Creator:
Cobb family.
Inclusive Dates:
1825- 1972
Abstract:
Several generations of an important New England family. Clippings, correspondence, subject file, manuscripts, printed material, journals, photos, scrapbooks, books, artifacts, sermons, articles, correspondence, diaries, calendars, notebooks, more.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Autobiographies (literary works)
Correspondence.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Diaries.
Drawings (visual works)
Essays.
Genealogies (histories)
Manuscripts for publication.
Obituaries.
Photographs.
Poems.
Postcards.
Sermons.
Sketchbooks.
Speeches (documents)
Lectures.
Subject:
Boston (Mass.) -- History.
Turkey -- Description and travel.
Christian freeman and family visiter.
Artists.
Authors.
Clergymen.
Teachers.
Religion and philosophy
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Artists -- United States -- 19th century.
Bahai Faith -- History -- 19th century.
Capital punishment -- United States.
Clergy as authors.
Faith.
Painting, American -- 19th century.
Progressive education.
Spirituality.
Temperance -- Addresses, essays, lectures.
Creator:
Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900.
Inclusive Dates:
1797- 1904
Abstract:
Papers of the American railroad magnate and capitalist, whose financial interests included steamship, manufacturing, construction, and land companies. Philanthropist, trustee of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and supporter of Tuskegee Institute. Collection includes incoming correspondence (1856-1904); letterpress copybooks (1868-1901); legal and financial (including real estate) records (1797-1901); amd personal papers (1862-1901). Notable among the real estate records are documents relating to the furnishing and household expenses of Huntington's San Francisco residence, and records relating to the design, construction, decoration, furnishing, and maintenance of Huntington's palatial home on 57th St. in New York City.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Bills of sale.
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Daybooks.
Deeds.
Ledgers (account books)
Letterpress copybooks.
Maps (documents)
Mortgages.
Photographs.
Receipts (financial records)
Stock certificates.
Subject:
United States -- History -- 1865-1898.
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Capitalists and financiers.
Entrepreneurs.
Philanthropists.
Railroads
Business and Industry
California, History, 1850-1950.
Capitalists and financiers, United States.
Ciphers.
Entrepreneurship.
Palaces -- United States.
Philanthropists -- United States.
Railroad law -- United States.
Railroads -- California.
Railroads -- History.
Railroads -- Freight -- Rates.
Railroads -- United States.
Railroads and state -- United States.
Upper class -- United States.