Abstract
Collection includes diaries, 1850-71; scrapbook about Cyrus Garnsey III and World War I, compiled by his father, Cyrus Garnsey Jr.; letters to Cyrus Garnsey and Mercy Harris Garnsey from Ira Harris, 1847-70; personal letters, clippings, and telegrams, 1917-51, collected by Cyrus Garnsey Jr. about his work with the United States Fuel Administration; estate and financial papers relating to Cyrus Garnsey Jr., Mary Woolsey Pettis and other Garnsey family members, primarily concerning Lakeholme, the Garnsey family home in Seneca Falls, N.Y.; letters, notes, clippings, and research materials about the Sullivan Expedition, historical markers, the Johnston Farm, the Montezuma Marsh bird refuge, Luke Swetland, Judge William I.Grubb, and other interests of Cyrus Garnsey Jr.; also a family history by Elizabeth Pettis Lamb, 1984; and letters relating to the Iroquois turtle shell rattle from Chief Jesse Lyons, Chief of the Onondagas. Maps and letters relating to Cayuga Lake Park; early material relating to Cyrus Garnsey's attending Brown University and his obituaries; Croix de Guerre and memorial certificate for Cyrus Garnsey III, who died in World War I; and letters and pictures relating to Cyrus Garnsey, Jr. and his resemblance to Robert E. Lee.
Dates
- 1847-1993.
Creator
- Garnsey family. (Family)
- Lamb, Elizabeth Pettis. (Title of work: Addition to the Garnsey family history..) (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
1.9 cubic feet. (1.9 cubic feet.)
Physical Description
Diaries, a scrapbook, correspondence, estate and financial papers, a family history, research materials, and other 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) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, January 2004
- Date modified:
- Jude Corina, August 2013
- Agriculture.
- Cayuga Lake Park.
- Diaries.
- Families -- New York (State) -- Seneca Falls.
- Garnsey family.
- Garnsey, Cyrus, III.
- Garnsey, Cyrus, Jr.
- Garnsey, Cyrus.
- Harris, Ira.
- Lamb, Elizabeth Pettis.
- Lyons, Jesse.
- Pettis, Mary Woolsey.
- Seneca County (N.Y.) -- History.
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns and battles.
- United States. Fuel Administration
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- January 2004
- 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