02659mpc  2200469   4500001000800000005001700008008004100025035002300066035002200089040002400111100005000135245005600185300001600241533005300257535004700310520106500357555001401422510006301436524013201499600003201631610003601663610002201699610002101721610002301742610005401765650001701819650003301836650002401869650002401893650003401917650004401951650001301995651005002008651001902058655001302077655001702090655001902107655001602126656001702142905002102159998000902180207922120010724150851.0850123q18601924nyu                 eng d  a(CStRLIN)NYCV85A57  a(NIC)notisAKR6936  aNICcNICeappmdNIC1 aBurt, Le Van Merchant,d1875-1971,ecompiler.00aLe Van Merchant Burt family papers,f[ca.1860-1924]  a2 cubic ft.  3Autobiography of Franklin Burtais on microfilm.1 3Original autobiographyaretained by donor.  aLetters and documents relating to the service of Burt's father, Captain Franklin Burt (1841-1924) in the 89th Regiment, New York Volunteers, including letters from family and friends in Corbettsville, New York, from other officers, and from pension authorities after the Civil War; also, diaries for 1861-63; and later letters regarding Burt's search for information on a brother killed in the war. There are letters from old comrades, war reminiscences, and a photograph of 89th survivors in 1914. Other papers relate to Burt's ownership of Calvert Tannery at Mannington, West Virginia; the Burt Oil Company of West Virginia and Kentucky; and the Burt Mines and Milling Company of Colorado, and include business letters, tanning contracts, stockholders' lists, scrapbooks, and photographs of mining operations. Other materials document his post of Masonic Grand Master of West Virginia, and his candidacy for governor on the Prohibition ticket in 1892, including manuscript temperance speeches. There is also a microfilm copy of Franklin Burt's autobiography.0 aBox list.0 aDescribed in REPORT OF THE CURATOR AND ARCHIVIST, 1962-66.  aLe Van Merchant Burt, Compiler. Family Papers, #2327. Division of Rare and Manuscript  Collections, Cornell University Library.10aBurt, Franklin,d1841-1924.20aBurt Mines and Milling Company.20aBurt Oil Company.20aCalvert Tannery.20aProhibition Party.20aUnited States.bArmy.bNew York Volunteers, 89th. 0aFreemasonry. 0aMines and mineral resources. 0aMineral industries. 0aMining engineering. 0aPetroleum industry and trade. 0aPolitics and governmentzWest Virginia. 0aTanning. 0aUnited StatesxHistoryyCivil War, 1861-1865. 0aWest Virginia. 7aDiaries. 7aPhotoprints. 7aReminiscences. 7aScrapbooks. 7aBusinessmen.  a19991210120000.0  s9554