Kent family papers : series IV : generation III, 1851-1946.

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Kent family papers : series IV : generation III, 1851-1946.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/726872871

This series of the Kent Family Papers concerns generation III of the Kent family, including Ira Kent's children, Ira Richardson "Rich" Kent (1834-1875), and Rachel Ann Kent (1839-1855), and Abdiel Kent's son, Van Rensselaer Kent (1851-1931). Rich Kent's papers include diaries, letters, business papers, record books, and estate records. Of particular interest are photographs of the "Baystate Gas Machine," which gasified gasoline for rural home lighting. The papers of both Ira Kent's son, Leroy (called "Roy") and his wife, Blanche (Hollister) Kent, form the bulk of this series. There are letters, diaries, business papers, accounts books, and miscellaneous materials belonging to Leroy Kent. Of particular interest is "L.A. Kent's Private Memorandum" book (1884-1903), which contains an inventory of Roy's assets, taxes, insurance, dividends, promissory notes, McLoud & Co. records, rents, and real estate. This memo book serves to give an overview of Leroy Kent's diverse entrepreneurial dealings in both Vermont and the mid-west. Roy Kent's estate papers also provide a summary of his business endeavors, and include a small notebook made by his son, Ira Rich Kent, listing the status of the estate's various payable and receivable accounts. Also included in this series are papers from the vestry of the Calais Christian Church (at Gospel Hollow), the Masons, and many account books, some started by Roy Kent's father, Ira (as I. & A. Kent) Kent, which were continued by Roy. The papers of Roy's wife, Blanche (Hollister) Kent, consist mainly of letters, the bulk of which are from Hollister relatives and friends. Also included are regular and travel diaries, scrapbooks, a sizeable collection of engraved social invitations and announcements, and personal financial papers including those from the Lewis L. Coburn Trust, of which Blanche Kent was a beneficiary. There are documents from the Hardwick Hospital, the Women's Relief Corps, and the Fortnightly Club. Of particular interest is correspondence with muckraking journalist Ida Tarbell about the rental of a Kent house, and business correspondence with Blanche Kent's son, Rich, who helped to handle his mother's financial affairs after Roy Kent's death. Blanche and Roy Kent both also received daily personal letters from their son, Rich. These have been housed with Rich's papers in Series V of the Kent family papers since they provide a daily account of his life.

6 linear feet.

Vermont Historical Society

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Hollister, Flora Coburn, b. 1826-1906.

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Fortnightly Club (Hardwick, Vt.).

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Hollister, Samuel D., b. 1817.

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Kent, Blanche Hollister, 1852-1938.

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Kent, Van Rensselaer, 1851-1931.

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Kent, Ira, 1834-1875.

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Kent, Leroy, 1843-1911.

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Remick family.

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Kent, Rachel Ann, 1839-1855.

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Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944

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Ida M. Tarbell was an investigative journalist best known from her The History of the Standard Oil Company published in 1904. She wrote for American Magazine, which she also co-owned and co-edited, from 1906 to 1915. From the guide to the Ida M. Tarbell papers, 1916-1930, (Ohio University) Historian, journalist, lecturer, and muckraker, (Allegheny College, A.B., 1880). For further information, see Notable American Women (1971). From the description of The nationa...

Bancroft Manufacturing (Spencer, Mass.).

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Kent family.

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Ira and Polly Kent's son, Ira Richardson "Rich" Kent (1834-1875), became a business partner in the mercantile business of J.E. Bacon in Spencer, Massachusetts after working at I. & A. Kent's mercantile business. Rich Kent also worked for Bancroft Manufacturing, makers of machine tools, as well as in cattle sales and auction sales. Leroy Abdiel "Roy" Kent (1843-1911) was the fourth of Ira and Polly (Curtis) Kent's five children. Leroy Kent was born in Calais on August...

Kent, Louise Andrews, 1886-1969

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Louise Andrews Kent was born about 1887 in Brookline, Mass. She married Rich Kent in 1912. She became a newspaper columnist and author of children's books and cookbooks, assuming the persona of "Mrs. Appleyard," to write a series of New England cookbooks. A resident of Brookline, Kent spent summers in Calais, Vt. Louise Andrews Kent died in 1969. From the description of Louise Andrews Kent papers. (Vermont Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36065048 Louise...

J.H. McLoud & Company.

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Brown, Mary Hollister, b. 1861.

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Hollis family.

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Hollister, Harry D., 1853-1942.

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Coburn, L. L. (Lewis L.), 1834-1910

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Kent, Ira Rich, 1876-1945

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Calais Christian Church (Calais, Vt.).

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Hardwick Hospital (Hardwick, Vt.).

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Freemasons

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Jones, Alice Hollister, b. 1857.

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