Parkhurst and McMaster family papers
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Included are legal files of Bath, New York, attorneys Guy Humphreys McMaster and his son-in-law, John Foster Parkhurst, which contain briefs, summonses, court orders, correspondence, memoranda, accounts, opinions, notebooks, and other papers, ca. 1850-1900. Also, deeds and related documents concerning land in Steuben County; legal papers of David McMaster; accounts of Dr. Andrew Baker, ca. 1828; family and personal letters; a clipping scrapbook; manuscript poetry of the McMaster family; and photographs, broadsides, pamphlets, maps, and local historical and genealogical materials.
Papers relating to the practice of Guy M. McMaster (Steuben County Judge) and his partner, J. F. Parkhurst; contains material pertaining to history of Steuben and neighboring counties, papers on the organization of the Urbana Wine Company (1867-1882), the development of the First National Bank of Bath, the New York Lackawanna and Western Railroad, the Portage Creek and Rich Valley Railroad, and lumbering interests in the vicinity.
Dates
- [ca. 1800-1940]
Creator
- Parkhurst and McMaster family. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
13.6 cubic feet. (13.6 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Included are legal files of Bath, New York, attorneys Guy Humphreys McMaster and John Foster Parkhurst. Also, deeds and related documents concerning land in Steuben County; legal papers of David McMaster; accounts of Dr. Andrew Baker; family and personal letters; a clipping scrapbook; manuscript poetry of the McMaster family; and photographs, broadsides, pamphlets, maps, and local historical and genealogical materials.
Physical Description
Correspondence, legal and financial documents, scrapbook, manuscript, photographs, and printed materials.
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:
- March 2016
- EAD encoding:
- Marcie Farwell, March 2016
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, March 2016
NOTES
Part of the Eastern Wine and Grape Archive. (EWGA)
- Baker, Andrew.
- Broadsides.
- Families -- New York (State) -- Steuben County.
- First National Bank of Bath
- Genealogies.
- Law -- New York (State) -- Bath.
- Lawyers.
- Lumber trade -- New York (State) -- Steuben County.
- Maps.
- McMaster, D. (David), 1804-1888.
- McMaster, Guy H. (Guy Humphrey), 1829-1887.
- New York Lackawanna and Western Railroad
- Parkhurst, John Foster, 1843-1906.
- Photographs.
- Poems.
- Real property, Exchange of -- New York (State) -- Steuben County.
- Rich Valley Railroad
- Steuben County (N.Y.) -- History, Local.
- Urbana Wine Company
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- March 2016
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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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