Folder 1

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The papers include materials from the Gorgas and Gayle families, predominantly the papers of Josiah Gorgas, his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, her parents John Gayle and Sarah Haynsworth Gayle, her brother Richard Haynsworth Gayle, and the Gorgas's children Jessie, Mary Gayle, Christine Amelia ("Minnie"), Maria Bayne, and Richard Haynsworth.The papers of Josiah Gorgas include his personal correspondence to his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas (1853-1880), to their son William Crawford Gorgas...