Halsey family papers, 1870-1975.
Collection Number: 2966
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Halsey family papers, 1870-1975.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2966
Abstract:
Personal and professional papers of Francis W. Halsey (Cornell University Class of
1873), a newspaper editor and writer, and of his brother, Frederick A. Halsey (Cornell
University M.E. 1878), an engineer and author of a number of articles and books about
engineering. Also, letters to Frederick Halsey's daughters Olga and Marion from Fred
H. Colvin.
Creator:
Halsey family.
Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919.
Halsey, Frederick A. (Frederick Arthur), 1856-1935.
Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert), 1867-1965.
Quanitities:
3.2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Francis Whiting Halsey (Cornell University Class of 1873) was born in Unadilla, New
York on October 15, 1851, and was the son of Dr. Gaius L. Halsey, a prominent Civil
War physician and surgeon. Francis Halsey held editorial positions with the Binghamton Times, the New York Tribune, and, from 1880-1922, the New York Times, where he established the Times Review of Books in 1896. He wrote or edited a number of books, including The Old New York Frontier, The Pioneers of Unadilla Village, The World's Famous Orations (with William Jennings Bryan), and The Best of the World's Classics (with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge). He was a trustee of the New York State Historical
Association and the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, and a member
of the American Historical Association, New York State Library Association, and Cornell
University Club, of which he was president in 1882. In 1883 he married Virginia Isabel
Forbes, who died in 1900.
Francis' brother, Frederick Arthur Halsey (Cornell University M.E. 1878), was an
engineer and author of a number of articles and books about engineering, particularly
concerning the metric system. He was for a time the editor of the American Machinist. Marion S. Halsey and Olga S. Halsey were Frederick A. Halsey's daughters.
Fred H. Colvin was a machinist, technical journalist, author, and editor. He authored
or coauthored dozens of monographs, textbooks, and reference books on machining, and
served as chief editor of the journal Machinery and co-editor of the journal American
Machinist. He also published a book of poetry, Safety Valve, in 1952.
Scrapbooks of letters, clippings, pamphlets, and photographs relating to personal
and professional activities of Francis W. Halsey; awards won by Francis W. and Frederick
A. Halsey; Frederick A. Halsey's student notebooks, stock certificates, blueprints,
published articles and books, typescript articles, and letters; and photographs, letters,
and pamphlets concerning Olga Halsey, Marion S. Halsey, and Dr. Gaius Leonard Halsey.
Also, a scrapbook compiled by Stella Spencer Halsey (Mrs. Frederick A.) and a Spencer
family genealogy, as well as a volume evidently presented to Frederick A. Halsey in
1906 in appreciation of his work repairing clocks. Laid in the volume are notes and
clippings relating to clock repairs.
Also, typewritten drafts and published versions of articles by Frederick A. Halsey,
opposing the adoption of the metric system, including his article "The metric fallacy"
in the Sibley Journal of Engineering (1931); a watercolor portrait of Frederick Halsey,
dated 1935; portrait photographs of him, 1923 and circa 1935; poems written to him
by his friends, circa 1909; and correspondence between Olga and Marion Halsey and
Fred H. Colvin (1954-1965).
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Halsey family papers, #2966. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925.
Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919. (Title of work: Pioneers of Unadilla
Village..)
Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919. (Title of work: Old New York frontier..)
Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919. (Title of work: Our literary deluge..)
Halsey, Frederick A. (Frederick Arthur), 1856-1935.
Halsey, Gaius Leonard, 1819-1891.
Halsey, Marion S.
Halsey, Olga S., -1970.
Halsey, Stella Spencer.
Halsey, Virginia Isabel Forbes, -1900.
American Historical Association
American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
Cornell University. Club
New York State Historical Association
New York Library Association
Places:
Unadilla (N.Y.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
Subjects:
Physicians.
Journalists.
Engineers.
Authors.
Metric system.
Medicine.
Journalism.
Engineering.
Form and Genre Terms:
Watercolors (paintings)
Photographs.
Genealogies.
Blueprints.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Postcards
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Photographs
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Unpublished articles
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1924-1925, 1934 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
American Machinist
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1907 |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Blueprints
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
"Premium Plan of Paying for Labor"
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Francis W. Halsey photos
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Letter to A. Halsey to Mr. Coon of Rand Drill Co.
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1883 |
Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Lectures on History by Andrew D. White, Vol. I, notes of Francis W. Halsey
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1871-1872 |
Box 2 | Volume 2 |
Lectures on History by Andrew D. White, Vol. II, notes of Francis W. Halsey
|
1871-1872 |
Box 2 | Volume 3 |
Lectures on History by Andrew D. White, Vol. III, notes of Francis W. Halsey
|
1871-1872 |
Box 2 | Volume 4 |
Lectures on Ancient Roman History by W.C. Russell, notes of Francis W. Halsey
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1870 |
Box 2 | Volume 5 |
Notebook kept by Frederick A. Halsey: Notes on Physics, taken during the spring term
of 1874, from the lectures of Prof. Anthony, Accoustics and Optics
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1874 |
Box 2 | Volume 6 |
Notebook kept by Frederick A. Halsey: "Continuation of notes on Electricity and Magnetism,
taken during the Winter and Spring terms of 1875, from the lectures of Pro. Anthony
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1875 |
Box 2 | Volume 7 |
Volume (mimeo): A Course in Water Wheels, 1878 . Published for the Senior Class in
Civil Engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Note by IL P, Church that he
is indebted to Prof. E.A. Fuertes for the translation from Vol. II of J. Wrisback's
Lehrbuch der Ingenieur Maschinemachanik.)
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1878 |
Box 2 | Volume 8 |
Halsey, Frederick A. The Locomotive Link Motion. New York: Press of Locomotive Engineering
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1898 |
Box 2 | Volume 9 |
Halsey, Frederick A. Methods of Machine Shop Work. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co.
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1914 |
Box 2 | Volume 10 |
Halsey, Frederick A. The Metric Fallacy. 2nd ed. New York
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1919 |
Box 2 | Volume 11 |
Halsey, Frederick A. Slide Valve Gears. New York: D. Van Nostrand Co. (autographed)
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1890 |
Box 2 | Volume 12 |
Halsey, Frederick A. Slide Valve Gears. Rev. New York: D. Van Nostrand Co.
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1899 |
Box 2 | Volume 13 |
Halsey, Frederick A. The Use of the Slide Rule . Van Nostrand Science Series, No. 114. 3rd ed. New York
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1903 |
Box 2 | Volume 14 |
Worm and Spiral Greating. Van Nostrand Science Series, No. 116. New York
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1902 |
Box 2 | Volume 15 |
Smith, Charles F., Frederick A. Halsey and others. The Design and Construction of Cams. New York: Hill Publishing Co.
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1906 |
Box 2 | Volume 16 |
News clippings re: the "reform movement" led by John DeWitt Warner and F.W.H. and
to the "attacts" on the administration of Pres. White
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Box 2 | Volume 17 |
Scrapbook of F.A.H.: photos, letters, memos; Cornell, family, homes rooms
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Tennyson's 1832 Volume
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Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Faerie Queen
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Old French
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Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Rev. History 53
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Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Apollonius of Tyre
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Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Medieval French Literature
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Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Student Notes
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Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Drama in England II
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Box 3 | Folder 9 |
English Drama I
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Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Student Papers
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Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Students and Paper
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Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Coronement Loois
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Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Morte d'Arthur
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Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Newsclippings and articles on Metre System
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F.W.H.'s scrapbooks
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Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Lectures, speeches, "Pioneers of Unadilla"
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Box 3 | Folder 16 |
"The Old New York Frontier"
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Box 3 | Folder 17 |
New York Times - Change to Appleton's
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Box 3 | Folder 18 |
American Authors and Their Homes and Women Authors of Our Day in Their Homes
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Box 3 | Folder 19 |
The Old New York Frontier
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Box 3 | Folder 20 |
Our Literary Deluge
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Loose pages from scrapbook
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Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Clippings
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Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Book Review items
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Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence - Francis W. Halsey to Olga Halsey
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1934 |
Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Olga Halsey Incentive Award
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Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Olga Halsey Bureau of Employment Security
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Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Reno Marine Salvage System
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Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence Dr. Gaius Leonard Halsey to F.W.H.
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1871-1889 |
Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Frederick Halsey biography, etc.
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Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Methods of Machine Shop Work, Halsey, McGraw-Hill Co.
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Box 4 | Folder 11 |
"Life of Francis W. Halsey" c 1972, c 1975
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Box 4 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence - photocopies
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Box 4 | Folder 13 |
Spencer family (Ithamer, b. 1733)
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Box 4 | Folder 14 |
Omnimeter
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Box 5 |
Cornell Students' Handbook
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1912-1913 | |
Box 5 |
Volume evidently presented to Frederick A. Halsey in appreciation of his work repairing
clocks
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1906 | |
Box 5 |
Leather watch-fob with medallion showing Ezra Cornell and date [MU-2042]
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1865 | |
Box 5 |
2 3/4" gold medal in case: "The American Society of Mechanical Engineers" [MU-2043]
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1923 | |
Box 5 |
Fraternity key on gold chain with three ivory balls (watch fob) [MU-2044]
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1886 | |
Box 6 |
Letters from Fred H. Colvin to Olga and Marion Halsey
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1954-1965 | |
Box 6 |
Typewritten manuscripts and letters by Frederick A. Halsey, and poems written to him
by his friends
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1909- 1935 | |
Box 6 |
Printed article "The Metric Fallacy," Sibley Journal of Engineering
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1931 | |
Box 6 |
2 portrait photographs and 1 watercolor portrait of Frederick Halsey
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1923-1935 |