Botsford family papers, 1792-1974.
Collection Number: 3121

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Botsford family papers, 1792-1974.

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections

Collection Number:

3121

Abstract:

Correspondence, diaries, deeds, account books, poems and photographs of the Frank Botsford family of the Town of Jerusalem, Yates Co., New York.

Creator:

Botsford family.

Quanitities:

15.2 cubic feet.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Frank Botsford, the son of Samuel Botsford (1809-1888), was born in Jerusalem, New York and spent his life farming in the community. He was known for his involvement in community affairs and for his collection of Indian artifacts. He and his wife, Alice Ansley Botsford (1867-1950), had seven children: Anna E. (Mrs. L. Bridge), Elizabeth (Mrs. C. Ingvolstad), Franklin A., Margaret S., Mary (Mrs. H.T. Wilder), Myrtie (Mrs. W.F. Ruggiero), and Samuel.

Earlier members of the Botsford family moved to New York State from Milford, Connecticut because of their belief in "The Universal Friend," Jemima Wilkinson.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, diaries, deeds, account books, poems and photographs of the Frank Botsford family of the Town of Jerusalem, Yates Co., New York. Includes information concerning the growth, education, and careers of Frank and Alice Ansley Botsford's seven children and their respective families; correspondence with several other families, including the Ansleys and the Vails; books read by the Botsford children; Frank Botsford's poetry and articles on Indians of Yates County and local history; records concerning Botsford's investments and inventions, and his service as a school trustee, 1895, 1908-11; material on the New York State Fruit Growers' Association and other agricultural groups; Alice Ansley Botsford's poetry, short stories, and scrapbooks; original deeds to the Botsford family farm; Frank's daily records (1884-1909); and a map/survey (1851) of the Gould Farm, near Italy Hill Road. Also, mortgages, promissory notes, insurance policies, diaries (1850-1926), and undated notebooks; genealogies of the Ansley, Botsford, and Spangler families; newspaper clippings and other printed material concerning family members and local history; broadsides and memorabilia.

Also, additional papers include correspondence between Myrtie Botsford Ruggiero and Wilfred F. Ruggiero before and after their marriage, including World War II letters and V-mail; correspondence of Margaret Scott Botsford with her parents and other family members and friends; account books; photograph albums and photographs; and printed material.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Botsford family papers, #3121. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Botsford, Alice Ansley.

Botsford, Frank, 1853-1944.

Bridge, Anna E. Botsford.

Ingvolstad, Elizabeth Botsford.

Botsford, Franklin A.

Botsford, Margaret Scott.

Wilder, Mary Botsford.

Botsford, Samuel.

Ruggiero, Myrtie Botsford.

Ruggiero, Wilfred F.

Botsford family.

Vail family.

Spangler family.

Endsley family.

New York State Fruit Growers\' Association

Places:

Yates County (N.Y.) -- History.

Jerusalem (N.Y.) -- History.

Subjects:

V-mail.

Women -- Diaries.

Real property, Exchange of.

Indians of North America -- New York (State)

Farmers.

Agriculture -- New York (State)

Form and Genre Terms:

Broadsides.

Deeds.

Genealogies.

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
		Link to a partial finding aid.
		Scope and Contents All the material in the collection may not be covered by this guide.
Box 1	Folder 1	Aborigines - Regional Evidence	1920, 1938
		Scope and Contents Two items
Box 1	Folder 1A	Advertisements (old)	Undated
Box 1	Folder 1B	American Indian - Regional History	1893-1936
Box 1	Folder 2	Ansley, Beulah and Clifford	Date Unknown
		Scope and Contents Removed to other locations
Box 1	Folder 3	Ansley, Bryon	Date Unknown
		Scope and Contents Removed to other locations
Box 1	Folder 4	Ansley, Catherine (Aunt Kate Gamble)	Date Unknown
		Scope and Contents Removed to other locations
Box 1	Folder 5	Ansley, Joel	1901-1911
Box 1	Folder 6	Ansley, Mary (Aunt Mary Leigh)	1913-1920
Box 1	Folder 7	Ansley, Ray	1918-1943
Box 1	Folder 8	Ansley, William A.	1898-1903
Box 1	Folder 8A	Ansley, Mrs. William A. (Rachel Ann)	1886-1926
Box 1	Folder 9	Automobile registration	Date Unknown
		Scope and Contents Removed
Box 1	Folder 10	Bank	1898-1900
		Scope and Contents Deposit slips and canceled checks (old)
Box 1	Folder 10A	Bills, Non-receipted	1890-1927
Box 1	Folder 11	Botsford Children - Letters, etc.	1905-1946
Box 1	Folder 12	Botsford Farm - Apples	1903-1929
Box 1	Folder 13	Botsford Farm - Grapes and Other Produce	1882-1909
Box 1	Folder 14	Botsford Farm - Other	1888-1934
Box 1	Folder 14A	Botsford Farmhouse	1868-1937
Box 1	Folder 15	Botsford, Alice Ansley - Correspondence	1904-1948
Box 1	Folder 16	Botsford, Alice Ansley - Poetry and Prose	1915-1940
Box 1	Folder 17	Botsford, Alice Ansley	Date Unknown
		Scope and Contents Removed to bottom shelf, green file
Box 1	Folder 18	Botsford, Alice Ansley	Date Unknown
		Scope and Contents Removed to bottom shelf, green file
Box 1	Folder 19	Botsford, Ann	1934, undated
Box 1	Folder 19A	Botsford, Elijah (will)	1829
Box 1	Folder 20	Botsford, Elizabeth - Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research	1918-1932
Box 1	Folder 21	Botsford, Esther C. (Mrs. Samuel)	1890-1894
Box 1	Folder 22	Botsford, Frank - Accounts and Figuring	1899, undated
Box 1	Folder 23	Botsford, Frank - City Hill Cemetery Association	1938-1949
Box 1	Folder 24	Botsford, Frank - Correspondence	1892-1942
Box 1	Folder 25	Botsford, Frank - Mary B. Vail's Estate, Settlement of	1928
Box 1	Folder 26	Botsford, Frank - Farm Bureau and Grange	Date Unknown
Box 1	Folder 26A	Botsford, Frank - Farm Relief Plan	1928
Box 1	Folder 27	Botsford, Frank - Inventions	1907-1912
Box 1	Folder 28	Botsford, Frank - Investments	1903-1970
Box 1	Folder 28A	Botsford, Frank - Liscenses	1915-1939
Box 1	Folder 29	Botsford, Frank - Masonic Order	1876-1929
Box 1	Folder 29A	Botsford, Frank - Miscellaneous	1900, undated
Box 1	Folder 30	Botsford, Frank - New York State Fruit Growers Association	1902-1904
Box 1	Folder 31	Botsford, Frank - Overseer of Highways	1903
Box 1	Folder 31A	Botsford, Frank - Pan-American Exposition, 1901	1900-1901
Box 1	Folder 32	Botsford, Frank - Plan for Jerusalem Historical Society; Plan for Organizing Farmers	Undated
Box 1	Folder 33	Botsford, Frank - Indian Relics	1898-1944
Box 1	Folder 34	Botsford, Frank - Reminiscences	Undated
Box 2	Folder 35	Rhymes and Other Writings	1907-1916
		Scope and Contents Three folders
Box 2	Folder 36	School Trustee	1895, 1908-1911
Box 2	Folder 36A	Sketches and Drawings	Undated
Box 2	Folder 37	Surveys (land)	1903-1924
Box 2	Folder 37A	Texas Trip	1938
Box 2	Folder 38	Water System	1917
Box 3	Folder 38A	Will (thoughts on)	1942
Box 3	Folder 39	Botsford, Franklin	1915-1918
Box 3	Folder 39A	Botsford, James Wade	1941-1970
Box 3	Folder 40	Botsford, Margaret	Date Unknown
		Scope and Contents Removed to other folder
Box 3	Folder 41	Botsford, Mary	1922-1926
Box 4	Folder 42	Botsford, Mollie I	1898-1926
		Scope and Contents Letters to her brother, Frank
Box 4	Folder 43	Botsford, Mollie II	1894-1927
		Scope and Contents Letters from her mother, Aunt Sue, Aunt Anna, George Spangler, Louise Waddell, "Lillian"
Box 4	Folder 44	Botsford, Mollie III	1893-1896
		Scope and Contents Letters of sympathy; letters from Murray Sherman and from "Bettie"
Box 4	Folder 45	Botsford, Mollie IV	1895-1927
		Scope and Contents Letters, general
Box 5	Folder 45A	Botsford, Mollie I	1862-1927
		Scope and Contents Miscellaneous
Box 5	Folder 45B	Botsford, Mollie II	1890-1910
		Scope and Contents Miscellaneous, financial
Box 5	Folder 45C	Botsford, Mollie Settlement of Estate	1927-1933
Box 5	Folder 46	Botsford, Myrtie Kathleen	1919-1941
Box 5	Folder 47	Botsford, Myrtie Wightman	1883-1890
Box 5	Folder 48	Botsford, Samuel (b. 1909) - I	1919-1946
Box 6	Folder 48A	Botsford, Samuel (b. 1909) - II	1926-1944
Box 6	Folder 49	Botsford, Samuel (b. 1809) - Accounts (Esther's husband; Frank's father)	1857-1861
Box 6	Folder 50	Botsford, Samuel (b.1809) - Correspondence	1860-1875
Box 6	Folder 50A	Botsford, Samuel (b.1809) - County Clerk	1864, 1910
Box 6	Folder 51	Botsford, Samuel (b.1809) - Farming Notes	Undated
Box 6	Folder 52	Botsford, Samuel (b.1809) - Investments	1853-1856
Box 6	Folder 53	Botsford, Samuel (b.1809) - Sold to Frank Botsford	1883
Box 6	Folder 54	Botsford, Samuel (b.1809) - Will and Settlement of Estate	1887-1889
Box 6	Folder 55	Botsford, Wade - Correspondence	1885-1899
Box 6	Folder 56	Botsford, Wade - Miscellaneous	1876-1941
Box 7	Folder 57	Botsford, Wade - Settlement of Estate	1889-1898
Box 7	Folder 58	Buckley, Samuel Botsford	Date Unknown
		Scope and Contents Removed to another folder
Box 7	Folder 59	Cemetery	1865-1921
Box 7	Folder 59A	Civil War	1864
Box 7	Folder 60	Davis, Miles	1887, 1923
Box 7	Folder 61	Deeds, Mortgages, Leases, Notes, etc. I	1792-1888
Box 7	Folder 61A	Deeds, Mortgages, Leases, Notes, etc. II	1825-1898
Box 7	Folder 62	Deeds, Mortgages, Leases, Notes, etc. III	1842-1913
Box 7	Folder 62A	District School	1856-1963
Box 7	Folder 63	Elections and "Politicking"	1815-1920
Box 7	Folder 63A	Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union - Constitutional By-laws	1891
Box 7	Folder 63B	Farmers's Picnic	1910, 1925
Box 7	Folder 64	Guyancga Monument	1909-1910
Box 7	Folder 65	Insurance, Fire	1850-1947
Box 7		Bundle Deeds & Surveys	1846-1894
Box 8	Folder 66	Insurance, Life	1898-1924
Box 8	Folder 67	Invitations, Miscellaneous	1879-1892
Box 8	Folder 68	Invitations, Wedding	1878-1949
Box 8	Folder 69	Articles on Local History	1887-1943
		Scope and Contents Additional folder
Box 8	Folder 70	Macomb	1889-1914
Box 8	Folder 70A	Miller, Samuel V.C.	1852
Box 8	Folder 71	Miscellaneous	1889-1970
Box 8	Folder 71A	Dog Licenses	1929-1939
Box 8		Charles D. Bean. Reminiscences	Date Unknown
Box 9	Folder 72	Newspaper Clippings	Date Unknown
Box 9	Folder 73	Obituaries	Date Unknown
Box 9	Folder 74	Pageants and Programs	1883-1929
Box 9	Folder 75	Poems Someone Liked	Undated
Box 9	Folder 75A	Postcards	Undated
Box 9	Folder 75B	Posters, Pamphlets, Guide Books, etc.	1876-1936
Box 9	Folder 76	Receipts, Frank Botsford I	1903-1937
Box 9	Folder 76A	Receipts, Frank Botsford II	1876-1900
Box 9	Folder 77	Receipts, Samuel Botsford, classified	1852-1875
Box 9	Folder 78	Receipts, Samuel Botsford, classified	1831-1875
Box 9	Folder 79	Receipts, Samuel Botsford, various	1850-1887
Box 9	Folder 80	Receipts, Samuel Botsford, various	1828-1888
Box 9	Folder 80A	Recipes	Undated
Box 9	Folder 81	Rhymes, Anonymous	Undated
Box 10	Folder 82	Rose, John N.,	1829-1838
		Scope and Contents Papers (deeds and agreements); came from Va. With servants
Box 10	Folder 82A	Ruggiero, Dr. Wilfred F. (obituaries)	1969
Box 10	Folder 83	Spangler, Catherine	1892-1926
Box 10	Folder 84	Spangler, George	1930-1936
Box 10	Folder 85	Spangler, Levi	1830, 1855
		Scope and Contents Prom. Note, bankruptcy and daguerrotype
Box 10	Folder 85A	Spangler, Maria - Funeral Service	1881
Box 10	Folder 86	Squier, Nat	1937
Box 10	Folder 87	Stamps	Date Unknown
		Scope and Contents Not there
Box 10	Folder 88	St. Luke's	1898-1949
Box 10	Folder 88A	Surveys (land)	1851
Box 10	Folder 89	Tax Bills and Receipts	1884-1947
Box 10	Folder 90	Telephone Co.	1902-1927
Box 10	Folder 91	Unidentifiable Items	1843-1884
Box 10	Folder 92	Vail, Charles	1887
		Scope and Contents Not correspondence, bills
Box 11	Folder 93	Vail, George	1885-1886, 1883-1894
Box 11	Folder 93A	Vail, Mary B.	Date Unknown
		Scope and Contents Removed to Mollie Botsford
Box 11	Folder 93B	War Rations and War Chest	1918, 1943
Box 11	Folder 93C	Whitman, Marcus	1921-1927
Box 11	Folder 93D	Wightman, James C.	1890, 1900
		Scope and Contents Doctor's bills?
Box 11	Folder 93E	Wilder, Hugo T.	1960, 1970
		Scope and Contents Memorial Clippings
Box 11	Folder 94	Wilkinson, Jemima	1890, 1905, 1933-1941
Box 11	Folder 95	Wright, Berlin	1936
Box 11		Notes of M.B. Vail to G.D. Vail 1891-1894; Wail's accounts & receipts, pronis.	Date Unknown
		Alice Ansley Botsford's Correspondence
Box 11a		Letters from Clifford & Beulah Ansley
Box 11a		Letters from Mary Ansley
Box 11a		Letters from Non-Relatives
Box 11a		Letters from Ray Ansley I	1927-1939
Box 11a		Letters from Ray Ansley II	1918-1919
Box 11a		Letters from Ray Ansley III	1919
Box 11a		Letters from Kate Gamble, Alice Ansley Gamble, Jean Gamble and Lois, Alice's sister (?)
Box 11a		Letters from other Relatives
Box 12		Samuel Botsford	1859-1876
Box 12		Elijah B. Botsford	1826-1832
Box 12		Obituaries	Date Unknown
Box 12		William and Eleanor Owens White	1848-1858
Box 13		Alice's Poetry and Writings	Date Unknown
		Scope and Contents Very poor, L.S.
Box 14		Frank Botsford's Diaries (Three)	1871-1926
Box 14		R. Finley Miller's Diaries (Ten)	1850-1864
Box 14		Wade Botsford's Diary	1876
Box 14		Samuel Botsford's Daybook	1870
Box 14		Unidentified Diary	1860
Box 15		Frank Botsford Miscellany	Date Unknown
		Scope and Contents Six wallets, presumable belonging to him
Box 15		Thirteen Memo Books Containing Accounts	1932-1937
		Scope and Contents Notes on local history and family
Box 15		Notebooks (Eleven) re Genealogy, Local History & Trips	1926-1942
Box 15		Notebooks (Two) Containing Writings, Mostly Poetry	Date Unknown
Box 15		Photos	Date Unknown
Box 15		Notebooks re farm (Eight)	1904-1930
Box 15		Records of St. Luke's
Box 15		Notebook Containing Surveys	Date Unknown
Box 15		Receipt Book	Date Unknown
Box 15		Notebooks re farm (Ten)	1882-1897
Box 15		Inventory of Antiques	Date Unknown
Box 15		Inventory of Books	1926
Box 16		Samuel Botsford's Account Book	1865-1888
Box 16		Samuel Botsford's Account Book	1865-1870
Box 16		Samuel Botsford's Diary	1883-1884
Box 16		George Vail's Account Book	1891
Box 16		George Vail's Law Notebook	1880
Box 16		George Vail's Ledger	1883-1885
Box 16		W.T. Vail's "Milkbook"	1881
Box 16		Frank Botsford's Address Book	1892-1893
Box 16		Frank Botsford's Account Book	1883
Box 16		Account Books	1884, 1892
		Scope and Contents Two, unsigned
Box 16		William Ansley's Account Books	1874-1877, 1897-1898
Box 17		Elijah Botsford's Account Book	1817-1830
Box 17		County Clerk's Records	1850-1867
		Scope and Contents One book
Box 17		Samuel Botsford's Accounts	1865-1875, 1881-1882
Box 17		Levi Spangler's Estate	1882-1884
Box 17		George Vail's Accounts I	1879
Box 17		George Vail's Accounts II	1884-1885
Box 17		George Vail's Accounts III	1889-1890
Box 17		Relic Room Guest Book - Frank Botsford's Collection & Indian Relics	1932-1943
Box 18		Elijah Botsford (Prob. Jr.) - Account Books	1829-1844
Box 18		Samuel Botsford - Account Books	1845-1865
Box 18		Levi Spangler - Account Books	1854-1879
Box 18		Frank Botsford - Account Books	1888-1915
Box 19		Botsford & Ansley Genealogy	Date Unknown
Box 19		Botsford & Spangler Genealogy	Date Unknown
Box 19		Botsford, Spangler	Date Unknown
Box 19		Ansley	Date Unknown
		Scope and Contents Including Civil War experiences of a daughter of William Ansley
Box 19		Published genealogy (Volume I)	1959
Box 19		Band of Botsford Publications	Date Unknown
Box 20		Deeds, Mortgages	1851-1935
Box 20		Miscellany	Date Unknown
		Scope and Contents Clippings of Whitman massacre, Lincoln's assassination; material relating to J. Wilkinson, M. Whitman
Box 20		Inventory of Mary Vail's Books	1927
Box 21		Alice Ansley Botsford - Scrapbook	1930
Box 22		Alice Ansley Botsford - Scrapbooks (Two)	1945
		Scope and Contents Kept after death of husband
Box 23		Children's Books & Almanacs	1813-1823
		Scope and Contents Includes very old almanacs; plays & lesson books
Box 24		Magazines & Pamphlets	Date Unknown
		Scope and Contents Includes a few pictures
Box 25		Textbooks & Miscellaneous Small Books	Date Unknown
Box 26		Photographs	Date Unknown
Box 27		Postcards & Greeting Cards	Date Unknown
Box 28		Checkbook Stubs & Cancelled Checks	Date Unknown
		Scope and Contents Includes one bundle of Ray Ansley's checkbooks and checks in re estate settlement
Box 29		Newspapers	1887-1965
		Scope and Contents Broadsides (3) and 1 print
Box 30		Newspapers	1823-1913
		Scope and Contents Family record (one, handwritten)
Box 31	Folder 1	Correspondence	1883, 1889, 1907-1912
Box 31	Folder 2	Correspondence	1913
Box 31	Folder 3	Correspondence	1914-1917
Box 31	Folder 4	Correspondence	1918
Box 31	Folder 5	Correspondence	1918, 1919, undated
Box 31	Folder 6	Correspondence	1920
Box 31	Folder 7	Correspondence	1921-01-1921-04
Box 31	Folder 8	Correspondence	1921-05-1921-12
Box 31	Folder 9	Correspondence	1922-01-1922-02
Box 31	Folder 10	Correspondence	1922-03-1922-05
Box 31	Folder 11	Correspondence	1922-06-1922-12
Box 31	Folder 12	Correspondence	1923
Box 31	Folder 13	Correspondence	1924
Box 32	Folder 1	Correspondence	1925-01-1925-06
Box 32	Folder 2	Correspondence	1925-07-1925-12
Box 32	Folder 3	Correspondence	1926-01-1926-06
Box 32	Folder 4	Correspondence	1926-07-1926-12
Box 32	Folder 5	Correspondence	1927-01-1927-08
Box 32	Folder 6	Correspondence	1927-09-1927-11
Box 32	Folder 7	Correspondence	1928
Box 32	Folder 8	Correspondence	1929-1931
Box 32	Folder 9	Correspondence	1932
Box 32	Folder 10	Correspondence	1933-1934
Box 32	Folder 11	Correspondence	1935
Box 32	Folder 12	Correspondence	1936-01-1936-08
Box 32	Folder 13	Correspondence	1936-09-1936-12
Box 32	Folder 14	Correspondence	1937-01-1937-07
Box 32	Folder 15	Correspondence	1937-08-1937-12
Box 33	Folder 1	Correspondence	1938
Box 33	Folder 2	Correspondence	1939
Box 33	Folder 3	Correspondence	1940
Box 33	Folder 4	Correspondence	1941-01-1941-05
Box 33	Folder 5	Correspondence	1941-09-1941-11
Box 33	Folder 6	Correspondence	1941-12
Box 33	Folder 7	Correspondence	1942-01-1942-04
Box 33	Folder 8	Correspondence	1942-05-1942-07
Box 33	Folder 9	Correspondence	1942-08-1942-09
Box 33	Folder 10	Correspondence	1942-10-1942-12
Box 33	Folder 11	Correspondence	1943-01-1943-05
Box 33	Folder 12	Correspondence	1943-06-1943-12
Box 34	Folder 1	Correspondence	1944
Box 34	Folder 2	Correspondence	1945
Box 34	Folder 3	Correspondence	1946-1947
Box 34	Folder 4	Correspondence	1948-1950
Box 34	Folder 5	Correspondence	1955-1979
Box 34	Folder 6	Correspondence	1926, 1932, 1948, 1970
		Scope and Contents Letters to Elizabeth from Dr. Peyton Rous (1879-1970)
Box 34	Folder 7	Correspondence	Undated
Box 34	Folder 8	Genesee State Normal School, Articles by Ann	1917-1918
Box 34	Folder 9	Writings by Ann	1924-1934
Box 34	Folder 10	Ann Botsford Scrapbook, Geneseo State Normal School, Keuka Institute, Keuka College, University of Michigan	1910-1925
Box 34	Folder 11	Ann's poetry	Date Unknown
Box 34	Folder 12	Elizabeth's Writings, University of Michigan and Columbia University	1926, 1951
Box 34	Folder 13	Material Related to the Botsford Family Historical Association, Genealogy and Miscellaneous	1883-1979
Box 34	Folder 14	Pamphlet	Date Unknown
Box 35		Diaries No. 1: To Norway	1972
Box 35		Diaries No. 2: Norway	1972
Box 35		Diaries No. 3: Norway, Sweden, Spain	1972
Box 35		Diaries No. 4: Spain	1972-1973
Box 35		Diaries No. 5: Spain	1973
Box 35		Diaries No. 6: France	1973
Box 35		Diaries No. 7: Norway to Spain	1973
Box 35		Diaries No. 8: Spain	1973-1974
Box 35		Diaries No. 9: Spain-Norway	1974
Box 35		Diaries No. 10: Norway	1974
Box 35		Diaries No. 11: Norway	1974
Box 35		Diaries No. 12: Eurailpass	1972
Box 35		Excerpts from Chronicle Express (Summer)	1974
		Scope and Contents Concerning Botsford family
Box 35		Letters	1972-1974
		Scope and Contents 3 folders
Box 35		Family Photograph	1980-08

Contents

Botsford family papers, 1792-1974. Collection Number: 3121

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

Botsford family papers, 1792-1974.
Collection Number: 3121

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library