Beatrice and William Astor Chanler papers, 1897-ca. 1945.

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Beatrice and William Astor Chanler papers, 1897-ca. 1945.

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Correspondence, literary manuscripts, photographs, scrapbooks, printed ephemera, and various papers, 1897-ca. 1945, of Beatrice Ashley Chanler and her husband, New York legislator, businessman and explorer William Astor Chanler. Correspondence and assorted papers, 1897-1901 and 1925-1929, of William Astor Chanler pertain largely to his activities and interests as a member of the New York State Assembly in 1897 and as a Congressman during the 56th congress, 1899-1901, including letters about politics, elections, campaigns, issues of the day, requests for employment, introductions, etc.; as well as his interests as president of the French firm Carrières Réunies de la Nièvre, which quarried Malvaux and Verger stone for the American Church in Paris, and other buildings. Many are letters of Jack Hunter and J. Clementel, both members of the firm. Also included is a 56 page typed memoir by Rear Admiral Ludwig von Höhnel in which he recounts his association with William Astor Chanler during their African expedition, and his own service as aide-de-camp to Emperor Francis Joseph I.

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