Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of the Job Pierson family were purchased from Eleanor E. Porter in 1983 and 1985. A small addition was given by Porter in 1991.
Processing History
The papers acquired by the Library in 1983 were processed and described in 1984. Additional family papers purchased by the Library in 1985 were added to the collection in 1987 and the register was revised accordingly in 1988. This register describes those papers as well as a scrapbook processed and added to the papers in 1994.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Job Pierson Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.