Edwin Dwight Northrup papers, [ca. 1820-1960]
Collection Number: 4190

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Edwin Dwight Northrup papers, [ca. 1820-1960]
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4190
Abstract:
Personal correspondence, diaries, legal papers, and financial records of Northrup, c.1870-1919, and his predecessor, lawyer and land agent William Samuel Johnson, c.1820-1897, both of Ellicottville, N.Y. Also correspondence and financial records of L. Ellen Northrup and Mrs. Elvena D. Northrup about the Northrup Style Shoppe, c.1890-1960, and correspondence with Eugene Debs, Theodore Debs, and Emma Goldman concerning socialism, women's rights, and other topics.
Creator:
Northrup, Edwin Dwight.
Quanitities:
48 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Lawyer.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Personal correspondence, diaries, legal papers, and financial records of Northrup, c.1870-1919, and his predecessor, lawyer and land agent William Samuel Johnson, c.1820-1897, both of Ellicottville, N.Y. Also correspondence and financial records of L. Ellen Northrup and Mrs. Elvena D. Northrup about the Northrup Style Shoppe, c.1890-1960, and correspondence with Eugene Debs, Theodore Debs, and Emma Goldman concerning socialism, women's rights, and other topics.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Edwin Dwight Northrup papers, #4190. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926.
Debs, Theodore, 1864-1945.
Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940.
Johnson, William Samuel.
Northrup, L. Ellen.
Northrup, Elvena D.
Northrup Style Shoppe
Places:
Ellicottville (N.Y.)
Subjects:
Women's rights.
Women -- Suffrage.
Socialism.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
Correspondence: William Samuel Johnson tax notices, other legal documents, mostly re: land; W.S. Johnson ca. 1820
1840
Box 1
Land ledger
1850s-1860s
Box 1
Day book, Johnsons land office
1892-1909
Box 1
Shaffer farm acct. book
1865
Box 1
Wm. Samuel Johnson's financial journal
1878-1897
Box 1
Wm. Samuel Johnson's financial journal
1861-1877
Box 1
Johnsons land office ledger
1865-1897
Box 1
Ellen Northrup: correspondence, bills, receipts, etc. embroidery business, Ellicottville, N.Y.
1900-1930
Letterbooks--Edwin D. Northrup
1867-1916
Box 2
Letterbooks--Edwin D. Northrup
Box 3
Letterbooks--Edwin D. Northrup
Box 4
Letterbooks--Edwin D. Northrup
Box 5
Letterbooks--Edwin D. Northrup
Box 6
Letterbooks--Edwin D. Northrup
Box 6
The Credit Foncier of Sinaloa, 2 vols.
1887-1892
Box 7
Legal documents
Box 8
Legal documents
Box 9
Legal documents
Box 10
Legal documents
Box 11
Legal documents
Box 12
Legal documents
Box 13
Legal documents
Box 14
Correspondence
Box 15
Legal documents
Box 16
Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Contains material regarding 154th regiment.
Box 17
Legal documents
Box 18
Ellen Northrup correspondence, bills, etc.
Box 19
Legal documents
Box 20
Legal documents
Box 21
Legal documents
Box 22
Legal documents
Box 23
Legal documents
Box 24
Legal documents
Box 25
Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Contains material regarding 154th regiment.
Box 26
Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Contains material regarding 154th regiment.
Box 27
Ellen Northrup
Box 28
Correspondence
Box 29
Correspondence
Box 30
Legal documents
Box 31
Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Contains material regarding 154th regiment.
Box 32
Legal documents
Box 33
Legal documents
Box 34
Correspondence--contains Deb, Sanger, Flynn
Box 35
Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Contains material regarding 154th regiment.
Box 36
?
Box 37
Diaries--58 vols.
1858-1919
Box 38
Justice docket, Ellicottville
1875-1878, 1900
Box 38
Account books, Samuel William Johnson ledger
1853-1894
Box 39
Legal documents
Box 40
Northrup Hyle Shop, Ellen Northrup, Mrs. J. King Northrup
Box 41
Legal and land ledger
1903
Box 41
Grocers accounts day book
1903
Box 41
Letterbook
1883
Box 41
D.G. Bingham day book
1853-1861
Box 42
Wm. Samuel Johnson land book
1850-1896
Box 42
Wm. Samuel Johnson acct. balance (2 vols.)
1857-1980
Box 42
E.D. Northrup register (2 vols.)
1857-1917
Box 42
E.D. Northrup court depositions (2 vols.)
1857-1917
Box 42
Northrup acct. book
1858-1882
Box 42
Northrup subscription acct. book
Box 42
Northrup N.Y. Weekly World
1860-1872
Box 42
List of land grantees
1854-1908
Box 42
Memoranda and accts.
1865-1914
Box 42
Northrup day book
1885-1902
Box 43
Misc.
Box 43
Financial
Box 43
Personal
Box 44
Edwin D. Northrup, corresp.; Mrs. J. King Northrup
1920s-1930s