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.