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FILE NO. 001 // Primary Sources, Maps, Letters & Memoirs

Humanities Archives

Extending the house's commitment to preserved ancestry and rigorous historical research.

Discover these pioneering and adventures true histories of heroes, families, and legacy and spans over hundreds of years and multiple continents.

Man in military uniform and hat standing before a star-patterned backdrop

FILE NO. 001-A-001  // PROVENANCE: LANCASTER CO. PA -> FRANCE // SOURCE : FAMILY CORR.]

Memoir Archives
SUBJECT: Menno Ezra Roth (1918).

 NOTES: Pre and post deployment original correspondence with Amanda Ruth Stewart, his sweetheart back home, are preserved. These wartime letters inform the tactical and emotional framework of a WWI soldier.


Black-and-white studio portrait of a bearded man in a suit, facing forward.


FILE NO. 001-B-001 //  PROVENANCE: COBH, IRL -> NYC //  SHIP MANIFEST]

Transnational Migrations Archives

SUBJECT: Patrick Mahoney (1848) 

NOTES:  This Irish immigrant was listed on the ship W.A Cooper, from Liverpool, England arriving at Port of New York, 10 July 1848. It was understood that ships would stop at the port of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland to pick up up Irish passengers.


Sepia portrait of a bearded man seated with a book on his lap in a formal chair



FILE NO. 001-C-001 //  PROVENANCE: OREGON TRAIL -> MOHAWK VALLEY, OR // SOURCE: NICKEL SILVER HUMANITIES PRESS ARCHIVES]

Regional Historiography Archives

SUBJECT: Phillip Workman (1887)

NOTES: He lost his wife going west on the Oregon Trail. Later in 1887, settled in the Mohawk Valley, Oregon and became a minister of the German Baptist Church.


Open manuscript spread with handwritten cursive on two aged pages, lit against a dark background


FILE NO. 001-D-001 //  PROVENANCE: CLONAKILTY, IRL // SOURCE: CATHOLIC MARRIAGE BOOK]

Parish & Civil Archives

SUBJECT: Patrick Mahoney & Mary McCarthy (1846)

NOTES: As family lore has it this marriage between a poor Catholic man and a well-to-do Protest woman recorded in the Parish Marriage records from County Cork & Ross, Ireland caused them both to flee Ireland  for the New World or it was the Potato Famine

Ancient stone archway ruin with arched openings under a blue sky


FILE NO. 001-E-001 //  PROVENANCE: RUEGGISBERG, CH // SOURCE: FIELD AUDIT]

Masonry & Craftmanship Archives

SUBJECT: Ruined Cistercian Priory

NOTES: Founded in the 11th century along the Way of St. James (Jakobsweg/Camino de Santiago), a Pilgrimage route across Europe ending at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain.

A sketch of a bird on wrinkled paper, with gray shading and handwritten notes around it.


FILE NO. 001-F-001 //  PROVENANCE: INYO COUNTY, CA // SOURCE: NICKEL SILVER HUMANITIES PRESS ARCHIVES]

Historical Map Archives

SUBJECT: Map of Lippincott Lead Area (1948)

NOTES: Original Geology and Topography mapped by McAllister & Mac Kevett of the Lippincott Mines in Death Valley, CA.


Vintage radio and microphone on a wooden desk beside an open book and lamp in warm light

FILE NO. 001-G //  PROVENANCE: USA and Europe // SOURCE:  NICKEL SILVER HUMANITIES PRESS ARCHIVES]

Live Recording Archives

SUBJECT: Material experts & living relatives

NOTES: Oral histories, material expert discussions, and field audio recorded to preserve firsthand accounts and regional dialects for Nickel Silver Press research.