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- Creator
- Herrick, Linda Faile Browning
- Call number
- MssCol NYGB 18074
- Physical description
- .63 linear feet (2 boxes)
- Language
- Notebook and some correspondence are in German
- Preferred Citation
- Linda Faile Browning Herrick papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Linda Faile Browning Herrick (1889-1981) was the eldest daughter of John Aaron Browning, founder of the Browning School. She was married to Dayton Edwards Herrick of Westchester County, N.Y. The Linda Faile Browning Herrick collection contains genealogical research, notes, pedigree charts, clippings, photographs, and correspondence on the Browning, Faile, Dayton, Dieckmann, Doyer, Greer, Lynch, and Herrick families. Included are 19th and 20th century family records, correspondence, and Bible records, some present in photocopy; and photographs of people, houses, and cemeteries. Also present is a notebook, possibly used in school, 1863, that might have belonged to William H. Dieckman; and report cards, 1870-1871, from the Columbia Grammar School, New York, of "Master Browning.".
Administrative information
Custodial history
This collection was originally donated to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society by Jane Herrick Johnson in 1983.
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328