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Ford family papers

Title
Ford family papers, 1833-1910.
Author
Ford family.
Supplementary Content
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Additional Authors
  • Barr, Rosalie Ford, 1859-
  • Burnham, Gordon W. (Gordon Webster), 1803-1885.
  • Farrer, Annie McClane.
  • Ford, Eliza, -approximately 1886.
  • Ford, Eliza Burnham, -1834.
  • Ford, Gordon Lester, 1823-1891.
  • Ford, Henry B.
  • Ford, Lester, 1798-1888.
  • Ford, Lucy Burnham.
  • Ford, Malcolm Webster, 1862-1902.
  • Ford, Marcia.
  • Ford, William H.
  • Fowler, William Chauncey, 1793-1881.
  • Fowler, Harriet W.
  • Mayo-Smith, Mabel Ford, 1863-
  • Turle, Kathleen Ford, 1856-
Description
6 linear feet (14 boxes).
Summary
Collection consists of the papers of various members of Gordon Ford's family.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Prints.
  • Diaries.
  • Photographs.
  • Maps.
Note
  • Papers of Gordon L. Ford; his wife, Emily Fowler Ford; and three of his children, Worthington C. Ford, Paul L. Ford, and Emily Ford Skeel are described in separate records for each individual.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Source (note)
  • Ford family
Biography (note)
  • Ford family members in this collection are all related to Gordon Lester Ford (1823-1891), businessman, lawyer and collector of Americana.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged
  • Cataloging updated
Call Number
MssCol 1039
OCLC
NYPW92-A203
Author
Ford family.
Title
Ford family papers, 1833-1910.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
Ford family members in this collection are all related to Gordon Lester Ford (1823-1891), businessman, lawyer and collector of Americana. They include his father, Lester Ford (1798-1888) of Lebanon, Conn.; his mother, Eliza Burnham Ford (d. 1834); his stepmother, Lucy Burnham Ford (cousin of Eliza); and Eliza's brother Gordon Burnham (1803-1885); Gordon Ford's siblings, Marcia, Eliza (d. ca. 1886), William, and Henry B. Ford; and four of his children, Kathleen Ford Turle (b. 1856), Rosalie Ford Barr (b. 1859), Mabel Ford Mayo-Smith (b. 1863), and Malcolm Webster Ford (1862-1902), an amateur athlete in the 1880s. Members of the Fowler family of New England and the Chauncey family of Connecticut were related to the Fords.
Finding Aids
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Added Author
Barr, Rosalie Ford, 1859-
Burnham, Gordon W. (Gordon Webster), 1803-1885.
Farrer, Annie McClane.
Ford, Eliza, -approximately 1886.
Ford, Eliza Burnham, -1834.
Ford, Gordon Lester, 1823-1891.
Ford, Henry B.
Ford, Lester, 1798-1888.
Ford, Lucy Burnham.
Ford, Malcolm Webster, 1862-1902.
Ford, Marcia.
Ford, William H.
Fowler, William Chauncey, 1793-1881.
Fowler, Harriet W.
Mayo-Smith, Mabel Ford, 1863-
Turle, Kathleen Ford, 1856-
Research Call Number
MssCol 1039
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