Douglass Boardman papers, 1839-1891.
Collection Number: 435

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Douglass Boardman papers, 1839-1891.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
435
Abstract:
Letters concerning the appointment of the original faculty of the Cornell Law School. Also, an Introductory lecture by Boardman, 1890.
Creator:
Boardman, Douglass, 1822-1891.
Quanitities:
8.3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Lawyer, judge, professor of law.
Douglass Boardman graduated from Yale in 1842 and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1845 and practiced law in Ithaca, New York. From 1848-1851 he served as District Attorney of Tompkins County, New York, and from 1852-1856 was County Judge. In 1856 he and Judge Francis M. Finch formed a law partnership which continued until 1866 when Boardman was elected a justice of the Supreme Court for the 6th district. He was a director of the First National Bank of Ithaca from its organization in 1864 and became its president in 1884; became a trustee of Cornell University in 1875; and was appointed Dean when the Cornell Law School was organized. Judge Boardman retired from the Supreme Court in 1887, and died in 1891.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Letters concerning the appointment of the original faculty of the Cornell Law School. Correspondents include Henry Williams Sage, Charles Kendall Adams, Charles Avery Collin, Francis Miles Finch, Harry Burns Hutchins, Robert Henry Thurston, Daniel L. Follett, Lucien A. Wait, Herbert Tuttle, Arthur M. Curtis, Alfred C. Coxe, and H. J. Heath. Also, an Introductory lecture by Boardman, 1890.
Also, legal papers of Boardman and Finch, and of Douglass Boardman of Ithaca; chiefly concerns mortgages, with reference to McGregor and Tenny, and Erastus W. Drury of Milwaukee, the Lewis Investment Company, the Topeka Investment and Loan Company, the Kansas City Investment Company, Rochelle National Bank, the Kansas Loan and Trust Company, the Dwight Farm and Loan Company, the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company, and Woodward Brothers.
Also, Boardman family correspondence and deeds, mortgages, and other legal papers,including two letters from Boardman to Dr. Henry Spence.
Also, correspondence, business and legal papers concerning the Jennie McGraw Fiske estate, including correspondence with Boardman pertaining to Andrew Dickson White and Cornell University, and John McGraw.
RELATED MATERIALS

Consists of collections #18-1-2004, #435, and #1622.
SEPARATED MATERIAL

  1. Kingsley, Sidney. Men in White. Signed by the author.
  2. The Playground. v.13, no.2,4,9 (1919)
  3. The New Yorker. October 2, 1954.
  4. Hatch, Emily Gilchriest, 1897-. On the road to market. Trivandrum : Keston House, 1938.
  5. The Public Speaking Review. Public Speaking Conference of New England and the North Atlantic States.
  6. The Speech Teacher. v.5, no.3 (september 1956).
  7. World premieres : monthly bulletin of the International Theatre Institute. International Theatre Institute. v.1, no.3-6 (1949-1950).
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:

Douglass Boardman papers, #435. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-1902.
Collin, C. A. (Charles Avery), 1846-
Coxe, Alfred C.
Curtis, Arthur M.
Follett, Daniel L.
Heath, H. J.
Finch, Francis M. (Francis Miles), 1827-1907.
Hutchins, Harry B. (Harry Burns), 1847-1930.
Sage, Henry W. (Henry Williams), 1814-1897.
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903.
Tuttle, Herbert.
Drury, Erastus W.
Wait, Lucien A.
White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918.
McGraw, John, 1815-1877.
Fiske, Jennie McGraw, 1840-1881.
Spence, Henry.
Boardman family.
Cornell Law School -- : Faculty.
Cornell Law School
McGregor and Tenny (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Lewis Investment Company (Des Moines, Iowa)
Topeka Investment and Loan Company (Topeka, Kan.)
Rochelle National Bank (Rochelle, Ill.)
Kansas City Investment Company (Kansas City, Mo.)
Kansas Loan and Trust Company (Topeka, Kan.)
Dwight Brothers (Beatrice, Neb.)
Subjects:
College teachers.
Judges.
Lawyers.
Decedent\'s estates -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
Legal documents -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
Families -- New York (State)
Real estate investment -- Missouri.
Real estate investment -- Kansas.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Link to a partial finding aid to the part of this collection that was #1622.
Scope and Contents
All the material in the collection may not be covered by this guide.