Box 1

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Weir collection consists of four series: Personal papers, Financial papers, Estate papers, and Miscellaneous. Series I, Personal papers, contains nine folders of incoming correspondence to Robert Weir, 1863-1930, as well as one folder of outgoing correspondence, 1874-1924. The earliest letters in the collection were addressed to Robert Weir from his mother, Eliza Johnson Weir. She spoke of normal day-to-day happenings, and also expressed concern for his safety amid the rumors...