Thacher family collection, 1807-1984, 1937-1984 (bulk dates).

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Thacher family collection, 1807-1984, 1937-1984 (bulk dates).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261235179

Collection includes a few business papers for the Thachers' Rip Van Dam Shop and for Doris Thacher's needlework business; some information about 18th century paintings; and genealogical information about New York families, particularly the Glen, Livingston, Sanders, and Wilson families. Collection also includes a number of 19th century embroidery, knitting, dress, slipper, and other needlework patterns from the Wilson family home in Clermont, New York. Most of the dress patterns are from the 1860s, with one from the 1890s. The patterns are not sized. Other items from the Wilson house include some Victorian calling cards and tracings of figures used for a shadow theater. Several books on New York genealogy belonged to Judge John Sanders, a prominent citizen of Schenectady, or were given by him to one of his daughters. One book belonged to William Wilson, a Union College student. As well, the collection includes copies of the publication Ciba Review, published by the Ciba Company of Switzerland, on topics relating to textiles.

7 boxes (about 30 linear inches) : ill.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7156057

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Glen family.

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Union college Schenectady, N.Y.

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Thacher, Doris, d. 1990.

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Thacher family.

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The Thacher family lived in New York. Thurston (d.1965) and Doris (d.1990) Thacher ran an antique business, the Rip Van Dam Shop, in Hyde Park. Among their customers was Henry Francis du Pont. Doris Thacher was especially interested in needlework and became an expert embroiderer. She taught classes, had an embroidery supply business, and reproduced antique pieces of embroidery. Thurston Thacher was interested in early American paintings, particularly those executed in the Hudson River valley in ...

Thacher, Thurston, d.1965.

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Sanders, John, 1802-1883.

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Saunders family.

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Wilson family.

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Briggs & Co.

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Livingston family.

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