Guide to the Van Ness-Philip Family Papers 1711-1963 (bulk 1711-1945) MS 653

Guide to the Van Ness-Philip Family Papers
1711-1963 (bulk 1711-1945)
MS 653

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Container List

Container 1	Container 2	Title	Date
Series V: William Henry Philip Scope and Contents note This series contains correspondence and papers (ca.1840's-1881), of his years at Lenox Academy and Williams College, travels in Europe, service in the Civil War, candidacy for Congress, and life as a lawyer and businessman in Washington, D.C.
Box: 22	Folder : 1	Correspondence	1841-1844
Box: 22	Folder : 2	Correspondence	1845
Box: 22	Folder : 3	Correspondence	1846
Box: 22	Folder : 4	Correspondence	1847
Box: 22	Folder : 5	Correspondence	1847 Jul.-1847 Dec.
Box: 22	Folder : 6	Correspondence	1848 Jan.-1848 Jun.
Box: 22	Folder : 7	Correspondence	1848 Jul.-1848 Dec.
Box: 22	Folder : 8	Correspondence	1849 Jan.-1849 Jun.
Box: 22	Folder : 9	Correspondence	1849 Jul.-1849 Dec.
Box: 22	Folder : 10	Williams College (1842-1879), Lenox Academy	circa 1840-1850
Box: 22	Folder : 11	Writings	circa 1830-1850
Box: 22	Folder : 12	Writings	circa 1840-1850
Box: 22	Folder : 13	Writings	circa 1840-1850
Box: 23	Folder : 1	Correspondence	undated, 1850
Box: 23	Folder : 2	Correspondence	1851 Jan.-1851 Jun.
Box: 23	Folder : 3	Correspondence	1851 Jul.-1851 Dec.
Box: 23	Folder : 4	Correspondence	1852 Jan.-1852 Jun.
Box: 23	Folder : 5	Correspondence	1852 Jul.-1852 Dec.
Box: 23	Folder : 6	Correspondence	1853 Jan.-1853 Jun.
Box: 23	Folder : 7	Correspondence	1853 Jul.-1853 Dec.
Box: 23	Folder : 8	Letters of recommendation for Secretary of Legation	1853
Box: 23	Folder : 9	Letters of introduction	1853-1854
Box: 24	Folder : 1	Correspondence	1854
Box: 24	Folder : 2	Correspondence	1855
Box: 24	Folder : 3	Speech: Democratic speech delivered in Claverack	1856
Box: 24	Folder : 4	Correspondence	1856
Box: 24	Folder : 5	Correspondence	1857
Box: 24	Folder : 6	Correspondence	1858
Box: 24	Folder : 7	Correspondence	1859
Box: 24	Folder : 8	Philmont Factory correspondence	circa 1850-1870
Box: 24	Folder : 9	Philmont Factory accounts	undated, circa 1850-1880
Box: 24	Folder : 10	U. S. Army recommendations for Lt. Colonel	1861-1863
Box: 24	Folder : 11	U. S. Army letters of recommendation	undated, 1869-1876
Box: 24	Folder : 12	Commissions	1861
Box: 25	Folder : 1	Correspondence, poem	undated, circa 1860-1870
Box: 25	Folder : 2	Correspondence	1860
Box: 25	Folder : 3	Correspondence	1861
Box: 25	Folder : 4	Correspondence	1862 Jan.-1862 Jun.
Box: 25	Folder : 5	Correspondence	1862 Jul.-1862 Dec.
Box: 25	Folder : 6	Correspondence	1863
Box: 25	Folder : 7	Correspondence	1864
Box: 25	Folder : 8	Correspondence	1865
Box: 25	Folder : 9	Correspondence	1866
Box: 25	Folder : 10	Correspondence	1867
Box: 25	Folder : 11	Correspondence	1869
Box: 26	Folder : 1	Correspondence with currency	[1860-1870]
Box: 26	Folder : 2	Speeches, notes for Congressional canvas	1870
Box: 26	Folder : 3	Correspondence	1870
Box: 26	Folder : 4	Correspondence	1871
Box: 26	Folder : 5	The Experience of the Lambert Tree...during the Great Chicago Fire	1871
Box: 26	Folder : 6	Correspondence: Titusville, PA from M. H. Philip	1871-1872
Box: 26	Folder : 7	Correspondence	1872
Box: 26	Folder : 8	Correspondence	1873
Box: 26	Folder : 9	Correspondence: Titusville from M. H. Philip	1873
Box: 27	Folder : 1	Correspondence	1874
Box: 27	Folder : 2	Minnesota letters from M. H. Philips	1874
Box: 27	Folder : 3	Correspondence	1875
Box: 27	Folder : 4	Correspondence	1876
Box: 27	Folder : 5	Correspondence	1877 Jan.-1877 Jul.
Box: 27	Folder : 6	Correspondence: Laurel Hill Association for Claverack Village	circa 1870-1880
Box: 27	Folder : 7	Correspondence	1877 Aug.-1877 Sep.
Box: 27	Folder : 8	Correspondence	1878
Box: 28	Folder : 1	Correspondence	1879 Jan.-1879 Apr.
Box: 28	Folder : 2	Correspondence	1879 May-1879 Jul.
Box: 28	Folder : 3	Correspondence	1879 Aug.-1879 Sep.
Box: 28	Folder : 4	Correspondence	1879 Oct.-1879 Nov.
Box: 28	Folder : 5	Correspondence	1879 Dec.
Box: 29	Folder : 1	Correspondence	1880 Jan.
Box: 29	Folder : 2	Correspondence	1880 Feb.
Box: 29	Folder : 3	Correspondence	1880 Mar.
Box: 29	Folder : 4	Correspondence	1880 Apr.
Box: 29	Folder : 5	Correspondence	1880 May
Box: 29	Folder : 6	Correspondence	1880 Jun.
Box: 29	Folder : 7	Correspondence	1880 Jul.-1880 Dec.
Box: 29	Folder : 8	Correspondence	1881 Jan.-1881 Dec.
Box: 29	Folder : 9	Correspondence re: interring of W. H. Philip, biographical information	1882
Box: 30	Folder : 1	Correspondence	undated
Box: 30	Folder : 2	Correspondence	undated
Box: 30	Folder : 3	Correspondence	undated
Box: 30	Folder : 4	Correspondence	undated
Box: 30	Folder : 5	Correspondence	undated
Box: 30	Folder : 6	Correspondence	undated
Box: 30	Folder : 7	Correspondence	undated
Box: 30	Folder : 8	Correspondence	undated
Box: 30	Folder : 9	Correspondence	undated
Box: 30	Folder : 10	Correspondence	undated
Box: 30	Folder : 11	Misc. writings	undated
Box: 31	Folder : 1	Receipts, deeds, unsorted business papers	circa 1869-1879
Box: 31	Folder : 2	Receipts, deeds, unsorted business papers	circa 1849-1893
Box: 31	Folder : 3	Receipts, deeds, unsorted business papers	circa 1849-1880
Box: 31	Folder : 4	Receipts, deeds, unsorted business papers	circa 1850-1876
Box: 31	Folder : 5	Receipts, deeds, unsorted business papers	circa 1869-1879
Box: 32	Folder : 1	Misc: receipts,/indentures, accounts, song	1828-1858
Box: 32	Folder : 2	Misc: receipts, pass, insurance	1860-1869
Box: 32	Folder : 3	Misc: receipts, indentures	1870-1878
Box: 32	Folder : 4	Misc. receipts	1879
Box: 32	Folder : 5	Misc: receipts, tax assessments	1880-1888
Box: 32	Folder : 6	Misc: photographs	undated
Box: 32	Folder : 7	Misc: Receipts, accounts	undated
Box: 32	Folder : 8	Misc: calling cards and invitations	undated
Box: 32	Folder : 9	Misc: envelopes	undated
Box: 32	Folder : 10	Misc: poems	undated
Box: 32	Folder : 11	Misc: printed material	undated
Box: 32	Folder : 12	Misc: newspaper clippings	circa 1880
Box: 32	Folder : 13	Columbia Turnpike: petition and copy of charter	undated
Box: 32	Folder : 14	Misc.	1894
Box: 33	Folder :	Memo and receipt book	undated
Box: 33	Folder :	William H. Philip's memo book of personal expenses	undated
Box: 33	Folder :	Notes on European history	undated
Box: 33	Folder :	Receipt book	circa 1853-1869
Box: 33	Folder :	Private journal of William H., Philip: Italy, France, Germany	1854
Box: 33	Folder :	Claverack Falls Summer School, accounts	1850-1887
Box: 33	Folder :	Cash book	1868-1871
Box: 33	Folder :	Appointment and receipt book	1878
Box: 33	Folder :	French phrase book	undated
Box: 33	Folder :	Private journal during trip to Paris	1853
Box: 33	Folder :	Receipt book	1873
Box: 33	Folder :	Notebook on class lectures	undated
Box: 33	Folder :	Bank of Kinderhook account book of William Henry Philip	1850
Box: 33	Folder :	Receipt book	circa 1894
Box: 33	Folder :	Accounts book	1887-1888
Box: 33	Folder :	Bank of Washington account book of William H. Philip	1872-1874
Box: 33	Folder :	Bank of Washington account book of William H. Philip	1874-1876
Box: 33	Folder :	Bank of Washington account book of William H. Philip	1870-1878
Box: 33	Folder :	Expenses book of William H. Philip	1869-1870
Box: 33	Folder :	Accounts book of the Patriot Newspaper Association	1871-1873
Box: 33	Folder :	Copy of lease John Peter Van Ness and Will G. Williams, William H. Philip rents	circa 1868
Box: 33	Folder :	Tenants accounts	circa 1868-1869
Box: 33	Folder :	Accounts book	circa 1863
Box: 33	Folder :	Ledger	1871-1880
Box: 33	Folder :	Memo book kept on Paris trip	circa 1851
Box: 33	Folder :	Notebook	undated
Box: 33	Folder :	Notebook	circa 1881-1882
Box: 34	Folder :	Analyses of Blair's lectures	1844
Box: 34	Folder :	Memo book of William Henry Philip	1870-1873
Box: 34	Folder :	Accounts book	1847-1873
Box: 34	Folder :	Notebook of original writings	circa 1843-1846
Box: 34	Folder :	Ledger	1880-1881
Box: 34	Folder :	Ledger	1872-1880
Box: 34	Folder :	Scrapbook of newspaper clippings concerning William H. Philip's electoral campaign	circa 1870
Box: 35	Folder :	Memo book	circa 1853
Box: 35	Folder :	Memo book: trip to Europe	undated
Box: 35	Folder :	Appointment book	circa 1860
Box: 35	Folder :	Passport	1854
Box: 35	Folder :	Travel journal	circa 1854
Box: 35	Folder :	Ledger	circa 1852-1855
Box: 35	Folder :	Receipt book	circa 1842-1845
Box: 35	Folder :	Journal, receipt book	1877-1879
Box: 35	Folder :	"Talavera" Farm book no. 1	1870-1871
Box: 35	Folder :	"Talavera" Farm book no. 2	1872-1873
Box: 35	Folder :	"Talavera" Farm book no. 3	1873-1874
Box: 35	Folder :	Talavera Farm book	1874-1876
Box: 35	Folder :	Talavera Farm book	1878-1879
Box: 35	Folder :	Leroy Van Hoesen farmer account book no. 4	1874-1875
Box: 35	Folder :	Leroy Van Hoesen farmer account book	1877-1878
Box: 35	Folder :	Private journal of William Henry Philip	1853-1854
Box: 35	Folder :	Class album	circa 1839-1850
Box: 35	Folder :	Private journal of William Henry Philip, vol. 3	circa 1854
Box: 35	Folder :	Rent book	1866-1867
Box: 35	Folder :	Account book	circa 1864-1868
Box: 35	Folder :	Journal	1852
Box: 36	Folder : 1	Survey of land, description, misc.	undated
Box: 36	Folder : 2	Correspondence: deed	1847-1898
Box: 36	Folder : 3	Misc. correspondence, maps, printed material	undated
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Series V: William Henry Philip

Scope and Contents note