COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Correspondence, letter books, order books, accounts, sales catalogs, and other business records of the Nineveh carriage factory established in 1844 by Joseph W. Hobbs and operated by his two sons, George and Charles; daybook of George W. Hobbs (1908-1909); personal accounts and diaries kept by Joseph W. Hobbs (1875-1903) and George W. Hobbs (1868-1894); papers pertaining to Joseph W. Hobbs' law practice, his local political activities (ca. 1868-1900), and his investments, and to the Hobbs brothers' later activities as area real estate brokers and general insurance agents (ca. 1910-1929); and family correspondence. Other papers consist of records of the Afton School District No. 15 (ca. 1850-1930), the Nineveh Sons of Temperance (ca. 1867), the New York Road Hone Company (ca. 1910-1917), the Susquehanna Valley Telephone Company (ca. 1905-1917); and personal, financial, and business papers of Mrs. S.F. Humphreys, who was associated with the Hobbs brothers in their insurance service and other local enterprises.
Dates
- [ca. 1850-1935]
Creator
- Hobbs family. (Family)
- Humphreys, S. F., Mrs. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
30 cubic feet. (30 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Business records of the Nineveh carriage factory established in 1844 by Joseph W. Hobbs and operated by his two sons, George and Charles; and family correspondence. Other papers consist of records of the Afton School District No. 15, the Nineveh Sons of Temperance, the New York Road Hone Company, the Susquehanna Valley Telephone Company; and personal, financial, and business papers of Mrs. S.F. Humphreys.
Physical Description
Correspondence, organizational records, financial and 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) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- March 2016
- EAD encoding:
- Marcie Farwell, March 2016
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, March 2016
- Accounts.
- Afton School District No. 15 (N.Y.)
- Businessmen.
- Carriage and wagon making -- New York (State) -- Nineveh.
- Daybooks.
- Diaries.
- Hobbs, Charles.
- Hobbs, George W.
- Hobbs, Joseph W.
- Insurance agents.
- Law.
- Lawyers.
- New York Road Hone Company
- Nineveh (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
- Nineveh (N.Y.) -- Politics and government.
- Nineveh Sons of Temperance (N.Y.)
- Real estate agents.
- Real estate business.
- Schools -- New York (State) -- Afton.
- Susquehanna Valley Telephone Company
- Temperance -- Societies, etc.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- March 2016
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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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