COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Discharge and other papers of James Hann Campbell of the 50th Pennsylvania Volunteers; deeds for land in Fox Township, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania, 1866-1912; historical data on Shunk and Clairton, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, by H. E. Campbell; family letters, 1904-09; photographs of Campbell, Ferguson, Hoagland, and Wilcox families in Allegheny, Bradford, and Sullivan Counties in Pennsylvania, and Delaware and Yates Counties in New York; copies of surrogate's records and documents, 1790, on estates of Anthony McMillen, a sea captain, and his wife. Also, a family album and many loose photographs mostly of family, some of lumbering at Shunk; clippings, pamphlets, and over 1000 postcards.
Dates
- 1790-1964,-1849-1964 (bulk)
Creator
- Campbell, Harry Earle (Collector, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
4.2 cubic feet. (4.2 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Discharge and other papers of James Hann Campbell of the 50th Pennsylvania Volunteers; deeds for land in Fox Township, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania, 1866-1912; historical data on Shunk and Clairton, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, by H. E. Campbell; family letters, 1904-09; photographs of Campbell, Ferguson, Hoagland, and Wilcox families in Allegheny, Bradford, and Sullivan Counties in Pennsylvania, and Delaware and Yates Counties in New York; copies of surrogate's records and documents, 1790, on estates of Anthony McMillen, a sea captain, and his wife. Also, a family album and many loose photographs mostly of family, some of lumbering at Shunk; clippings, pamphlets, and over 1000 postcards.
Physical Description
Legal Documents, Correspondence, Photographs, Financial Records.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Nancy Dean
- Date completed:
- August 1978
- EAD encoding:
- Dan Sterner
- Albums.
- Allegheny County (Pa.)
- Campbell family.
- Campbell, James Hann.
- Clairton (Pa.)
- Deeds.
- Ferguson family.
- Hoagland family.
- Lumbering.
- McMillen, Anthony.
- Photographs.
- Postcards.
- Real property, Exchange of.
- Shunk (Pa.)
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States. Army. Pennsylvania Volunteers, 50th
- Wilcox family.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Nancy Dean
- Date
- September 2006
- 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