Joseph Harris papers, 1847-1908 3 boxes
The Harris Papers are a collection of letters, photographs, and papers spanning the mid to late 1800s of the Harris and Mathews families, both prominent families of Rochester, New York. The collection centers around the 1860-1877 business correspondence of Joseph Harris (1828-1892), and the 1840s through 1860s personal correspondence of his wife, Sarah Ann Mathews Harris (1833- ). In addition there are also the letters and papers of Sarah Harris' parents, Selah and Mary Pitkin Mathews.