Parkhurst and McMaster family papers, [ca. 1800-1940]
Collection Number: 2075

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Parkhurst and McMaster family papers, [ca. 1800-1940]
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2075
Abstract:
Included are legal files of Bath, New York, attorneys Guy Humphreys McMaster and John Foster Parkhurst. Also, deeds and related documents concerning land in Steuben County; legal papers of David McMaster; accounts of Dr. Andrew Baker; family and personal letters; a clipping scrapbook; manuscript poetry of the McMaster family; and photographs, broadsides, pamphlets, maps, and local historical and genealogical materials.
Creator:
Parkhurst and McMaster family.
Quanitities:
13.6 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Included are legal files of Bath, New York, attorneys Guy Humphreys McMaster and his son-in-law, John Foster Parkhurst, which contain briefs, summonses, court orders, correspondence, memoranda, accounts, opinions, notebooks, and other papers, ca. 1850-1900. Also, deeds and related documents concerning land in Steuben County; legal papers of David McMaster; accounts of Dr. Andrew Baker, ca. 1828; family and personal letters; a clipping scrapbook; manuscript poetry of the McMaster family; and photographs, broadsides, pamphlets, maps, and local historical and genealogical materials.
Papers relating to the practice of Guy M. McMaster (Steuben County Judge) and his partner, J. F. Parkhurst; contains material pertaining to history of Steuben and neighboring counties, papers on the organization of the Urbana Wine Company (1867-1882), the development of the First National Bank of Bath, the New York Lackawanna and Western Railroad, the Portage Creek and Rich Valley Railroad, and lumbering interests in the vicinity.
NOTES

Part of the Eastern Wine and Grape Archive. (EWGA)


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

McMaster and Parkhurst family papers. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Baker, Andrew.
McMaster, D. (David), 1804-1888.
McMaster, Guy H. (Guy Humphrey), 1829-1887.
Parkhurst, John Foster, 1843-1906.
Urbana Wine Company
First National Bank of Bath
New York Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Rich Valley Railroad
Places:
Steuben County (N.Y.) -- History, Local.
Subjects:
Lawyers.
Real property, Exchange of -- New York (State) -- Steuben County.
Lumber trade -- New York (State) -- Steuben County.
Law -- New York (State) -- Bath.
Families -- New York (State) -- Steuben County.
Form and Genre Terms:
Poems.
Photographs.
Maps.
Genealogies.
Broadsides.

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Scope and Contents
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