Guide to the H. Emmons Ogden Family Papers,
1830-1917

Collection Number: 3837

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
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
M. Warren
Date completed:
October 1980
EAD encoding:
M. Heggestad, September 2001

© 2001 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
H. Emmons Ogden Family Papers, 1830-1917
Collection Number:
3837
Creator:
H. Emmons Ogden, 1902-1980, collector
Quantity:
.4 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Diaries, account books, correspondence, and a photograph.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes diaries, account books, and correspondence of the collector's relatives.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

H. Emmons Ogden was born in Ellis Hollow in Dryden, New York on July 21, 1902, son of Horton and Edith Steele Ogden.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Ogden, H. Emmons, 1902-1980, collector.
Gilbert, Charles.
Hunt, Horton.
Locke, Henry D.
Ogden, Priscilla Hunt.
Ogden family.

Places:
Dryden (N.Y.)
Ellis Hollow (N.Y.)--Pictorial works.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
H. Emmons Ogden, Collector. Family Papers, #3837. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
SERIES LIST

Series I. Correspondence Box 1
Series II. Diaries and Accounts Box 2
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Series I. Correspondence
1830, 1832
Box 1 Folder 1
1862-1863
Box 1 Folder 2
1864-1865, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 3
Series II. Diaries and Accounts
1863-1864, 1867, 1870, 1883, 1904, 1911, 1917
Henry D. Locke
 Box 2
1864-1874
Priscilla Hunt (Ogden)
 Box 2
1867, 1869, 1871, 1875, 1889
Horton Hunt (financial accounts)
 Box 2