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Creator
Hartman, J. Crawford
Call number
MssCol NYGB 18185
Physical description
4.6 linear feet (12 boxes)
Preferred Citation

Blanchard Family Genealogical Research Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.

Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Access to materials
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The collection consist primarily of notes, correspondence, charts, clippings, and miscellaneous printed material, ca. 1940s-1970s, produced by J. Crawford Hartman's and his wife, Helen Blanchard Hartman's genealogical research on the Blanchard family. The Barker, Countiss, Dyckman, Green, Hall, Robbins, Seitzinger, Shurburne, and Vermilye families are treated to a lesser extent. Also present are correspondence of Rev. E.B. Blanchard, Rev. Silas M. Blanchard, and other members of the Blanchard family concerning the family's genealogy; appointments, leases, deeds and wills, 1744-1818, of the Davidson, Blanchard, Nutte and Robbins families; and portrait photographs..

Biographical/historical information

Joseph Crawford Hartman (1894-ca. 1976), was an amateur genealogist. His wife, Helen Blanchard Hartman, was a descendant of of Thomas Blanchard who emigrated from England to America on the ship "Jonathan" in 1639 and settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts.

Scope and arrangement

The collection consist primarily of notes, correspondence, charts, clippings, and miscellaneous printed material, ca. 1940s-1970s, produced by J. Crawford Hartman's and his wife, Helen Blanchard Hartman's genealogical research on the Blanchard family. The Barker, Countiss, Dyckman, Green, Hall, Robbins, Seitzinger, Shurburne, and Vermilye families are treated to a lesser extent. Also present are correspondence of Rev. E.B. Blanchard, Rev. Silas M. Blanchard, and other members of the Blanchard family concerning the family's genealogy; appointments, leases, deeds and wills, 1744-1818, of the Davidson, Blanchard, Nutte and Robbins families; and portrait photographs.

Arrangement

The Blanchard Family Genealogical Research Papers are organized in the following series:

  • Old Papers", 1744-1818
  • Correspondence
  • Genealogical notes
  • Family charts
  • Index cards
  • Photographs

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2008

Processing information

Processed by Valerie Wingfield.

Using the collection

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328