Research Catalog
Cyrus W. Field papers
- Title
- Cyrus W. Field papers, 1831-1905, bulk (1880-1890)
- Author
- Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Details
- Additional Authors
- Atlantic Cable Company.
- Atlantic Telegraph Company.
- Field and Day Company.
- Field and Lindley Company.
- Lapsley, Field and Company.
- Mail and Express Company.
- Manhattan Railway Company.
- Metro Elevated Railroad.
- New York Elevated Railroad.
- New York, New England Railroad Company.
- Newfoundland Land Company.
- New York, Newfoundland & London Telegraph Co.
- Western Union Telegraph Company.
- Description
- 11 linear feet (20 boxes)
- Summary
- Collection contains correspondence, legal and financial documents, estate papers, inventories, notes, maps, photographs, and printed materials that document Field's business activities and estate.
- Subject
- Field, Cyrus W. 1819-1892
- Field family
- André, John, 1751-1780
- Garfield, James A. 1831-1881
- Aqueducts > New York (State)
- Transatlantic cables
- Estates (Law)
- Newspapers > New York (State) > New York
- Railroad companies
- Railroads, Elevated > New York (State) > New York
- Telegraph
- Transportation > United States
- Croton Aqueduct (N.Y.)
- Genre/Form
- Photoprints.
- Maps.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Source (note)
- Lord, Day and Lord (H. deForest Baldwin)
- Biography (note)
- Cyrus West Field (1819-1892) was a merchant and capitalist who promoted the laying of the first Atlantic cable linking the U.S. with Europe. He formed a company to build cable communications between Newfoundland and Ireland, helped establish elevated trains in New York City, and participated in the development of the Wabash Railroad. Other business ventures included ownership of a New York newspaper, the Mail and Express.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 993
- OCLC
- NYPW92-A191
- Author
- Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892.
- Title
- Cyrus W. Field papers, 1831-1905, bulk (1880-1890)
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Cyrus West Field (1819-1892) was a merchant and capitalist who promoted the laying of the first Atlantic cable linking the U.S. with Europe. He formed a company to build cable communications between Newfoundland and Ireland, helped establish elevated trains in New York City, and participated in the development of the Wabash Railroad. Other business ventures included ownership of a New York newspaper, the Mail and Express.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Capitalists and financiers.Merchants.
- Added Author
- Atlantic Cable Company.Atlantic Telegraph Company.Field and Day Company.Field and Lindley Company.Lapsley, Field and Company.Mail and Express Company.Manhattan Railway Company.Metro Elevated Railroad.New York Elevated Railroad.New York, New England Railroad Company.Newfoundland Land Company.New York, Newfoundland & London Telegraph Co.Western Union Telegraph Company.
- LCCN
- ms 76001509
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 993