Research Catalog
Astor family papers
- Title
- Astor family papers, 1792-1916.
- Author
- Astor family.
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2.5 linear feet (4 boxes, 5 v.)
- Summary
- Collection consists of papers of John Jacob Astor and his grandson and great-grandson.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Drawings.
- Photographic prints.
- Sketches.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Source (note)
- B. Weinreb
- Biography (note)
- John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) was an American merchant, fur trader and capitalist. John Jacob Astor, III (1822-1890), financier and philanthropist, was his grandson; and William Waldorf Astor (1848-1929), who became Viscount Astor after moving to England in 1890, was his great-grandson.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository.
- Processing Action (note)
- Surveyed
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- MssCol 141
- OCLC
- NYPW89-A292
- Author
- Astor family.
- Title
- Astor family papers, 1792-1916.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) was an American merchant, fur trader and capitalist. John Jacob Astor, III (1822-1890), financier and philanthropist, was his grandson; and William Waldorf Astor (1848-1929), who became Viscount Astor after moving to England in 1890, was his great-grandson.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Capitalists and financiers.
- Added Author
- Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848.Astor, John Jacob, 1822-1890.Astor, William Waldorf Astor, Viscount, 1848-1919.Nebel, Daniel.Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874.Smith, Peter.
- LCCN
- ms 69000804
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 141