Richardson Family Papers | Table of Contents

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In 1983, Madge outlined five volumes, of which two were published. I have divided two volumes and added two, which gives us nine "volumes" as follows:

Introduction: The Richardson Family Papers, by Madge Richardson Walsh, editor

• Introduction 
• Richardson Family Chart 
• Acknowledgements

Volume I - Ella Richardson Street 

• Introduction
• All the Rights and Privileges Pertaining Thereto
• A Double Wedding
• A Hunting Accident
• Obituary: Ella Richardson Street

Volume II - Florence Richardson Street: Reminiscences of the Family (originally published in 1983)

• Introduction 
• Snapshots: The Northfield Richardsons
• The David Fay Richardson Family in Northfield, Minnesota 
• Father Enters Big Business 
• The Mystery of Mother's Christmas Clock 
• Aunt Phoebe's Journey
• Birthdays
• Letters: Florence to Claude Street (1906)
• Not counted
• Clippings: Four Generations Join in Baptismal Ceremony 
• Obituary: Florence Richardson Street

Volume III - Ruth Richardson Smith: A Memory Book and Letters of an Oregon Bride (originally published in 1991)

• Introduction 
• Private Diary of Ruth Catherine Richardson, Part I 
• Private Diary of Ruth Catherine Richardson, Part II 
• Letters of an Oregon Bride, Part I
• Letters of an Oregon Bride, Part II
• Ruth Richardson Smith Memorial 

• Obituary: James William Smith 

Volume IV - Fay Watson Richardson

• Introduction
• Letter on Mother's Day
• Fay and the Pulling Contest 

Volume V - Russell David Richardson: Reminiscences (1971) and In his own words (1977)

• Introduction
• Reminiscences, Chapter 1 
• Part 1: Beginnings in Northfield 
• Part 2: Logging Coming soon!
• In his own words: He lived, but... Coming soon!
• Reminiscences, Chapter 2
• Part 1: World War I 
• Part 2: Jessie 
• Reminiscences, Chapter 3 
• Part 1: A fine day outing
• Part 2: A wedding, a funeral, and a birth
• Reminiscences, Chapter 4 
• At Sea
• Letters 
• Letter from Salina Cruz, 1919
• Letter from Mother Jessie (1919)
• Panama Canal letter & history
• The Accidental Accountant
• The Merchant Marine and other odd jobs
• Russell and Jessie in Japan
• Obituary: Russell David Richardson
• Obituary: Jessie Cutting Richardson
• Postscript by Madge Richardson Walsh

Volume VI - George Owen Richardson: Autobiography (1937) 

• Introduction
• Note on Ancestry
• Autobiography 
• Chapter 1: Ancestry
• Chapter 2: Birth and Early Years
• Early Days of Samuel Huston College
• With her Grandmother
• Note on the Milne Family and Epilogue

Volume VII - David Fay Richardson: Looking Back over Eighty Years (1938)

• Introduction
• Looking Back over Eighty Years
• Later Years in Oregon
• Obituary: David Fay Richardson
• Biographical Sketches
• Frank Asbury Richardson
• Earl Mercein Richardson

Volume VIII - George Warren Richardson: Recollections of My Life Work (1905)

• Introduction
• A Photographic Footnote
• My Journey to the Crossroads of Race, Faith and Family in America, article by James D. Richardson (external link)
• Life Chronology
• Clippings: Four Generations Join in Baptismal Ceremony
• The Journal
• Transcribed Excerpts
• A preaching gig
• Obituary: George Warren Richardson

Volume IX - Mothers and Daughters

• Caroline Fay 
• Dedication: Three Carolines
• Love letter (1849)
• Poems
• Diary of an Abolitionist's Wife
• Tiny moccasins
• Obituary: Caroline (Fay) Richardson (1887)
• Ella Fay: Stars and flowers
• Katherine Clementine Watson
• Letters: The Watson Family
• Watson Genealogy & Chart 
• Watson Family Obituaries:
• Charles Herbert Watson (1914)
• Amy (Watson) Featherstone (1916)
• Charles Elliott Watson (1960)
• Mary Emma Richardson
• Favorite Bible verses
• Graduation Days 
• Letters: to Samuel Huston College 1943 Coming soon!
• Madge Richardson Walsh
• The Lone Arranger
• Some Thoughts on Tolerance (Or, Tolerance is a Two-Way Street)
• My Mother's #MeToo
• Obituary: Madge Richardson Walsh