Frank Ross Chambers
The Bronxville History Center’s collection of papers of Frank Ross Chambers consists of correspondence, photographs, an autobiographical manuscript, a speech draft, biographical sketches, a passport, printed material, and about 75 photographs—all relating primarily to the lives of Frank Ross Chambers and Kate Waller Chambers, and to their house in Bronxville, called “Crow’s Nest.” Also included is an essay about the Nondescript Club’s first decade, 1895-1905, written by Margaret Chambers Warshuis. The correspondence includes eleven letters from Frank Ross Chambers to Kate Waller Chambers, 1869-1888, 1924, and undated, and five letters from Kate Waller Chambers to Frank Ross Chambers, 1866 (or 1867), 1883, and undated; the autobiographical manuscript is by Frank Ross Chambers and covers his life from childhood to the time he married Kate Waller, in 1884.