Treman family papers, 1838-1954.
Collection Number: 1303
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Treman family papers, 1838-1954.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
1303
Abstract:
Papers contain business and family material, including correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks,
and printed matter relating to various members of the Treman family of Tompkins County,
New York.
Creator:
Treman family.
Quanitities:
19.3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
Charles E. Treman Papers, 1910-1930 consist of two scrapbooks (July 1910-December
1911) containing clippings, photographs, and other items pertaining to his work as
New York State Superintendent of Public Works (1911); also correspondence in the scrapbooks
and additional loose correspondence (1911-1918) including letters from New York State
Attorney General Thomas Carmody, Governor John Alden Dix, Alton Brooks Parker, Horace
White, and other political figures, two letters from Andrew Dickson White, blaming
poor health for his inability to attend a testimonial dinner for Treman and praising
Treman for his work as Superintendent of Public Works (Jan. 12, 1912), and contaning
a discussion of a photograph of himself which White sent to Treman (April 11, 1914),
and a letter from Liberty Hyde Bailey (June 5, 1914) complimenting Treman for the
way he handled the College of Agriculture appropriations for 1914.
Scrapbooks on the Cornell War Memorial project.
Related collection: Robert E. Treman papers, #945.
Includes collection #2582, formerly the Charles E. Treman papers.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Treman Family papers, #1303. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Miller, William Henry, 1848-1922.
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.
Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.
Carmody, Thomas, 1859-1922.
Dix, John A. (John Alden), 1859-1928.
Parker, Alton B. (Alton Brooks), 1852-1926.
White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918.
White, Horace, 1865-1943.
Renney family.
Cornell University. Class of 1878
Cornell University -- : Trustees.
Tornado Hook and Ladder Company No. 3 (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Treman and King Hardware
Treman Brothers Hardware
Places:
United States -- Description and travel.
Middle East -- Description and travel.
Europe -- Description and travel.
Trumansburg (N.Y.)
Ithaca (N.Y.)
Subjects:
Public works -- New York (State)
Fire departments -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
Presbyterians -- New York (State)
Hardware stores.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographic prints.
Specifications.
Scrapbooks.
Diaries.
Blueprints.
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