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Real estate investment.

 Subject
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Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Diven family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2231
Abstract

Correspondence, notes, account books, and legal papers of an Elmira family of lawyers and businessmen.

Dates: 1828-1940.

Frederick E. Case papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4329
Scope and content

Books, articles, and reports on real estate, housing, and urban development topics. Also includes extensive "bio-bibliography" (expanded vitae).

Dates: 1948-1984.

Gates and Moore family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 461
Scope and content Correspondence, accounts, and miscellany of the Gates-Moore family of Savona, Steuben County, New York. Correspondence (1847-1910) concerns Lillian Gates' and Mrs. Katherine Moore's investments in Western lands, mortgages and loans, and includes information on tenancy and land sales in Michigan, North Dakota, Illinois, and Oklahoma; also, investments in the East Lynn Railroad and other eastern enterprises. Letters of James G. Moore, consultant engineer at the U.S. Naval Base, Key West,...
Dates: 1847-1913.

Holland Land Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 383
Abstract

Account books for the Ellicottville Office in Cattaraugus County; correspondence and records including amounts paid on principal and interest, general expenditures, notes on improvements, and other material including land contracts and deed books for Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Wyoming Counties. Includes records kept by purchasers of Holland Land Company holdings Nicholas Devereux and Co., Utica, N.Y. and the Farmers' Loan and Trust Co., New York City.

Dates: 1802-1863.

Jacob Morris papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1656
Scope and content Correspondence (1791-1841) relates primarily to family affairs or Morris' activities as land agent, including letters from his mother, Mary Morris, his sons Charles B. and John Cox Morris, his nephew Gouverneur Morris (1828), and other members of the family; fair copies of letters from Jacob and letters from various people outside the family, including Robert Troup (1812), Stephan Van Rensselaer, Jr. (1821), and Elizabeth Schuyler (Mrs. Alexander) Hamilton (1821); deeds, powers of attorney,...
Dates: 1791-1935.

Ladies Union Benevolent Society records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1410
Scope and content

Papers consist chiefly of financial records, including two volumes of expenditures and receipts (1923-44); three books of check stubs (1927-45); one volume of records pertaining to stocks, bonds, and mortgages held by the home (1929-44); scattered expense accounts, mortgages, and stock certificates (1928-42); and letters pertaining to investments in real estate and securities (1928-44). Includes bound Articles of Incorporation and Constitution, 1921.

Dates: 1921-1947.

Leo Grebler publications

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4371
Scope and content

Books and articles by Leo Grebler on subjects including housing development, housing finance, housing policy, residential construction, and real estate investment.

Dates: 1940-1981.

Real Estate Office records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5-3-3698
Scope and content

Files pertaining to real estate transactions.

Dates: 1990-2017.

Robert C. Sutro publications

 Collection — Box 3
Identifier: 3541
Scope and content

Two pamphlets by Robert C. Sutro for the Mortgage Bankers Association of America: MORTGAGES AND REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS: HIGH YIELD PERFORMERS FOR TRUSTEED FUNDS, and MORTGAGES FOR RETIREMENT AND ENDOWMENT FUNDS, 1966. Also, article by Sutro: "Mortgages Provide Higher Yields for Trusteed Funds," COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CHRONICLE, October 1964.

Dates: 1964-1966.