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Creator
Randolph, L. V. F. (Lewis Van Syckel Fitz), 1838-1921
Call number
MssCol 2524
Physical description
.42 linear feet (1 box)
Preferred Citation

L.V.F. Randolph papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library

Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
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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.

Biographical/historical information

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.

Scope and arrangement

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.

Arrangement

Material is arranged by subject.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

donated by Mary Grace, 1986 and 1987

Processing information

Compiled by John Stinson.

Related Material

Tilden Trust records, 1878-1938. New York Public Library Archives. Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. Tilden Trust records, 1886-1930, bulk (1890-1915). Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.

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