Robertson family papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 852

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence and other papers of the Robertson family of Washington County, New York, and several other related families, dealing mostly with family matters and the migration westward of family members to Ohio, Missouri, Minnesota, and California. The papers of Smith Robertson consist of his letters written while a student at Union College (Schenectady, New York) and as superintendent of Common Schools in Tompkins County; also as a medical student at Geneva Medical College, at Yale University, and while traveling to Washington, D.C. Chief subjects include education, medicine, travel, and personal affairs. Correspondents include Horace Mann, Henry Barnard, and Douglass Boardman; he also describes meeting John Quincy Adams. Also, a painting by F. E. Robertson (brother of Mary "Grandma" Moses). Robertson family genealogy, including data on George Robertson (born in Scotland and lived in Dryden, New York); Smith Robertson, Hiram Robertson (husband of Mary Cornell); also material on related families, including Bishop, Brown, Houtz, King, Snyder, Teeter, and Wood.

Dates

1820-1907.

Creator

Robertson family. (Family)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

.5 cubic feet.

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence and other papers of the Robertson family of Washington County, New York, and several other related families. The papers of Smith Robertson consist of his letters written while a student at Union College (Schenectady, New York) and as superintendent of Common Schools in Tompkins County; also as a medical student at Geneva Medical College, at Yale University, and while traveling to Washington, D.C.; a painting by F. E. Robertson (brother of Mary "Grandma" Moses). Robertson family genealogy; also material on related families, including Bishop, Brown, Houtz, King, Snyder, Teeter, and Wood.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Correspondence Collection #243, Box 1: Folders 1-12

September 1840 - December 1841 January- October 1842 January 29 - October 7, 1843 January 9 - April 16, 1844 May 27 - December 31, 1844 January 10 - July 18, 1845 August 11 - November 13, 1845 January 27 - July 28, 1846 August 12 - October 26, 1846 February 19 - October 14, 1847 January 16, 1848 - June 30, 1852 Undated

Series II. Miscellaneous Letters and Receipts (not involving SR) 1821 - 1850 Collection #243, Box 1: Folder 13

Series III. Miscellaneous Madison and Chenango County School District Records Collection #243, Box 1: Folder 14

RELATED MATERIALS

Includes collections #184, #243, #908, and #852. Guide was originally created for collection #243

Physical Description

Letters, school records, painting.

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:: K.J. Ginage
Date completed:: December, 1970
EAD encoding:: Peter Martinez, January 2003
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, November 2015