Hamtonetta Burgess Carr (circa 1869-1949) and Catherine Burgess Carr (circa 1867-1915) were daughters of Scottish natives Thomas Burgess (1824-1901) and Margaret (McTaggert) Burgess (1841-1877). In 1868, Thomas Burgess founded the town of Bala in Ontario, Canada.
Catherine later married William H. Carr, and Hamtonetta attended Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, circa 1889-1891. Hamtonetta was involved with the Friends' Intelligencer: a Religious and Family Journal as a writer and secretary circa 1908. A portion of their lives was spent in Idaho, including in the cities of Elk River and Lewiston.
This collection consists of correspondence between Hamtonetta Burgess Carr and her family and friends, including her sister Catherine Burgess Carr, between 1881 and 1933. The letters discuss Hamtonetta's school days at Swarthmore College, the family's movement westward, and Catherine's commercial experiences in northern Idaho. A number of the letters are between Catherine and her husband, William H. Carr, while she was traveling in Idaho in 1914. Additional correspondents include an Aunt Sarah Burgess and Mary P. Burgess.
Collection includes postcards from Nebraska, a Carr memorandum, newspaper clippings, a marriage certificate, a Harley-Davidson "Motorcycles and Sidecars" brochure, and a photograph titled "The 'King' is no more." The photo depicts the largest known white pine tree chopped down in Latah County, Idaho by Potlatch Lumber Co. in 1911. The reverse side of the photograph has typed details about the tree.
This collection is arranged in a single series with miscellaneous materials placed at the end of series.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
Hamtonetta Burgess Carr Papers, 1881-1950
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Washington State University Libraries Pullman, WA
This collection was donated to the Washington State University Libraries in 1963 by Wilma Ogston.
Burgess, Hamtonetta, "Friends' Associations," Friends' Intelligencer: a Religious and Family Journal 65, no. 7 (1908): 112. "Designation Statement for Margaret Burgess Park (a.k.a. Bala Falls Park, Ontario, Canada)," muskokalakes.civicweb.net, last modified 2011, https://muskokalakes.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentDisplay.aspx?ID=36202. Gedcom Library, http://gedcomlibrary.com/gedcoms/v208545.ged.