MS 1163 - Addison W. Lee Family Papers
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| Title | MS 1163 - Addison W. Lee Family Papers |
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| Introduction | The papers of the Addison W. Lee Family are comprised of approximately .25 linear feet of correspondence, clippings, printed and photographic material of a Deshler Ohio industrialist and banker. The collection was donated by Jane Wilson on April 2, 2011 to the Center for Archival Collections at Bowling Green State University. No restrictions exist on the use of this collection and duplication is permitted for the purposes of preservation and research. The register was completed by Marilyn Levinson, Curator of Manuscripts, Bowling Green State University in September 2011. |
| Biographical Sketch | Addison W. Lee (1829-1911) built the first stave mill in Deshler in 1873. He was born in Huron County, Ohio, on July 14, 1829. He headed to California during the 1848 gold rush and unlike so many others found success in the goldfields. He returned to Ohio and around the time of the Civil War entered the stave mill business forming the partnership of Lee & Weaver in Toledo. He came to Deshler as before stated and opened perhaps the second industry in the new town. The stave mill grew to become one of the “most extensive” in northwest Ohio. Lee became an important financial investor in Deshler and was the proprietor of the Bank of Deshler. He died Tuesday, March 21, 1911, in his room at the Fayram Hotel in Deshler. The son of Benjamin Lee and Mary Werner, Addison had one son, Dwight Linden Lee, from an earlier marriage, and Raymond Werner Lee from his marriage to Mary E Pierson. William M. Fitzwilliam is half-brother to Raymond Lee from Mary Pierson’s prior marriage to Cary Fitzwilliam. Raymond W. Lee was married to Marjorie Brode, who is also represented in this collection, and later he married Mildred Ione Seymour. Some genealogical family sheets provided by the donor are included with this collection. |
| Scope and Content | The material in the Addison W. Lee Family papers includes one piece of correspondence from Addison Lee to his family, but more material related to his son, Raymond W. Lee, who had a degree in marine engineering from the University of Michigan. The correspondence that isn’t strictly family-related includes a few letters from H.L. House of Deshler regarding the care of some property that Raymond had in the Deshler area. Some minor business correspondence of Addison W. Lee, representing Lee & Weaver Manufacturers, can also be found in the collection of the Deshler Land Company (MS-1064). |
| Series Description | CORRESPONDENCE ADDISON W. LEE RAYMOND W. LEE MARJORIE BRODE LEE WILLIAM FITZWILLIAM H.L. HOUSE SUBJECT FILES SCHOOL RECORDS OLD TIMERS’ CLUB (DETROIT STEEL PRODUCTS/FENESTRA, INC.) LEGAL RECORDS ADDISON W. LEE ESTATE PAPERS PROPERTY RECORDS FINANCIAL RECORDS RECEIPT FOR SERVICES PRINTED MATERIAL CERTIFICATES CLIPPINGS STATIONERY PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS |
| Inventory | Box 1 Folder
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