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George Jarvis Brush family papers, 1834-1960, 1834-1939

Title: George Jarvis Brush family papers 1834-1960 1834-1939

Correspondence, writings, lectures, notes, printed material, and other papers, principally of George Jarvis Brush (1831-1912), mineralogist, geologist, and educator; and of his son-in-law, Louis Valentine Pirsson (1860-1919), also a geologist. There are also papers of Brush's wife, Harriet Silliman Trumbull Brush and of other family members. A good deal of the papers are scientific in nature, with some relating to the early history of the Yale Sheffield Scientific School. Important correspondents include William H. Brewer, Charles F. Chandler, Josiah P. Cooke, Whitman Cross, James Dwight Dana, Timothy Dwight, Charles W. Eliot, Joseph Henry, Lyman Trumbull, Joseph Wharton, and Josiah Dwight Whitney.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear feet (10 boxes, 1 folio)

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Brush, George Jarvis, 1831-1912. Family papers, 1834-1960 (bulk: 1834-1939)

Title: George Jarvis Brush family papers, 1834-1960 (inclusive), 1834-1939 (bulk).

Correspondence, writings, lectures, notes, printed material, and other papers, principally of George Jarvis Brush (1831-1912), mineralogist, geologist, and educator; and of his son-in-law, Louis Valentine Pirsson (1860-1919), also a geologist. There are also papers of Brush's wife, Harriet Silliman Trumbull Brush and of other family members.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear ft. (10 boxes, 1 folio)

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O'Conor, John Christopher, 1847-1933. John Christopher O'Conor papers, 1833-1933 (bulk 1862-1920).

Title: John Christopher O'Conor papers, 1833-1933 (bulk 1862-1920).

Papers relating to O'Conor and members of his family, 1833-1933 (bulk 1862-1920). There is an 1833 poem addressed to the infant William Jephson Taylor, and an 1855 album of his. Material relating to O'Conor includes passports, account books for the period 1867-1893, a small book of manuscript music dated 1865, an algebra notebook dated 1862, an undated notebook on Bible study, a book of notes on lectures given at Columbia by Francis Lieber, a copy of the will of Robert S. Buchanan, dated 1857, a roll of Republican voters in the 6th election district of the 11th Assembly district, 1894, and other material related to O'Conor's activities in the Republican party, and correspondence. There is a group of letters written in 1881 by his future wife, Maria Jephson Post, discussing their wedding plans and their future life together. Another group of letters, mostly in French, relates to charitable work in France during World War I; many are written by Alice Bordes, and relate to the work of the military hospital at Figeac, with some accompanying photographs. Several postcards printed by the Tobacco Fund are notes of thanks from British forces for gifts of tobacco. A group of papers relates a course in navigation given at Columbia in the summer session of 1918. There is also some material related to the Harvard grades and Harvard lodgings of Norreys Jephson O'Conor.

ArchivalResource: 0.8 linear feet (2 boxes)

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Jones and Taylor family papers, 1737-1971 (inclusive), 1830-1919 (bulk).

Title: Jones and Taylor family papers, 1737-1971 (inclusive), 1830-1919 (bulk).

This collection contains materials relating to four generations of the Jones and Taylor families and describes their business ventures, professional interests, and family relationships. Benjamin Jones's papers are business-oriented and focus on iron works in New Jersey and land speculation in western Pennsylvania. Papers pertaining to Benjamin's son Andrew Moore Jones contain business and estate information as well as family correspondence. Issues discussed in these letters range from family events and hardships to topics of national interest such as the Civil War. Andrew Jones's sister, Margaretta, married into the Taylor family and her descendents left the Philadelphia area for Maryland, Tennessee, and Texas. Correspondence to Andrew Jones from these family members describes the difficulties of dealing with death and remarriage in these distant locations, as well as family and current events. William J. Taylor, Jr., Margaretta's grandson, represents the fourth generation of the family. William J. Taylor Jr. returned to Philadelphia and became a surgeon. Associated families, including Grubb, Buckley, Haydock, Bonsall, and Howell are represented in the collection by miscellaneous materials.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes, 42 volumes (8.6 linear ft.)

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Brush, George Jarvis, 1831-1912. George Jarvis Brush family papers, 1834-1960 (inclusive), 1834-1939 (bulk).

Title: George Jarvis Brush family papers, 1834-1960 (inclusive), 1834-1939 (bulk).

Correspondence, writings, lectures, notes, printed material, and other papers, principally of George Jarvis Brush (1831-1912), mineralogist, geologist, and educator; and of his son-in-law, Louis Valentine Pirsson (1860-1919), also a geologist. There are also papers of Brush's wife, Harriet Silliman Trumbull Brush and of other family members.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear ft. (10 boxes, 1 folio)

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