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Bigelow family papers

Title
Bigelow family papers, ca. 1843-1950, bulk (1870-1920).
Author
Bigelow family.
Supplementary Content
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Additional Authors
  • Bigelow, John, 1817-1911.
  • Bigelow, Jane Poultney.
  • Bigelow, Grace, 1852-1932.
  • Bigelow, John, 1854-1936.
  • Bigelow, Poultney, 1855-1954.
  • Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.
  • Bunau-Varilla, Philippe, 1859-1940.
  • Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
  • Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888.
  • Conrad, Charlotte Kenner Harding, 1890-
  • Conrad, Bryan.
  • Dodge, Lucy Bigelow.
  • Eristoff, Anne Tracy.
  • Etzel, Walter von, -1893.
  • Guest, Flora Bigelow, 1869-1964.
  • Harding, Annie Bigelow, -1923.
  • Keep, Robert Porter, 1844-1904.
  • Kellogg, MacIntosh.
  • Tracy, Jenny Bigelow.
Description
62 linear feet (111 boxes).
Summary
Papers consist of personal and family correspondence, diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed matter documenting the activities, mainly on the distaff side, of the family of John Bigelow.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Diaries.
  • Photographs.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Source (note)
  • Conrad, Bryan
Biography (note)
  • Bigelow family consists of the relatives of John Bigelow (1817-1911), author, editor and diplomat. They include his wife, Jane Poultney; daughters, Annie (Mrs. Butler Kenner Harding) and Grace; sons, John and Poultney; granddaughter, Charlotte Kenner Harding (Mrs. Bryan Conrad); and other children and grandchildren. The family had residences at Highland Falls, New York, and Gramercy Park in New York City and was one of New York's socially prominent families in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Linking Entry (note)
  • John Bigelow papers and Poultney Bigelow papers are described in separate records.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged
Call Number
MssCol 299
OCLC
NYPW92-A178
Author
Bigelow family.
Title
Bigelow family papers, ca. 1843-1950, bulk (1870-1920).
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Linking Entry
John Bigelow papers and Poultney Bigelow papers are described in separate records.
Biography
Bigelow family consists of the relatives of John Bigelow (1817-1911), author, editor and diplomat. They include his wife, Jane Poultney; daughters, Annie (Mrs. Butler Kenner Harding) and Grace; sons, John and Poultney; granddaughter, Charlotte Kenner Harding (Mrs. Bryan Conrad); and other children and grandchildren. The family had residences at Highland Falls, New York, and Gramercy Park in New York City and was one of New York's socially prominent families in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Finding Aids
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Added Author
Bigelow, John, 1817-1911.
Bigelow, Jane Poultney.
Bigelow, Grace, 1852-1932.
Bigelow, John, 1854-1936.
Bigelow, Poultney, 1855-1954.
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.
Bunau-Varilla, Philippe, 1859-1940.
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888.
Conrad, Charlotte Kenner Harding, 1890-
Conrad, Bryan.
Dodge, Lucy Bigelow.
Eristoff, Anne Tracy.
Etzel, Walter von, -1893.
Guest, Flora Bigelow, 1869-1964.
Harding, Annie Bigelow, -1923.
Keep, Robert Porter, 1844-1904.
Kellogg, MacIntosh.
Tracy, Jenny Bigelow.
Research Call Number
MssCol 299
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