Van Santvoord and Olcott family papers
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Miscellaneous business, financial, and legal records of Alfred Van Santvoord; his wife, Anna Van Santvoord; Mrs. Van Santvoord's maternal grandparents, Jacob and Anna Lansing; her father, Absalom Townsend; the Van Sanvoord's son-in-law, Eben Erskine Olcott; their great-grandson, Alfred Van Sanvoord Olcott. The papers of the Lansings include deeds to property in Montgomery County and court briefs (ca. 1819-1829); the Van Santvoord and Olcott records include administrative, fiscal, and legal papers and photographs relating to Alfred Van Sanvoord's investments in the Hudson River Line and several railroads in eastern New York.
Dates
- 1802-1954.
Creator
- Van Santvoord family. (Family)
- Olcott family. (Family)
- Van Santvoord family. (Family)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
2 cubic feet. (2 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Miscellaneous business, financial, and legal records of Alfred Van Santvoord, his family (and in-laws), Jacob and Anna Lansing; her father, Absalom Townsend.
Physical Description
Photographs, legal and 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) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- February 2016
- EAD encoding:
- Marcie Farwell, February 2016
- Date modified:
- Marcie Farwell, February 2016
- Families -- New York (State).
- Family farms -- New York (State).
- Hudson River Line
- Lansing, Anna.
- Lansing, Jacob.
- New York (State) -- Genealogy.
- New York (State) -- Gentry.
- Olcott family.
- Olcott, Alfred Van Santvoord.
- Olcott, Eben Erskine.
- Photographs.
- Railroads -- New York (State).
- Real property -- New York (State) -- Montgomery County.
- Townsend, Absalom.
- Van Santvoord family.
- Van Santvoord, Albert.
- Van Santvoord, Anna.
- 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