Research Catalog
Alfred Vail's genealogical research papers
- Title
- Alfred Vail's genealogical research papers, ca. 1851-1902.
- Author
- Vail, Alfred, 1807-1859.
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| Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | NYGB Coll 166 Box 1 | Offsite | |
| Box 2 | Mixed material | Supervised use | NYGB Coll 166 Box 2 | Offsite | |
| Box 3 | Mixed material | Supervised use | NYGB Coll 166 Box 3 | Offsite | |
| Box 4 | Mixed material | Supervised use | NYGB Coll 166 Box 4 | Offsite | |
| Box 5 | Mixed material | Supervised use | NYGB Coll 166 Box 5 | Offsite | |
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| Box 7 | Mixed material | Supervised use | NYGB Coll 166 Box 7 | Offsite | |
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| Box 9 | Mixed material | Supervised use | NYGB Coll 166 Box 9 | Offsite | |
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| Box 12 | Mixed material | Supervised use | NYGB Coll 166 Box 12 | Offsite | |
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| Box 19 | Mixed material | Supervised use | NYGB Coll 166 Box 19 | Offsite | |
| Box 20 | Mixed material | Supervised use | NYGB Coll 166 Box 20 | Offsite |
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- Description
- 15.5 linear feet (32 boxes).
- Summary
- Correspondence, research notes and notebooks, and family charts on the Vail family, compiled by Alfred Vail, including questionnaires completed by family members.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Card files.
- Genealogical tables.
- Notebooks.
- Research notes.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Source (note)
- New York Genealogical and Biographical Society;
- Provenance (note)
- Presented to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society by James Cummings Vail for the estate of the compiler in 1892. Index cards contributed by Henry Vail, ca. 1902.
- Contents
- Box 1-11. Correspondence and research notes, bound in 20 v. -- Box 12-14. Correspondence and research notes, unarranged -- Box 15. Loose miscellaneous notes -- Box 16-25. Notebooks -- Box 26-29. Family charts, unarranged -- Box 30-32. Index cards.
- Call Number
- NYGB Coll 166
- OCLC
- 630124448
- Author
- Vail, Alfred, 1807-1859.
- Title
- Alfred Vail's genealogical research papers, ca. 1851-1902.
- Access
- Restricted access; request permission from holding division.
- Biography
- Between 1837 and 1844, inventor Alfred Lewis Vail worked together with Samuel F.B. Morse in the development and spread of the telegraph. In 1848, Vail moved to his home town, Morristown, New Jersey, and spent the last ten years of his life conducting genealogical research.
- Provenance
- Presented to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society by James Cummings Vail for the estate of the compiler in 1892. Index cards contributed by Henry Vail, ca. 1902.
- Source
- Gift; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; 2008.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Vail, Henry Hobart, 1839-1925.New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.
- Research Call Number
- NYGB Coll 166