Garnsey family papers, 1847-1993.
Collection Number: 2984
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Garnsey family papers, 1847-1993.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2984
Abstract:
Collection includes diaries, 1850-71; scrapbook about Cyrus Garnsey III and World
War I, compiled by his father, Cyrus Garnsey Jr.; letters to Cyrus Garnsey and Mercy
Harris Garnsey from Ira Harris, 1847-70; personal letters, clippings, and telegrams,
1917-51, collected by Cyrus Garnsey Jr. about his work with the United States Fuel
Administration; estate and financial papers relating to Cyrus Garnsey Jr., Mary Woolsey
Pettis and other Garnsey family members, primarily concerning Lakeholme, the Garnsey
family home in Seneca Falls, N.Y.; letters, notes, clippings, and research materials
about the Sullivan Expedition, historical markers, the Johnston Farm, the Montezuma
Marsh bird refuge, Luke Swetland, Judge William I.Grubb, and other interests of Cyrus
Garnsey Jr.; also a family history by Elizabeth Pettis Lamb, 1984; and letters relating
to the Iroquois turtle shell rattle from Chief Jesse Lyons, Chief of the Onondagas.
Maps and letters relating to Cayuga Lake Park; early material relating to Cyrus Garnsey's
attending Brown University and his obituaries; Croix de Guerre and memorial certificate
for Cyrus Garnsey III, who died in World War I; and letters and pictures relating
to Cyrus Garnsey, Jr. and his resemblance to Robert E. Lee.
Creator:
Garnsey family.
Lamb, Elizabeth Pettis. (Title of work: Addition to the Garnsey family history..)
Quanitities:
1.9 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Garnsey family papers, #2984. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Collection includes diaries, 1850-71; scrapbook about Cyrus Garnsey III and World
War I, compiled by his father, Cyrus Garnsey Jr.; letters to Cyrus Garnsey and Mercy
Harris Garnsey from Ira Harris, 1847-70; personal letters, clippings, and telegrams,
1917-51, collected by Cyrus Garnsey Jr. about his work with the United States Fuel
Administration; estate andfinancial papers relating to Cyrus Garnsey Jr., Mary Woolsey
Pettis and other Garnsey family members, primarily concerning Lakeholme, the Garnsey
family home in Seneca Falls, N.Y.; letters, notes, clippings, and research materials
about the Sullivan Expedition, historical markers, the Johnston Farm, the Montezuma
Marsh bird refuge, Luke Swetland, Judge William I.Grubb, and other interests of Cyrus
Garnsey Jr.; also a family history byElizabeth Pettis Lamb, 1984; and letters relating
to the Iroquois turtle shell rattle from Chief Jesse Lyons, Chief of the Onondagas
Maps and letters relating to Cayuga Lake Park; early material relating to Cyrus Garnsey's
attending Brown University and his obituaries; Croix de Guerre and memorial certificate
for Cyrus Garnsey III, who died in World War I; and letters and pictures relating
to Cyrus Garnsey, Jr. and his resemblance to Robert E. Lee.
Also, "An Addition to the Garnsey Family History," typescript by Elizabeth Lamb, 1993.
Names:
Garnsey, Cyrus.
Garnsey, Cyrus, Jr.
Garnsey, Cyrus, III.
Lamb, Elizabeth Pettis.
Pettis, Mary Woolsey.
Harris, Ira.
Lyons, Jesse.
Garnsey family.
United States. Fuel Administration
Places:
Cayuga Lake Park.
Seneca County (N.Y.) -- History.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns and battles.
Subjects:
Families -- New York (State) -- Seneca Falls.
Agriculture.
Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Diaries, 1850-1871
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Scope and Contents
Each contain same accounts at the end
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| Box 1 | Jan. 1850-Jan. 1851 | ||
| Box 1 | Jan. 1851-Dec. 1852 | ||
| Box 1 | Jan. 1852-Jan. 1853 | ||
| Box 1 | Jan. 1853-Jan. 1854 | ||
| Box 1 | Jan. 1854-Mar. 1855 | ||
| Box 1 | Mar.-Nov. 1955 | ||
| Box 1 | Nov. 1855-Sept. 1856 | ||
| Box 1 | Aug. 1856-July 1857 | ||
| Box 1 | July 1857-May 1858 | ||
| Box 1 | May 1858-Sept. 1859 | ||
| Box 1 | Aug. 1859-June 1860 | ||
| Box 1 | July 1861-Oct. 1862 | ||
| Box 1 | Oct. 1862-Feb. 1864 | ||
| Box 1 | Mar. 1864-Dec. 1865 | ||
| Box 1 | Jan. 1866-Jan. 1868 | ||
| Box 1 | Jan. 1869-Jan. 1871 | ||
| Box 2 |
Photocopies of diaries
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| Box 3 |
Photocopies of diaries
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| Box 4 |
Scrapbook of Cyrus Garnsey III put together by his father (Cyrus Garnsey Jr.) about
Cyrus Garnsey III's participation in World War I
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| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Letters to Cyrus (nephew of) and Mercy (sister of) Ira Harris
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1847-1849 |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Letters to Cyrus and Mercy from Ira Harris
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1850 |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Letters to Cyrus and Mercy from Ira Harris
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1851 |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Letters to Cyrus and Mercy from Ira Harris
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1852 |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Letters to Cyrus and Mercy from Ira Harris
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1853-1855 |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Letters to Cyrus and Mercy from Ira Harris
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1856-1857 |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 |
Letters to Cyrus and Mercy from Ira Harris
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1861-1870 |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 |
Ira Harris Family Papers
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[From Binder] Personal letters, clippings, and telegrams; Cyrus Garnsey Jr. - United
States Fuel Administration
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| Box 5 | Folder 9 | 1917 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 10 | 1918 Jan.-Feb. | |
| Box 5 | Folder 11 | 1918 May 3-4 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 12 | 1918 May 5-8 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 13 | 1918 May 9-14 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 14 |
1918 May 16-29 (includes Woodrow Wilson letter)
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1918 May 16-29 |
| Box 5 | Folder 15 | 1918 June-Dec. | |
| Box 5 | Folder 16 | 1919 Jan.-Dec. | |
| Box 5 | Folder 17 | 1920 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 18 | 1921-1927 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 19 | 1937-1951 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 20 |
Skit by Washington Newspapermen
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| Box 5 | Folder 21 |
Typescript of diary
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1918-1919 |
| Box 5 | Folder 22 |
Certificates and proclamations
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| Box 5 | Folder 23-24 |
Estate papers of Cyrus Garnsey, Jr.
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| Box 5 | Folder 25-26 |
Correspondence about Cyrus Garnsey Jr.'s finances with Mary Woolsey Pettis
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| Box 5 | Folder 27 |
Correspondence about Cyrus Garnsey Jr.'s finances with Mary Woolsey Pettis, also inventory
of homestead, and clerk's certificate of the search of the premises of Homer A. Newell
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| Box 5 | Folder 28 |
Assessment of property of Cyrus Garnsey Jr.
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1853 |
| Box 5 | Folder 29 |
Contract with Thomas Reynolds and Cyrus Garnsey
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1856 |
| Box 6 | Folder 1-5 |
Letters, notes, clippings, and research on the Sullivan Expedition, commemoration
and the placing of historical markers (by Cyrus Garnsey Jr.)
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Scope and Contents
Includes material from the Finger Lakes Association, Robert Treman, Cornell Indian
Boards, mention of Erl Bates.
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| Box 6 | Folder 6 |
Annotated map of old Garnsey homestead
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| Box 6 | Folder 7 |
Notes on historical markers
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| Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Clippings on historical markers
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| Box 6 | Folder 9 |
Cyrus Garnsey Jr.'s papers about Johnston Farm
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| Box 6 | Folder 10 |
Cyrus Garnsey Jr.'s Johnston farm blueprints
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| Box 6 | Folder 11 |
Cyrus Garnsey Jr.'s collected articles about Johston farm
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| Box 6 | Folder 12 |
Cyrus Garnsey Jr.'s papers about Montezuma Marsh bird refuge
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| Box 6 | Folder 13 |
Cyrus Garnsey Jr.'s collected papers about Luke Swetland
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| Box 6 | Folder 14 |
Cyrus Garnsey Jr.'s collected desk notes and small notebook dated "March 4, 1885 -
Cleveland and Hendricks Inauguration"
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| Box 6 | Folder 15 |
Cyrus Garnsey Jr.'s collected clippings and notes on lotteries and gambling
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| Box 6 | Folder 16 |
Cyrus Garnsey Jr.'s collected notes about Judge William I. Grubb
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| Box 6 | Folder 17 |
Papers to Cyrus Garnsey Jr. from Sanford Morison about Alabama Mines
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1912 |
| Box 6 | Folder 18 |
Misc. about career of Cyrus Garnsey Jr.
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| Box 6 | Folder 19 |
Cyrus Garnsey Jr.'s calendar
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| Box 6 | Folder 20 |
Misc. papers of Cyrus Garnsey Jr.
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| Box 6 | Folder 21 |
Family of Cyrus Garnsey Jr. Genealogy by Elizabeth Pettis Lamb
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1984 |
| Box 6 | Folder 22 |
Reprint of the "Method of Fixing Prices of Bituminous Coal adopted by the United States
Fuel Administration," by Cyrus Garnsey Jr., R.V. Norris, and J.H. Allport
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1918 |
| Box 6 | Folder 23 |
Memorials of Ira Harris
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1876 |
| Box 6 | Folder 24 |
A Genealogy of Nicholas Harris, M.D.
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1904 |
| Box 6 | Folder 25 |
Sullivan's Campaign, A. Tiffany Norton
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1879 |
| Box 6 | Folder 26 |
"A Logical State Park Project" (Red Jacket Memorial Park), and items by Alexander
M. Stewart with signature
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| Box 6 | Folder 27 |
An Addition to the Garnsey Family History, typescript by Elizabeth Lamb
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1993 |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Oversized material
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Scope and Contents
Includes print of Robert E. Lee on horseback by David Bendann. Certificate for the
Croix de Guerre given to Cyrus Garnsey. World War One memorial certificate. Annotated
map of the Sullivan Expedition near Cayuga Lake. Map of the Senecal Villages and the
Jesuit and French Contacts 1615-1708.
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