Research Catalog

Title

Elsie Powell Ingraham family papers, 1810-1962.

Author

Ingraham, Elsie Powell.

Supplementary Content

Collection guide

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Details

Additional Authors

• Brown, Rachel Hopper.
• Powell, Rachel Hopper.
• New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Description

8.65 linear feet (21 boxes)

Summary

The Elsie Powell Ingraham family papers chronicle multiple generations of the Ingraham, Powell, Brown, Hopper, and allied families -- prominent Quakers residing primarily in New York City, Old Chatham, N.Y. and Cambridge, Mass. Although these papers document dozens of individuals, it is Elsie Powell Ingraham, her husband Edward Ingraham, and her sister Rachel Hopper Powell who are significantly represented in the collection. The collection consists of correspondence, family documents and photographs collected by Elsie Powell Ingraham dating from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Subjects

• Diaries
• Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863
• New York (N.Y.) > Religious life and customs
• Colored Orphan Asylum and Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans
• Photographs
• New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs
• Quakers > New York (State)
• Women's Prison Association of New York

Genre/Form

• Diaries.
• Photographs.

Access (note)

• Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Source (note)

• Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society

Provenance (note)

• The Elsie Powell Ingraham Family Papers were presented to the New-York Historical Society by Sarah Huntington following the death of her aunt, Elsie Powell Ingraham. Soon after (in October 1962) and with Huntington's consent, the NYHS donated the collection to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Call Number

MssCol NYGB 18134

OCLC

671402780

Author

Ingraham, Elsie Powell.

Title

Elsie Powell Ingraham family papers, 1810-1962.

Restricted Access

Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Finding Aids

Collection guide available online and in repository.

Provenance

The Elsie Powell Ingraham Family Papers were presented to the New-York Historical Society by Sarah Huntington following the death of her aunt, Elsie Powell Ingraham. Soon after (in October 1962) and with Huntington's consent, the NYHS donated the collection to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Source

Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2008.

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Collection guide

Added Author

Brown, Rachel Hopper.

Powell, Rachel Hopper.

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Research Call Number

MssCol NYGB 18134