Papers, 1810-1970.

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Papers, 1810-1970.

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Genealogical records of the Williams, Churchyard, Hubbard and Upham families; family correspondence, 1851-1932, including Civil War letters of James Henderson, 1865; deeds and marriage certificates, 1810- 1887; personal papers pertaining to Frank Williams, Frank F. Williams (including a diary, 1898-1918), Elizabeth Sprague Williams, Olive Williams, Joseph Churchyard, Ruth C. Williams, and others; records and papers of the Franklin School, including lists of graduates and papers related to headmistress Bertha A. Keyes; legal papers related to a patent suit brought by James Sturdy, et al. against Frank A. Shoemaker, et al. in Erie County Supreme Court, 1915; records of the Titan Furnace Company, 1917-1927, including furnace patents and blueprints, smoke abatement regulations, and installation records; and records of the Lake Erie Dock Company, 1898-1967.

(2.0 linear ft.)

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7354342

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Thursday Club (Buffalo, N.Y.)

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Evans family.

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Williams, Ruth C. (Ruth Churchyard), 1856-

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Williams, Frank (Franklin), 1827-1884.

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Lake Erie Dock Company (Buffalo, N.Y.)

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Sturdy, James.

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Titan Furnace Company (Buffalo, N.Y.)

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Upham family.

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Hubbard family.

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Erie County (N.Y.). Supreme Court.

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Peace and Arbitration Society of Buffalo, N.Y.

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Henderson, James W. (James Wood), 1917-

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Churchyard, Joseph, 1831-1887.

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Williams, Elizabeth Sprague, 1869-1922.

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Franklin School (Buffalo, N.Y.)

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Churchyard family.

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Williams family.

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The Williams family came to Buffalo in the 1830s from Connecticut. Frank Williams (1827-1884) ran a coal mining and shipping firm. His son Frank F. Williams (1855-1936) was a prominent lawyer and civic leader; he and his wife, Ruth C. Williams, founded the Buffalo Peace Society in 1908, and he was a founder of the Thursday Club, the Buffalo Orphan Asylum and other organizations, and was Treasurer of the Titan Furnace Company. Elizabeth Sprague Williams, daughter of Frank Williams, was a noted so...

Williams, Frank F. (Frank French), 1855-1936.

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Keyes, Bertha A. (Bertha Anna), 1868-1959.

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Born in Arlington, Mass.; graduate of Smith College. Joined faculty of Franklin School in Buffalo, N.Y. in 1899; became headmistress in 1925; retired in 1938. From the description of Franklin School papers and personal tributes, 1915-1959. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33113319 ...

Williams, Olive, 1889-1971.

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Evans, Letitia, 1762 or 3-1841.

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