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Clay family genealogical research papers

Title
  1. Clay family genealogical research papers, 1811-1965.
Author
  1. Goodspeed, Edna Clay

Collection information

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Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328. See the finding aid for details.

ContainerBox 3FormatArchival MixAccessPermit neededCall numberMssCol NYGB 18114 Box 3Item locationSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
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Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328. See the finding aid for details.

ContainerBox 2FormatArchival MixAccessPermit neededCall numberMssCol NYGB 18114 Box 2Item locationSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
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Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328. See the finding aid for details.

ContainerBox 1FormatArchival MixAccessPermit neededCall numberMssCol NYGB 18114 Box 1Item locationSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

Details

Additional authors
  1. Hartman, Helen B
  2. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection
Description
  1. 1.5 linear feet (3 boxes).
Summary
  1. The Clay family genealogical research papers consist of genealogical scrapbooks; correspondence of Edna Clay Goodspeed and Helen B. Hartman relating to their genealogical research on the Clay family and related Pennock, Mathewson, Madison, Pontius, Cobean, Hanna, Brinckerhoff, Coe, and Boyd families, with notes and family trees; some personal papers, 1916-1957, of Edna Clay Goodspeed; and the manuscript of Goodspeed's work, Some Ohio Pioneers.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
Subject
  1. Clay family
  2. Coe family
  3. Mathewson family
  4. Pennock family
  5. Ohio -- Genealogy
Genre/Form
  1. Genealogies.
  2. Manuscripts for publication.
  3. Photographs.
  4. Scrapbooks.
Call number
  1. MssCol NYGB 18114
Access (note)
  1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
Biography (note)
  1. Edna Pearl Clay Goodspeed (1884-1963) was an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution who served as a nurse overseas during World War I.
Provenance (note)
  1. Gift of Helen B. Hartman to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1981.
Author
  1. Goodspeed, Edna Clay.
Title
  1. Clay family genealogical research papers, 1811-1965.
Restricted access
  1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
Biography
  1. Edna Pearl Clay Goodspeed (1884-1963) was an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution who served as a nurse overseas during World War I. Her ancestors included Revolutionary War soldiers Charles Mathewson, Capt. Aaron Coe, David Clay and Capt. Samuel Cobean, and tailor Otis Madison, who pioneered a new system for garment measuring and cutting in the early nineteenth century. At the time of Goodspeed's death she was preparing a history of the the Clay family of Ohio and related Pennock, Mathewson, Madison, Pontius and other families, entitled Some Ohio Pioneers. Her writings, notes and research materials were given to genealogist Helen B. (Blanchard) Hartman with whom Goodspeed had been collaborating before her death.
Finding aids
  1. Finding aid available in repository and on internet: http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/rbk/faids/clayfam.pdf
Provenance
  1. Gift of Helen B. Hartman to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1981.
Source
  1. MSS 2008M27
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  1. Finding Aid
Occupation
  1. Genealogists.
Added author
  1. Hartman, Helen B.
  2. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.
Research call number
  1. MssCol NYGB 18114
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