Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Astor, John Jacob, 1864-1912
| title | Astor family biographical materials, [ca. 1890]. | repository | University of California, Berkeley |
| description | Prepared for Chronicles of the Builders. Biographical sketches of John Jacob Astor (1763-1848), William Backhouse Astor (1792-1875), John Jacob Astor II (1822-1890), and William Waldorf Astor (1848-1919); concerns the establishment of the family fortune through the fur and China trade and through real estate operations in Manhattan; management of the family estate; character of Astor's descendants. Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection. |
| extent | 4 items. |
| formats | Writings |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| acquisition information | Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:32 |
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| title | Astoria journal, 1810-1813. | repository | Rosenbach Museum & Library |
| description | A detailed daily account of events at Astoria. Begins with a list of the names and occupations of the company at their departure from New York on 6 Sept. 1810 and occasional entries of the most important events of the voyage around the Horn. Daily entries begin with their arrival at the mouth of the Columbia River on 22 March 1811. Each entry notes first the weather, personnel assignments and sick list, and progress of work in hand; then reports the day's events including visits of Indians, purchases of pelts and other transactions, hunting expeditions, arrivals and departures, news from outside, and actions of company management. The daily entries end on 24 Oct. 1813, a week after McDougall agreed to sell the post to the rival North West Company. There are three more entries, concluding with the arrival of the North West agents on 30 November. Notes Duncan McDougall , d. 1818, Managing partner of the Astoria Company, a trading post of John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company at Astoria, Oregon. He later became a member of the North West Company, and died in Bas de la Riviere, Wisconsin, in 1818. 3Original journal Microfilm copy (positive and negative) at the repository. |
| extent | 4 items (416 p.) in case ; 39 cm. |
| formats | Journals |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://rosenbach.kohacatalog.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=2897 |
| finding aid | Finding available online and at repository. |
| acquisition information | Made by McDougall and apparently intended at first for John Jacob Astor, but later given by McDougall to his sisters Henrietta and Anne McDougall, to be held in trust for his cousin Duncan McDougall Campbell. Campbell received it in 1858, and it passed on to his son William A. Campbell, who sold it to C.H. Class of New York in 1894. |
| updated | 04/15/2025 11:55:54 |
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| title | Astor family Papers, 1719-1943 | repository | The New York Historical |
| description | A collection of documents and bound volumes belonging to the Astor family and its dependents, primarily concerned with their vast real estate holdings in New York City. Includes deeds, leases, mortgages, releases, agreements, receipts, repair orders, surveys, property maps, abstract of titles, ledgers, daybooks, letterbooks, estate statements, and rent rolls. |
| extent | 30.8 Linear feet (34 boxes, 102 volumes, 26 oversize folders) |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Legal Papers Ephemera |
| access | Materials in this collection may be stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit. |
| record link | https://findingaids.library.nyu.edu/nyhs/ms25_astor_family/ |
| finding aid | Finding aid in repository. |
| updated | 06/18/2026 13:31:05 |
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