[Letter from Charles B. Wallace to Sy and Will Wallace, December 6] (open access)

[Letter from Charles B. Wallace to Sy and Will Wallace, December 6]

This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Charles B. Moore and is addressed to Sy and Will Wallace. In this letter, Moore details a genealogical account of the Wallace family. He provides a brief, yet detailed family history. The history includes a narrative of the Wallace elders, a list of the children born to Joseph and Mary Wallace, and a list of the children born to John and Matilda Wallace. The letter is dated December 6th and the year is unidentified. It is damaged along the edges of the letter and some words are missing due to the damage.
Date: unknown
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tombstones on Glass.: Monument on Which the Lettering Was Done by Sand Blast. (open access)

Tombstones on Glass.: Monument on Which the Lettering Was Done by Sand Blast.

Newspaper article describing the first glass tombstone. The tombstone, created for the grave of Elizabeth Pepper by her son Matthias Pepper, is in the cemetery overlooking the city of Kittanning. According to the article, glass was chosen due to its "practical indestructibility." Elizabeth Pepper died at the age of 77 in Ford City on February 4, 1892.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library