Papers,, 1875 - 1907

This collection contains papers--including correspondence, photographs, and printed material--of the Look family of Wyoming, New York and Marion, Virginia. The collection includes six letters between family members, including Susan Look Avery, Samuel J. Look, and Lydia A. Coonley. The letters largely focus on family matters, including current activities and family history. In two letters to her brother, Susan Avery discusses the free coinage of silver, Thomas W. Lawson's Frenzied Finance, free trade, and other issues of the day. Also included are cartes-de-visite of Susan Avery and Lydia Coonley, as well as eight views of "Hillside," the Look family home in Wyoming, New York. The collection also contains a Susan Look Avery Club brochure, providing officer names and the 1905-1906 activities program.