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Frey Family Papers

Call Number

MS 235

Date

1793-1917 (bulk 1825-1890), inclusive

Creator

Extent

10.5 Linear feet (25 boxes)

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

The Frey Family Papers primarily document multiple generations of the Frey and related Ludlow and Van Schaack families of upstate New York and elsewhere. The bulk of the collection is correspondence (16 boxes), detailing family news, health matters, and deaths; opinions on religion, politics, and the Civil War; financial, legal, and property issues and troubles; family history and genealogy.

Biographical Note

This collection contains items for over one hundred individuals. See family trees (available at repository) for the Frey, Ludlow, and Van Schaack families for relationships, birth and death dates. These trees were compiled from a variety of sources, including the items in the collection.

Many individuals in this collection had nicknames and used them often in correspondence. The following nicknames are commonly used:

Missing Title

Frey, Adelle Reynolds "Dell"
Frey, Augustus Beardslee "Gus"
Frey, Caroline [b.1868] "Carrie"
Frey, Elizabeth Van Schaack "Betsey"
Frey, Henrietta Swift "Etta"
Frey, Henry A. "Harry"
Frey, John [d.1858] "Johnny"
Frey, Samuel Ludlow "Ludlow," "Lud"
Winne, Caroline Frey G. "Carrie," "Sis"
Winne, Charles K. Jr. "Bopper"

Arrangement

Correspondence arranged by sender. See container list for other series arrangements.

The collection is organized into the following seventeen series:

Missing Title

  1. Series I. Correspondence, 1793-1917, undated
  2. Series II. Diaries, 1821-[18]92, undated
  3. Series III. Financial Records, 1799-1912, undated
  4. Series IV. Legal Material, 1799-1865, undated
  5. Series V. Land and Property Records, 1806-1873, undated
  6. Series VI. Genealogical Material, undated
  7. Series VII. Poetry, undated
  8. Series VIII. Ephemera, 1818-[1904], undated
  9. Series IX. Organizational Material, 1880-1911, undated
  10. Series X. Educational Material, 1833-1857, undated
  11. Series XI. Drafts, 1799, 1852, undated
  12. Series XII. Notes, Memoranda and Extracts, 1849-1891, undated
  13. Series XIII. Gold Mine Documents, 1844-1866
  14. Series XIV. Newspapers, Clippings and Reprints, 1860-1907, undated
  15. Series XV. Sketches, undated
  16. Series XVI. Photograph, undated
  17. Series XVII. Fragments, undated

Scope and Content Note

The Frey Family Papers primarily document multiple generations of the Frey and related Ludlow and Van Schaack families of upstate New York and elsewhere. The bulk of the collection is correspondence (16 boxes), detailing family news, health matters, and deaths; opinions on religion, politics, and the Civil War; financial, legal, and property issues and troubles; family history and genealogy. The larger correspondence subseries include letters from Caroline Frey Winne written from army postings in the western United States during the 1870s and 1880s; letters from Samuel Ludlow Frey concerning the family farm and finances; and letters from John Frey regarding financial, legal, and property matters. Letters from Henry A. Frey detail his ongoing financial, familial, and marital difficulties. Various members of the Ludlow family are also represented, presenting their opinions on religion, politics, and current events.

This collection also contains diaries; financial, legal, and property records; genealogies; poetry; ephemera; organizational and educational material; drafts of writings; notes, memoranda, and extracts; newspapers and clippings; sketches; one photograph; and documents relating to a southern gold mine.

The Frey Family Papers support research in the histories of New York State (major locations represented include Palatine Bridge, Oswego, New York City, Albany, Kinderhook); nineteenth century family life and religion; the Civil War; and late nineteenth century western history (letters of Caroline Frey Winne). This collection also supports research in nineteenth century women's history. The letters of Caroline Ludlow Frey, Christina Cantine, Elizabeth Van Schaack Frey, Anna Ludlow, Ellen Ludlow, and Helen Ludlow, for example, discuss family and social lives, health, religion, childrearing, politics, and current events (see subseries descriptions for details). In addition, the Frey Family Papers contain a number of letters written by children. See especially Caroline Frey ["Carrie" b.1868], Helen Frey, John Frey ["Johnny" d.1858], Wallace Jones, and Charles K. Winne, Jr.

Subjects

Access Restrictions

Open to qualified researchers.

Portions of the collection that have been microfilmed will be brought to the researcher in that format and can be made available by Interlibrary loan.

Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to twenty exposures of stable, unbound material per day. (Researchers may not accrue unused copy amounts from previous days.) Researchers on site may print out unlimited copies from microfilm reader-printer machines at per-exposure rates. See guidelines in Reading room for details.

Use Restrictions

Permission to quote from this collection in a publication must be requested and granted in writing. Send permission requests, citing the name of the collection from which you wish to quote, to

Library Director
The New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024

Preferred Citation

This collection should be cited as the Frey Family Papers, The New-York Historical Society.

Collection processed by

Processed by Melissa Haley

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21 15:48:22 -0400.
Language: Description is in English.

Edition of this Guide

This version was derived from frey.xml

Repository

New-York Historical Society
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024