Guide to the Edwin Dwight Northrup Papers,
ca. 1820-1960

Collection Number: 4190

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Edwin Dwight Northrup papers, [ca. 1820-1960]
Collection Number:
4190
Creator:
Edwin Dwight. Northrup
Quantity:
48 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, diaries, legal papers, and financial records.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Personal correspondence, diaries, legal papers, and financial records of Northrup, c.1870-1919, and his predecessor, lawyer and land agent William Samuel Johnson, c.1820-1897, both of Ellicottville, N.Y. Also correspondence and financial records of L. Ellen Northrup and Mrs. Elvena D. Northrup about the Northrup Style Shoppe, c.1890-1960, and correspondence with Eugene Debs, Theodore Debs, and Emma Goldman concerning socialism, women's rights, and other topics.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Lawyer.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Personal correspondence, diaries, legal papers, and financial records of Northrup, c.1870-1919, and his predecessor, lawyer and land agent William Samuel Johnson, c.1820-1897, both of Ellicottville, N.Y. Also correspondence and financial records of L. Ellen Northrup and Mrs. Elvena D. Northrup about the Northrup Style Shoppe, c.1890-1960, and correspondence with Eugene Debs, Theodore Debs, and Emma Goldman concerning socialism, women's rights, and other topics.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Northrup, Edwin Dwight.
Debs, Eugene V.(Eugene Victor), 1855-1926.
Debs, Theodore, 1864-1945.
Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940.
Johnson, William Samuel.
Northrup, Elvena D.
Northrup, L. Ellen.
Northrup Style Shoppe.

Subjects:
Socialism.
Women--Suffrage.
Women's rights.
Lawyers.

Places:
Ellicottville (N.Y.)
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Edwin Dwight Northrup papers, #4190. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
ca. 1840
Correspondence: William Samuel Johnson tax notices, other legal documents, mostly re: land; W.S. Johnson ca. 1820
 Box 1
1850s-1860s
Land ledger
 Box 1
1892-1909
Day book, Johnsons land office
 Box 1
1865
Shaffer farm acct. book
 Box 1
1878-1897
Wm. Samuel Johnson's financial journal
 Box 1
1861-1877
Wm. Samuel Johnson's financial journal
 Box 1
1865-1897
Johnsons land office ledger
 Box 1
ca. 1900-1930
Ellen Northrup: correspondence, bills, receipts, etc. embroidery business, Ellicottville, N.Y.
 Box 1
1867-1916
Letterbooks--Edwin D. Northrup
 Box 2-6
1887-1892
The Credit Foncier of Sinaloa, 2 vols.
 Box 6
Legal documents
 Box 7-13
Correspondence
 Box 14
Legal documents
 Box 15
Correspondence
 Box 16
Legal documents
 Box 17
Ellen Northrup correspondence, bills, etc.
 Box 18
Legal documents
 Box 19-24
Correspondence
 Box 25
Correspondence
 Box 26
Ellen Northrup
 Box 27
Correspondence
 Box 28-29
Legal documents
 Box 30
Correspondence
 Box 31
Legal documents
 Box 32-33
Correspondence--contains Deb, Sanger, Flynn
 Box 34
Correspondence
 Box 35
?
 Box 36
1858-1919
Diaries--58 vols.
 Box 37
1875-1878, 1900
Justice docket, Ellicottville
 Box 38
1853-1894
Account books, Samuel William Johnson ledger
 Box 38
Legal documents
 Box 39
Northrup Hyle Shop, Ellen Northrup, Mrs. J. King Northrup
 Box 40
1903
Legal and land ledger
 Box 41
1903
Grocers accounts day book
 Box 41
1883
Letterbook
 Box 41
1853-1861
D.G. Bingham day book
 Box 41
1850-1896
Wm. Samuel Johnson land book
 Box 42
1857-1980
Wm. Samuel Johnson acct. balance (2 vols.)
 Box 42
1857-1917
E.D. Northrup register (2 vols.)
 Box 42
1857-1917
E.D. Northrup court depositions (2 vols.)
 Box 42
1858-1882
Northrup acct. book
 Box 42
Northrup subscription acct. book
 Box 42
1860-1872
Northrup N.Y. Weekly World
 Box 42
1854-1908
List of land grantees
 Box 42
1865-1914
Memoranda and accts.
 Box 42
1885-1902
Northrup day book
 Box 42
Misc.
 Box 43
Financial
 Box 43
Personal
 Box 43
1920s-1930s
Edwin D. Northrup, corresp.; Mrs. J. King Northrup
 Box 44