COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Correspondence, accounts, deeds, mortgages, tax statements, wills, bonds, stock certificates, bills, receipts, business and legal papers, maps, photographs, and movie films of the Davenport family of Angelica, Allegany County, New York and Bath, Steuben County, and of related Cameron, Waterman, French, and other families. Featured most prominently are Charles and Ira Davenport, and their agent, J. W. Waterman. The collection pertains chiefly to investments... in lands in New York State, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Nebraska, to interests in mining, railway, mercantile, banking, and other business ventures, and to the settlement of family estates. Includes papers of the Davenport Home for Girls (also known as the Davenport Home for Female Orphan Children), Bath, New York, and the Bath Presbyterian Church.
Topics include western and frontier land speculation and investment, family relations, the problems of amassing capital and absentee ownership, banking, land taxation, forestry, and other matters pertaining to land ownership and management.
Dates
- 1800-1941.
Creator
- Davenport family. (Family)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
41.2 cubic feet.
29 volumes.
2 film reels.
3 mapcase folders.
Abstract
The collection pertains chiefly to investments in lands in New York State, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Nebraska, to interests in mining, railway, mercantile, banking, and other business ventures, and to the settlement of family estates.
Physical Description
Correspondence, accounts, deeds, mortgages, tax statements, wills, bonds, stock certificates, bills, receipts, business and legal papers, maps, photographs, and movie films.
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. JacklinB. Shephard
- Date completed:
- March 1961March 1966
- EAD encoding:
- Ann Hubert, March 2004
- Date modified:
- Jude Corina, June 2017
- Account books.
- Administration of estates -- New York (State) -- Allegany County.
- Administration of estates -- New York (State) -- Steuben County.
- Angelica (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions.
- Banks and banking -- New York (State)
- Bath (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions.
- Bath (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- Bath Presbyterian Church (Bath, N.Y.)
- Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- Allegany County.
- Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- Steuben County.
- Cameron family.
- Commerce -- New York (State) -- Allegany County.
- Commerce -- New York (State) -- Steuben County.
- Davenport Home for Female Orphan Children (Bath, N.Y.)
- Davenport Home for Girls (Bath, N.Y.)
- Davenport, Charles.
- Davenport, Ira.
- Deeds.
- Families -- New York (State) -- Allegany County.
- Families -- New York (State) -- Steuben County.
- Forests and forestry -- New York (State) -- Bath.
- French family.
- Maps.
- Mineral industries.
- Mines and mineral resources.
- Mortgages.
- Motion pictures (visual works).
- Orphanages -- New York (State) -- Bath.
- Photographs.
- Railroads -- New York (State)
- Real estate investment -- Illinois.
- Real estate investment -- Iowa.
- Real estate investment -- Kansas.
- Real estate investment -- Michigan.
- Real estate investment -- Minnesota.
- Real estate investment -- Nebraska.
- Real estate investment -- New York (State)
- Real property -- Illinois.
- Real property -- Iowa.
- Real property -- Kansas.
- Real property -- Michigan.
- Real property -- Minnesota.
- Real property -- Nebraska.
- Real property -- New York (State)
- Waterman family.
- Waterman, J. W.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by K. Jacklin, B. Shepard
- Date
- March 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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- Volume: 14 (Mixed Materials)
- mapcase folder: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 21 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 20 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 45 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 44 (Mixed Materials)
- mapcase folder: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- manuscript box: 24 - 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