Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Stokes, Helen Phelps.
2. Stokes, William E. D.
3. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Description

1. 5.88 linear feet (14 boxes)

Summary

1. The Stokes Family Genealogical Research Papers consist of genealogical research materials compiled and collected by Anson Phelps Stokes, author of the Stokes Records (1910), and his daughter, Helen Phelps Stokes on the Phelps and Stokes families, who were primarily bankers and merchants in New England and New York in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Materials in the collection include correspondence, manuscripts of genealogical works, family trees, genealogical pamphlets, notes, numerous copies and a small number of original family documents. Highlights include correspondence (1843-1847) of Anson Greene Phelps and his daughters, Caroline Phelps Stokes and Elizabeth Phelps James and an 1867 safe conduct for James Stokes signed by William H. Seward.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Subject

1. Phelps family
2. Stokes family
3. New York (State) -- Genealogy

Genre/Form

1. Genealogies.

Call number

1. MssCol NYGB 18139

Source (note)

1. Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society

Provenance (note)

1. Donated by William E. D. Stokes, Jr. to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society in 1958.

Author

1. Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1838-1913.

Title

1. Stokes family genealogical research papers, 1709-1960.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available online and in repository.

Provenance

1. Donated by William E. D. Stokes, Jr. to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society in 1958.

Source

1. Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2008.

Connect to:

1. Collection guide

Added author

1. Stokes, Helen Phelps.
2. Stokes, William E. D.
3. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Research call number

1. MssCol NYGB 18139