Collection – Box MMS-1142 to MMS-1148, Folder: MMS-1148-1 to MMS-1148-2
Identifier:MMS-1148
Abstract
Autograph albums of members of the Fast Family, including two albums of Rolla B. Fast, 1882-1886 at Bairdstown, Ohio and 1888 at Ada, Ohio; and Alice Bresler Fast, 1892-1893 at the Crawfis Institute in Lancaster, Ohio.
Scope and Contents
The bulk of significant information in the Fast Family Papers may be found in the three folders of correspondence, although this information is sketchy at best. The letter of Dec. 6, 1885 is most notable for its account of William's experiences at the prison camp at Cahawba and survival of the explosion of the Sultana. The family correspondence and the Coons correspondence centers mostly around William Nicholas Fast, but there are letters between brothers John, Isaac, and Christian Fast,...