COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Correspondence and other papers of several New York State families, discussing everyday events and problems, agriculture, religion, and prices; also, Civil War letters of the Carver brothers of Savannah, New York; other letters concern life in Montana and the Dakota territories and western Canada (1870s). Includes correspondence of the Barnhardt family, Luke Blodgett, D. Watson Davis, Henry Dean, and Aaron Lane; correspondents include Theodore and W. H. Allen, Lydia Barnhardt, George Boardman, John and George Coventry, Alex Vattemore, the Salina and Central Square Plank Road Company, and the Waterloo Woolen Manufacturing Company.
Dates
- 1803-1895.
Creator
- Stuart, Lyman (Collector, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
.6 cubic feet. (.6 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Correspondence and other papers of several New York State families, discussing everyday events and problems, agriculture, religion, and prices; also, Civil War letters of the Carver brothers of Savannah, New York.
Physical Description
Correspondence and family papers.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- February 2016
- EAD encoding:
- Marcie Farwell, February 2016
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, February 2016
- Agriculture -- New York (State)
- Allen, Theodore.
- Allen, W. H.
- Barnhardt, Lydia.
- Bernard family.
- Blodgett, Luke.
- Boardman, George.
- Carver family.
- Coventry, George.
- Coventry, John.
- Dakota territory -- Social life and customs.
- Davis, D. Watson.
- Dean, Henry.
- Families -- New York (State)
- Lane, Aaron.
- Montana -- Social life and customs.
- New York (State) -- Religious life and customs.
- Salina and Central Square Plank Road Company (New York State)
- Savannah (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
- Vattemore, Alex.
- Waterloo Woolen Manufacturing Company (Waterloo, N.Y.)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- February 2016
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu