Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Barr, Rosalie Ford, 1859-
2. Burnham, Gordon W. (Gordon Webster), 1803-1885
3. Farrer, Annie McClane
4. Ford, Eliza, -approximately 1886
5. Ford, Eliza Burnham, -1834
6. Ford, Gordon Lester, 1823-1891
7. Ford, Henry B.
8. Ford, Lester, 1798-1888
9. Ford, Lucy Burnham
10. Ford, Malcolm Webster, 1862-1902
11. Ford, Marcia
12. Ford, William H.
13. Fowler, William Chauncey, 1793-1881
14. Fowler, Harriet W.
15. Mayo-Smith, Mabel Ford, 1863-
16. Turle, Kathleen Ford, 1856-

Description

1. 6 linear feet (14 boxes).

Summary

1. Collection consists of the papers of various members of Gordon Ford's family.

Subject

1. Maps
2. Photographs
3. Diaries
4. Prints
5. Connecticut > Social life and customs
6. Athletics > United States
7. Family records
8. Chauncey family
9. Fowler family
10. Burnham family
11. Ford family

Genre/Form

1. Prints.
2. Diaries.
3. Photographs.
4. Maps.

Call number

1. MssCol 1039

Note

1. 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)

1. Restricted access;

Source (note)

1. Ford family

Biography (note)

1. Ford family members in this collection are all related to Gordon Lester Ford (1823-1891), businessman, lawyer and collector of Americana.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged
2. Cataloging updated

Author

1. Ford family.

Title

1. Ford family papers, 1833-1910.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. 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

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Barr, Rosalie Ford, 1859-
2. Burnham, Gordon W. (Gordon Webster), 1803-1885.
3. Farrer, Annie McClane.
4. Ford, Eliza, -approximately 1886.
5. Ford, Eliza Burnham, -1834.
6. Ford, Gordon Lester, 1823-1891.
7. Ford, Henry B.
8. Ford, Lester, 1798-1888.
9. Ford, Lucy Burnham.
10. Ford, Malcolm Webster, 1862-1902.
11. Ford, Marcia.
12. Ford, William H.
13. Fowler, William Chauncey, 1793-1881.
14. Fowler, Harriet W.
15. Mayo-Smith, Mabel Ford, 1863-
16. Turle, Kathleen Ford, 1856-

Research call number

1. MssCol 1039