Warren S. Ely collection, 1895-1958.

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Warren S. Ely collection, 1895-1958.

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The collection consists primarily of genealogical research conducted by Ely and his wife. There is also documentation related to the Ely's activities with the Bucks County Historical Society and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical materials include: research on various families, many in Bucks County, containing family charts, extensive handwritten notes, correspondence, reports and some narrative family histories; research materials related to the descendants of Joshua Ely, consisting of original documents and copies and extracts of original documents, notes, and family charts, as well as one photograph; photocopies of genealogical queries in a Hartford, Connecticut newspaper, 1936-1941. (name of the newspaper is not specified); research done for the DAR on Bucks County Revolutionary War soldiers; notebooks of genealogical research; and extensive correspondence with Gilbert Cope, William Wallace, B. F. Fackenthal, and others related to genealogical topics. There is also correspondence, receipts, reports related to Ely₂s work as the Bucks County Historical Society Librarian, as well as research files on local history topics. There is one scrapbook featuring newspaper clippings with illustrations of people, ships, and other topics (many humorous) that includes some extracts from primary sources in the back.

26.25 linear ft.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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SNAC Resource ID: 7097839

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Bucks County Historical Society

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Founded, Doylestown, Pa., in 1880. From the description of Records, 1880-1917. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70922574 ...

Fackenthal, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1851-1941

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Industrialist, philanthropist, college president, and historian. From the description of Papers, 1722-1940. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70924651 From the description of Papers, 1727-1940. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70924650 Metallurgist, iron industry executive, and amateur historian. From the description of Notes on the history of schools in Durham Township, Pa., [undated]. (Bucks County Historical ...

Cope, Gilbert Frederick

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Ely, Warren S. (Warren Smedley), 1855-

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Historian and Bucks County Historical Society librarian; d. 1936. From the description of Bucks County physicians collection, 1908-1919. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70938691 From the description of Swedish settlers in Bucks County collection, 1898-1938. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70938698 Warren S. Ely lived in Doulestown, Pennsylvania. He was the Librarian of the Bucks County Historical Society. Fro...

Ely family.

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Wallace, William A., 1935-

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