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Creator
Michaels, Paul Wallace
Call number
MssCol NYGB 18276
Physical description
.21 linear feet (1 box)
Preferred Citation
Ross, Harkness, and Michaels family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
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The Ross, Harkness, Decker, Worst, and Michaels families lived in Yonkers, New York; Medina County, Ohio; Spring Prairie and Centerville, Wisconsin; and Freemont, Ohio. Many family members served in the Union Army during the American Civil War The papers consist predominantly of personal correspondence between members of the Ross, Harkness, Decker, Worst, and Michaels family. Correspondence pertains to family matters, as well as some genealogical research. Also included are school compositions by Alex D. Ross, certificates belonging to John Ross, and a small quantity of photographs

Administrative information

Custodial history

Presented to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society in 1981 by Paul Wallace Michaels.

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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