Bridges-Vass Family Collection

The Bridges-Vass Family Collection consists mainly of printed materials and financial documents. The financial documents consist of Samuel F. Bridges’ cash books which recorded his various. The Printed Materials from the collection are of a wide variety, including trading cards, certificates, a directory, church brochures, calendars and much more.

There is a little bit of correspondence, mostly contained on postcards, but one letter, dated 1844, is from Scotland to Alexander and Isabel Vass giving an update of their various friends and family members they left behind. The letter also tells about Scotland’s churches and their development at the time.

There is also a diary from1871 within the Literary Productions. This diary belonged to Samuel F. Bridges and within it he talked a lot about the weather and his work, with a few references to his family and the neighbors. The back of the diary also provides financial details and records. There are a few photographs without any names of the people within them in the collection.