RMM01655.xml Guide to the Selden family papers, 1785-1920. Selden family papers Compiled by RMC Staff Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library February 2016

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 Finding aid encoded by RMC Staff, February 2016 Guide to the Selden Family Papers,1785-1920. Collection Number: 1655 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu RMC Staff January 2016 Marcie Farwell, February 2016 RMC Staff, February 2016 © 2016 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Selden family papers, 1785-1920. 1655 Selden family. .3 cubic ft. Correspondence and printed materials. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Personal correspondence of Selden family mambers and additional letters and other papers of members of the related Gale, Hitchcock, and Selden families. Collection material in English COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Personal correspondence of Charles, Abigail, and Eliza Selden of Lansingburgh, Rensselaer County, and Harriet Gale, daughter of George Washington Gale, founder of the Oneida Institute at Whitesboro, New York, and Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. Additional letters and other papers of members of the related Gale, Hitchcock, and Selden families include correspondence of George Washington Gale, chiefly personal, but also mentioning his pastoral duties at a Presbyterian Church in Adams, Jefferson County, and affairs at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois; one letters describing slavery and other aspects of life in St. Croix, Danish West Indies (now Virgin Islands), 1839; photostat copies of the genealogy of Colonel Samuel Selden, a Revolutionary War officer; miscellaneous printed items, including publication about Knox College (1860) and booklet about the Campus School in Ithaca (1920). Locations include Adams, Jefferson County, N.Y.; Whiteboro, Oneida County, N.Y.; and Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Correspondents include George Bowen, Harriet Selden Gale, Harriet Yvonnet Gale, William S. Gale, Margaret Gale Hitchcock, Amasa Kellogg, Mary Osborn, Abigail Jones Selden, Charles Selden, Mary Selden, Samuel Selden, and William Jones Selden.

 SUBJECTS Names: Selden family. Gale family. Gale, George Washington Gale, George Washington. Gale, Harriet Selden Gale, Harriet Selden Gales family Hitchcock family Hitchcock family. Selden family Selden family. Selden, Abigail Jones Selden, Abigail Jones Selden, Charles Selden, Charles. Selden, Eliza Selden, Eliza. Knox College. Presbyterian Church (Adams, N.Y.) Subjects: Slavery -- Virgin Islands. Manners and customs Slavery Places: Saint Croix (United States Virgin Islands) -- Social life and customs. Jefferson County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs. Lesser Antilles -- Virgin Islands New York (State) -- Jefferson County United States Virgin Islands -- Saint Croix INFORMATION FOR USERS Cite As:

Selden Family Papers, #1655. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

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