Found 2 collections related to Burr family

Aaron Burr (1756-1836) was a Revolutionary War soldier, lawyer, United States Senator, and third Vice-President of the United States. Collection consists of miscellaneous letters to and from Aaron Burr, and documents signed by him, 1780-1835, including a letter from his wife Theodosia Prevost Burr, 1786 August; Burr's manuscript map of the Bastrop Grant in Louisiana, enclosed with his letter of 21 Oct 1806 to William Wilkins; and collateral material about Aaron Burr, circa 1800-1950, including newspaper clippings, auction catalog clippings, and printed matter. less

Joseph Hillyer Brewer was a publisher, librarian and president of Olivet College. Approximately fifty percent of the collection consists of genealogical notes, charts, correspondence, and clippings resulting from his research and that of other family members into the histories of the allied Ackerman, Bogardus, Bradley, Burr, Chardarayne, Creighton, Giles, Cropsey, Havens, Keeler, Montfort, Pryer, Roorbach, Stayner, Schuyler, Van Vechten, Ward, and Whiting families. The remainder of the collection is comprised of miscellaneous original material, ca. 1797-1927, relating to the above families, including military documents, correspondence, invitations, notices, tickets, calling cards, legal documents, and other family ephemera. Also included are portrait photographs and a few miniature paintings, mid- to late-19th century, of the Roorbach and allied Fuller, Hillyer, Van Vechten, and other families. Photographs are mostly in the form of cartes de visite, daguerreotypes, and ambrotypes. less