Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Crane, Alexander Baxter, 1833-1930.
2. Crane, Laura Mitchell, 1833-approximately 1920.
3. Crane, Elizabeth Green.
4. Marsh, Aurelia Blair.
5. Crane, Helen Cornelia.
6. Crane, Laura Vernon, 1873-approximately 1960.
7. Crane, Alexander Mitchell, 1871-1936?
8. Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882.
9. Marsh, Caroline Crane.

Description

1. 8.7 linear feet (19 boxes, 6 v.)

Summary

1. Collection consists of correspondence, journals, military records, legal papers, accounts, writings, photographs, and printed matter.

Subject

1. Diaries
2. Photographs
3. New York (State) > Commerce
4. Diplomatic and consular service, American > Italy
5. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives
6. New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions
7. Social service > New York (State) > New York
8. Mitchell family
9. Green family
10. Crane family

Genre/Form

1. Photographs.
2. Diaries.

Call number

1. MssCol 687

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Additional formats (note)

1. available on microfilm;

Source (note)

1. Burgess, Mrs. Thomas F.

Biography (note)

1. Members of the Crane family included Colonel Alexander Baxter Crane (1833-1930), soldier, lawyer and businessman of Indiana and New York; his wife, Laura Mitchell Crane; and their children, Elizabeth, Caroline, Helen, Aurelia, Laura, and Alexander. Colonel Crane served in the U.S. Army during the Civil War, had a prominent law practice in New York City, and was active in Westchester County, N.Y., affairs.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Cataloging updated

Author

1. Crane family.

Title

1. Crane family papers, 1819-1944, bulk (1860-1900).

Restricted access

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

Additional formats

1. Miscellaneous papers and genealogical materials available on microfilm; New York Public Library.

Biography

1. Members of the Crane family included Colonel Alexander Baxter Crane (1833-1930), soldier, lawyer and businessman of Indiana and New York; his wife, Laura Mitchell Crane; and their children, Elizabeth, Caroline, Helen, Aurelia, Laura, and Alexander. Colonel Crane served in the U.S. Army during the Civil War, had a prominent law practice in New York City, and was active in Westchester County, N.Y., affairs.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Crane, Alexander Baxter, 1833-1930.
2. Crane, Laura Mitchell, 1833-approximately 1920.
3. Crane, Elizabeth Green.
4. Marsh, Aurelia Blair.
5. Crane, Helen Cornelia.
6. Crane, Laura Vernon, 1873-approximately 1960.
7. Crane, Alexander Mitchell, 1871-1936?
8. Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882.
9. Marsh, Caroline Crane.

LCCN

1. ms 68001136

Research call number

1. MssCol 687