Guide to the Hopson Family Papers,
[ca.1900-1980]

Collection Number: 4247

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
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
N. Dean
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, June 2004

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Hopson family papers, [ca.1900-1980].
Collection Number:
4247
Creator:
Hopson family.
Quantity:
14 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Farm records and family papers.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Farm records and family papers.
Language:
Collection material in English


COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Farm records and family papers.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Hopson family.

Subjects:
Farms--New York (State)--Herkimer County.
Family--New York (State)--Herkimer County.

Places:
Dolgeville (N.Y.)
Herkimer County (N.Y.)


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Hopson family papers, #4247. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Bill Hopson - college papers - 1977-1978 - a special student in College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell
Box 1
Bill Hopson - college papers from SUNY Binghamton ( 1969-1972 ), Colgate ( 1968-1969 ) and as real estate salesman in New York City (ca. 1972-1973 ) and in California (ca. 1975-1977 ?)
Box 2
Two envelopes of miscellaneous Hopson & Carpenter financial records, ca. mid-1970s
Box 2
Farm - Herd records (registered cows) and financial papers - 1941-early 1970s
E.S. Hopson and sons - ca. 1941-ca. 1951
Box 3
David R. Hopson - ca. 1957-ca. 1968?
Box 3
Hopson and Carpenter - ca. 1968 on
Box 3
Edwin S. Hopson papers
Grange
Box 3
Miscellany
Box 3
Papers as district school superintendent
Box 3
Check stubs from Elton J. Hopson and Edwin S. Hopson - 1918-1922
Box 4
Miscellaneous correspondence and farm records of Edwin S. Hopson
Box 4
Plays collected by Edwin S. Hopson
Box 5
Farm records
David R. Hopson - 1960s
Box 5
Hopson & Carpenter - 1970s and 1980s
Box 5
Old folder listing fuel oil purchases - 1953-1957
Box 6
Folder of receipts from rebuilding barn after 1961 fire
Box 6
Envelope of insurance papers
Box 6
1971 taxes
Box 6
FICA deposit forms
Box 6
Dolgeville bank ( 1964 )
Box 6
Social Security DRH (David Robert Hopson)
Box 6
Folder: tax papers - 1961-1962
Box 6
4 folders - Hopson & Carpenter 1976 financial papers
Box 6
David R. Hopson financial records - ca. 1960-1962
Box 7
Packets - checks and accounts of Edwin and Ethel Hopson - ca. 1920s-1940s
Box 8
Edwin S. Hopson - Dairyman's League and school superintendent files
Box 9
Edwin and David
2 check books - ca. 1954-1956
Box 9-10
Tax returns - 1960-1965
Box 9-10
7 checkbooks - ca. 1960-1966
Box 9-10
Miscellaneous unsorted papers of Edwin and Ethel Hopson. Most relate to Edwin's school superintendent work but scattered throughout are personal papers.
Box 9-10
Financial records (checkbooks and receipts) - late 1940s-early 1960s
Box 10
Notebooks from late 1940s-early 1960s - includes Edwin's notebooks from education courses at Cornell plus undated notebooks of Edwin's. Also 2 notebooks of Harry Hopson and high school notebooks of Edwin.
Box 11
David Hopson
College papers from Cornell
Box 12
Financial records from early to mid 1940s
Box 12
Family papers (insurance records)
Box 12
Folder from work on board of directors of Agway
Box 12
Herd records, 1970s-1980s - miscellaneous unsorted farm records (mostly herd records and tax records)
Box 13
Misc.
Box 14