Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Orne Family Papers are unique in several aspects. The most obvious distinction is that the papers span a 166 year, six generation period. Another important aspect of these papers is that they are matrilineal; they were collected by, and passed along the female lines. While the fathers, husbands, brothers and sons weave in and out of the papers, it is the women who maintain the thread, and the collection focuses on the interplay between the business and domestic aspects of eighteenth and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Orne Family Papers are unique in several aspects. The most obvious distinction is that the papers span a 166 year, six generation period. Another important aspect of these papers is that they are matrilineal; they were collected by, and passed along the female lines. While the fathers, husbands, brothers and sons weave in and out of the papers, it is the women who maintain the thread, and the collection focuses on the interplay between the business and domestic aspects of eighteenth and...