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The Crabtree family papers, 1777-1977

Overview of the Collection

Title
The Crabtree family papers
Dates
1777-1977 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 boxes, (.75 linear feet)
Collection Number
UUS_COLL MSS 327
Summary
This collection contains the correspondence, family photos, family pedigrees, census records and notes that Charlotte Crabtree Fisher collected in her attempt to construct a Crabtree family tree.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
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Biographical Note

The Crabtree ancestors of Charlotte Crabtree Fisher can be traced back to 1683 in Yorkshire County, England. Her great-great-great grandfather William Crabtree settled near Baltimore, Maryland with his family in 1705. The Crabtree family were early settlers in Kentucky and Virginia and a number of them fought in the Revolutionary War and Civil War.

Charlotte Crabtree Fisher, who also went by the names of Lottie and Charlotta, was born on September 13, 1902 in Wilmette Creek, Illinois to Abijah Crabtree and Mary Ellen Swift Crabtree. She married Harry C. Fisher in Evanston, Illinois on May 28, 1916 and had a son, Stanley Dean Fisher, in 1920. She died at the age of 92 on February 20, 1991 in Glencoe, Illinois.

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Content Description

This collection consists of the Crabtree family history materials in the form of correspondence, family photos, family pedigrees, census records and newspaper clippings. Box 1 is arranged chronologically and contains pedigree charts and family photos. It also contains the correspondence and miscellaneous notes that Crabtree descendant Charlotte Fisher collected in her attempt to construct a Crabtree family tree. Box 2 contains various other family materials which are arranged alphabetically.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from The Crabtree family papers must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: The Crabtree family papers USU_COLL MSS 327, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 327, USUSCA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged chronolgoically.

Processing Note

February of 2008.

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives on May 24, 2000 as part of the Leonard J. Arrington Collection (LJAHA #1). Although Charlotte Crabtree Fisher collected and organized the Crabtree family papers, it remains unclear how this material came into Arrington's possession.

Related Materials

See also Leonard J. Arrington Papers LJAHA 1, Series IX: 28, Fd 5 "The Crabtree Family of Wayne County, West Virginia" and William Crabtree of Crow Creek, by Eliza B. Woodall, Special Collections 929.2 C84

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Finding aid/Register created by Mailee Cook/Sara Skindelien
2011

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