Guide to the Schickel Family Papers,
1905-1969

Collection Number: 3671

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
August 2006
EAD encoding:
Peter M. Martinez, August 2006
Date modified:
RMC Staff, June 2012

© 2006 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Schickel family papers, 1905-1969.
Collection Number:
3671
Creator:
Schickel family
Quantity:
15.1 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Financial Records, Manuscripts, Correspondence, Legal Documents
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Schickel family papers include correspondence, applications, a housing survey, inquiries and replies, licences, patents, financial records, payroll, blueprints, drawings, specifications, advertisements, brochures, trade catalogs, contracts, orders, political letters, progress reports, and other records pertaining to the business interests of Norbert H. Schickel, Sr., particularly relating to his involvement in Ithaca, New York housing and real estate development, engineering, investments, and the family owned motorcycle manufacturing company, Schickel Motor Co. Personal papers include bills, a broadside, theses, correspondence, income tax and insurance records, maps, notes, diaries, legal papers, and photographs of the Schickel family.
Language:
Collection material in English


COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Schickel family papers include correspondence, applications, a housing survey, inquiries and replies, licences, patents, financial records, payroll, blueprints, drawings, specifications, advertisements, brochures, trade catalogs, contracts, orders, political letters, progress reports, and other records pertaining to the business interests of Norbert H. Schickel, Sr., particularly relating to his involvement in Ithaca, New York housing and real estate development, engineering, investments, and the family owned motorcycle manufacturing company, Schickel Motor Co. Personal papers include bills, a broadside, theses, correspondence, income tax and insurance records, maps, notes, diaries, legal papers, and photographs of the Schickel family.
Among the persons represented are Assemblyman Ray Ashbery, Charles H. Blood, Professor Alan Bloomberg, Dale Carnegie, Leigh M. Champaign, D. Boardman Lee, Rocco P. Lucente, Robert V. Morse, Gerald P. Schickel, Norbert H. Schickel, Jr., Ruth M. Schickel, William Schickel, and Allan H. Treman. Also reprsented are the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Catholic Youth Organization; Chemung Valley Home Builders Association; Cornell University; Corning Glass Works; Fairview Manor; Federal Housing Administration; General Electric; Grange League Federation coop; H. A. Carey Co., Inc.; Immaculate Conception Church; various City of Ithaca offices, including the Planning Board and the Real Estate Board; Ithaca Chamber of Commerce; Ithaca Journal; Montgomery Ward; National Association of Home Builders; New York State Home Builders Association; United States Departments of Commerce and Patents; and other organizations involved in manufacturing, engineering, banking, insurance, real estate, and housing.
Also, "Schickel Family Memoirs," by Agnes Schickel Anderson, 1987, including photographs and copies of letters; "A Pictorial Narrative of the Schickel Motocycles, 1907-1924," by Kenneth E. Anderson, 1989; and "Schickel Family Genealogy Recordkeeper," compiled by Agnes Schickel Anderson, 1990.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Schickel family.
Anderson, Agnes Schickel.
Anderson, Kenneth E.
Ashbery, Ray Stevens, 1902-1974.
Blood, Charles Hazen, 1866-1938.
Bloomberg, Alan.
Carnegie, Dale, 1888-1955.
Champaign, Leigh M.
Lee, Douglass Boardman.
Lucente, Rocco P.
Morse, Robert V., 1888-1966.
Schickel, Gerald.
Schickel, Norbert H., 1886-1960.
Schickel, Norbert H.,
Schickel, Ruth M.
Schickel, William.
Treman, Allan H., 1899-1975.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Catholic Youth Organization.
Chamber of Commerce (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Chemung Valley Home Builders Association.
Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange.
Cornell University.
Corning Glass Works.
Fairview Manor.
General Electric Company.
H. A. Carey Company.
Immaculate Conception Church (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Ithaca (N.Y.). City Planning Board.
Ithaca (N.Y.). Real Estate Board.
Montgomery Ward.
National Association of Home Builders (U.S.)
New York State Home Builders Association.
Schickel Motor Co.
United States. Dept. of Commerce.
United States. Federal Housing Administration.
United States. Patent Office.

Titles:
Ithaca Journal.

Subjects:
Engineering.
Housing.
Housing surveys.
Mechanical engineering.
Motorcycles.
Motors.
Ithaca (N.Y.)

Form and Genre Terms:
Accounts.
Blueprints.
Diaries.
Patents.
Photographs.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:
Personal papers may not be used, cited or quoted without permission of the donor.
Cite As:
Schickel family papers, #3671. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

1) Business Records, 2) Miscellaneous Records, 3) Schickel Motor Co. Records, 4) Personal Papers.In part, arranged alphabetically.

CONTAINER LIST

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