RMM02355.xml Guide to the McGraw family papers, 1854-1956. McGraw family papers, 1854-1956. Compiled by Katherine A. Talcott Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library April 2005

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Finding aid encoded by Katherine A. Talcott. File last modified:May 2005 2007-05-29 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Guide to the McGraw Family Papers,1854-1956 Collection Number: 2355 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 Katherine A. Talcott April 2005 Katherine A. Talcott, 2005 RMC Staff, April 2018 © 2005 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY McGraw family papers, 1854-1956. 2355 .5 cubic ft; 4 folders. Correspondence, financial and legal documents, diaries, photographs Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Business and family correspondence, relating to lumbering interests near Canadea, New York; McGraw family genealogy; diaries and accounts of travels in France, Italy, Germany, Russia, and Egypt; Jennie McGraw Fiske diaries refer to travels in England and on the Continent, and to Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, and New York. Other subjects include Cornell University faculty members, the settlement of the estate of John McGraw, and a memorial to McGraw by the Cornell University Board of Trustees. Major correspondents and persons figuring prominently in the collection include Douglass Boardman, J. W. Dwight, Willard Fiske, Mary Celestia McGraw, John Ellis Southworth, and Anna Gauntlett Whitcomb. Collection material in English COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Business and family correspondence, relating to lumbering interests near Canadea, New York; McGraw family genealogy; diaries and accounts of travels in France, Italy, Germany, Russia, and Egypt; Jennie McGraw Fiske diaries refer to travels in England and on the Continent, and to Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, and New York. Other subjects include Cornell University faculty members, the settlement of the estate of John McGraw, and a memorial to McGraw by the Cornell University Board of Trustees. Major correspondents and persons figuring prominently in the collection include Douglass Boardman, J. W. Dwight, Willard Fiske, Mary Celestia McGraw, John Ellis Southworth, and Anna Gauntlett Whitcomb.

Also, a Jennie McGraw letter to her uncle, Thomas McGraw, describing the impact of the Civil War on Detroit, and mentioning mutual acquaintances involved in the struggle. John McGraw papers refer to Cornell University lands, lands held by the H. W. Sage and Company, and his own personal matters; includes Henry Williams Sage correspondence. McGraw's involvement in the lumber industry is documented by correspondence with William E. Taylor regarding lumber prices in Ontario, Canada, and by exchanges with mill operators and lumbering concerns in Ontario, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

 SUBJECTS Names: McGraw family. Boardman, Douglass, 1822-1891. Dwight, J. W. Fiske, Jennie McGraw, 1840-1881. Fiske, Willard, 1831-1904. McGraw, John. McGraw, Mary Celestia. Sage, Henry W.(Henry Williams), 1814-1897. Southworth, John Ellis. Taylor, William E. Whitcomb, Anna Gauntlett. Cornell University--Faculty. Cornell University.Board of Trustees. H. W. Sage and Company. W.J. Young and Company. Subjects: Lumber trade--Wisconsin. Lumber trade--Minnesota. Lumber trade--Canada--Ontario. Lumber trade--New York (State)--Canadea. Mills and mill-work--Canada--Ontario. Mills and mill-work--Wisconsin. Mills and mill-work--Minnesota. Genealogy--New York (State)--Ithaca. Family--New York (State)--Ithaca Places: France--Description and travel. Italy--Description and travel. Germany--Description and travel. Russia--Description and travel. Egypt--Description and travel. England--Description and travel. Chicago (Ill.)--Description and travel. Detroit (Mich.)--Description and travel. Philadelphia (Pa.)--Description and travel. New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 INFORMATION FOR USERS Cite As:

McGraw Family Papers, #2355. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

 SERIES LIST

Series I. Correspondence Box: 1

Series II. Diaries Box: 1

Series III. Financial and Legal Documents Box: 1

Series IV. W.J. Young and Company Box: 1

Series V. Miscellaneous Box: 1

Series VI. Photographs Box: 1

CONTAINER LIST Series I. Correspondence 1 1 General 1846-1858 1 2 General 1860-1869 1 3 Jennie McGraw Letter to Thomas McGraw October 19, 1866 1 4 General 1873-June 1878 1 5 General July-September 1878 1 6 General October 1878 1 7 General November-December1878 1 8 General 1879-1880 1 9 General January -July 1881 1 10 General 1887-1890 1 11 General n.d. 1 12 McGraw Genealogy 1941 1 13 McGraw Genealogy 1956 Series II. Diaries 1 14 Jennie McGraw Diary 1875 1 15 Jennie McGraw Diary 1877 Series III. Financial and Legal Documents 1 16 Documents 1847-1861 1 17 Documents 1865-1868 1 18 Documents 1869-1871 1 19 Documents 1873 1 20 Documents 1874-1875 1 21 Documents 1876-1877 1 22 Documents January-June 1878 1 23 Documents July-October 1878 1 24 Documents November-December 1878 1 25 Documents January-March 1879 1 26 Documents April 1879 1 27 Documents May 1879 1 28 Documents June-December 1879 1 29 Documents 1880-1881 Series IV. W.J. Young and Company 1 30 Documents 1876-1877 1 31 Documents January-April 1878 1 32 Documents May-July 1878 1 33 Documents August-December 1878 1 34 Documents 1879 1 35 Documents April-August 1880 1 36 Documents September-December 1880 1 37 Documents January-June 1881 1 38 Documents July-December 1881 1 39 Documents January-March 1882 1 40 Documents April-June 1882 1 41 Documents July-November 1882 Series V. Miscellaneous 1 42 Clippings regarding death of Mary Cornell n.d. 1 43 Four land grants from General Land Office of the United States May 21, 1871 1 44 Miscellaneous items 1874-1941 1 Miscellaneous items 45 n.d. Series VI. Photographs M.S. box 1 Painted portrait of Jennie McGraw Fiske

Formerly on display in the A.D. White library

 2 1 Daguerreotype of Jennie McGraw n.d. 2 2 John McGraw? n.d. 2 3 Ezra Cornell September 1862 2 4 Jennie McGraw Fiske about 38 years of age n.d. 2 5 McGraw-Fiske Mansion (3 images) n.d. 2 6 McGraw-Fiske Mansion (3 images) n.d. 2 7 McGraw-Fiske Mansion (3 images) n.d. 2 8 McGraw-Fiske Mansion (3 images) n.d. 2 9 Jane McGraw, John's second wife n.d. 2 10 John McGraw n.d. 2 11 Miscellaneous Photographs (4 images) n.d. 2 12 Steel Plate: John McGraw n.d.