Hobbs family papers, [ca. 1850-1935]
Collection Number: 1641
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Hobbs family papers, [ca. 1850-1935]
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
1641
Abstract:
Business records of the Nineveh carriage factory established in 1844 by Joseph W.
Hobbs and operated by his two sons, George and Charles; and family correspondence.
Other papers consist of records of the Afton School District No. 15, the Nineveh Sons
of Temperance, the New York Road Hone Company, the Susquehanna Valley Telephone Company;
and personal, financial, and business papers of Mrs. S.F. Humphreys.
Creator:
Hobbs family.
Humphreys, S. F., Mrs.
Quanitities:
30 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Correspondence, letter books, order books, accounts, sales catalogs, and other business
records of the Nineveh carriage factory established in 1844 by Joseph W. Hobbs and
operated by his two sons, George and Charles; daybook of George W. Hobbs (1908-1909);
personal accounts and diaries kept by Joseph W. Hobbs (1875-1903) and George W. Hobbs
(1868-1894); papers pertaining to Joseph W. Hobbs' law practice, his local political
activities (ca. 1868-1900), and his investments, and to the Hobbs brothers' later
activities as area real estate brokers and general insurance agents (ca. 1910-1929);
and family correspondence. Other papers consist of records of the Afton School District
No. 15 (ca. 1850-1930), the Nineveh Sons of Temperance (ca. 1867), the New York Road
Hone Company (ca. 1910-1917), the Susquehanna Valley Telephone Company (ca. 1905-1917);
and personal, financial, and business papers of Mrs. S.F. Humphreys, who was associated
with the Hobbs brothers in their insurance service and other local enterprises.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Hobbs family papers, #1641. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University
Library.
Names:
Hobbs, Charles.
Hobbs, George W.
Hobbs, Joseph W.
Afton School District No. 15 (N.Y.)
New York Road Hone Company
Nineveh Sons of Temperance (N.Y.)
Susquehanna Valley Telephone Company
Places:
Nineveh (N.Y.) -- Politics and government.
Nineveh (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Subjects:
Real estate agents.
Lawyers.
Businessmen.
Schools -- New York (State) -- Afton.
Real estate business.
Temperance -- Societies, etc.
Law.
Insurance agents.
Carriage and wagon making -- New York (State) -- Nineveh.
Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
Daybooks.
Accounts.
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