COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Schickel family papers include correspondence, applications, a housing survey, inquiries and replies, licences, patents, financial records, payroll, blueprints, drawings, specifications, advertisements, brochures, trade catalogs, contracts, orders, political letters, progress reports, and other records pertaining to the business interests of Norbert H. Schickel, Sr., particularly relating to his involvement in Ithaca, New York housing and real estate development, engineering, investments, and the family owned motorcycle manufacturing company, Schickel Motor Co. Personal papers include bills, a broadside, theses, correspondence, income tax and insurance records, maps, notes, diaries, legal papers, and photographs of the Schickel family.
Among the persons represented are Assemblyman Ray Ashbery, Charles H. Blood, Professor Alan Bloomberg, Dale Carnegie, Leigh M. Champaign, D. Boardman Lee, Rocco P. Lucente, Robert V. Morse, Gerald P. Schickel, Norbert H. Schickel, Jr., Ruth M. Schickel, William Schickel, and Allan H. Treman. Also reprsented are the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Catholic Youth Organization; Chemung Valley Home Builders Association; Cornell University; Corning Glass Works; Fairview Manor; Federal Housing Administration; General Electric; Grange League Federation coop; H. A. Carey Co., Inc.; Immaculate Conception Church; various City of Ithaca offices, including the Planning Board and the Real Estate Board; Ithaca Chamber of Commerce; Ithaca Journal; Montgomery Ward; National Association of Home Builders; New York State Home Builders Association; United States Departments of Commerce and Patents; and other organizations involved in manufacturing, engineering, banking, insurance, real estate, and housing.
Also, "Schickel Family Memoirs," by Agnes Schickel Anderson, 1987, including photographs and copies of letters; "A Pictorial Narrative of the Schickel Motocycles, 1907-1924," by Kenneth E. Anderson, 1989; and "Schickel Family Genealogy Recordkeeper," compiled by Agnes Schickel Anderson, 1990.
Dates
- 1905-1965.
Creator
- Schickel family. (Family)
- Anderson, Agnes Schickel. (Person)
- Anderson, Kenneth E. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
15.1 cubic feet. (15.1 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Schickel family papers include correspondence, applications, a housing survey, inquiries and replies, licences, patents, financial records, payroll, blueprints, drawings, specifications, advertisements, brochures, trade catalogs, contracts, orders, political letters, progress reports, and other records pertaining to the business interests of Norbert H. Schickel, Sr., particularly relating to his involvement in Ithaca, New York housing and real estate development, engineering, investments, and the family owned motorcycle manufacturing company, Schickel Motor Co. Personal papers include bills, a broadside, theses, correspondence, income tax and insurance records, maps, notes, diaries, legal papers, and photographs of the Schickel family.
Physical Description
Financial Records, Manuscripts, Correspondence, Legal Documents
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:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- August 2006
- EAD encoding:
- Peter M. Martinez, August 2006
- Date modified:
- Jude Corina, September 2018
- Accounts.
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Ashbery, Ray Stevens, 1902-1974.
- Blood, Charles Hazen, 1866-1938.
- Bloomberg, Alan.
- Blueprints.
- Carnegie, Dale, 1888-1955.
- Catholic Youth Organization
- Chamber of Commerce (Ithaca, N.Y.)
- Champaign, Leigh M.
- Chemung Valley Home Builders Association
- Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange
- Corning Glass Works
- Diaries.
- Engineering.
- Fairview Manor
- General Electric Company
- H.A. Carey Company
- Housing surveys.
- Housing.
- Immaculate Conception Church (Ithaca, N.Y.)
- Ithaca (N.Y.)
- Ithaca (N.Y.). City Planning Board
- Ithaca (N.Y.). Real Estate Board
- Ithaca Journal.
- Lee, Douglass Boardman.
- Lucente, Rocco P.
- Mechanical engineering.
- Montgomery Ward
- Morse, Robert V., 1888-1966.
- Motorcycles.
- Motors.
- National Association of Home Builders (U.S.)
- New York State Home Builders Association
- Patents.
- Photographs.
- Schickel Motor Company
- Schickel, Gerald.
- Schickel, Norbert H., 1886-1960.
- Schickel, Norbert H., Jr.
- Schickel, Ruth M.
- Schickel, William.
- Treman, Allan H., 1899-1975.
- United States. Department of Commerce
- United States. Federal Housing Administration
- United States. Patent Office
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- August 2006
- 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