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Van Santvoord family letter copies
- Title
- Van Santvoord family letter copies, undated.
- Author
- Van Santvoord family.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 4662 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .1 linear foot (1 folder)
- Summary
- Typescript copies of family letters, 1824-1896, between members of the Van Santvoord family of New York City, chiefly letters to and from Alfred Van Santvoord (1819-1901), a wealthy Hudson River steamboat entrepreneur. The bulk are between Van Santvoord and his wife Anna M. Townsend Van Santvoord (d. 1890) beginning in 1852, the year of their marriage. Letters concern their married and family life, including the upbringing of their four surviving children to adulthood; family stays at Cady Hill, the Townsend home in Saratoga Springs; the activities of friends and relatives; and frequent travel to Europe. Also present are letters written by their children, letters exchanged by Anna and her mother Elizabeth Lansing Townsend, and letters from Alfred Van Santvoord to his family during a trip to Europe, 1846-1847. Other family members are also represented. The collection includes some manuscript annotations and typescript genealogical notes, apparently written by a family member. The location of the original letters is not known.
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Source (note)
- Donated by William Olcott, 1976
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- Cornell University, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.
- Call Number
- MssCol 4662
- OCLC
- 884522796
- Author
- Van Santvoord family.
- Title
- Van Santvoord family letter copies, undated.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- Van Santvoord and Olcott family papers; Cornell University, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.
- Source
- Donated by William Olcott, 1976
- Occupation
- Businessmen.
- Added Author
- Van Santvoord, Alfred, 1819-1901.Van Santvoord, Anna M.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 4662