Ernest Ingersoll White papers, 1820-1960.
Collection Number: 1843
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Ernest Ingersoll White papers, 1820-1960.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
1843
Abstract:
Papers of E.I. White and his family.
Creator:
White, Ernest Ingersoll, 1869-1957.
Quanitities:
14.2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Attorney and farmer.
Cornell University Class of 1893.
Papers of E.I. White and his family consist largely of correspondence, leases and
other legal agreements, accounts, receipts, inventories, surveys, and other items
pertaining to the acquisition of property for the Onondaga Golf and Country Club and
to such business matters as purchases of additional land, lease renewals, water supply,
railroad right-of-way, and insurance (1899-1919); papers pertaining to the management
of the White Farm at Fayetteville (1905-1942); correspondence and other items relating
to the Memorial Prize in Oratory established at Syracuse University in honor of Horace
Keep White (1916); newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and other printed material.
Also records of the White Memorial Building, Syracuse (1917-1960); protograph of
Ernest I. White; dedication for Ernest I. White Hall; and genealogical material.
Also, papers of Horace White, Hamilton White, and their descendants, including correspondence,
ledgers, journals, daybooks, letterbooks, deeds, wills, broadsides, and other material,
pertaining to real estate in Syracuse, Chicago, Toledo, and Akron, and to investments
in Iowa lands. Other subjects include railroads, canals, turnpikes, mining, and manufacturing.
Also, papers relating to the Onondaga County Bank, the Bank of Syracuse and its successor,
the Syracuse National Bank. Family papers relate to the position of the family in
Syracuse society, and to their social and civic interests.
Consists of collections #1843 and #1298.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Ernest Ingersoll White papers, #1843. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
White, Hamilton.
White, Horace.
White family.
Bank of Syracuse (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Onondaga County Bank (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Syracuse National Bank (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Onondaga Golf and Country Club
Syracuse University
White Memorial Building (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Ernest I. White Hall (Syracuse, N.Y.)
White Farm (Fayetteville, N.Y.)
Places:
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Economic aspects.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Genealogy.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Subjects:
Families -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Toll roads.
Mining engineering.
Mineral industries.
Mines and mineral resources.
Banks and banking -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Canals.
Railroads.
Real property -- Ohio -- Toledo.
Real property -- Ohio -- Akron.
Real property -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Real property -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Real estate investment -- Iowa.
Form and Genre Terms:
Surveys.
Inventories.
Ledgers (account books)
Broadsides.
Wills.
Deeds.
Account books.
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