Standish Backus family papers
- Title
- Standish Backus family papers, 1800-1942.
- Supplementary content
- Author
Items in the library and off-site
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328. See the finding aid for details. | Containerv. 5 | FormatMixed material | AccessBy appointment only | Call numberMssCol NYGB 18073 v. 5 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
| Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328. See the finding aid for details. | Containerv. 4 | FormatMixed material | AccessBy appointment only | Call numberMssCol NYGB 18073 v. 4 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
| Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328. See the finding aid for details. | Containerv. 3 | FormatMixed material | AccessBy appointment only | Call numberMssCol NYGB 18073 v. 3 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
| Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328. See the finding aid for details. | Containerv. 2 | FormatMixed material | AccessBy appointment only | Call numberMssCol NYGB 18073 v. 2 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
| Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328. See the finding aid for details. | Containerv. 1 | FormatMixed material | AccessBy appointment only | Call numberMssCol NYGB 18073 v. 1 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
| Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328. See the finding aid for details. | ContainerBox 1 | FormatMixed material | AccessBy appointment only | Call numberMssCol NYGB 18073 Box 1 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 1.08 linear feet (1 box, 5 volumes).
- Summary
- The Standish Backus family papers consist of correspondence concerning his genealogical research on the Standish, Backus, Boyer, and other families as well as the data and family documents he assembled including letters, deeds, printed ephemera, photograph albums, ancestral charts, and family crests.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Diaries.
- Ephemera.
- Genealogies.
- Photographs.
- Photograph albums.
- Call number
- MssCol NYGB 18073
- Access (note)
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Biography (note)
- Standish Backus (1875-1943) was a corporate lawyer and president of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company from 1920-1943.
- Provenance (note)
- This collection was originally donated to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society by Virginia Vanocur, daughter of Standish Backus, in 1994.
- Author
- Backus, Standish, 1875-1943.
- Title
- Standish Backus family papers, 1800-1942.
- Restricted access
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Provenance
- This collection was originally donated to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society by Virginia Vanocur, daughter of Standish Backus, in 1994.
- Biography
- Standish Backus (1875-1943) was a corporate lawyer and president of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company from 1920-1943.
- Finding aids
- Finding aid available in repository and on internet: http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/rbk/faids/backuss.pdf
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Backus, Charles Kellogg, 1843-1894.
- Standish, John Dana, 1817-1884.
- New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.
- Research call number
- MssCol NYGB 18073