John Dorrance Morrell genealogical research files

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id: 3267
origination: Morrell, John Dorrance
date statement: ca. 1880-ca. 1981
key date: 1880
identifier (local_mss): 21997
org unit: Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy
call number: NYGB Coll 179
b-number: b18393162
total components: 463
total series: 0
max depth: 1
boost queries: (none)
component layout: Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields: false
Extended Navigation: false
created: 2013-04-01 15:04:42 UTC
updated: 2019-05-24 17:28:13 UTC
status note: (missing)

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unitid: {"value"=>"NYGB Coll 179", "type"=>"local_call"}

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unitdate: {"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1880/1981", "value"=>"ca. 1880-ca. 1981", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
date_inclusive_start: 1880
date_inclusive_end: 1981
keydate: 1880
date_start: 1880
date_end: 1981
unittitle: {"value"=>"John Dorrance Morrell genealogical research files"}
physdesc: {"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"11.5 linear feet (26 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository: {"value"=>"The New York Public Library. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. <div class=\"address\"> Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</div>"}
abstract: {"value"=>"John Dorrance Morrell (1921-1987), librarian and scholar of genealogy and history, lived in New York City and Brooklyn, New York. Genealogical research papers of John Dorrance Morrell, including medieval to 20th century information in the form of typed and handwritten research notes, correspondence, charts, copies of legal documents, certificates, wills, deeds, vital records, church records, military records, and photographs. The principal families researched are Bailey, Beebe, Bickford, Brownell, Burgess, Burns, Denison, Dorrance, Gallup, Goodrich, Groesbeck, Hess, Holmes, Leavitt, McDougall, Moard, Morrell, Moulthrop, Nichols, Proctor, Rossiter, Schramling, Scramlin, Silver, Slade, Somers, Sommer, Thompson, Van Alstyne, Wilbor, Williams, and Young; the families originated mostly in England, Ireland and Scotland and settled principally in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Canada. Of note is a copy of a letter from President Dwight D. Eisenhower thanking George F. Dorrance for material sent to him and a photostat of a letter dated April 15, 1865, by George E. Dorrance describing the assassination of Abraham Lincoln."}
langmaterial: {"value"=>"Materials in English"}
prefercite: {"value"=>"John Dorrance Morrell genealogical research files, Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library"}
origination: {"value"=>"Morrell, John Dorrance", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist: {"value"=>"John Dorrance Morrell (1921-1987), librarian and scholar of genealogy and history, lived in New York City and Brooklyn, New York."}
custodhist: {"value"=>"Presented to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society by the Estate of John Dorrance Morrell ca. 1987."}
scopecontent: {"value"=>"Genealogical research papers of John Dorrance Morrell, including medieval to 20th century information in the form of typed and handwritten research notes, correspondence, charts, copies of legal documents, certificates, wills, deeds, vital records, church records, military records, and photographs. The principal families researched are Bailey, Beebe, Bickford, Brownell, Burgess, Burns, Denison, Dorrance, Gallup, Goodrich, Groesbeck, Hess, Holmes, Leavitt, McDougall, Moard, Morrell, Moulthrop, Nichols, Proctor, Rossiter, Schramling, Scramlin, Silver, Slade, Somers, Sommer, Thompson, Van Alstyne, Wilbor, Williams, and Young; the families originated mostly in England, Ireland and Scotland and settled principally in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Canada. Of note is a copy of a letter from President Dwight D. Eisenhower thanking George F. Dorrance for material sent to him and a photostat of a letter dated April 15, 1865, by George E. Dorrance describing the assassination of Abraham Lincoln."}
arrangement: {"value"=>"Arranged alphabetically by family or place name"}
acqinfo: {"value"=>"New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2008"}
note: {"value"=>"Oversized material includes photocopied family documents, Silver family pedigree, and a Dorrance family coat of arms"}
extent_statement: 11.5 linear feet (26 boxes)

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