Scope and content
Papers concerning the John McGraw Company which in 1878 became Thomas McGraw and Company, Rough and Dressed Lumber, Shingles, Lath and Salt, Portsmouth, Michigan. Includes financial, legal, and other papers relating to the lumber industry, including timber inspection and cutting reports, and two letter books of Charles Curtiss, McGraw's partner. Also, two series of letters to Cornelia Curtiss from Mrs. D.W. Fiske (Jennie McGraw Fiske) and Mrs. Caroline Corson, containing detailed descriptions of European travels and references to persons in Ithaca, New York.
Dates
- 1870-1901.
Creator
- Curtiss, Charles (Collector, Person)
Extent
1.1 cubic feet. (1.1 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
Bibliographic References
Location in source not given -- Described in REPORT OF THE CURATOR AND ARCHIVIST, 1950-54.
- Corson, Caroline Rollin, -1901.
- Curtiss, Cornelia.
- Europe -- Description and travel.
- Fiske, Jennie McGraw, 1840-1881.
- Ithaca (N.Y.)
- John McGraw Company
- Logging -- Michigan -- Portsmouth.
- Lumbering -- Michigan -- Portsmouth.
- McGraw, John, 1815-1877.
- McGraw, Thomas, active 1878.
- Thomas McGraw and Company
- Voyages and travels
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)