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Stillman, Charles, 1810-1875. Business papers, 1847-1879.

Title: Business papers, 1847-1879.

Chiefly letters, 1851-1877; bills; receipts; invoices; bills of lading; legal papers and agreements; orders and drafts. Letterpress copybooks, 1850-1852 and 1859-1861, contain copies of outgoing letters. The papers relate to the distribution of hides, lead, copper, and cotton from Brownsville, Texas and New York City. Later papers are principally those of James Stillman, Charles Stillman's son.

ArchivalResource: 15 boxes (7 linear ft.)

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Stillman, James, 1850-1918. Papers, 1830-1955.

Title: Papers, 1830-1955.

Papers of Stillman include over 100 items pertaining to the business enterprises of his father, Charles Stillman of Brownsville, Texas, who was engaged in shipping and trade, real estate, and railroad investment. A large portion of the collection documents of James Stillman's activities in banking, in railroad financing, and in other of his business and industrial interests. The letters, legal documents, and miscellaneous papers are representative of the entire span of his career. Included in the correspondence are letters from many prominent financiers and industrialists of his day, including many from William Rockefeller; letters from President Grover Cleveland, some personal in nature and some concerned with business transactions; nine letter books of James Stillman, covering the years 1886-1897, 1906-1918; letter books of his secretary Miss K. Bredin, 1908-1916; journals for the years 1889, 1891, 1898, 1899; bank book recording Stillman's drafts, 1911-1914, on the London firm of Baring Brothers; four diaries, 1881-1884; six notebooks; one cash and journal and one ledger, 1868-1871. 1991 Addition: 2 vols. of typescript copies of business letters, 1867-1879; 1 vol. of photostats of obituary clippings, 1918; & 1 vol. scrapbook of book reviews & letters re. A.R. Burr's biography of James Stillman, 1927-1928 & misc. family items, 1923-1955.

ArchivalResource: 5.5 linear ft. (ca.600 items in 11 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122343393 View

Baugh, Lila. Baugh, Lila, narrative.

Title: Baugh, Lila, narrative.

Writings concerning the Mifflin Kenedy, Richard King and Charles Stillman shipping and ranching enterprises (ca. 1825-1932).

ArchivalResource: 1 vol.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70584022 View

Stillman, Charles, 1810-1875. Property dispute by the heirs of Maria Josefa Cavazos, Brownsville, Texas, 1855-1882.

Title: Property dispute by the heirs of Maria Josefa Cavazos, Brownsville, Texas, 1855-1882.

Contains numerous documents outlining a property dispute over land bordering the Rio Grande River commonly known as the Espiritu Santo Tract. The property was used as a loading area for ferries crossing into Matamoros, Mexico, and held substantial economic importance for this reason.

ArchivalResource: 17 items ; maps.

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James Parton papers, 1914-1986.

Title: James Parton papers, 1914-1986.

Correspondence, writings, photographs, and other papers of the American writer and editor James Parton.

ArchivalResource: 207 boxes (41.2 linear ft.)

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