- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".42 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"MssCol 2524", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"2524", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1895-1919", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1895/1919"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1895
- date_inclusive_end
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1919
- keydate
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1895
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"L.V.F. Randolph papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Lewis Van Syckle Fitz Randolph (1838-1920) was an American businessman and financier.His papers consist of correspondence and legal papers generated by Randolph as executor and trustee of the Samuel J. Tilden estate and of the Tilden Trust Corporation. Correspondence, mainly between Randolph and other Tilden trustees, attorneys, and New York City officials, concerns the establishment of a monument to Tilden in New York and other estate matters. Legal papers include copies of petitions, orders, court decrees and judgments, last will and testament of Tilden, and balance sheet, 1895, of Tilden estate. Also, biographical information about Randolph."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>L.V.F. Randolph papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Randolph, L. V. F. (Lewis Van Syckel Fitz), 1838-1921", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Lewis Van Syckle Fitz Randolph (1838-1920) was an American businessman and financier. After his service in the Union Army in the U.S. Civil War, he worked for the Illinois Central Railroad Company becoming the director in 1875. He resigned in 1885 and established himself in the cattle business in Texas. In 1886 he joined the Tilden Trust Corporation and was named executor and trustee of the Samuel J. Tilden estate in 1903. He also was president of the Atlantic Trust Company and the New York Consolidated Stock Exchange.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of correspondence and legal papers generated by Randolph as executor as executor and trustee of the Samuel J. Tilden estate and of the Tilden Trust Corporation. Correspondence, mainly between Randolph and other Tilden trustees, attorneys, and New York City officials, concerns the establishment of a monument to Tilden in New York and other estate matters. Legal papers include copies of petitions, orders, court decrees and judgments, last will and testament of Tilden, and balance sheet, 1895, of the Tilden estate. Also, biographical information about Randolph.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Material is arranged by subject.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>donated by Mary Grace, 1986 and 1987</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"archref\">Tilden Trust records, 1878-1938. New York Public Library Archives. Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</span> <span class=\"archref\">Tilden Trust records, 1886-1930, bulk (1890-1915). Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</span>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by John Stinson.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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.42 linear feet (1 box)
- date_start
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1895
- date_end
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1919