Peck Family Correspondence PDF Download

Primarily correspondence of Peck and several family members, with some ephemera and business papers; together with correspondence and other papers of various Serbian relief organizations of World War I, including the Serbian Relief Society of California, of which Peck served as state chairperson. Includes correspondence of Peck's brother, Orrin Peck; her two sisters, Margaret Peck and Helen Peck Sanborn; and Charlotte Hughes, possibly a family friend. Much of Peck's correspondence, as well as that of her brother, is with her friend, Phoebe Hearst. Some of Helen Sanborn's correspondence relates to her work with the San Francisco Board of Education, the Red Cross, and the Panama Pacific International Exposition (PPIE). Ephemera includes calling cards, business cards, greeting cards, and other items; Peck's business papers include bills, receipts, and legal documents, along with some newspaper clippings and other miscellany. Includes a small amount of business papers of Helen Sanborn's husband, Frederick G. Sanborn; and miscellaneous volumes, chiefly account and record books, relating to household and family business, as well as Serbian relief work. In addition to Serbian Relief Society of California, Serbian relief organizations represented include: the Serbian Aid Fund of New York; the California Committee for Relief of Serbia and Northern France, of which Helen Sanborn was a member; the Serbian Hospitals Fund; and the Serbian Relief Committee of America.