Research Catalog
Slocum family genealogical research papers
- Title
- Slocum family genealogical research papers, 1839-1848, (bulk 1898-1967).
- Author
- Slocum, Margaret R.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | box 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol NYGB 18265 box 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.
- Description
- .42 linear foot (1 box).
- Summary
- The Slocum family genealogical research papers, compiled by Margaret R. Slocum, include family papers and genealogical research files. The family papers include correspondence belonging to Margaret's grandmother, Laura Dean, and to her great-uncle, John Atticus Robertson. Genealogical research material includes correspondence relating to genealogical and estate matters, news clippings, and other ephemera documenting John Atticus Robertson, and the Lawrence, Lefferts, Meserole, Greene, Marshall, Brinkerhoff, and Schenk families of Brooklyn and Dutchess County, New York. Of note is correspondence with the National Portrait Gallery regarding family portraits painted by Daniel Huntington, as well as an 1887 letter to Mary Robertson from Huntington with instructions on how to clean the portraits; and correspondence with various institutions relating to the provenance of an antique spoon belonging to the Schenk family.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Genealogies.
- Photographs.
- Access (note)
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Source (note)
- Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.
- Provenance (note)
- Presented to the New York Biographical & Genealogical Society by John D. Slocum.
- Call Number
- MssCol NYGB 18265
- OCLC
- 664272590
- Author
- Slocum, Margaret R.
- Title
- Slocum family genealogical research papers, 1839-1848, (bulk 1898-1967).
- Restricted Access
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- Peter Teunis Schenck receipt book; Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.
- Provenance
- Presented to the New York Biographical & Genealogical Society by John D. Slocum.
- Source
- Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2008.
- Added Author
- New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol NYGB 18265