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Jacobus, Donald Lines, 1887-1970. Donald L. Jacobus genealogy correspondence, research, and personal diaries, 1903-1969.

Title: Donald L. Jacobus genealogy correspondence, research, and personal diaries, 1903-1969.

Primarily correspondence, arranged alphabetically by correspondent, related to Jacobus' genealogical research. Correspondents include Helen G. Carpenter, John I. Coddington, Meredith B. Colket, Jr., George Dudley Seymour, Helen Turney Sharps, Frank Farnsworth Starr, Clarence A. Torry, and the publisher Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. Also notebooks, abstracts of vital and cemetery records, newspaper clippings, index cards for his sources, research on the descendants of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, and a selection of book announcements, sent to him either in his capacity as editor of The American Genealogist or as an independent researcher. Included are manuscripts for two of his books, one on the families of New Haven and the other on the Waterman family. Of note are diaries kept by Ida Wilmot Lines Jacobus and her son, Donald Lines Jacobus, which provide insight into their private lives. Both Donald and Ida lived in New Haven, Connecticut. The volumes from 1905-1907 and 1922-1948 were kept by Ida Jacobus. When she became ill at the end of 1948, the diary was continued by Donald. With the exception of one entry in 1952, Donald kept the diaries from 1903, 1952, and 1963-1969. On February 27, 1952, Donald noted his mother's death. Ida's diary entries were more in depth than Donald's, but both wrote of day to day activities. Also of interest are several posters, in Russian, promoting socialism over capitalism. Similar posters can be found at Bryn Mawr College.

ArchivalResource: 25 linear feet (55 boxes).

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