Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Mills, Ruth Livingston
| title | Mills Mansion State Historic Site Repository description. | repository | Staatsburgh (Mills Mansion) |
| description | Collecting area: History of the Mills Mansion and of the families associated with it. Papers of Morgan Lewis who built the original house, 1790-1839; letters, maps, legal papers, and other items of Ogden and Ruth Livingston Mills and their Livingston relatives, 1713-1938; and maps, drawings, and photographs of the Mills Mansion site and grounds. |
| extent | 5 cubic ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Legal Papers Drawings Photographs Ephemera |
| access | Access by appointment only. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:55 |
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| title | Pleasant Valley Town Historian Record book collection, 1772-1939. | repository | Pleasant Valley Town Historian, Pleasant Valley, NY. |
| description | Miscellaneous records from individuals and organizations in Pleasant Valley include minutes of the Pleasant Valley Musical Association with their constitution and bylaws, 1852-1856; three farm account books kept by C.M. Buck of Salt Point concerning livestock, shipment of chicks, maintenance, and other accounts, 1924-1925 and 1934-1935, with a map of his farm; register of physicians, midwives, and undertakers in Pleasant Valley for 1914-1939 (contains only seven entries); and records of the Pleasant Valley Association for the Detection of Horse Thieves, 1870-1935. Also, microfilm copy of account books of Maturin Livingston and Ruth T. Livingston Mills concerning tenants and accounts, 1845-1896, and historical records of the Town of Beekman, 1772-1827. |
| extent | ca. 1 linear ft. |
| formats | Administrative Records Financial Records Legal Papers |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:59 |
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| title | Town of Beekman records, 1772-1925. | repository | Cornell University Libraries |
| description | Microfilm of Town of Beekman, Dutchess County, New York, 1772-1835, includes minutes of town meetings, election canvasses, town ordinances, livestock earmarks and stray records, highway records, school district reports and accounts, and certificates of manumission and records of children born to slaves. Also accounts of Maturin Livingston and Ruth T. Livingston Mills, landholders in Dutchess County, 1845-1925, including lists of tenants in Dutchess County and the Town of Rhinebeck, New York, lists of leases, and letters from tenants to Mills. |
| extent | 1 reel positive microfilm. |
| formats | Microfilm |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://catalog.library.cornell.edu |
| acquisition information | Collection consists entirely of microfilm.Originals retained by Dutchess County Clerk's Office. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:59 |
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| title | Pleasant Valley Town Historian Record book collection, 1772-1939. | repository | Pleasant Valley Town Historian, Pleasant Valley, NY. |
| description | Miscellaneous records from individuals and organizations in Pleasant Valley include minutes of the Pleasant Valley Musical Association with their constitution and bylaws, 1852-1856; three farm account books kept by C.M. Buck of Salt Point concerning livestock, shipment of chicks, maintenance, and other accounts, 1924-1925 and 1934-1935, with a map of his farm; register of physicians, midwives, and undertakers in Pleasant Valley for 1914-1939 (contains only seven entries); and records of the Pleasant Valley Association for the Detection of Horse Thieves, 1870-1935. Also, microfilm copy of account books of Maturin Livingston and Ruth T. Livingston Mills concerning tenants and accounts, 1845-1896, and historical records of the Town of Beekman, 1772-1827. |
| extent | ca. 1 linear ft. |
| formats | Microfilm |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:59 |
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| title | Ogden Livingston Mills and Ruth Livingston Mills family papers, 1713-1938. | repository | Staatsburgh (Mills Mansion) |
| description | Miscellaneous family papers of Ogden Livingston Mills and Ruth Livingston Mills primarily concern their Livingston relatives and the family property in Staatsburg. Papers of Francis Lewis, signer of the Declaration of Independence include his marriage certificate, 1745, and a letter and receipts relating to Revolutionary War activities, 1776-1779. Papers of Livingston family members include agreements of Mrs. Margaret Livingston, 1783-1789, and her undated notebook from a trip to Europe; memorial booklet on Angelica Livingston Hamilton and Geraldine Livingston Hoyt, 1897; map of Livingston property in New York City, 1832; and typescript copies of lengthy letters from Mrs. Maturin Livingston (Staatsburg and New York) to her daughter Mrs. Rawlins Lowndes in South Carolina, 1826-1842, concerning social events, fashions, familial advice, domestic troubles, hired help, scandals, courtships, and other news. Items relating to Ogden Mills include drawing of a French car commissioned by Mills, a speech against New Deal policies, 1934, and a program from his memorial services, 1937. Other family papers include maps and drawings of the Mills Mansion and its grounds, 1920-1921 and undated; other maps owned by the family, 1811-1819; music used by the family, 1878-1906; minute book of the Staatsburg Golf Club, 1897-1900; indentures of Henry Beekman, 1713-1757; autograph letters by Benjamin Franklin, 1779, and George Washington, 1776; and an inventory of the contents of the house, 1938. |
| extent | 1.5 cubic ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Legal Papers Estate Papers Drawings Inventories |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| acquisition information | Original or duplicate materials: Originals of Livingston letters are at/ Vassar College. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:59 |
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