Davenport Family Papers,1800-1941
Collection Number: 539
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University
Library
Title:
Davenport family papers, 1800-1941.
Collection Number:
539
Creator:
Quantity:
41.2 cubic ft; 29 v.; 2 reels movie
film; 3 oversize folders.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, financial records,\ legal papers,
maps, photographs, and movie films.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence, accounts, deeds, mortgages, tax statements,
wills, bonds, stock certificates, bills, receipts, business and legal papers, maps,
photographs, and movie films of the Davenport family of Angelica, Allegany County, New
York and Bath, Steuben County, and of related Cameron, Waterman, French, and other
families.
Language:
Collection material in English
Correspondence, accounts, deeds, mortgages, tax statements, wills, bonds, stock
certificates, bills, receipts, business and legal papers, maps, photographs, and movie
films of the Davenport family of Angelica, Allegany County, New York and Bath, Steuben
County, and of related Cameron, Waterman, French, and other families. Featured most
prominently are Charles and Ira Davenport, and their agent, J. W. Waterman. The
collection pertains chiefly to investments in lands in New York State, Illinois, Iowa,
Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Nebraska, to interests in mining, railway, mercantile,
banking, and other business ventures, and to the settlement of family estates. Includes
papers of the Davenport Home for Girls (also known as the Davenport Home for Female
Orphan Children), Bath, New York, and the Bath Presbyterian Church.
Topics include western and frontier land speculation and investment, family relations,
the problems of amassing capital and absentee ownership, banking, land taxation,
forestry, and other matters pertaining to land ownership and management.
Names:
Davenport family.
Cameron family.
Davenport, Charles.
Davenport, Ira.
French family.
Waterman family.
Waterman, J. W.
Bath Presbyterian Church (Bath, N.Y.)
Davenport Home for Female Orphan Children (Bath,
N.Y.)
Davenport Home for Girls (Bath, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Real property--New York (State)
Real property--Illinois.
Real property--Iowa.
Real property--Kansas.
Real property--Michigan.
Real property--Minnesota.
Real property--Nebraska.
Real estate investment--New York (State)
Real estate investment--Illinois.
Real estate investment--Iowa.
Real estate investment--Kansas.
Real estate investment--Michigan.
Real estate investment--Minnesota.
Real estate investment--Nebraska.
Business enterprises--New York (State)--Steuben
County.
Business enterprises--New York (State)--Allegany
County.
Commerce--New York (State)--Steuben County.
Commerce--New York (State)--Allegany
County.
Banks and banking--New York (State)
Mines and mineral resources.
Mineral industries.
Railroads--New York (State)
Family--New York (State)--Steuben County.
Family--New York (State)--Allegany County.
Orphanages--New York (State)--Bath.
Administration of estates--New York (State)--Steuben
County.
Administration of estates--New York (State)--Allegany
County.
Forests and forestry--New York
(State)--Bath.
Places:
Bath (N.Y.)--Economic conditions.
Angelica (N.Y.)--Economic conditions.
Bath (N.Y.)--Religious life and customs.
Form and Genre Terms:
Account books.
Deeds.
Mortgages.
Maps.
Photographs.
Motion pictures.
Cite As:
Davenport family papers, #539. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Consists of collections #539, #581, #1173, #1825, #1903.
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