Lake Mohonk Mountain House records

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Identifier: 2835

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Letters and letterbooks, including house correspondence, Smiley and Benjamin S. Helmer correspondence; bills and bank statements; employee time books and payrolls; insurance policies; guest accounts and ledgers. Also includes records and accounts concerning provisions and maintenance, workman's compensation and unemployment, the golf course and tennis courts, dining room, laundry, and power house. Also, Brook Farm and Spring Farm cattle and milk production records, guest records and correspondence.

Dates

1870-1968.

Creator

Lake Mohonk Mountain House (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Lake Mohonk Mountain House is a resort hotel in the Shawangunk Mountains near New Paltz, New York, owned and operated by the Smileys, a Quaker family. Albert Smiley bought a tavern near Lake Mohonk and 280 acres, including the lake, in 1869.

Extent

80.0 cubic feet. (80.0 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Records of Lake Mohonk Mountain House, a resort hotel in the Shawangunk Mountains near New Paltz, New York, owned and operated by the Smileys, a Quaker family. Albert Smiley bought a tavern near Lake Mohonk and 280 acres, including the lake, in 1869.

Physical Description

Correspondence, bills, bank statements, payroll records, insurance politices, guest accounts, ledgers, farm records, and other 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) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
EAD encoding:: Martin Heggestad, January 2004
Date modified:: RMC Staff, October 2012