Research Catalog

Title

Gansevoort-Lansing collection, 1650-1919, bulk (1800-1899).

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Gansevoort, Catherine Van Schaick, 1751-1830.
• Gansevoort, Henry Sanford, 1835-1871.
• Gansevoort, Herman, 1779-1862.
• Gansevoort, Peter, 1749-1812.
• Gansevoort, Peter, 1789-1876.
• Gansevoort, Susan Lansing, 1843-1874.
• Gansevoort, Mary Sanford, 1814-1841.
• Lansing, Abraham, 1835-1899.
• Lansing, Abraham Gerrit, 1756-1834.
• Lansing, Barent Bleecker, 1801-1876.
• Lansing, Catherine Gansevoort, 1838-1918.
• Lansing, Christopher Yates, 1796-1872.
• Lansing, Gerrit Yates, 1783-1862.
• Melvill, Allan, 1782-1832.
• Melvill, Maria Gansevoort, 1791-1872.
• Melvill, Augusta, 1821-1876.
• Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.

Description

212 linear feet (357 boxes).

Summary

• Collection consists chiefly of papers of the Gansevoort, Lansing and Melville families and reflects the social, business and political interaction between family members and friends and associates of the families. Also included are some papers of members of the Sanford, Van Schaick and other related families.
• Subjects include business and financial matters, social events, family news, and current events. Melville family papers document the family of Herman Melville (1819-1891), author of Moby Dick and other works. The bulk of these papers consists of correspondence among three generations of both Melville and Gansevoort family members detailing the lives and daily activities of the writers who include Herman Melville and his father, Allan Melvill (1782-1835). Some manuscripts of Melville's writings also are in the collection.

Subjects

• New York (State) > History > 1865-
• Blueprints
• New York (State) > Social life and customs
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
• Photoprints
• New York (State) > Politics and government > To 1775
• New York (State) > Politics and government > 1775-1865
• Authors
• Politicians
• Dutch Americans > New York (State)
• New York (State) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
• Diaries
• United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783
• Landowners
• Maps
• Land tenure > New York (State)
• Gansevoort family
• Architectural drawings
• New York (State) > Supreme Court
• Sanford family
• Lansing family
• Women > Social conditions
• Soldiers
• Van Scoyoc family
• Melville family
• New York (State) > History > 1775-1865

Genre/Form

• Maps.
• Diaries.
• Photoprints.
• Blueprints.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;
• Microfilm must be used in lieu of originals when available.

Additional Formats (note)

• available on microfilm;

Source (note)

• Gansevoort-Lansing, Catherine; Ann P. Hays; John and Carolyn De Marco (Lyrical Ballad Bookstore); etc.

Biography (note)

• The Gansevoorts and the Lansings were two of the original Dutch families to settle in the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys of New York State. Other families who intermarried with the Gansevoorts and the Lansings were the Melvilles, Sanfords and Van Schaicks. Members of these families were prominent in politics, the military, literature, law, politics, medicine, and economics.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

MssCol 1109

OCLC

NYPW92-A207

Title

Gansevoort-Lansing collection, 1650-1919, bulk (1800-1899).

Additional Formats

Melville family additions available on microfilm; New York Public Library.

Military papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort, Jr. (1749-1812), v. 1-9; available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-228.

Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort, Jr. (1749-1812), v. 4-5; available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-197.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Access

Microfilm must be used in lieu of originals when available.

Biography

The Gansevoorts and the Lansings were two of the original Dutch families to settle in the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys of New York State. Other families who intermarried with the Gansevoorts and the Lansings were the Melvilles, Sanfords and Van Schaicks. Members of these families were prominent in politics, the military, literature, law, politics, medicine, and economics.

Finding Aids

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Function

Architectural drawings.

Occupation

Landowners.

Authors.

Soldiers.

Politicians.

Added Author

Gansevoort, Catherine Van Schaick, 1751-1830.

Gansevoort, Henry Sanford, 1835-1871.

Gansevoort, Herman, 1779-1862.

Gansevoort, Peter, 1749-1812.

Gansevoort, Peter, 1789-1876.

Gansevoort, Susan Lansing, 1843-1874.

Gansevoort, Mary Sanford, 1814-1841.

Lansing, Abraham, 1835-1899.

Lansing, Abraham Gerrit, 1756-1834.

Lansing, Barent Bleecker, 1801-1876.

Lansing, Catherine Gansevoort, 1838-1918.

Lansing, Christopher Yates, 1796-1872.

Lansing, Gerrit Yates, 1783-1862.

Melvill, Allan, 1782-1832.

Melvill, Maria Gansevoort, 1791-1872.

Melvill, Augusta, 1821-1876.

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.

Research Call Number

MssCol 1109