July 4, 1901 - Sept. 16,, 1901, 1901

Correspondence includes letters from his mother, Eleanor Creighton Farmer, brothers, Fred B. Farmer and Clyde C. Farmer, sister, Luella Farmer Adams, friends, and professional colleagues written to him while he was studying and teaching at Stanford University (1891-1897, 1901), participating in the Bering Sea Fur Commission expedition to the Pribilof Islands (1897), studying at the Sorbonne in Paris (1898-1900), and working for the Stanley Electric Manufacturing Company, Pittsfield, Mass. (1901-1904) and for the General Electric Company and Union College, Schenectady, N.Y. (1904-1927) , after the Stanley Company became part of General Electric; and letters from others to his mother, who lived with him during the 1920's. Other series contain technical notes, clippings, information concerning a gold mine he operated, and college memorabilia.