Trautwine family papers, 1834-1947.
Collection Number: 760
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Trautwine family papers, 1834-1947.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
760
Abstract:
Correspondence, diaries, clippings, photographs, and other material relating largely
to the engineering interests of John Cresson Trautwine, Sr., II, and III.
Creator:
Trautwine family.
Quanitities:
7.1 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Correspondence, diaries, clippings, photographs, and other material relating largely
to the engineering interests of John Cresson Trautwine, Sr. (1810-83), II (1850-1924),
and III (1878-1949). Papers concern railroad promotion and construction (1844-49);
experiences of Trautwine, Sr., while he worked in New Granada, and conditions in that
province (1844-49); engineering matters; student letters; papers relating to Samuel
Ashbridge, former mayor of Philadelphia (1906), the 1912 presidential campaign, the
League to Enforce Peace (1916-18), and a letter (1887) from Oliver Wendell Holmes
to Mrs. Trautwine. Correspondents include William H. Balch, Clinton Lathrop Bogert,
John Ripley Freeman, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Philadelphia
Bureau of Water.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Trautwine family papers, #760. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Ashbridge, Samuel.
Balch, William H.
Bogert, Clinton Lathrop.
Freeman, John Ripley.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894.
Trautwine, John C. (John Cresson), 1810-1883.
Trautwine, John C. (John Cresson), 1850-1924.
Trautwine, John C. (John Cresson), 1878-1949.
American Society of Civil Engineers
League to Enforce Peace (U.S.)
Philadelphia Bureau of Water
Places:
Colombia -- Surveys.
Colombia -- Description and travel.
Subjects:
Trautwine, John C., -- Mrs.
Engineers.
Railroads -- Construction.
Railroads.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1912.
Engineering.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Diaries.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 |
Correspondence
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1843-1893 | |
| Box 1 |
Correspondence
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n.d. | |
| Box 1 |
Legal documents, receipts
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1843-1849 | |
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Scope and Contents
Ritter estate
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| Box 1 |
Accounts
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1872-1883 | |
| Box 1 |
Will
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1875 | |
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Scope and Contents
William Trautwine, Sr.
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| Box 1 |
Records
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1883 | |
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Scope and Contents
John C. Trautwine Estate et al.
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| Box 1 |
Records
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1660-1906 | |
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Scope and Contents
Bradford Family
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| Box 1 |
Genealogy
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n.d. | |
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Scope and Contents
Trautwine Genealogy
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| Box 1 |
Miscellany
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n.d. | |
| Box 2 |
Correspondence
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1896-1942 | |
| Box 2 |
Correspondence
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n.d. | |
| Box 2 |
Personal Files
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Scope and Contents
(alphabetically arranged) A-B: correspondence, biographical material, news clippings,
includes Samuel H. Ashbridge; A.S.E. Ackermann; Walter Atlee
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| Box 3 |
Personal Files
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Scope and Contents
B-H: includes Charles R. and Edwin H. Barker; Jules Beloin; Clinton L. Bogart; Charton
P. Bolles; Lydia T. Boring; Maynard Boice; Mrs. C. Robert Grimm
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| Box 4 |
Personal Files
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Scope and Contents
H-T: includes Rudolph Hering; Helen V. Hughes; Max Livingston; Morris, Wheeler and
Co.; Capt. John Montresor; Myretetus (genealogy); George W. Penfield
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| Box 4 |
Personal Files
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1908-1944 | |
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Scope and Contents
William H. Balch
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| Box 5 |
Personal Files
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1945-1948 | |
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Scope and Contents
William H. Balch
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| Box 5 |
Personal Files
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n.d. | |
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Scope and Contents
C
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| Box 6 |
Subject Files
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Scope and Contents
(alphabetically arranged): includes arch bridges; bridges; pumps; engines; politics;
pollution; railroads; religion
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| Box 7 |
Subject Files
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Scope and Contents
Religion; Rochester and Lake Ontario Water Co.; Sanitation; War; Water; also J.C.
Trautwine III, personal
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| Box 8 |
Volumes
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1866-1891 | |
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Scope and Contents
Diaries, accounts (very fragile)
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| Box 9 |
Volumes
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Scope and Contents
Photo albums, poetry book, sketch book, notes
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| Box 10 |
Photographs
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| Box 11 |
Miscellany
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1902-1923 | |
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Scope and Contents
Theatre programs, miscellany
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| Box 12 |
Correspondence
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1903-1915 | |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence 1903-1915; J.C. Trautwine III, 1909-1911
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| Box 12 |
Miscellany
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n.d. | |
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Scope and Contents
Bradford Family 1660-1906
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| Box 13 |
Photographs
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n.d. | |
| Box 13 |
Maps
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Scope and Contents
Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania; Canton Berne
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