Lydia Coye Holcomb family papers, 1796-1959.
Collection Number: 3488
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Lydia Coye Holcomb family papers, 1796-1959.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3488
Abstract:
Correspondence, diaries, and other papers of the Holcomb family.
Creator:
Holcomb, Lydia Coye.
Quanitities:
.9 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Family news and details of their health, economic and social status, and migrations
are discussed in letters to Lydia Lavern Brown Coye Holcomb and to her son, Elmer
N. Coye, in Ontario County, New York, from Alice Sabina Brown Morgan, Sarah Ann Brown
Olmstead, and Vesta A. Olmstead, California; Hersalora Catherine Brown Stephenson,
Illinois; Juliet A. Brown, Sanford Brown, Sarah A. Brown, and Emma A. Brown, Hungerford,
Iowa; Avery Brown, Elmera Brown Dickinson and Maryett Brown Matteson, Kansas; Otis
Gilbert Brown, South Dakota; Amelia Brown, Byron Brown, and Carrie A. Brown, Wisconsin;
and L. DeWitt Brown and S. Alcesta Easton. Also includes later correspondence among
the following Coye and Holcomb family members: Mrs. Herbert Coye, William Coye, Winifred
Coye, Adelbert Holcomb, Alice Roderick Holcomb, Elva Wilson, and Howard Wilson; business
correspondence relating to the Holcomb & Coye farm and apiary; Nathan H. Coye's account
books (1845-1859); Avery Brown's letter journals sent from Wisconsin to his family
in Ontario County (1854); Lydia Coye Holcomb's diaries (1867, 1883, 1888-1896); Elmer
N. Coye's diaries (1869, 1890); newspaper clippings (in part, photocopies); Brown
family genealogical register; Coye family ledger, 1796-1849; and material related
to the Wilson family, 1909-1959.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Lydia Coye Holcomb family papers, #3488. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Coye, Elmer N.
Morgan, Alice Sabina Brown.
Olmstead, Sarah Ann Brown.
Olmstead, Vesta A.
Stephenson, Hersalora Catherine Brown.
Brown, Juliet A.
Brown, Sanford.
Brown, Sarah A.
Brown, Emma A.
Brown, Avery.
Dickinson, Elmera Brown.
Matteson, Maryett Brown.
Brown, Otis Gilbert.
Brown, Amelia.
Brown, Byron.
Brown, Carrie A.
Brown, L. DeWitt.
Easton, S. Alcesta.
Coye, Mrs. Herbert.
Coye, Nathan H.
Coye, William.
Coye, Elmer N.
Coye, Winifred.
Holcomb, Adelbert.
Abell, Alice Holcomb.
Holcomb, Ida.
Holcomb, James.
Holcomb, L. Laverna.
Wilson, Elva.
Wilson, Howard.
Holcomb family.
Coye family.
Brown family.
Wilson family.
Holcomb & Coye Farm
Places:
Ontario County (N.Y.)
Subjects:
Brown, Lydia Laverna.
Coye, Lydia.
Agriculture.
CONTAINER LIST
|
Container
|
Description
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Date
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence
|
1849-1853 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence
|
1854-1856 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence
|
1857 (Jan.-Apr.) |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence
|
1857 (May-Dec.) |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence
|
1858 (Jan.-July) |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence
|
1858 (Aug.-Dec.) |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence
|
1859 (Jan.-May) |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence
|
1859 (June-Dec.) |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence
|
1860 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence
|
1861-1862 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence
|
1863 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence
|
1864-1866 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence
|
1867-1869 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence
|
1870-1875 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence
|
1877-1879 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence
|
1880-1881 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence
|
1882-1886 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence
|
1887-1888 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence
|
1890-1893 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence
|
1894-1896 |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence
|
1897, n.d. |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence
|
1909-1916, 1941-1942, 1958-1959 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Loose papers from diaries
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Coye Family Ledger (photocopy)
|
1796-1849 |
| Box 3 |
New Testament, from Lydia Laverna Brown to Sarah Ann Brown
|
1842 | |
| Box 3 |
Nathan Coye: account with Field & Little
|
1845-1857 | |
| Box 3 |
Nathan Coye: account with Field & Little
|
1855-1858 | |
| Box 3 |
Lydia Laverna Holcomb: diary
|
1867 | |
| Box 3 |
Lydia Laverna Holcomb: diary
|
1869 | |
| Box 3 |
Elmer Nathan Coye: diary
|
1869 | |
| Box 3 |
Lydia Laverna Holcomb: diary
|
1883 | |
| Box 3 |
Lydia Laverna Holcomb: diary
|
1888 | |
| Box 3 |
Lydia Laverna Holcomb: diary
|
1889 | |
| Box 3 |
Lydia Laverna Holcomb: diary
|
1890 | |
| Box 3 |
Elmer Nathan Coye: diary
|
1890 | |
| Box 3 |
Lydia Laverna Holcomb: diary
|
1891 | |
| Box 3 |
Lydia Laverna Holcomb: diary
|
1892 | |
| Box 3 |
Lydia Laverna Holcomb: diary
|
1893 | |
| Box 3 |
Lydia Laverna Holcomb: diary
|
1894 | |
| Box 3 |
Lydia Laverna Holcomb: diary
|
1896 | |