Christine Knox Wood: An Inventory of Her Papers, 1549-2005 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Wood, Christine Knox
	Title:	Christine Knox Wood Papers,
	Dates:	1549-2005 and undated
	Abstract:	The collection contains family group sheets, family records, cemetery records, memoirs, articles, photographs, correspondence, and related printed material and genealogical material.
	Collection #	S 1714.1
	Quantity:	3 boxes (3 linear feet)
	Language	English
	Repository:	Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Biographical Sketch

Christine Knox Wood is a direct descendant of Conrad Pitschmann from the Knox family line.

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The collection contains family group sheets, family records, cemetery records, memoirs, articles, photographs, correspondence, and related printed material and genealogical material regarding the Benson family, as well as Pitschmann family and others, from their time in Europe in the 16th century through their years in the United States.

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Organization
	The collection is organized by the following series: Family Group sheets, Printed Material, Genealogical Material, Family Histories, Photographs, and Correspondence.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research

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Index Terms
	The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.
	Subjects (Persons)
		Benson family
		Pitschmann, Conrad--Family
		Pitschmann family
		Pitschmann family--Genealogy
		Wood, Christine Knox
	Subjects
		Germans--Texas

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Related Material


	Wood, Christine Knox. Conrad Pitschmann and His Descendants c1796-2004: From Ox-Carts to Airplanes ; from Germany to Texas. Lubbock, Tex.: Texas Data Books, 2005.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Christine Knox Wood Papers, 1549-2005 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Acquisition

Gift, 2005 and 2009.

Processed by

Elaina Lewis, 2004

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Collection Inventory



Family Group Sheets
box	folder
1	1	Van Benthuysen/Benson, Holland, 1624-1975
	2	John Benson, Virginia, 1650-1895
	3	Bensingh/Benson, No.1, 1659-1736
	4	John Benson - Anna Collins, Rhode Island, 1692-1864
	5	Benson Families, Henry Benson - Mary Waters, 1693-1773
	6	Robert Benson - Frances Prou, 1720-1951
	7	William Thomas Benson - Ann Green, 1730-undated
	8	Bensingh/Benson, No. 2, 1741-undated
	9	Asa Benson - Elizabeth Perry, 1754-1872
	10	Francis Benson - Mary Symonds, Massachusetts, 1756-1811
	11	John Benson - Mary Winslow, 1760-1959
	12	Levi Benson - Susanna Bump, Massachusetts, 1765-1898
	13	Thomas Benson - Rebecca Martha Prince, South Carolina, 1769-1949
	14	Willis Daniel Benson, 1775-1978
	15	William O. Benson, 1776-1812
	16	George and Rebecca Benson, 1784-1872
	17	James Benson, 1787-1975
	18	James Benson, 1787-1975
	19	Benjamin Franklin Benson - Prudence, 1794-1860
	20	Barbara B. Benson, 1794-undated
	21	Samuel Benson - Nancy Benson, 1795-1921
	22	William Benson - Elizabeth Davis, 1798-1964
	23	Isaac Benson, Arkansas, 1798-1978
	24	James Benson, 1821-1966
	25	John Benson, Tennessee, 1828-1893
	26	John Lewis Benson - Sarah Elizabeth Chandler, 1835-1920
	27	Charles Elof Benson - Neta Johanna Anderson, Sweden, 1857
	28	John Benson, 1866-1957
	29	Bob Benson, 1902-1978
	30	Benson Data from Wilma Chambless, 1978

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Printed Material
box	folder
1	31	Benson, Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850
	32	Benson Documents, Maine, 1977
box	folder
2	1	Genealogy of Benson-Latimer-Reed Durham
	2	The Benson Family of Newport, Rhode Island
	3	"The Benson Family," Genealogy, 1975
	4	Benson Family Materials Related to Wade Hampton

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Genealogical Materials
box	folder
2	5	Benson Family Records, 1680-1836
	6	Research, Includes Notes and Correspondence
	7	Benson Data
	8	"Heads of Families," Photocopy - Benson Data
	9	Benson Family- Unknown Ancestor
	10	Cemetery Records, Vol. 1, Yalobusha County, Mississippi
	11	Family Group Sheets
	12	The Bensons of Walden's Creek, Sevier County, Tennessee The Family of Nancy and Spencer Benson

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Family Histories
box	folder
2	13	Elial Benson, Sons of Elial Benson (Jeremiah, Isaac, Samuel), Military, Pension Records, 1861-1864
	14	"The Benson Family in America," by Virgil Benson
	15	Stephen Benson Genealogy
	16	Stephen Benson Descendants, 1923
	17	Caleb Benson- A Narrative History, 1603-1924
	18	"The Bensons- A Story of a Family of Eight," By Corrie Lee Benson Freeman
	19	"The Benson Family"- History
	20	Carpenter-Wier Family
	21	Family Data- Hatt Papers, Bound Photocopies
	22	Descendants of William Beardsley - Mary Harvey
	23	Strother Research, Includes Photocopied Material

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Printed Material
box	folder
2	24	"Joseph Smith Tells His Own Story," with Marginalia
	25	"Long, Long Ago, 1776-1976," Genealogical Record of Farris, Wells, Keltner, Wynn, Russell, Roberts
	26	"Long, Long Ago, 1776-1976" Book II, A-B
box	folder
3	1	Research Organized by State, Includes Census, Obituary, Court Records, ect.
	2	Miscellaneous Research, Includes Correspondence, Notes And Family Group Sheets
	3	Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Photocopies
	4	Christine Knox Wood, Personal Correspondence, 1900-2005, undated
	5	Christine Knox Wood, Miscellaneous Material, 1975-2005
	6	Christine Knox Wood, Miscellaneous Genealogical Materials, Includes Notes, 1549-2000
	7	Christine Knox Wood, Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles
	8	Christine Knox Wood Memoirs, Includes Articles, Awards, Stories, 1948-2006
	9	Ancestral Line of J.M Wood, Jr, Reeves and Wood Genealogical Material, Includes Correspondence, 1745-1998, undated
	10	Ancestral Line of J.M Wood, Jr, Reeves and Wood Family Articles, 1954-1994, undated
	11	Ancestral Line of J.M Wood Jr, Hooker Family Material, 1850-1977
	12	Silas M. Wood, 1864-1999
	13	Wood Family Photographs, 1898-1971, undated

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Photographs
box	folder
3	14	Ernestine Wood Family, 1930s-1965
	15	Family, Christine Knox Wood, J.M Wood, James Moses, Donald Edwin, Katherine Wood, 1932-1983
	16	J.M Wood Family and Relatives, 1943-1991
	17	Richard Henry Wood, Susan Elizabeth Wood, 1950-1956
	18	Contest Photographs by Christine Knox Wood, undated
	19	Knox and Pitschman, copies, 1853-1929
	20	Francis McClure Knox, 1842
	21	Knox Family, 1897-1958, undated
	22	George Washington Knox
	23	Albert Shelbrune Knox, 1935, undated
	24	Shelbrune Family, undated
	25	Edwin Bert Knox Family, 1981-1987, undated
	26	Ricky Knox, undated
	27	Miscellaneous, Identified and Unidentified, 1880s-1960s, undated

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Printed Material
box	folder
3	28	Boesch Family Genealogical Material, 1842-1983
	29	Boesch Family Documents, Original German Correspondence, 1888
	30	Original German Correspondence, 1893
	31	Edward Boesch Material, 1942-1982
	32	Boesch Family Documents, Army Discharge, 1919
	33	Boesch Family, Miscellaneous Material, undated
	34	Boesch Family Correspondence, 1926-1952, undated

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Photographs
box	folder
3	35	Boesch Family Photographs, 1882-1987
	36	Boesch and Rhea Family, 1911-1922
	37	Two Generations of Boesch Men, 1975, undated
	38	Lillie Boesch Scarborough Postcard, undated

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Printed Material
box	folder
3	39	Pitschmann Genealogical and Research Material, 1656-1983
	40	Pitschmann Family German Documents, 1895-1928
	41	Pitschmann Family Documents, Includes Marriage License, Death Certificates, 1911-1947

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Correspondence

box

folder

Pitschmann Family Correspondence, 1913-1971, undated

Christine Knox Wood Notes, Correspondence Relating to Pitschmann Family, 1973-2005

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Photographs

box

folder

Pitschmann Family Photographs, 1853-1918, undated

Emma Emily Pitschmann

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Printed Material
box	folder
3	46	Genealogical Material, Birdwell Family Genealogy, 1766-1898
	47	Ostertag Genealogical Material, 1975-2002
	48	Cemetery Records, 1862-1966

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Photographs
box	folder
3	49	Tombstone Photographs- Wood, Bass, Knox
	50	Bass Family, 1869, undated
	51	Hastain Family, 1878-1885
	52	Minor Stone, undated
	53	Scarborough Family, 1921
	54	Patterson Family, 1937-1971, undated
	55	Barron Family, 1961-1993
	56	Corey and Shoff Family, 1963-1999, undated
	57	Brenda Anne Willette, 1984
	58	Bass and Grundy Portraits
	59	Gay and Bass Family, undated
	60	Meyer Family, undated
	61	Elizabeth Benson, undated

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