- Description
- 16 linear feet (24 boxes, 39 v.).
- Summary
- Papers document colonial New York, the early settlement of Harlem, the history of the Riker family and the literary activity of James Riker. Included are original documents from colonial New York, transcripts and translations of documents, genealogical notes, research notes and memoranda, personal and financial records, correspondence, writings by James Riker and printed matter pertaining to his writings. Highlights include Dutch manuscript records of the town of Harlem (New York City), 1662-1674, in Dutch; Kingston, N.Y., church accounts, 1681-1684, in Dutch; original papers relating to the Harlem Commons; transcripts and extracts of early records concerning Harlem, Newtown, Long Island, Brooklyn and other early communities in New York; maps of Holland and New York; Civil War correspondence and military records of James Riker's brother John Lafayette Riker, who was Colonel of the United States Army New York Volunteer Infantry 62nd Regiment (Anderson Zouaves); and photographs of the Riker family and their descendants.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Access (note)
- Additional Formats (note)
- available on ten microfilm reels;
- available on microfilm.
- Source (note)
- Title Guarantee and Trust Co.
- Biography (note)
- Historian and genealogist James Riker was born in New York City on May 11, 1822. He collected original documents from colonial-era New York, copied extracts from documents in state and local archives and corresponded extensively with historians and relatives. Riker wrote The Annals of Newtown (1852), Harlem (city of New York): its origin and early annals (1881) and Evacuation Day, 1783, with Recollections of Capt. John Van Arsdale, of the Veteran Corps of Artillery (1883). He worked as a teacher in the New York schools, and established the Waverly Library and Museum in Waverly, New York. James Riker died in 1889.
- Language (note)
- in Dutch, French and English.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
- Processing Action (note)
- Call Number
- MssCol 2581
- OCLC
- NYPW94-A231
- Author
Riker, James, 1822-1889.
- Title
James Riker papers, 1660-1989.
- Additional Formats
New Harlem (v. 9-17), Kingstown (b. 5, f. 1), Memoria (v. 23-29) available on ten microfilm reels; New York Public Library.
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Additional Formats
Van Arsdale book (from box 17) available on microfilm. *ZZ-38515.
- Biography
Historian and genealogist James Riker was born in New York City on May 11, 1822. He collected original documents from colonial-era New York, copied extracts from documents in state and local archives and corresponded extensively with historians and relatives. Riker wrote The Annals of Newtown (1852), Harlem (city of New York): its origin and early annals (1881) and Evacuation Day, 1783, with Recollections of Capt. John Van Arsdale, of the Veteran Corps of Artillery (1883). He worked as a teacher in the New York schools, and established the Waverly Library and Museum in Waverly, New York. James Riker died in 1889.
- Language
Colonial papers in Dutch, French and English.
- Indexes
Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
Historians.
- Research Call Number
MssCol 2581