Guide to the Treman Family Papers,
1838-1954

Collection Number: 1303

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
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Compiled by:
Date completed:
EAD encoding:
Evan Fay Earle, April 2007

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Treman family papers, 1838-1954.
Collection Number:
1303
Creator:
Quantity:
19 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Papers of the Treman family of Tompkins County, New York, contain business and family material, including correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, and printed matter of Elias Treman and his wife Elizabeth Lovejoy Treman, Robert H. Treman, Charles E. Treman, Robert E. Treman, and Allan H. Treman. Papers of Robert H. (Cornell University Class of 1878) and Robert E. (Cornell University Class of 1909) Treman concerning Cornell, collected during their years as University Trustees, 1891-1953); also, Class of 1878 programs, correspondence, and other items. Account books of Treman Brothers Hardware, Trumansburg, 1838-1839, and miscellaneous business papers of Treman and King Hardware, Ithaca, 1845-1900; Renney family material, 1855-1869; Ithaca, New York memorabilia; Tornado Hook and Ladder Company items; diaries and scrapbooks of travel in Europe, the Middle East, and the United States; Presbyterian Church material; and Ithaca architect William Henry Miller's blueprints and specifications, ca. 1901, for the residence of Robert H. Treman.
Language:
Collection material in English


COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Papers of the Treman family of Tompkins County, New York, contain business and family material, including correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, and printed matter of Elias Treman and his wife Elizabeth Lovejoy Treman, Robert H. Treman, Charles E. Treman, Robert E. Treman, and Allan H. Treman. Papers of Robert H. (Cornell University Class of 1878) and Robert E. (Cornell University Class of 1909) Treman concerning Cornell, collected during their years as University Trustees, 1891-1953); also, Class of 1878 programs, correspondence, and other items. Account books of Treman Brothers Hardware, Trumansburg, 1838-1839, and miscellaneous business papers of Treman and King Hardware, Ithaca, 1845-1900; Renney family material, 1855-1869; Ithaca, New York memorabilia; Tornado Hook and Ladder Company items; diaries and scrapbooks of travel in Europe, the Middle East, and the United States; Presbyterian Church material; and Ithaca architect William Henry Miller's blueprints and specifications, ca. 1901, for the residence of Robert H. Treman.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Treman family.
Miller, William Henry, 1848-1922.
Renney family.
Treman, Allan H., 1899-1975.
Treman, Charles E., 1868-
Treman, Elias, 1822-1898.
Treman, Elizabeth Lovejoy.
Treman, Robert E.(Robert Elias), 1888-1953.
Treman, Robert H.(Robert Henry), 1858-1937.
Cornell University--Trustees.
Cornell University.Class of 1878.
Tornado Hook and Ladder Company.
Treman and King Hardware.
Treman Brothers Hardware.

Subjects:
Hardware stores.
Presbyterians--New York (State)
Fire departments--New York (State)--Ithaca.

Places:
Ithaca (N.Y.)
Trumansburg (N.Y.)
Europe--Description and travel.
Middle East--Description and travel.
United States--Description and travel.

Form and Genre Terms:
Blueprints.
Diaries.
Scrapbooks.
Specifications.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Treman family papers, #1303. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

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