RMM02263.xml Guide to the Charles Hazen Blood Papers, 1889-1909 Blood, Charles Hazen papers, 1889-1909 Compiled by A.B. Levin, N. Dean, Maria Keating Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library April 2002

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Martin Heggestad, April 2002. File last modified: April 2002 ENG 2007-05-29 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Guide to the Charles Hazen Blood Papers, 1889-1909 Collection Number: 2263 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) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu A.B. Levine, N. Dean, Maria Keating December 1982 Martin Heggestad, April 2002 © 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Charles Hazen Blood papers, 1889-1909 2263 Charles Hazen Blood, 1866-1938. 3.8 cubic ft. Correspondence, depositions and other legal documents, statements of account, memoranda, and other materials. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, depositions and other legal documents, statements of account, and memoranda, mainly concerning legal matters Blood handled in public office and in private practice, as well as his family and personal business affairs. Also documented are Blood's activities as a Cornell alumnus, mainly regarding the promotion and financing of Alumni Field and his candidacy for reelection as alumni trustee in 1906, as graduate treasurer of the Cornell Masque, and as an alumnus and supporter of Kappa Alpha fraternity; and his activities as an Ithaca landlord, developer of Cornell Heights and Cayuga Heights, supporter of the Ithaca Conservatory of Music (now Ithaca College), and Presbyterian layman. Collection material in English BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Lawyer, district attorney, 1895-1903, and county judge and surrogate of Tompkins County, New York, 1904-1907; Cornell University trustee, 1901-1924; director of local corporations and bank official.

 COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, depositions and other legal documents, statements of account, and memoranda, mainly concerning legal matters Blood handled in public office and in private practice, as well as his family and personal business affairs. Included are letters, photographs, and other papers dealing with liquor and gambling law violations; extradition proceedings and other aspects of civil and criminal cases; the settlement of estates, farm mortgage holdings and family properties in Kansas, Nebraska, and North and South Dakota and investments in Pitkin County, Colorado, bonds, and litigation over oil property in Titusville, Pennsylvania in which his father had invested; the visit of the Imperial Chinese Commissioners, 1906; his work as director and chairman of the executive committee of the Ithaca, New York, Telephone Company, much of which is concerned with its competition with the Bell System, and with the management of the Caroline Telephone Company and the Trumbull's Corners Telephone Company; his work as attorney for the Ithaca Street Railway, involving in part the choice of a route across the Cornell campus and the promotion of connecting electric lines; his interest in state and local Republican politics and such related matters as appointments and elections to the State Supreme Court and the selection of the site for a new post office building in Ithaca.

Also documented are Blood's activities as a Cornell alumnus, mainly regarding the promotion and financing of Alumni Field and his candidacy for reelection as alumni trustee in 1906, as graduate treasurer of the Cornell Masque, and as an alumnus and supporter of Kappa Alpha fraternity; and his activities as an Ithaca landlord, developer of Cornell Heights and Cayuga Heights, supporter of the Ithaca Conservatory of Music (now Ithaca College), and Presbyterian layman. Includes papers of Charles F. Blood. Correspondents include George W. Bacon, Fred D. Barto, W. D. Barnard, Herman Bergholtz, Romeyn Berry, Charles D. Bostwick, Herman V. Bostwick, Charles D. Coburn, T. F. Crane, Hollis E. Dann, Harry F. Dixie, John Wilbur Dwight, Albert F. Gladding, Samuel Grumbine, Henry Gaines Hawn, Hervey C. Hazen, David N. Heller, Frank H. Hiscock, Bert G. Hubbell, Horace Mack, Burr Mattice, Jared T. Newman, Cuthbert W. Pound, George Priest, George W. Ray, Willard W. Rowlee, Henry W. Sackett, Jacob Gould Schurman, John L. Senior, Edwin C. Stewart, Charles M. Titus, Charles E. Treman, Sr., Robert H. Treman, Henry A. Van Alstyne, Mynderse Van Cleef, Andrew S. White, Ernest I. White, Frederick J. Whiton, Emmons L. Williams, George R. Williams, Roger B. Williams, Clarence F. Wyckoff, and Edward G. Wyckoff.

 SUBJECTS Names: Blood, Charles Hazen, 1866-1938. Blood, Charles F. Bacon, George Washington, 1830-1921. Barto, Fred D. Bergholtz, Herman. Berry, Romeyn, 1881-1957. Bostwick, Charles Dibble, 1870-1937. Bostwick, Herman V. Coburn, Charles D. Crane, T. F. Dann, Hollis E. Dixie, Harry F. Dwight, John Wilbur. Gladding, Albert F. Grumbine, Samuel. Hawn, Henry Gaines. Hazen, Hervey Crosby. Heller, David N. Hiscock, Frank H. Hubbell, Bert G. Mack, Horace. Mattice, Burr. Newman, Jared T. (Jared Treman), 1855-1937. Pound, Cuthbert Winfred, 1864-1935. Priest, George. Ray, George W. Rowlee, Willard W. Sackett, Henry W. Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942. Senior, John L. Stewart, Edwin C. Titus, Charles M. Treman, Charles E., Sr. Treman, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1858-1937. Van Alstyne, Henry A. Van Cleef, Mynderse. White, Andrew S. White, Ernest I. Whiton, Frederick J. Williams, Emmons L. Williams, George Robert. Williams, Roger B. Wyckoff, Clarence F. Wyckoff, Edward G. Cornell University. Ithaca Telephone Company. Caroline Telephone Company. Trumbull's Corners Telephone Company. Ithaca Street Railway. Ithaca College. Subjects: Land use--Kansas. Land use--Nebraska. Land use--North Dakota. Land use--South Dakota. Practice of law. Finance. Investments. City planning. Regional planning. Lawyers. Judges. Bankers. Places: Cayuga Heights (N.Y.)--City planning. Cornell Heights (Ithaca, N.Y.)--City planning. New York (State)--Politics and government. Ithaca (N.Y.)--City planning. Pitkin County (Colo.) Titusville (Pa.) China--Foreign relations. Form and Genre Terms: Photographs. INFORMATION FOR USERS Cite As:

Charles Hazen Blood Papers, #2263. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

 SERIES LIST Boxes 1-6 Boxes 7-11 CONTAINER LIST Series I. Charles F. Blood Correspondence and other manuscript items 1 1 1842-1849 1 2 1850-1859 1 3 1860-1862

Includes letters ( Dec. 1861) from a member of one of the Union army's bands; letters address the condition of the army, gives battle descriptions and speaks about "Balls Bluff"

1 4 1863-July 1864

Includes letters ( May 1863, May 1864, June 1864, July 6, 1864, July 30, 1864) from John Barnard, a soldier in the Union army; letters address the Battle of Chancellorsville, the experiences of a man who was held prisoner by the Confederates, conditions in the South, General Sherman, and the anticipation of an attack on Atlanta

1 5 Aug. 1864-1865

Includes letters ( Aug. 1864, Sept. 1864) written by Barnard outside of Atlanta and then in Atlanta; letters address the soldier's hope for Lincoln's reelection, his desire for the war's end, his anticipation of an attack on Atlanta, and then finally a description of the Yankee seizure of Atlanta

1 6 1866-June 1869 1 7 July 1869-1870 1 8 1871

Includes insurance contracts for the various properties that Blood owned and for the First Presbyterian Church in Ithaca for which Blood was a trustee

1 9 1872-Feb. 1873

Includes insurance contracts for the various properties that Blood owned and for the First Presbyterian Church in Ithaca

1 10 Mar. 1873-Dec. 1873

Includes insurance contracts for the various properties that Blood owned and for the First Presbyterian Church in Ithaca

1 11 Jan. 1874-June 1874

Includes insurance contracts for the various properties that Blood owned in Ithaca

1 12 July 1874-June 1875 1 13 July 1875-Dec. 1875

Includes insurance contracts for the various properties that Blood owned and for the First Presbyterian Church in Ithaca; includes a congratulatory letter concerning Blood's election to the command of the 28th Brigade

1 14 1876 1 15 1877 1 16 1878

Includes letters to and from Dr. White addressing Blood's concerns about the lack of a minister at the Presbyterian Church in Ithaca

2 1 Jan. 1879-June 1879

Includes a letter to Dr. White concerning the search for a new minister in Ithaca; includes insurance contracts for the First Presbyterian Church

2 2 July 1879-Dec. 1879

Includes a letter ( Dec. 1879) sent from Berlin by Willard Fiske; letter requests a suit to be sent and it addresses A.D. White's visit to Germany

2 3 Jan. 1880-June 1880

Includes a letter written by Mr. Hawes from the Department of State in Washington regarding a suit of clothes; includes a letter from Willard Fiske written from Berlin thanking Blood for sending the suit he had requested

2 4 June 1880-Dec. 1880

Includes Blood's business card as a merchant tailor and a dealer in cloths

2 5 1881

Includes a letter ( May 1881) written by Charles H., the son of Charles F. ; son addresses what the family has been doing in Ithaca during his father's absence, includes another letter (Sept. 1881) from Charles H. to his father; addresses Jennie McGraw's arrival in Ithaca and the fact that she is staying in Prof. Fiske's father's house; includes a member's card from the Bible and Prayer Union of 1882

2 6 Jan. 1882- June 1882

Includes a letter ( Feb. 1882) from the Board of Home Missions requesting Blood's help in securing funds from the Presbyterian churches in the Ithaca area

2 7 July 1882- Dec. 1882

Includes a letter ( Nov. 1882) from Charles H. and Estella (Charles F.'s wife) written to Charles F. during his trip to the West

2 8 Jan. 1883- June 1883 2 9 July 1883-June 1884 2 10 July 1884- Dec. 1884

Includes a card ( Oct. 1884) designating Blood as the delegate from his church to the Synod of New York; includes a letter ( Dec. 1884) from Charles H. to his father; he writes about his experiences in New York City where he is staying to see a doctor

2 11 Jan. 1885- June 1885 2 12 July 1885- Dec. 1885 3 1 Jan. 1886- June 1886 3 2 July 1886- Dec. 1886 3 3 Jan. 1887- June 1887 3 4 July 1887- Dec. 1887

Includes a letter (July 1887) from Mr. Marsh informing Blood of his membership in the Committee of the Society for the Prevention of Crime; includes a letter (Sept. 1887) from Mr. Storms informing Blood of his unanimous election to the Ithaca Savings Bank's Board of Trustees; includes a letter (Dec. 1887) from Charles H. to his father regarding business matters

3 5 Jan. 1888- June 1888 3 6 July 1888- Oct. 1888 3 7 Nov. 1888- Dec. 1888 3 8 Jan. 1889- Apr. 1889 3 9 May 1889- Aug. 1889 3 10 Sept. 1889- Dec. 1889 3 11 Jan. 1890- Apr. 1890 3 12 May 1890- Aug. 1890

Includes a letter ( June 1890) from Charles H. to his father; talks about his visit to New York and his experiences at a Cornell/Yale crew race

3 13 Sept. 1890- Oct. 1890 3 14 Oct. 1890- Nov. 1890 4 1 Dec. 1890 4 2 Jan. 1891- June 1891

Includes a letter ( Jan. 1891) from the Town and Gown Club indicating Blood's membership

4 3 July 1891-Dec. 1891 4 4 Jan. 1892- June 1892 4 5 July 1892- Dec. 1892

Includes a certificate ( Nov. 1892) that contains President Harrison's Thanksgiving Proclamation

4 6 1893 4 7 1894-1895 4 8 1896 4 9 1897 4 10 1898-1899 4 11 Miscellaneous correspondences (not dated) 4 12 Miscellaneous correspondences (not dated) 4 13 Miscellaneous papers (not dated) Printed Items 5 1 Not dated 5 2 1853-1866

Includes a program ( Dec. 1866) from the dedication of Cornell Library where Ezra Cornell and A.D. White gave addresses

5 3 1867 5 4 1868-1874

Includes a program ( July 1869) from Cornell's First Annual Commencement; includes a program ( June 1871) from Cornell's Class Day exercises

5 5 1875-1888

Includes a program ( June 1878) from Cornell's Class Day exercises; R.H. Treman is listed as the Vice-President of the class

5 6 1889-1891

Includes Cornell President Charles Adams' annual report for the year 1890-91

5 7 1891-1894

Includes the Founder's Day oration of Jan. 1893 which gives a biography of Ezra Cornell

5 8 1895-1898 5 9 Not dated

Includes pamphlets from Southern California providing information for prospective investors and migrants

5 10 Miscellaneous business cards, checks and papers (not dated) Account books and documents regarding the Presbyterian Church of Ithaca 6 1 Documents concerning Simeon DeWitt's sale of property to the Trustees of the South Presbyterian Church of Ithaca, 1816-1826 6 Two volumes of account books, 1857-1873 6 One account book volume, 1883-1884 Series II. Charles H. Blood Correspondence and other manuscript items 7 1 Aug. 16, 1889- Sept. 25, 1895 7 2 Jan. 9, 1896- June 30, 1896 7 3 July 2, 1896- Dec. 28, 1896 7 4 Jan. 4, 1897- Aug. 14, 1897 7 5 Jan. 8, 1898- May 14, 1898 7 6 May 17, 1898- June 30, 1898 7 7 July 1, 1898- Sept. 15, 1898 7 8 Sept. 16, 1898- Oct. 28, 1898 7 9 Nov. 1, 1898- Dec. 5, 1898

Includes several items ( Nov. 1898) from a man who is offering Blood an opportunity to make money in the illegal business of duplicate bills; includes a letter ( Nov. 1898) that announces his election to the Board of Trustees of the Ithaca Savings Bank following the death of his father who formerly held the position

7 10 Dec. 7, 1898- Dec. 30, 1898

Includes a letter ( Dec. 1898) from George Priest requesting an endorsement letter from Blood to be sent to Governor-elect Theodore Roosevelt

7 11 Jan. 1, 1899- Mar. 11, 1899

Includes a letter ( Jan. 1899) from George Priest thanking Blood for writing a recommendation letter to New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt

7 12 Mar. 17, 1899- May 5, 1899 7 13 May 6, 1899- July 15, 1899

Includes a letter ( May 1899) from Edward Gladding regarding divorce laws and the equality of women

7 14 July 17, 1899- Dec. 26, 1899

Includes a letter ( Nov. 1899) from Blood to the Editor of the Buffalo Evening News (E.H. Butler) concerning the drowning of Edward Berkeley at Cornell

7 15 Apr. 16, 1900- Mar. 24, 1902 7 16 Mar. 25, 1902- Apr. 14, 1902 8 1 Apr. 16, 1902- Apr. 30, 1902

Includes a letter ( Apr. 21, 1902) from Blood to Mrs. Lang discussing her divorce and the evidence needed to secure a divorce

8 2 May 1, 1902- May 24, 1902 8 3 June 3, 1902- July 15, 1902 8 4 July 14, 1902- July 31, 1902 8 5 Aug. 1, 1902- Aug. 30, 1902 8 6 Sept. 1, 1902- Sept. 29, 1902 8 7 Oct. 1, 1902- Oct. 15, 1902

Includes a letter ( Oct. 1902) from The Alumni Athletic Field Committee regarding the presentation of their athletic field project at the next meeting of the Cornell trustees

8 8 Oct. 16, 1902- Nov. 13, 1902

Includes letters ( Oct. 1902) from Cornell President J.G. Schurman

8 9 Nov. 16, 1902- Dec. 9, 1902

Includes letters ( Nov. 1902) from J.G. Schurman; one states that he is going to recommend a location for the new athletic field at Cornell; includes a newspaper clipping regarding Blood's actions in the Churchill murder trial

8 10 Feb. 3, 1903- Dec. 19, 1905

Includes several sheets about the typhoid epidemic in 1903

8 11 Jan. 4, 1906- Jan. 29, 1906 8 12 Feb. 2, 1906- Feb. 22, 1906

Includes a letter ( Feb. 6, 1906) from President Schurman informing Blood of the itinerary planned for the Imperial Chinese Commissioners' visit to Cornell; includes several letters regarding Blood's re-election as a Cornell trustee

8 13 Feb. 23, 1906- Mar. 15, 1906

Includes letters from various people in different states endorsing Blood's re-election to the Board of Trustees

8 14 Mar. 16, 1906- Apr. 10, 1906

Includes a pamphlet outlining the nomination of Blood for Cornell Trustee for the election of June 1906

8 15 Apr. 11, 1906- Apr. 14, 1906 8 16 Apr. 18, 1906- May 10, 1906

Includes several letters ( May 1906) from President Schurman regarding the landscape of the Cornell campus and the placement of a new road

9 1 May 12, 1906- May 25, 1906

Includes a pamphlet about the possibility of allowing library books to circulate into homes; includes a statement made by A.D. White about his opinion on circulating books; includes a map ( 1900) of the Cornell University campus

9 2 May 26, 1906- June 5, 1906

Includes a letter ( May 1906) from President Schurman regarding the use of Fall Creek gorge for water power

9 3 June 6, 1906- June 20, 1906

Includes various information about the Cornell reunions on June 20, 1906

9 4 June 21, 1906- July 31, 1906

Includes letters ( June 1906) from President Schurman including one regarding a report written by Blood

9 5 Aug. 1, 1906- Aug. 29, 1906 9 6 Sept. 1, 1906- Sept. 20, 1906 9 7 Sept. 21, 1906- Oct. 15, 1906 9 8 Oct. 16, 1906- Oct. 31, 1906

Includes several letters from various members of the Sphinx Head Society urging Blood to support the society's request for a plot of land on Cornell's campus. Blood was a member of the Quill and Dagger Society.

9 9 Nov. 1, 1906- Nov. 29, 1906

Includes several letters from various members of the Sphinx Head Society urging Blood to support the society's request for a plot of land on Cornell's campus

9 10 Dec. 1, 1906- Dec. 20, 1906 9 11 Dec. 21, 1906- Dec. 29, 1906 9 12 Apr. 5, 1907- July 31, 1908

Includes Blood's biography for the 1907 edition of Who's Who in New York City and State

9 13 Aug. 10, 1908- Dec. 16, 1908 9 14 Miscellaneous papers (not dated) 9 15 Miscellaneous papers (not dated) 9 16 Miscellaneous correspondences (not dated) Letterbooks of outgoing correspondence 10 Eight volumes from 1897-1909 Various books 11 Law text with lecture synopsis and notes by Blood, 1888-1890 11 Scribble book, 1910 11 Synopsis of lectures given by Blood at Cornell University Law School, 1898 11 Notes on real property (not dated)