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W. Ward Smith genealogical research papers

Title: W. Ward Smith genealogical research papers, 1834-1940.
Author: Smith, W. Ward (William Ward), 1893-1968.

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Box 3	Mixed material	Permit needed	MssCol NYGB 18090 Box 3	Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Box 2	Mixed material	Permit needed	MssCol NYGB 18090 Box 2	Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Mixed material	Permit needed	MssCol NYGB 18090 Box 1	Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Folder	Mixed material	Permit needed	MssCol NYGB 18090 Folder	Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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Additional Authors

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Description

1 linear foot (3 boxes, 1 oversized folder).

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Genealogies.
Photographs.

Access (note)

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

Provenance (note)

Gift of William Ward Smith to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Call Number

MssCol NYGB 18090

OCLC

155497457

Author

Smith, W. Ward (William Ward), 1893-1968.

Title

W. Ward Smith genealogical research papers, 1834-1940.

Restricted Access

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

Summary

The W. Ward Smith genealogical research papers contains William Ward Smith's genealogical notes, essays, clippings, charts, correspondence, ca. 1920s-1940s; original family letters and documents; and photographs relating to Smith's genealogical research on the Smith family of New York and New England, including the Smiths of Lyme, Conn., and the related Berrien, Cowenhoven, Eliot, Elwes, Leverich, Mather, Riker, Suydam, Trowbridge, Vandevoort, and Ward families. Notable content includes letters, 1816-1851, of Henry Elwes, a Catholic priest, including letters, 1834-1839, while at the English College, Rome, Italy, to his brother Alfred Elwes, a U.S. Army doctor at Fort Hamilton, Long Island, N.Y. (great-grandfather of W. Ward Smith) concerning family, health, personal, and political matters, as well as Elwes' work and training in the priesthood, and from the 1840s-1850s, when he was at Cossey Hall, Norwich, England, written to other family members. The collection also contain letters, 1886-1910, to Smith's grandfather, Albert Mather Smith, Engineer of Distribution for the Consolidated Gas Company of New York City concerning aspects of the gas, lighting, and power business. Photographs includes images of W. Ward Smith as a child, and his parents, Eliza Palmer Ward Smith, and Charles Albert Smith, in Garrison, N.Y. and elsewhere; also, a carte-de-visite of Captain Albert M. Smith, Baltimore, 1862, and two stereoscopic views, one of men of Co. D, 7th N.Y.N.G. at Camp Cameron, Washington D.C., 1861; and of officers of the 37th N.Y.S.M. at Capt. Albert M. Smith's tent, Camp Belger, Baltimore, Md., 1862.

Provenance

Gift of William Ward Smith to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Source

MSS 2008M27

Occupation

Engineers.

Added Author

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

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