Lydecker Family Papers

Collection Type

Papers

Year Start

1860

Year End

1983

SC19048

Quantity

186 Boxes

Access

Collection is open for research

Acquisition

Donated to the New York State Library, by William John Fisher Lydecker, 4 April 1988

Processed By

Fred Bassett, Senior Librarian, Manuscripts & Special Collections, 1990-1991

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Provenance Note

The Lydecker Family gift to the New York State Library included material that has been processed and catalogued separately from these papers. The most important, currently stored in the vault, are an autograph signed letter to George Washington, dated 18 October 1782 (V19633), and two autograph signed letters by Aaron Burr, dated 15 January and 15 March 1791 (V19634). Interested researchers may view these items upon agreement to establish procedures for material retrieved from the vault. Also catalogued separately was a published genealogy of the Blakney-Sabin lines, and several books and pamphlets relating to the history of the Seventh Regiment of the New York National Guard. They are all kept amongst the library's rare and special book collection. Lastly, artifacts and other personal effects related mostly to Charles Lydecker's military service were turned over to the New York State Museum.

Biographical Notes

Charles Edward Lydecker was born in New York City on 26 May 1851. He received his primary and secondary education in both public and private schools in New York City, before entering the City College of New York, where he graduated with honor in 1871. He received a scholarship to study law at Columbia College, graduating in 1873. He was admitted to the bar in 1873, but did not become engaged in law practice immediately, choosing instead an appointment as tutor, then in 1875 as instructor at the City University of New York. There he remained until resigning in 1881, whence he began his legal career. His specialty was estate administration which, in some cases, involved contesting wills. In addition, he handled cases involving matters of marital separation and divorce; and commercial and corporate law. Besides his law practice, he devoted much time to service as an officer of Company H, Seventh Regiment of the New York State National Guard. He enlisted in 1874, beginning as a private, then gradually moving up the ranks: corporal (1881); sergeant (1882); Lieutenant (1884); captain (1888), and finally as major (1901). He was honorably discharged from duty in 1909. Thereafter, he was active in the 7th regiment veterans organization. Other prominent positions held by Charles Lydecker were: the presidencies of the National Guard Association (1906) and National Security League (1916). Both organizations advocated a strong national militia and defense policy for the United States, which was the subject of periodicals, articles and pamphlets authored by Charles Lydecker. He was first married in 1882 to Ella Voorhis, who died in 1889, leaving three children: Leigh Kent (1884-1969), Kenneth (1886-1954) and Nathalie (1888-1963). He was again married in 1907 to Josephine B. Pond. The family resided at "Howcroft" Farm in Maywood, New Jersey.

Leigh Kent Lydecker was born 31 October 1882 in Greenwich, Connecticut. His early life was spent in Maywood, New Jersey, where he was educated at public and private schools. He graduated from the Stevens Institute of Technology, (Hoboken, NJ) with an M.E. in 1902. He then entered New York University School of Law, from which he graduated with the degree of L.L.B. in 1904. He was admitted to the bar of New York in 1904, and then actively practiced law in New York City until his retirement in 1965. Like his father, whose practice he assumed in 1920, Leigh specialized in estate administration and trust work.

Like his father, Leigh Lydecker also served in Company H of the Seventh Regiment if the New York State National Guard. He attained the rank or corporal while on active duty from 1904 - 1908. He returned to active duty in 1916, serving in the Depot Battalion until the following year when the United States entered the first World War, he was transferred to the First Officers Training Camp at Fort Monroe, Virginia. There, he was commissioned First Lieutenant, Field Artillery Officers Reserve Corps. in August 1917, and assigned to the 149th Field Artillery, 42nd Rainbow Division which fought in the battles along the Lorraine and Champagne Fronts in France. In July 1918, he was promited to the rank of captain, and then reassigned to the Field Artillery Brigade Filing Center in Anniston, Alabama, where he was in charge of training and instruction. In November, he was transferred to Fayetteville, North Carolina, where he assisted in the Layout and design of Fort Bragg. He was honorably discharged from full-time active duty on 23 December 1918, but promoted to major on 19 February 1919, and assigned to the 153rd Field Artillery Brigade. In 1928, he was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel and assigned to the 307th Regiment Field Artillery which drilled many summers as Pine Camp, New York.

Leigh Lydecker was trustee of the Maywood Christian Association, that later became the First Presbyterian Church, Maywood, New Jersey. He was a member of Christ (Episcopal) Church of Hackensack, New Jersey serving many times as vestryman and warden. In addition, a regular participant in Newark Diocesan conventions and committees. He was also a trustee for the Hackensack YMCA/YWCA for thirty-five years. He was actively involved in Phi Delta Phi, and Phi Gamma Delta legal fraternities, Holland Society, Army Navy Club, and New York County Lawyers Association. Other notable positions held by Leigh Lydecker were the presidency of the Alex Corporation and several times major of Maywood, New Jersey. Regularly on the fourth of July, he mounted a large white horse and, wearing his military uniform, led the celebratory town parade. He passed away on 11 February 1969.

Dorothy Fisher Lydecker was born in Hackensack, New Jersey on 24 March 1893. She graduated from the Hackensack High School with the class of 1912. After two years of study at the Art Student's League in New York, she went to Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland, graduating in 1918. Some of her activities at college included service on the staff of the Goucher Weekly, art editor of Donnybrook Fair, designer of costumes for the senior play, and membership on the class swimming team. After graduation, she enlisted as a canteen worker for the American Expeditionary Forces, YMCA, working in the Lederle Antitoxin Laboratory until called upon for service in December. She sailed for England 31 December 1918, and worked in canteens at Knotly Ash Camp, Liverpool, and at Gievres, France. She was discharged from service September 1919. For some time following the war she served in the Navy Club of New York City.

On 21 October, 1922 she married Leigh Kent Lydecker, bearing five children. Though as a wife and mother she continued to be active in church and numerous social clubs and charitable organizations, the Save the Children Federation was of special interest to her. During World War II, she was a nurse`s aid at the Hackensack Medical Center. She passed away 24 January 1982.

Scope and Content Note:

The Lydecker Family Papers will be useful to future scholars primarily because the two generations involved were disciplined correspondents; and a nearly complete record is present of matters personal, professional, and military from the 1870's to the 1960's. The paper of Charles Edward Lydecker, the most valuable group, should be viewed in at least three separate areas of interest.

First, his career in the National Guard, particularly as Captain, then as Major of the Seventh Regiment in New York City, 1888-1909. During this period, he gathered some historic letter files of the regiment preserved here, that concern its activities during the Civil War. In his terms, he handled at least four very different regimental involvements all documented here: (a) the renovation of the armory, 1885-1890; (b) the arrangements to give land for the New York and Long Island Bridge approach; (c) the regiments aid in constructing the Croton Reservoir; and (d) the regiments controversial killing and wounding of bystanders at the Brooklyn Dock Strike. Charles Lydecker saved regimental menus, programs, muster rolls, and photographs for this period as well. He was an eloquent witness at an investigation into the National Guard, 1901-1904, and published his views on universal military training. Lydecker became a Lieutenant Colonel in the National Guard and served as president of the National Guard Association in 1906. He was a member of the United States Military Service Institute from 1903 till his death and was a founder of the National Security League, serving as president in 1916.

Second, his career as an attorney. All his own business correspondence is registered here - so that some of his more interesting cases may be followed. He made a reputation for himself in the New York City legal community defending and contesting wills. The case of Isaac Walker's will, which covered years of work is fully documented here. There is also background documentation to the will of heiress recluse Ida Wood that of Fernando Wood (three times Major of New York City), and Brig. Wood (hero of the Turkish Rebellion). He also handled some interesting cases that did not concern estate matters, such as David Belasco v. Harrison Grey Fiske (Manhattan Theatre) over the authority for "The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch." Also, there are files concerning litigation against the Squirrel Film Co. (Rita Joviet). There are interesting backgrounds to many other cases as well.

Third, his personal life. A large chapter here was his continuing involvement with his alma mater, City College of New York. His papers include class photographs and essays through the years as student, 1868-1871, instructor, 1875-1880, and as trustee from 1913 till his death. In this period he was responsible for the fund raising for a new building - process here documented. In addition, his friendships with President Roemer (who died in 1872) and with Professor of Art, Leigh Hunt produced interesting correspondence. The most valuable correspondence is with his college friend Edwin Smith, 1874 to 1912. Smith's letters are all detailed and fascinating - as his career built from being an assistant in the Coast and Geodetic Survey to being in charge of the instrument division, 1879-1894. He was the astronomer in charge of expeditions to Japan, New Zealand and other far eastern nations. Lydecker served as his informal instrument procurer in New York City and as his publishing agent for maps produced. Other interesting correspondents were Marie Caroline, who was divorced from Stockbroker, William V. Caroline. Lydecker was their lawyer in contesting the French will of Marie's father, Brig. Mott. The letters began in 1897 on a friendly note, became more passionate, and end with her death in 1901; and George L. Catlin, whose letters, 1884-1896 relate to his position as United States Consul in Munich. Also included are many letters from his immediate family. Of special interest are the highly eloquent love letters from his second wife, Josephine B. Pond, letters from his daughter Nathalie, while a student at Wellesley College, and from his son Leigh, discussing matters relating to his service in the U.S. Army during World War I. Another chapter is the Lydecker Family involvement with the town of Maywood, New Jersey.

Charles' son Leigh Kent Lydecker took charge of his father's papers and added his own, plus those of his wife, Dorothy Fisher Lydecker. His papers too, have both military and legal interest. Letters from his sons and others serving in World War II and the Korean War are especially valuable in providing personal accounts of those wars. Dorothy's papers include many detailed letters from Hackensack High School and Goucher College friends, which would be useful for studying the lives of women in the twentieth century. In addition, her calendar diaries provide a chronology of her everyday activities. Dorothy's sister Elizabeth, an army nurse in both World War II and Korea wrote many eloquent letters, and a personal narrative of her life, are also preserved here.

Genealogy and Family History

Container	Description
1	Lydecker Lineage Blakney-Fisher Linage Kent Lineage Voorhis Lineage

Charles Edward Lydecker Papers, 1864-1920

Container	Description
2	Correspondence: Family, 1864-1920 Ella Voorhis Lydecker, 1887-1888 Josephine B. Pond Lydecker, 1907-1909 Kenneth Lydecker, 1893-1912 Leigh K. Lydecker, 1885-1918 Nathalie Lydecker Dyer, 1907-1920
3	Correspondence: Family 1864-1920 - Cont. John Albert Lydecker, 1864-1897 Julia Kent Lydecker, 1879-1895 Edith Lydecker Thornton, 1879-1913 H. Frederick and Letita Lydecker, 1879-1916 Julia K. Lydecker, 1869-1901 Katherine (Kitty) Lydecker, 1879-1916
4	Correspondence: General, 1873-1920 A Appleton, Daniel, 1890-1915 B Balvay, Robert, 1902-1904 Brown, Albert and Jane V., 1902-1917 C Canary, William, 1893-1908 Carolin, Marie, 1893-1900
5	Correspondence: General, 1873-1920 - Cont. Catlin, George L., 1884-1896 Clark, Emmons, 1902-1903 Conover, Clara and Mary, 1902-1903 Coolidge, Calvin, TLS, 6 November 1919 D de Mille, Beatrice, 1898-1902
5	Correspondence: General, 1873-1920 - Cont. E English, Arthur, 1885-1898 Ely, Gertrude, 1892-1907 F G H Hewitt, Robert A. and Mary Kent, 1904-1917 Hooper, James and Mary, 1893-1904 Hughes, Charles Evans, 1908-1919 (3 items) I J Johnson, Marion, 1915-1917 K Kent, Charlotte M., 1891-1911 Kent, Joseph, 1892-1910 Kent, Arthur, 1891-1907 Kent, William, 1894-1917 L
6	Correspondence: General, 1873-1920 - Cont. M Mumford, Benjamin, 1891 N Nevers, Henry Kent, 1864-1890 Nichols, Carrie, 1904 O P Pershing, John J., TLS, 13 August 1919 R Ray, Lucy Nevers, 1892-1917 Reighly, Kate Voorhis, 1895 Richardson, Harold and Charlotte, 1894-1901 Root, Elihu, 1901-1905 (3 items) Roosevelt, Theodore, 1917-1918 (2 items) S Sanford, J. M., 1892-1893 Sanford, Frances Voorhis, 1899-1900 Schuyler, Walter, 1880-1888 Smith, Edwin, 1873-1912
7	Correspondence: General Smith, Edwin, 1873-1912 - Cont. Stewart, Eliza N., 1889-1902 Stuart, Percy Clarke, 1899-1913 T U V Voorhis, Ernes, 1889-1907 W - Z Wells, Edmund B, 1917 Wells, William T., 1897-1899 Williams, Joseph, 1897-1899 Wortherspoon, James, 1898-1912 Unidentified
8	National Guard, State of New York, Seventh Regiment, 1850-1920 Organizational, 1874-1917 Board of Officers Bylaws, 1883, 1885, 1886, and 1891 Rosters, 1882, 1883, 1889, 1900, and 1916 Company H Bylaws (adopted, 1885) Company H Roll and Standing Committees, 1897-1907 Company H Rifle Practice Drills, 1897-1910 Company H Attendance Records and Reports, 1889-1891 Memoranda and Reports, 1895-1917 War Veterans Society, 1888-1907 Roll of Distinguished Service, 1885-1890, 1913
9	N.G.S.N.Y. 7th Regiment, 1850-1920 - Cont. Gazette Printing Contract, 1891 Armory Subleasing, 1886 Armory Renovation, 1885-1890 Armory Maintenance, 1894-1895 Croton Reservoir and Aqueduct Construction, 1885 New York City and Long Island Bridge, 1885-1890 Brooklyn Dockyard Strike, 1895-1896 Review by U.S. Senator Chauncy Depew, 1903 National Guard Investigation, Testimony, ca. 1903 Fort Wadsworth Encampment, 1907 Application, Judge Advocate, 1917
10	N.G.S.N.Y., 7th Regiment, 1850-1970 - Cont. Ephemera, 1878-1915
11	N.G.S.N.Y., 7th Regiment, 1850-1920 - Cont. Centennial History, 1907 Regimental History, by Emmons Clark, 1899 (Galley) Seventh Regiment Gazette, 1905-1938 (assorted issues) Newsclippings, 1809-1909
12	N.G.S.N.Y., 7th Regiment, 1850-1920 - Cont. Sgt. R. C. Rathbone Papers, 1859-1870
13	National Security League, 1914-1919 Executive Committee Minutes, 1916-1917 Resoutions, 1916-1918 Correspondence, Memoranda, and Reports, 1914-1920
14	National Security League, 1914-1919 - Cont. Militia Organization Plan, 1915 Bulletin and Brochures, 1915-1918 Newsclippings on United States National Defense Policies, 1915-1918 Periodical Articles
15	Grammar School No. 35, New York (N.Y.), 1856-1859 Awards of Merit Reading and Writing Exercise Books City College of New York, 1869-1871 Merit Roll, 1870 Compositions Aesthetics Notebook Rhetoric and Essaying Notebooks French Notebooks German Notebooks Spanish Notebooks
16	City College of New York, 1869-1877 - Cont. Chemistry Notebooks Physics Notebooks Physical GeographyColumbia College Law School, 1871-1873 Catalogue and Tuition Receipts Casebook Lecture Notebooks Thomas Hunter Association (Grammar School 35 Alumni) City College of New York Alumni Association
17	City College of New York, Tutor, 1874-1880 Class Register and Lesson Book Correspondence, 1874-1880 City College of New York, Trustee, 1894-1970 Correspondence, general, 1894-1970 Correspondence with Alex J. Webb, 1895-1907 Correspondence with Leigh Hunt, 1897-1904 Prof. Jean Roemer Monument, 1893-1897 Installation of John H. Finley as President, 1903 Manuals, 1893 and 1915 Hunter College Branch, 1915
18	Ceremonies and Special Events Marriage to Ella Voorhis, 1882 Marriage to Josephine B. Pond, 1907 Nathalie Lydecker Graduation from Wellesley College, 1908 Inauguration of President Benjamin Harrison, 1889 Portraits of President and Mrs. Grover Cleveland, 1897 Guest of President William Howard Taft, 1913 Travels and Excursions, 1874-1905 Lake George, 1874 Europe, 1879 Germany, 1895 France and Low Countries, 1895 British Columbia and Alaska, 1905 Civic and Social Organizations,Programs, 1890-1920 American Civic Alliance, 1919 Army & Navy Club of New York City, 1915 Bradford County Society of New York, 1917 Burns Society of New York, 1909 Fort Orange Club of New York City, 1897 and 1901 Manhattan Club, 1900, 1910, 1915, and 1918 Metropolitan Club, 1904
19	Civic and Social Organizations, Program, 1890-1920 - Cont. New York City Bar Association, 1890, 1902 and 1917 New York County Lawyers Association, 1909 and 1914 New York City, Mayor's Honorary Banquets, 1917 New York Citizens Committee, 1908 and 1913 New York City Democratic Party Club, 1898 and 1912 Navy League Club, 1909 Phi Gamma Delta, 1885-1912 St. Andrew's Society, 1895 St. George Society, 1920 Sons of St. Patrick, 1905 Union League Club, 1909 Miscellaneous
20	Business and Real Estate Interests, 1873-1920 Maywood Land Company, 1890-1920 City of Brooklyn, Landtitles and Tax Bills, 1862-1885 Railroad and Real Estate Publishing Bureau, 1873-1905 Park Avenue Association of Buildings, 1901-1902 New York City Department of Buildings, 1892-1894 Topsail Yard Improvement Patent, 1873-1874 Havana Street Paving, 1902
21	Memoranda Diaries, 1809-1871, 1874-1882, and 1909-1918
22	Assorted Papers Includes speeches, autograph collection, letterheads, circulars, and address books

Leigh Kent And Dorothy Fisher Lydecker Papers

Container	Description
23	Correspondence: Leigh K. Lydecker Family, 1888-1969 General, 1900-1918 Charles E. Lydecker, 1888-1918 Josephine Pond Lydecker, 1918-1960 Kenneth Lydecker, 1900-1939
24	Correspondence: Leigh K. Lydecker Family, 1888-1969 - Cont. Nathelie Lydecker Dyer, 1898-1965 Cristina Gorlitz, 1906-1908 Correspondence: Leigh K. Lydecker Family 1888-1969 - Cont. Rachael E. Nutt, 1917-1919 Theresa Zahiskie, 1917-1919
25	Correspondence: Leigh K. Lydecker and Family, 1922-1969 Dorothy Fisher Lydecker, 1922-1969 Louise Lydecker, 1931-1937 Leigh Kent Lydecker, Jr., 1943, and 1951-1953 William John Fisher Lydecker, 1951-1953
26	Correspondence: Leigh K. Lydecker, Personal, 1898-1969 Braegger, Werner D., 1940-1960 Brown, Albert D. and Jane V., 1930-1960 Canary, William 1931-1933 Devaney, Marie, 1955-1968 Grant, Milie (Mrs. Sidney), 1976 and 1935 Gregg, Richard T., 1958-1976 Hewitt, H. Kent, 1932-1971 Hewitt, Robert A. and Mary Ann, 1932-1945 Kent, Arthur and Ann, 1935-1945 Lydecker, Chester and Louise, 1924-1969 Lydecker, Frederick and Phyllis, 1918-1969 Lydecker, Kenneth, 1940-1969
27	Correspondence: Leigh K. Lydecker, Personal, 1898-1969 Lydecker, Julia K., 1917-1950 Merrill, Helen, 1918-1969 Northrup, John and Louise, 1962-1969 Pond, Warren B., 1922-1969 Reighly, Janet Voorhis, 1917-1919 Reighly, Kate, 1898-1918 Reighly, Lyster and Elizabeth, 1934-1965 Rogers, Joseph, 1935-1949 Rowe, Nellie, 1954-1914Sanford, Frances V., 1898-1919 cont. Thornton, Edith L., 1918-1969 Whittaker, William, 1931-1939 Wortherspoon, George, 1920-1936Wright, Craig and Caroline, 1929-1916
28	Correspondence: Leigh K. Lydecker, Personal - Cont. Chronological, 1922-1983
29	Correspondence: Dorothy Fisher Lydecker, Personal, 1913-1983 Beltz, John H., 1921-1972 Cadiou, Marie, 1920-1968 Camp, Elizabeth, 1964-1972 Davis, Catherine, 1955-1969 Freeman, Marion, 1961-1969 Hastie, Frank B., 1963-1969 Kennedy, Helen, 1922-1969 Mercer, Elizabeth, 1917-1969 Rogers, Ethel (Mrs. Joseph A.), 1965-1971 Purnell, Vernon, 1913-1919 Sala, Cecille, 1919-1969
30	Correspondence: Dorothy Fisher Lydecker, Personal, 1913-1982 Shafer, Mary, 1918-1969 Sloan, Margaret E., 1914-1969 Smith, Edna, 1922-1971 Sprenkel, Charlotte, 1963-1970 Staib, Phyllis, 1917-1969 Swinburne, Ralph, 1921 Walton, Elizabeth, 1917-1971 Wail, Grace and Susan, 1920-1968
31	Correspondence: Dorothy Fisher Lydecker Letters from Friends and Relatives, 1896-1922 Letters from William J. and Louise M. Fisher, 1896-1920 Letters from Henry Sabin Fisher, 1913-1968
32	Correspondence: Fisher Family Elizabeth Fisher to Dorothy F. Lydecker, 1913-1976 Elizabeth Fisher to Peggy Ann, 1942-1994
33	Correspondence: Blakeney-Fisher Family, 1888-1981 Letters to William J. and Louise M. Fisher, 1898-1929 Letters to Henry Sabin Fisher, 1913-1927 Letters to Stella Perone Blakeney, 1893-1908 Letters to Zadie Perone Blakeney, 1893-1908 Letters to Henry W. Sabin, 1896-1907
33	Correspondence: Blakeney-Fisher Family, 1888-1981 - Cont. Letters to Frederick Fisher, 1897 Letters to Elizabeth Fisher, 1913-1981

Papers relating to the personal life and activities of Leigh Kent Lydecker, 1890-1968

Container	Description
34	Woodbridge School, 1890-1891 Report Cards, 1890-1891 Stevens Institute of Technology, 1896-1902 Report Cards, 1896-1902 Journal, 1897 Essays and Compositions, 1897-1902 Physics Notebook, 1897-1898 Commencement Program, 1902 Alumni Association, 1909-1934
35	Military Service of Leigh Lydecker, General, 1917-1960 Commission of Appointments, 1917-1943 Pension and Retirement Papers, 1954-1960 149th Field Artillery, 1917-1918 Personal Recollections of Leigh K. Lydecker Official Orders, Memoranda, and Reports, 1917-1918 Rosters, 1917-1918 Rollbook, 1918
36	149th Field Artillery, 1917-1918 - Cont. Memoranda and Notebooks Bulletins, 1918 Plant of Fort Bragg, 1918 Newsclippings, 1918
37	Field Artillery Reserve Officer, 1918-1942 Official Reports and Memoranda, 1918-1942 Camp notebooks, 307th F.A., 1928-1932 Regimental Insignia, 307th F.A., 1928-1932
38	American Legion, 7th Regiment, New York Post No. 107 The Veterans of the Seventh Regiment; 1950-1968 Post No. 107 Bulletin, 1942-1947, and 1956-1969 Letters and Reports, 1928-1956
38	American Legion, 7th Regiment, New York Post No. 107 - Cont. Letters and Reports, 1928-1956 Programs and Ephemera, 1930-1968
39	Maywood, New Jersey, Mayorial Campaign, 1921 Maywood, New Jersey, 4th of July Committee, 1956-1966 Maywood, New Jersey, Independence Day Programs, 1909-1968 Maywood, Christian Association (1st Presbyterian Church) Legal and Financial Papers, 1902-1915 Record of Papers destroyed, 1961
40	Hackensack (NJ) YMCA and YWCA, 1925-1966 Correspondence and Reports, 1925-1932, 1958-1966
41	Alox Corporation, 1946-1950 Chester Iron Company, 1915-1926
42	Speeches by Leigh K. Lydecker
43	Bank Books, Fulton Trust Company, 1902-1918
44	Memoranda Diaries, 1897-1919
45	Memoranda Diaries, 1920-1939
46	Memoranda Diaries, 1940-1959
47	Memoranda Diaries, 1960-1969
48	Memoranda Notebooks, 1918-1938

Papers Relating to the Personal Life and Activities of Dorothy Fisher Lydecker

Container	Description
49	Diaries - Appointment Calendars, 1908-1981 1908 1910 1914 1917-1920 1921-1922, and 1933-1935 1936-1937
50	Diaries, 1908-1981 - Cont. 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
51	Diaries, 1908-1981 - Cont. 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
52	Diaries, 1908-1981 - Cont. 1959 1960
52	Diaries, 1908-1981 - Cont. 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
53	1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
54	Diaries, 1908-1981 - Cont. 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
55	Address and Appointment Diaries 1935 1946-1947 1954 1962 1963 1967 1976 1979
56	Hackensack Grammar School, No. 4, 1903-1908 Report Cards, 1903-1908 Class exercises and drawings Hackensack High School, 1908-1912
56	Report Cards, 1908-1912 cont. Yearbook, 1912
56	The High School Critic, 1908-1909 cont. Apple Blossom Club Secretary's Books, 1907-1909 Compositions, 1908-1909 Sketch books, 1908-1912 Versebook Arithmetic Exercises Assorted Class Notes Commencement, 1912
57	Goucher College, 1914-1918 Report Cards and Tuition Bills, 1914-1918 Music and Drama Programs Dance Programs Essays and Compositions Song and Verse Book
57	Goucher College, 1914-1918 - Cont. Physicology and Hygiene Notebook Student Christian Association Commencement, 1918 Diploma, 1918
58	American Expeditionary Forces, YMCA, 1919-1920 Navy Club Players, 1920 Wedding Memorabilia, 1922 Greeting Cards from her Children Programs of schools and colleges attended by her children Passports, 1919 and 1952
59	Save the Children Fund, 1950-1981
60	Unpublished articles, drawings, and prints Scrapbook relating to Fine Arts
61	Invitations and Calling Cards Greeting Cards Dance Programs Miscellaneous
62	Memorials and Eulogies Charles E. Lydecker Leigh K. Lydecker
62	Dorothy Fisher Lydecker cont.
63	Papers of William John and Louise M. Fisher, 1890-1929 Personal and Household Account Books, 1893-1897 Appointment Calendars, 1917, 1918, and 1924 Memoranda Books Poetry and Verse Personal anf Family Momentos
64	Elizabeth Fisher Papers, 1913-1960 State Street School, 1920-1922 Gateway School, 1922-1927 Goucher College, 1927-1932 Rockbrook Camp for Girls, 1923 European Travels, with Louise M. Fisher, 1927 Elizabeth Fisher Papers, 1913-1960 - Cont. United States Army Nurse, Service Records, 1942-1960 Newsclippings Drawings Greeting Cards and Notes
65	Elizabeth Fisher Papers, 1913-1960 (cont.) Writings on her personnel life and career Ephemera and personal momentos Address Book
66	Elizabeth Fisher, Diaries, 1927-1953 1927 (European Travels) 1942 1942-1945 1947-1950 1950-1952 1952-1953

Law Office Records, 1891-1969

Container	Description
66	Case Register Books, 1894-1969
67	Volume 3, 1894-1899
68	Volume 4, 1899-1904
69	Volume 5, 1905-1907
70	Volume 6, 1910-1920
71	Volume 7, 1907-1910
72	Volume 8, 1910-1920
73	Volume 9, 1915-1920
74	Volume 10, 1920-1928 (A-J)
75	Volume 11, 1920-1928 (L-Z)
76	Volume 12, 1929-1936 (A-G)
77	Volume 13, 1929- 1936 (H-P)
78	Volume 14, 1929-1936 (Q-Z)
79	Volume 15, 1937-1969 (S-Z)
80	Volume 16, 1937-1969 (P-S)
81	Volume 17, 1936-1969 (M-P)
82	Volume 18, 1936-1969 (H-M)
83	Volume 19, 1936-1969 (G-H)
84	Volume 20, 1936-1969) (C-G)
85	Volume 21, 1936-1969 (A-C) Bill Books, 1892-1969
86	Volume I, 1892-1907 Volume II, 1907-1914 Volume III, 1914-1929
87	Volume IV, 1929-1969
	Letterbooks, 1891-
88	No. 1, Thompson & Lydecker, 28 Nov. 1891 - 2 Aug. 1892 No. 2, 11 March 1891 - 15 October 1891
89	No. 3, 14 October 1892 - 29 April 1893 No. 4, 27 April 1893 - 14 September 1894
90	No. 7, 14 September 1894 - 14 June 1895
91	No. 9, 1 October 1896 - 5 June 1897 No. 10, 5 June 1897 - 9 March 1898
92	No. 11, 10 March 1898 - 5 March 1899 No. 12, 6 March 1899 - 9 February 1900
93	No. 13, 9 February 1900 - 18 November 1900 No. 14, 19 November 1900 - 26 August 1901
94	No. 15, 26 August 1901 - 3 June 1902 No. 16, 3 June 1902 - 18 November 1902
95	No. 17, 18 November 1902 - 10 July 1903 No. 18, 10 July 1903 - 23 February 1904
96	No. 19, 23 February 1904 - 26 October 1904 No. 20, 26 October 1904 - 29 May 1905
97	No. 21, 29 May 1905 - 21 November 1905 No. 22, 22 November 1905 - June 1906
98	No. 23, 23 June 1906 - 20 January 1907 No. 24, 24 January 1907 - 31 August 1907
99	No. 25, 31 August 1907 - 30 March 1908 No. 26, 30 March 1908 - 1 October 1908
100	No. 27, 2 October 1908 - 8 March 1909 No. 28, 8 March 1909 - 31 July 1909
101	No. 29, 2 August 1909 - 10 January 1910 No. 30, 10 January 1910 - 21 September 1910
102	No. 31, 21 September 1910 - 5 May 1911
103	No. 32, 5 May 1911 - 5 January 1912
104	No. 33, 5 January 1912 - 31 August 1912
105	No. 34, 31 August 1912 - 5 May 1913
106	No. 35, 5 May 1913 - 26 November 1913
107	No. 36, 26 November 1913 - 20 June 1914
108	No. 37, 20 June 1914 - 18 January 1915
109	No. 38, 18 January 1915 - 21 July 1915
110	No. 39, 21 July 1915 - 31 December 1915
111	No. 40, 1 January 1916 - 30 June 1916
112	No. 41, 30 June 1916 - 1 December 1916
113	No. 42, 2 December 1916 - 24 August 1917
114	No. 43, 24 August 1917 - 4 June 1918
115	No. 44, 4 June 1918 - 4 August 1919
116	No. 45, 4 August 1919 - 25 June 1920
117	No. 46, 25 June 1920 - 19 April 1921
118	No. 47, 19 April 1921 - 9 February 1922
119	No. 48, 10 February 1922 - 22 January 1922
120	No. 49, 23 January 1923 - 2 November 1923
121	No. 50, 9 November 1923 - 1 October 1924
122	No. 51, 4 October 1924 - 20 August 1925
123	No. 52, 1 January 1926 - 21 December 1926
124	No. 53, 22 December 1926 - 27 October 1927
125	No. 54, 7 October 1927 - 9 October 1929, pp.1-1800
126	No. 54 (cont.), pp. 1801-2800 No. 55, 9 October 1929 - 11 July 1931, pp. 1-750
127	No. 55, (cont.), pp. 750-2500
128	No. 56, 11 July 1931 - 10 June 1933, pp. 1-1600
129	No. 56 (cont.), pp. 1601-2500 No. 57, 10 June 1933 - 1 January 1935, pp. 1-800
130	No. 57 (cont.), pp. 801-2800
131	No. 58, 31 January 1935 - 6 May 1936, pp. 1-2000
132	No. 58 (cont.), pp. 2001-2800 No. 59, 6 May 1936 - 30 October 1937, pp. 1-800
133	No. 59 (cont.), pp. 801-2600
134	No. 60, 1 November 1937 - 18 May 1939, pp. 1-1800
135	No. 60 (cont.), pp. 1801-2560 No. 61, 19 May 1939 - 10 December 1940, 1-1000
136	No. 61 (cont.), pp. 1001-2500 No. 62, 10 December 1940 - 29 May 1942, pp. 1-400
137	No. 62 (cont.), pp. 401-2862
138	No. 63, 1 June 1942 - 6 August 1943, pp. 1-1576
139	No. 64, 11 August 1943 - 6 December 1944
140	No. 65, 6 December 1944 - 5 July 1946, pp. 1-1600
141	No. 65 (cont.), pp. 1001-2000 No. 66, 8 July 1946 - 28 February 1948, pp. 1-1200
142	No. 66 (cont.), pp. 1201-1800 No. 67, 28 February 1948 - 1 February 1940, pp. 1-1000
143	No. 67 (cont.), pp. 1001-1022 No. 68, 2 February 1950 - 9 October 1951, pp. 1-600
144	No. 68 (cont.), pp. 601-1443 No. 69, 10 October 1951 - 30 April 1953, pp. 1-600
145	No. 69 (cont.), pp. 601-1328 No. 70, 4 May 1953 - 23 February 1955, pp. 1-800
146	No. 70 (cont.), pp. 801-1300 No. 71, 28 February 1955 - 26 June 1956, pp. 1-1000
147	No. 71 (cont.), pp. 1001-1265 No. 72, 27 June 1956 - 26 November 1957
148	No. 73, 27 November 1957 - 8 June 1959
149	No. 74, 8 June 1959 - 27 February 1961
150	No. 75, 1 March 1961 - 28 February 1963
151	No. 76, 1 March 1963 - 20 December 1965
152	No. 77, 7 January 1966 - 10 February 1969 Assorted Unbound Letters, 1930 - 1935 Law Office Payroll Ledgers; 1937 - 1948 Law Office Journal, 1924 - 1965
153	Law Office File Inventories, 1906 - 1965
154	Lydecker and Related Family Estate Papers, Charles Lydecker, 1920 - 1925 Josephine B. Pond Lydecker, 1962 - 1964 Nathelie Lydecker Dyer, 1930 - 1932 William and Louise Fisher, 1925 - 1935
155	Case Files Alker v. Alker, 1885 - 1886 Balasco v. Fiske, 1901 - 1903 Besher v. Squirrel Film Co. (Rita Joviet), 1917 - 1918
156	Anderson, John, Estate, 1885 Bijur, Harriet Stuart, Estate, 1963
156	Brown, Alber and Jane V. Estate, 1957 cont. Brown, Ernest C., et. al., Real Estate Contract, 1933-1935 Carolin, Marie re: Estate of Gen. T.P. Mott, 1895 - 1901 Cruger, Eugene, Estate, 1900 - 1902 Davidson, John S., Estate, 1966 - 1968 Fairfield, Generva, Mental Competency Matters, 1866 Gindrat, Henri, re: Arrest and Deportation, 1906 Haviland, Charles, Divorce Case, 1908 Jacobson, Kate, re: Real Estate Contract, 1897 James, Esther Emily, Estate, 1900 Kent, James, Embezzlement and Fraud, 1906
157	Kent, Joseph, Estate, 1930 - 1933 Lipson, Bessie, Marital Separation Matters Mumford, Benjamin, Estate, 1932 - 1933, 1964 - 1965 Nevers, Anna, Estate, 1952
158	Pullman, F. Cooper, Estate, 1927 - 1959 Ray, William and Lucy N. Estate, 1930 Red Run Coal Company, Disolution, 1884 Rogers, Joseph A., Court, Marital Case, Sanford, William and Eliza, Estate, 1931 - 1935 Schaefer, Anna, Estate, 1936 - 1950 Sistare, George K., re: Hilger Case, 1890
159	Skillton, Frank, re: return of Silver pawned in Mexico, 1882 - 1883 Smith, Edwin, Real Estate, 1879 - 1890 Stanford, Welton, re: Estate of Leland Stanford, 1896 - 1899 Stewart v. Panama R.R. Co., 1885 - 1890 Stuart, Emma B., Estates, 1931 - 1933 Thornton, Edith, re: Sickels Estate, 1932 - 1933 Towne, Robina, Estate, 1954 Tyson, Allen C., re: Marital Separation, 1898 U.S. Assay Office, re: complaint against the discharge of choking fumes, 1883 Voorhees, Jacob, Estate, 1883 - 1955 Weber, Albert, Estate, 1879 Wood, Ida, Estate, Ziegler, William, Estate, 1918
160	Walker, Issac, Estate, 1928 - 1941
161	Walker Estate, Probate Proceedings
162	Walker Estate, Pleadings and Testimony
163	Walker Estate, Appellate Proceedings
	Letterbooks (assorted)
164	v.1, 1 June 1905 - 2 September 1910 (LKL) v.2, 15 September 1910 - 31 may 1912 (LKL)
165	v.1, 4 June 1912 - 15 December 1914 (LKL) v.2, 15 December 1914 - 17 January 1920 (LKL)
166	v.1, 17 January 1920 - 1 February 1920 (LKL) v.2, Phi Delta Phi, 1913 - 1922
167	v.1, Military, 1896 - 1902 (C.E.L.) v.2, City College of New York, 1913 - 1916 (C.E.L.)
168	v.1, Sarah Jacobson Estate, 1899 - 1906 (C.E.L.) v.2, Correspondence Log, 1916 - 1920 (C.E.L.) Scrapbooks
169	United States Government and Politics, 1878 - 1896 Photographs
170	Charles Lydecker and Family, ca. 1870 - 1920 City College of New York Class of 1871
171	Charles Lydecker's Personal Friends, ca. 1890 - 1900
172	Leigh K. Lydecker, Family, Friends, etc, 1920 - 1960
173	Banquets and Conventions, ca. 1913 - 1960
174	World War I, 1917 - 1919, (L.K.L.)
175	World War I, 1917 - 1919, (L.K.L.)
176	7th Regt. N.Y.S.N.G., ca., 1890's
177	7th Regt. N.Y.S.N.G., ca., 1890's
178	7th Regt. N.Y.S.N.G. ca., 1890's
179	7th Regt. N.Y.S.N.G., ca., 1900's
180	National Guard Officers and Commanders, ca., 1890 - 1910
181	Conventions and Banquets, ca., 1930's - 1950's (oversize)
182	Conventions and Banquets, ca., 1930's - 1950's (oversize) 7th Regt. N.Y.S.N.G., ca., 1890's (oversize)
183	7th Regt. N.Y.S.N.G., ca., 1890's (oversize)
184	Scrapbook with turn of the century greeting cards
185	Diplomas and Honorary Certificates
186	Diplomas and Honorary Certificates
187	Scrapbook of Elizabeth Fisher's ascent of Mt. Fuji, 1953
188	Scrapbook of Elizabeth Fisher's service with M.A.S.H unit in Korea, 1951-1952