Field family papers, 1851-1881.
Collection Number: 1547
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Field family papers, 1851-1881.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
1547
Abstract:
Correspondence of William R. Field, Pittstown, New York, and Mary Hyde (Field) of
New York; diary of Mary Hyde; letter from James A. Garfield, Ohio, to Mary Maxon Hyde
Field, acknowledging her recent letter and recalling his graduation from Williams
College; autographed photograph of Garfield (1880); F.W. Field's notes on his family's
acquaintance with President Garfield and on the Hyde and Field genealogies; daguerreotype
(ca. 1860) of Mrs. William Field holding her infant daughter, Addie Hyde Field (later
Mrs. Blinn); tintypes of Mary and William Hyde; and letter and sketch by A.B. Frost
to Miss Blinn.
Creator:
Field family.
Quanitities:
.8 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Correspondence of William R. Field, Pittstown, New York, and Mary Hyde (Field) of
New York; diary of Mary Hyde; letter from James A. Garfield, Ohio, to Mary Maxon Hyde
Field, acknowledging her recent letter and recalling his graduation from Williams
College; autographed photograph of Garfield (1880); F.W. Field's notes on his family's
acquaintance with President Garfield and on the Hyde and Field genealogies; daguerreotype
(ca. 1860) of Mrs. William Field holding her infant daughter, Addie Hyde Field (later
Mrs. Blinn); tintypes of Mary and William Hyde; and letter and sketch by A.B. Frost
to Miss Blinn.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Field family papers, #1547. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University
Library.
Names:
Field, Addie Hyde.
Field, Mary Hyde.
Field, William R.
Frost, A. B.
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881.
Hyde family.
Williams College -- : Students.
Subjects:
Women -- Diaries.
Families -- New York (State)
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Genealogies.
Diaries.
Daguerreotypes.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Diary of Mary Maxon Hyde, written at Lansingburgh Female Seminary
|
1852 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Letters of William Field and Mary Hyde, Feb. 15-May 20
|
1858 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Letters of William Field and Mary Hyde, May 21-July 1
|
1858 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Letters of William Field and Mary Hyde, July 6-Sept. 20
|
1858 |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Letters of William Field and Mary Hyde, Sept. 21-Dec. 28
|
1858 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Letters of William Field and Mary Hyde, Jan. 2-May 6
|
1859 |
Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Letters of William Field and Mary Hyde
|
1860-1861, 1863 |
Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Letters of William Field and Mary Hyde
|
1865, 1873, 1878, 1880-1881 |
Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Newspaper clipping (also, on inside of back cover)
|
|
Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Poems and sketches by Mary Hyde Field
|
|
Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Lingham - explanation of silver-cased article (see small box in Box 3)
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
"Splatterdash" by Mary Hyde Field
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 2 |
"Co-operative Housekeeping" by Mary Hyde Field
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Miscellaneous writings, probably by Mary Hyde Field
|
1848, 1868, n.d. |
Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Miscellaneous writings
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Sketch - land deeded to Mary Hyde Field
|
1868 |
Box 2 | Folder 6 |
James A. Garfield letter and portrait
|
1880 |
Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Frederick W. Field - Christmas cards
|
1956, 1959, 1961, 1964, n.d. |
Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Miscellany
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Cornelliana
|
1919 |
Box 3 |
Memorabilia: maps; hickory nut dolls; Solvay medallions; small lantern [?]; "Lingham"
(idol in silver case - see Folder 11 in Box 1); World War I service buttons; Erie
Canal medallion; daguerreotype of Mary Hyde Field and Addie Hyde Field; tintypes of
William Field (1835-1891), ca. 1860 , and Mary Field, 1833-1889; Indian arrowheads
|
1860 |