Slocum family genealogical research papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol NYGB 18265", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"18265", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Slocum family genealogical research papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1839-1848", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1839/1848"}

{"value"=>"1898-1967", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1898/1967"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".42 linear foot (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Slocum family genealogical research papers, compiled by Margaret R. Slocum, include family papers and genealogical research files. The family papers include correspondence belonging to Margaret's grandmother, Laura Dean, and to her great-uncle, John Atticus Robertson. Genealogical research material includes correspondence relating to genealogical and estate matters, news clippings, and other ephemera documenting John Atticus Robertson, and the Lawrence, Lefferts, Meserole, Greene, Marshall, Brinkerhoff, and Schenk families of Brooklyn and Dutchess County, New York. Of note is correspondence with the National Portrait Gallery regarding family portraits painted by Daniel Huntington, as well as an 1887 letter to Mary Robertson from Huntington with instructions on how to clean the portraits; and correspondence with various institutions relating to the provenance of an antique spoon belonging to the Schenk family"}

date_inclusive_start

1839

date_inclusive_end

1967

origination

{"value"=>"Slocum, Margaret R", "type"=>"persname"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Presented to the New York Biographical & Genealogical Society by John D. Slocum.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"internal"=>true, "source"=>"Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society", "date"=>"2008", "value"=>"Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2008"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

keydate

1839

prefercite

{"value"=>"Slocum family genealogical research papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.42 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1839

date_end

1967

date_bulk_start

1898

date_bulk_end

1967

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