Research Catalog
Ford family papers
- Title
- Ford family papers, 1833-1910.
- Author
- Ford family.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Details
- Additional Authors
- Barr, Rosalie Ford, 1859-
- Burnham, Gordon W. (Gordon Webster), 1803-1885.
- Farrer, Annie McClane.
- Ford, Eliza, -approximately 1886.
- Ford, Eliza Burnham, -1834.
- Ford, Gordon Lester, 1823-1891.
- Ford, Henry B.
- Ford, Lester, 1798-1888.
- Ford, Lucy Burnham.
- Ford, Malcolm Webster, 1862-1902.
- Ford, Marcia.
- Ford, William H.
- Fowler, William Chauncey, 1793-1881.
- Fowler, Harriet W.
- Mayo-Smith, Mabel Ford, 1863-
- Turle, Kathleen Ford, 1856-
- Description
- 6 linear feet (14 boxes).
- Summary
- Collection consists of the papers of various members of Gordon Ford's family.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Prints.
- Diaries.
- Photographs.
- Maps.
- Note
- Papers of Gordon L. Ford; his wife, Emily Fowler Ford; and three of his children, Worthington C. Ford, Paul L. Ford, and Emily Ford Skeel are described in separate records for each individual.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Source (note)
- Ford family
- Biography (note)
- Ford family members in this collection are all related to Gordon Lester Ford (1823-1891), businessman, lawyer and collector of Americana.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- MssCol 1039
- OCLC
- NYPW92-A203
- Author
- Ford family.
- Title
- Ford family papers, 1833-1910.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Ford family members in this collection are all related to Gordon Lester Ford (1823-1891), businessman, lawyer and collector of Americana. They include his father, Lester Ford (1798-1888) of Lebanon, Conn.; his mother, Eliza Burnham Ford (d. 1834); his stepmother, Lucy Burnham Ford (cousin of Eliza); and Eliza's brother Gordon Burnham (1803-1885); Gordon Ford's siblings, Marcia, Eliza (d. ca. 1886), William, and Henry B. Ford; and four of his children, Kathleen Ford Turle (b. 1856), Rosalie Ford Barr (b. 1859), Mabel Ford Mayo-Smith (b. 1863), and Malcolm Webster Ford (1862-1902), an amateur athlete in the 1880s. Members of the Fowler family of New England and the Chauncey family of Connecticut were related to the Fords.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Barr, Rosalie Ford, 1859-Burnham, Gordon W. (Gordon Webster), 1803-1885.Farrer, Annie McClane.Ford, Eliza, -approximately 1886.Ford, Eliza Burnham, -1834.Ford, Gordon Lester, 1823-1891.Ford, Henry B.Ford, Lester, 1798-1888.Ford, Lucy Burnham.Ford, Malcolm Webster, 1862-1902.Ford, Marcia.Ford, William H.Fowler, William Chauncey, 1793-1881.Fowler, Harriet W.Mayo-Smith, Mabel Ford, 1863-Turle, Kathleen Ford, 1856-
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 1039