Container List
Series VI. Subject Files, 1818-1963. 6.3 Linear feet
Scope and ContentsThe final series contains subject files which pertain to various topics such as Olds's family history or personal and real property.
ArrangementThe first half or so of the series are alphabetized subject files, while the remaining subject files are grouped by category. They primarily fall into the categories of family history and personal financial records. There are four folders of oversized material in box 12, in addtion to one large oversize folder. |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
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| Offsite-Box: 9 | Folder : 18 | Biographies
Scope and ContentsContains biographical sketches about Olds |
1955-1962 | |
| Offsite-Box: 9 | Folder : 19 | Booklet of Speeches
Scope and ContentsContains reproductions of published speeches given by Usher Parsons, William Sprague, and Jesse Duncan Elliott |
1823-1860 | |
| Offsite-Box: 9 | Folder : 20 | Manuscripts of Remarks
Scope and ContentsContains manuscripts of Olds's remarks: "The Steel Industry Progresses" from 1955, "The Steel Strike of 1952", "Early American Naval Prints" from 1960 |
1952-1960 | |
| Offsite-Box: 9 | Folder : 21 | Exhibits
Scope and ContentsContains materials about Naval Print Exhibits that Olds had planned |
1957-1959 | |
| Offsite-Box: 9 | Folder : 22 | Ex-Monarch's Club
Scope and ContentsContains certificates of membership, and materials regarding the annual dinners in 1929, 1930, and 1931. There is some connection between this club and the Foundation Company, which was a client of Olds's at White & Case. |
1929-1931 | |
| Offsite-Box: 9 | Folder : 23 | Gettysburg Address
Scope and ContentsContains a reproduction of the Gettysburg Address, with edits written over it. There is a note that this version is "As Mr. Fay would have written." This is presumably a reference to Olds's colleague at White & Case, Charles Faye. There is also a page from the January 30, 1962 issue of the New York Times about President Kennedy's attempts to allegedly micromanage remarks that come out of the Government. The article makes reference to a Bob Newhart comedy sketch discussing how "Madison Ave" would have altered the Gettysburg Address. |
1944-1963 | |
| Offsite-Box: 9 | Folder : 24 | Hartfeld, Joseph
Scope and ContentsContains materials relating to the 50th anniversary dinner of Joseph Hartfield and Leonard Hull Smith |
1955 | |
| Offsite-Box: 9 | Folder : 25 | Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Scope and ContentsContains full issues of the New York Times Magazine Section from March 7, 1926, the New York Herald Tribune Magazine from February 7, 1932, Harper's Weekly from June 5, 1886, and the Yale Law Journal from March 1931. These publications all feature articles about Justice Holmes. There is also a large stack of news clippings from various papers about Holmes. |
1886-1935 | |
| Offsite-Box: 9 | Folder : 26 | Nassau Community College
Scope and ContentsContains the NCC First Annual Report, from the 1959-1960 academic year |
1960 | |
| Offsite-Box: 9 | Folder : 27 | Obituaries, Olds
Scope and ContentsContains obituaries for Irving Olds and his father, Clark Olds |
1922-1963 | |
| Offsite-Box: 9 | Folder : 28 | Patriotic Education, Inc.
Scope and ContentsContains a booklet explaining the purpose of the organization |
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| Offsite-Box: 9 | Folder : 29 | Theodore Roosevelt Award
Scope and ContentsContains materials, remarks, and photographs regarding Olds having been given the Roosevelt Award |
1960 | |
| Offsite-Box: 11 | Folder : 1 | Historic Deeds
Scope and ContentsContains Olds family property records from Erie County, Pennsylvania |
1890-1922 | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 2 | Land Records
Scope and ContentsContains Pennsylvania land patents from 1832 and 1906 and conveyances from 1818 and 1827 |
1818-1906 | |
| Offsite-Box: 11 | Folder : 2 | Genealogy, Keator Family
Scope and ContentsContains documents pertaining to and narratives describing the history of Irving Olds's mother's family |
1943-1961 | |
| Offsite-Box: 11 | Folder : 3 | Family Letters |
1862-1906 | |
| Offsite-Box: 11 | Folder : 4 | Foster (Cornell) Family History
Scope and ContentsContains materials related to the genealogy of Evelyn Foster Olds's family |
1906-1922 | |
| Offsite-Box: 11 | Folder : 5 | Clark Olds
Scope and ContentsContains letters between Irving Olds and his father, Clark Olds, written while Irving was living in France to expand White & Case's business abroad. Also contains a poem written by Clark, and photos of Clark's dog from the 1920s. |
1921-1946 | |
| Offsite-Box: 11 | Folder : 6-7 | Securities (2 folders)
Scope and ContentsContains a variety of stock certificates for now defunct corporations |
1867-1910 | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 1 | Bonds
Scope and ContentsCoupon bonds of the Lebanon Springs Railroad Company |
1867-1878 | |
| Offsite-Box: 11 | Folder : 8 | 216 W 7th St
Scope and ContentsContains records of a parcel the Oldses owned in Erie, Pennsylvania |
1888-1947 | |
| Offsite-Box: 11 | Folder : 9 | Peter M Cauley Trust
Scope and ContentsFinancial records of a reverend from Erie, Pennsylvania, who may have been a friend or associate of the Olds family |
1915-1930 | |
| Offsite-Box: 11 | Folder : 10 | Wayne St
Scope and ContentsContains records of a parcel the Oldses owned in Erie, Pennsylvania |
1922-1953 | |
| Offsite-Box: 11 | Folder : 11 | 24 E 42nd St
Scope and ContentsContains records about a property owned by N-YHS for much of the mid 20th century |
1961-1962 | |
| Offsite-Box: 11 | Folder : 12 | Woodbury Subdivision (1 of 2)
Scope and ContentsContains records about property Olds owned in Nassau County, New York. |
1928-1955 | |
| Folder: Oversize-Large | Woodbury Subdivision (2 of 2), Oversize
Scope and ContentsContains oversize maps and blueprints about property Olds owned in Nassau County, New York. There are references to his property being involved in the construction of the Northern State Parkway. |
1930-1940 | ||
| Offsite-Box: 11 | Folder : 13 | Misc. Property Records
Scope and ContentsContains records of two property transactions from Erie, Pennsylvania, one involving Irving, and one involving his father, Clark |
1918-1947 | |
| Offsite-Box: 11 | Folder : 14-15 | Real Estate Taxes (2 folders) |
1940-1955 | |
| Offsite-Box: 11 | Folder : 16 | Medical Receipts |
1956-1957 | |
| Offsite-Box: 11 | Folder : 17 | Life Insurance Receipts |
1949-1963 | |
| Offsite-Box: 11 | Folder : 18 | Paper about Alabama Claims
Scope and ContentsA handwritten paper by Olds about Reconstruction-era Alabama |
1910 | |
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