Lydia Coye Holcomb family papers
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Family news and details of their health, economic and social status, and migrations are discussed in letters to Lydia Lavern Brown Coye Holcomb and to her son, Elmer N. Coye, in Ontario County, New York, from Alice Sabina Brown Morgan, Sarah Ann Brown Olmstead, and Vesta A. Olmstead, California; Hersalora Catherine Brown Stephenson, Illinois; Juliet A. Brown, Sanford Brown, Sarah A. Brown, and Emma A. Brown, Hungerford, Iowa; Avery Brown, Elmera Brown Dickinson and Maryett Brown Matteson, Kansas; Otis Gilbert Brown, South Dakota; Amelia Brown, Byron Brown, and Carrie A. Brown, Wisconsin; and L. DeWitt Brown and S. Alcesta Easton. Also includes later correspondence among the following Coye and Holcomb family members: Mrs. Herbert Coye, William Coye, Winifred Coye, Adelbert Holcomb, Alice Roderick Holcomb, Elva Wilson, and Howard Wilson; business correspondence relating to the Holcomb & Coye farm and apiary; Nathan H. Coye's account books (1845-1859); Avery Brown's letter journals sent from Wisconsin to his family in Ontario County (1854); Lydia Coye Holcomb's diaries (1867, 1883, 1888-1896); Elmer N. Coye's diaries (1869, 1890); newspaper clippings (in part, photocopies); Brown family genealogical register; Coye family ledger, 1796-1849; and material related to the Wilson family, 1909-1959.
Dates
- 1796-1959.
Creator
- Holcomb, Lydia Coye. (Family)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
.9 cubic feet. (.9 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Correspondence, diaries, and other papers of the Holcomb family.
Physical Description
Correspondence, diaries, newspaper clippings, a genealogical register, a family ledger, and other material.
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:
- M.E. Warren
- Date completed:
- 1987
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, May 2003
- Date modified:
- Jude Corina, December 2013
- Abell, Alice Holcomb.
- Agriculture.
- Brown family.
- Brown, Amelia.
- Brown, Avery.
- Brown, Byron.
- Brown, Carrie A.
- Brown, Emma A.
- Brown, Juliet A.
- Brown, L. DeWitt.
- Brown, Lydia Laverna.
- Brown, Otis Gilbert.
- Brown, Sanford.
- Brown, Sarah A.
- Coye family.
- Coye, Elmer N.
- Coye, Elmer N.
- Coye, Lydia.
- Coye, Mrs. Herbert.
- Coye, Nathan H.
- Coye, William.
- Coye, Winifred.
- Dickinson, Elmera Brown.
- Easton, S. Alcesta.
- Holcomb & Coye Farm
- Holcomb family.
- Holcomb, Adelbert.
- Holcomb, Ida.
- Holcomb, James.
- Holcomb, L. Laverna.
- Matteson, Maryett Brown.
- Morgan, Alice Sabina Brown.
- Olmstead, Sarah Ann Brown.
- Olmstead, Vesta A.
- Ontario County (N.Y.)
- Stephenson, Hersalora Catherine Brown.
- Wilson family.
- Wilson, Elva.
- Wilson, Howard.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by M.E. Warren
- Date
- May 2003
- 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