COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Papers of the Treman family of Tompkins County, New York, contain business and family material, including correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, and printed matter of Elias Treman and his wife Elizabeth Lovejoy Treman, Robert H. Treman, Charles E. Treman, Robert E. Treman, and Allan H. Treman. Papers of Robert H. (Cornell University Class of 1878) and Robert E. (Cornell University Class of 1909) Treman concerning Cornell, collected during their years as University Trustees, 1891-1953; also, Class of 1878 programs, correspondence, and other items. Account books of Treman Brothers Hardware, Trumansburg, 1838-1839, and miscellaneous business papers of Treman and King Hardware, Ithaca, 1845-1900; Renney family material, 1855-1869; Ithaca, New York memorabilia; Tornado Hook and Ladder Company items; diaries and scrapbooks of travel in Europe, the Middle East, and the United States; Presbyterian Church material; and Ithaca architect William Henry Miller's blueprints and specifications, ca. 1901, for the residence of Robert H. Treman.
Charles E. Treman Papers, 1910-1930 consist of two scrapbooks (July 1910-December 1911) containing clippings, photographs, and other items pertaining to his work as New York State Superintendent of Public Works (1911); also correspondence in the scrapbooks and additional loose correspondence (1911-1918) including letters from New York State Attorney General Thomas Carmody, Governor John Alden Dix, Alton Brooks Parker, Horace White, and other political figures, two letters from Andrew Dickson White, blaming poor health for his inability to attend a testimonial dinner for Treman and praising Treman for his work as Superintendent of Public Works (Jan. 12, 1912), and contaning a discussion of a photograph of himself which White sent to Treman (April 11, 1914), and a letter from Liberty Hyde Bailey (June 5, 1914) complimenting Treman for the way he handled the College of Agriculture appropriations for 1914.
Scrapbooks on the Cornell War Memorial project.
Dates
- 1838-1954.
Creator
- Treman family. (Family)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
19.3 cubic feet. (19.3 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Papers contain business and family material, including correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, and printed matter relating to various members of the Treman family of Tompkins County, New York.
Physical Description
Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks and printed 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:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- 2007
- EAD encoding:
- Evan Fay Earle, April 2007
- Last modified:
- Marcie Farwell, March 2016
NOTES
Includes collection #2582, formerly the Charles E. Treman papers.
- Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.
- Blueprints.
- Carmody, Thomas, 1859-1922.
- Cornell University. Class of 1878
- Diaries.
- Dix, John A. (John Alden), 1859-1928.
- Europe -- Description and travel.
- Fire departments -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
- Hardware stores.
- Ithaca (N.Y.)
- Middle East -- Description and travel.
- Miller, William Henry, 1848-1922.
- Parker, Alton B. (Alton Brooks), 1852-1926.
- Photographic prints.
- Presbyterians -- New York (State)
- Public works -- New York (State)
- Renney family.
- Scrapbooks.
- Specifications.
- Tornado Hook and Ladder Company No. 3 (Ithaca, N.Y.)
- Treman Brothers Hardware
- Treman and King Hardware
- Treman, Allan H., 1899-1975.
- Treman, Charles E., 1868-
- Treman, Elias, 1822-1898.
- Treman, Elizabeth Lovejoy.
- Treman, Robert E. (Robert Elias), 1888-1953.
- Treman, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1858-1937.
- Trumansburg (N.Y.)
- United States -- Description and travel.
- White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918.
- White, Horace, 1865-1943.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- April 2007
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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- manuscript box: 12 - folder 1 (Mixed Materials)
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