Scope and Contents From the Series: This series comprises a selection of correspondence between Clarice Weeks Millspaugh and Forrest Van Loon Ryder [alias Jerome Lawson] concerning Hudson River steamboats. Included in the series is a considerable array of transcribed articles by Samuel Van Aken and others which were prepared and mailed by Mrs. Millspaugh to Mr. Ryder while the latter was incarcerated at the South Carolina State Pennitentiary in Columbia, SC.

Scope and Contents Collection comprises a selection of steamboat articles written by Sam Van Aken of Athens during World War Two, as well as other miscellaneous writings of his and materials related to his life and career. Also included in the collection are a handful of Van Aken's articles which were transcribed and mailed by Clarice Weeks Millspaugh of Catskill, NY to Forrest Van Loon Ryder upon his request while incarcerated at the South Carolina State Pennitentiary in Columbia, SC. Mrs. Millspaugh also mailed...