
• Thanksgiving dinner menu, Company A, 310th M. G. Bn., Camp Meade, Maryland, Nov. 29, 1917 (mailed to mother, Mrs. A. Wilson, 214 Warren Square, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Nov. 30, 1917)
• Christmas dinner menu, Company A, 310th Machine Gun Battalion, National Army, Camp Meade, Maryland, Dec. 25, 1917
• U.S.S. Leviathan U.S. Navy Armed Transport Troop Billet (2 pieces)
• Photograph of Frank Wilson(?) in uniform (8 x 10 inches)
• Photograph of Annie (Damsey) Wilson (1875–1949) (4 x 5.5 inches)
• Small scrap of paper with penciled information "Scale of Maps"
Frank Wilson World War I letters [14 items], 1917, inclusive
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Private Frank Wilson, Company A, 310th Machine Gun Battalion, Camp Meade, Maryland, to mother (Mrs. A. Wilson), 214 Warren Square, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
• 1917 Aug. 21
• 1917 Oct. 12. Draft notice (postcard) to Frank Wilson, 212 Warren Square, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
• 1917 Nov. 6 (postmark), 8, 10, 13 (postmark), 15, 16 (postmark; empty envelope), 17, 22, 25
• 1917 Dec. 8, 16, 26 (postmark)
Frank Wilson World War I letters [26 items], 1918 January - June, inclusive
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Private Frank Wilson, Company A, 310th Machine Gun Battalion, Camp Meade, Maryland, to mother (Mrs. A. Wilson), 214 Warren Square, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
• 1918 Jan. 5, 9, 12, 17, 20, 30
• 1918 Feb. 2, 5 (postcard), 9, 20
• 1918 March 2, 16, 19, 30
• 1918 April 8, 19, 22, 28
• 1918 May 14, 18, 21, 30
• 1918 June 15, 25, 29, 30
Frank Wilson World War I letters [25 items], 1918 July - December, inclusive
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Private Frank Wilson, Company A, 310th Machine Gun Battalion, Camp Meade, Maryland, to mother (Mrs. A. Wilson), 214 Warren Square, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Letters from July 15 on were sent from France.
• 1918 July 2, 5, 15, 19 (postmark), 22, 26, 29
• 1918 Aug. 1, 8, 25
• 1918 Sep. 5, 17
• 1918 Oct. 11, 15, 17, 21, 27
• 1918 Nov. 17, 21, 29
• 1918 Dec. 9, 14, 23, 30 (two; one being a drawing)
Frank Wilson World War I letters [16 items], 1919, inclusive
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• 1919 Jan. 18
• 1919 Feb. 5, 6 (postcard), 11, 21, 28 (General Orders)
• 1919 March 4, 6, 11 (postmark), 14 (two; one from brother Abe), 16 (to Wilson), 27 (from mother)
• 1919 April 20 (telegram), 21 (telegram)
• 1919 undated
Frank Wilson World War I discharge papers [6 items], 1919, inclusive
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• Envelope marked "Frank Wilson Original Service Discharge / Marriage Paper" [latter in Box 2, Folder 8]
• Vital statistics form, [Nov. 2, 1917]
• Honorable Discharge from the United States Army, April 24, 1919 (original + copy)
• Enlistment Record, [April 25, 1919?] (2 copies)
Miscellaneous letters [1 items], 1920, inclusive
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• 1920 April 18, Alonzo [Whitner?] to Frank Wilson
Miscellaneous letters [2 items], 1921, inclusive
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• 1921 Jan. 11, Harry Wilson to Mrs. A. ("Mother") Wilson, 214 Warren Square, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• 1921 April 30, Frank Wilson to Mrs. M. ("Mother") Wilson, 214 Warren Square, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Miscellaneous letters [4 items], 1922, inclusive
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• 1922 Jan. 11, Harry Wilson to Mrs. M. ("Mother") Wilson, 214 Warren Square, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• 1922 May 16, Harry Wilson to Mrs. M. ("Mother") and Pauline Wilson, 214 Warren Square, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• 1922 July 13 (postmark), Margie Wilson to Mrs. M. ("Mother") Wilson, 214 Warren Square, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• 1922?, Margie to "Mom"
Miscellaneous letters and clipping [3 items], undated, inclusive
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• "Happy" to Frank Wilson
• Frank Wilson to mother
• Newspaper clipping, "FAREWELL PARTY / Mrs. Morris Wilson, of 214 [Warren] Square, was a given a delight[ful sur]prise farewell party . . ."
Marriage certificate [1 item], 1951 January 6
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Certificate of Marriage, Frank Wilson and Lillian Weiler, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. Weiler was Wilson's second wife; his first wife, Ethel Lewis, died in 1948.
Collection documentation [3 items], 2016, inclusive
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Printed email correspondence between the donors of the collection, describing its contents and their significance, with a "Family Sketch" and a page of genealogical data on the "Damsey—Wilson Ancestry History."
Digital media [2 CDs] (RESTRICTED), [2016], inclusive
Restricted
Two discs of "Wilson Archives," containing digital images of the items in the collection. The contents of each are identical, except for the addition of a "Family Sketch" on the disc labeled "Wilson Archives (Final)." A paper copy of this sketch may be found in Box 2, Folder 9.
The digital files have been transferred off the discs to N-YHS servers, and can be made available online for viewing only. To arrange to receive a file manifest, or a link to the desired digital files, contact reference@nyhistory.org.
"Wilson Archives" [122 digital files]
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122 digital files from two compact discs of "Wilson Archives," containing PDF versions of the paper items in the collection. Digital files can be made available online for viewing only. To arrange to receive a file manifest, or a link to the desired digital files, contact reference@nyhistory.org.