Williams family papers, 1809-1952.
Collection Number: 1148
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Williams family papers, 1809-1952.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
1148
Abstract:
Papers of Josiah Butler Williams, banker, businessman, and New York State Senator,
contain business, political, and personal papers, accounts, legal documents and correspondence,
1809-1883. Subjects include banking, canals, the lumber business, railroads, and real
estate; also, Cornell University, Ovid Academy, the New York and Erie Telegraph Company,
the Ithaca and Owego Railroad Company, the Ithaca Cotton Mills, the Merchants and
Farmers' Bank, Ithaca, and the Sodus Canal.
Creator:
Williams family.
Quanitities:
102.6 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Henry Shaler Williams (1847-1918) was a paleontologist, professor of paleontology
and geology at Cornell 1879-1892, 1904-1912, and Yale University, 1892-1904; founder
of Sigma Xi Society.
Includes collections 422, 540, 1023, and 2550.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Williams family papers, #1148. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Papers of Josiah Butler Williams, banker, businessman, and New York State Senator,
contain business, political, and personal papers, accounts, legal documents and correspondence,
1809-1883. Subjects include banking, canals, the lumber business, railroads, and real
estate; also, Cornell University, Ovid Academy, the New York and Erie Telegraph Company,
the Ithaca and Owego Railroad Company, the Ithaca Cotton Mills, the Merchants and
Farmers' Bank, Ithaca, and the Sodus Canal.
Papers of Mary Hardy Williams, wife of Josiah B., contain personal correspondence,
a diary, bills of H. S. Williams (1900-1911) social notes, clippings, and family accounts,
1824-1905.
Papers of Augusta H. Williams, daughter of Josiah B., contain personal correspondence,
accounts, and business papers, 1879-1948.
Papers of Henry Shaler Williams, son of Josiah B., geologist, containing lecture and
research notes used at Cornell and Yale Universities; professional correspondence
and scrapbooks of photographs and clippings; articles and manuscripts for publication;
photographs, maps, and plates; and miscellaneous printed matter, ca. 1864-1917. Also
includes H. S. Williams' personal and household bills (1900-1911). Subjects include
geology and politics. Includes Ithaca to Owego geological observations, July 21,
1885, and miscellaneous H. S. Williams items.
The collection also includes miscellaneous papers of Charlotte, Jane, Ella, and Otis
Williams and Louisa, Jane, and Charles Elias Hardy, and contains photographs of the
Williams family as well as genealogical information. Plans by William Henry Miller
for the Williams residence.
Names:
Hardy, Charles Elias.
Hardy, Jane L.
Hardy, Louisa.
Miller, William Henry, 1848-1922.
Williams, Augusta H., 1852-1952.
Williams, Charlotte.
Williams, Ella.
Williams, Henry Shaler, 1847-1918.
Williams, Jane.
Williams, Josiah B. (Josiah Butler), 1810-1883.
Williams, Mary Hardy, 1824-1911.
Williams, Otis, active 1869-1892.
Cornell University
Cornell University. Department of Geology
Ithaca and Owego Rail Road Company
Ithaca Cotton Mills (N.Y.)
Merchants and Farmers\' Bank
New York and Erie Telegraph Company
Ovid Academy (N.Y.)
Yale University
Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society
Places:
Sodus Canal (N.Y.)
New York (State) -- Transportation.
New York (State) -- Politics and government.
Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Subjects:
Politicians.
Geologists.
College teachers.
Bankers.
Women -- Diaries.
Telegraph.
Real property, Exchange of.
Railroads.
Politics, Practical.
Lumber trade.
Paleontology -- Study and teaching.
Geology -- Study and teaching.
Cotton manufacture.
Canals.
Banks and banking.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scrapbooks.
Photographs.
Maps.
Manuscripts for publication.
Lecture notes.
Bills of lading.
Genealogies.
Diaries.
Accounts.
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