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Lydia Coye Holcomb family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3488

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

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
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

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)