SC23075
21 boxes (ca. 6.0 cubic feet).)
Open to research
Gift: Victoria Miller, New York, N.Y. July 2009
Biographical Note:
Nathan Sanford (1777-1838), was a lawyer and a politician. He served as United States Senator from New York State (1815-1821 and 1826-1831) and Chancellor of New York State (1823-1826). Robert Sanford (1831-1908) was the son of Nathan and Mary Buchanan Sanford (1800-1879), Nathan's third wife. He graduated from Union College (1858) and New York Law School (ca. 1860).
Scope and Content Note:
The collection includes diaries kept by Mary Buchanan Sanford and her son, Robert Sanford, detailing their personal and social life. Also included are registers of court cases (ca. 1799-1812) kept by Nathan Sanford, and a group of scrapbooks and photograph albums which appear to have been compiled by Henry Gansevoort Sanford and family from 1897 to 1919.
Provenance Note:
This collection also included a number of books and publications that were removed to be catalogued separately for the book collection of the New York State Library. A complete list of the titles with this collection is found in the accession file.
Related Collections:
An additional series of papers related to the Sanford family is held by this repository: Nathan Sanford Papers (SC14054). The collection consists chiefly of certificates, commissions, licenses, and diplomas related to the public and professional careers of Nathan Sanford (1777-1838) and his son, Edward (1805-1876), but does include four letters from Nathan to Edward.
Container List:
Box | Folder / Volume | Description |
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Diaries | ||
1 | 1 | Mary Buchanan Sanford – Diary, 1846-1851; 12 leaves, 26 cm. (unbound remnant from larger volume) |
1 | 2 | Robert Sanford – Diary, 1852; 212 p. 26 cm. index |
1 | 3 | Robert Sanford – Diary, 1860-1865; 140 p. 20 cm. index (relates mostly to travels) |
1 | 4 | Robert Sanford – Diary, 1870-1873; no cover, 133 p. 20 cm. |
1 | 5 | Robert Sanford – Diary, 1877-1881; 160 p. 21 cm. (includes quotations from the Holy Scripture and other words of wisdom) |
1 | 6 | Robert Sanford – Journal (notebook) "Houghton Tutor," 1847-1853, 1866-1874; 117 p.+, 25 cm. (Contains quotes and words of wisdom relative to religion and well-being) |
1 | 7 | Mary Austin Yates Stuyvesant – Diary, 1881-1885; ca. 100 p. 20 cm. |
1 | 8 | Miscellaneous items found tipped into the journals (15 items) |
Autograph, Poetry, and Verse Books | ||
2 | 1 | Robert Sanford – Union College Autographs, ca. 200 p. 17 x 22 cm. |
2 | 2 | Mary Buchanan [Sanford] - "A Book of Remembrance" [verse book], ca. 1819-1823; ca. 200 p. 24 cm. (contains, poems, memories, wisdom, etc. written prior to marriage, i.e. "Education", "Friendship," and "How to Pray without ceasing.") |
2 | 3 | Catherine Stuyvesant Catlin – Verse book [recipe book], ca. 1853; ca. 100 p. 32 cm. (also includes handwritten notes, news clippings, and printed brochures pasted or tipped-in to the volume) |
2 | 4 | Emeline Van Buskirk – Verse book, 1832-1838; illustrated, ca. 100 p. 21 cm. (includes a number of engravings and handwritten poems; the content relates to wedding with John Reade Low in Louisville, Kentucky) |
Business / Legal Records | ||
3 | v. 1 | Nathan Sanford – Receipt book, 1799-1806; ca. 100 p. 13 x 20 cm. (Commenced 29 October 1799, finished 16 June 1806) |
3 | v. 2 | Nathan Sanford – Receipt book, 1803-1808; ca. 200 p. 16 x 21 cm |
3 | v. 3 | Nathan Sanford – Receipt book, 1806-1835; ca. 200 p. 16 x 21 cm |
3 | v. 4 | Nathan Sanford – Docket book, Suffolk Common Pleas Court, 1799; 146 (300) p. 20 cm. |
3 | v. 5 | Nathan Sanford – Docket book, Mayor's Court, 1799; 226 (300) p. 26 cm. |
4 | v. 6 | Nathan Sanford – Docket book / Case Register no. 3, 1807-1808; 342 p. 27 cm. |
4 | v. 7 | Nathan Sanford – Docket book / Case Register, no. 10, 1812; 373 p. 27 cm. |
Travel / Photograph Albums | ||
5 | v. 1 | Paintings across Europe, ca. 1897; 12 leaves, 27 x 35 cm. |
6 | v. 2 | Architecture and people of Japan, China, India, and Europe, ca. 1890s; ca. 28 leaves; 27 x 32 cm. |
7 | v. 3 | Countryside architecture and art from Europe and Great Britain, ca. 1897; 25 leaves, 28 x 37 cm. |
8 | v. 4 | Architecture, people, and art from North America, Polynesia, Asia, and Europe, ca. 1890s; 26 leaves, 37 x 27 cm. (no cover) |
9 | v. 5 | Architecture and art of Europe, ca. 1897; 30 leaves, 29 x 40 cm. |
10 | v. 6 | Architecture and countryside of Europe and North America, including Yellowstone, ca, 1890s; 25 leaves, 40 x 29 cm. |
11 | v. 7 | Architecture and people of India and Tibet, ca. 1890s; 27 leaves, 29 x 40 cm. |
12 | v. 8 | Architecture and peoples of Japan, Hong Kong, and China, ca. 1890s; 25 leaves, 29 x 40 cm. |
13 | v. 9 | Architecture, people, and art of Middle East and Europe, ca. 1890s; 28 leaves, 29 x 40 cm. |
Scrapbooks, 1907-1919; all volumes: ca. 30 leaves; 38 x 32 cm. (folio) | ||
14 | v. 1 | Scrapbook, 1907-1910; Content includes:
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14 | v. 2 | Scrapbook, 1910; Content includes:
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15 | v. 3 | Scrapbook, 1910-1911; Content includes:
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15 | v. 4 | Scrapbook, 1911; Content includes:
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16 | v. 5 | Scrapbook, 1912; Content includes:
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16 | v. 6 | Scrapbook, 1912-1913; Content includes:
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17 | v. 7 | Scrapbook, 1913-1914; Content includes:
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17 | v. 8 | Scrapbook, 1915 (January-April); Content includes:
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18 | v. 9 | Scrapbook, 1915 (January-April); Content includes:
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18 | v. 10 | Scrapbook, 1916; Content includes:
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19 | v. 11 | Scrapbook, 1916; Content includes:
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19 | v. 12 | Scrapbook, 1917; Content includes:
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20 | v.13 | Scrapbook, 1917-1918; Content includes:
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20 | v. 14 | Scrapbook, 1918; Content includes:
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21 | v. 15 | Scrapbook, 1918-[1919]; Content includes:
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21 | v. 16 | Scrapbook, 1918; Content includes:
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