fenimore Preliminary Inventory of the Fenimore Family Papers, 1805-1890s Processed by: Don Sechler; machine-readable finding aid created by: Lisa Stark

1999 Duke University. All Rights Reserved.

Aleph Number: 002388022

 Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word. Date of source: August 3, 1998 Processed by Don Sechler August 3, 1998; Finding Aid encoded by Lisa Stark, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, May 4, 1999 Description is in English. 05-08-2006 PUBLIC "-//David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library//TEXT (US::NDD::::Fenimore Family Papers)//EN" "fenimore.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Also, the top level of the finding aid (above the dsc) changed to conform to current Rubenstein Library and NC EAD standards as laid out in the Inventory Style Guide and in the NCEAD Best Practice Guidelines. Within the dsc, dates for series were normalized. These changes were made by Michelle Belden.Also, container TYPE and LABEL attribute values were standardized according to the Rubenstein Library EAD 2002 manual and the NCEAD eadlocal.ent by Ruth E. Bryan.The tag list inside index was changed to indexentry by Ruth E. Bryan. Preliminary Inventory of the Fenimore Family Papers, 1805-1890s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript LibraryDuke UniversityDurham, North Carolina 27708-0185 Don Sechler August 3, 1998 Lisa Stark

1999 Duke University. All rights reserved.

 Descriptive Summary Fenimore Family Papers, 1805-1890s Fenimore family 1 Linear Foot 489 Items David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

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The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Fenimore Family Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

 Provenance

Acquired.

 Processing Information

Processed by Don Sechler

Completed May 4, 1999

This collection is unprocessed: materials may have not been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

 Biographical Note

The Fenimore Family originally lived in Burlington, N.J., but later became residents of Philadelphia, Pa.

 Collection Overview

Collection contains business letters to lawyer Jason Laurance Fenimore (1769-1869). Also included are family letters, genealogy, some ephemera, poems, and unidentified volumes. Topics include business in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, banking, railroads, coal and timber land, mining, and navigation; and farm and family life in Philadelphia and in Burlington, N.J. There are also some diaries.

 Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.

Banks and banking. Railroads. Mines and mineral resources. Farm life--Pennsylvania--History. Farm life--New Jersey--History. Lawyers--Pennsylvania--Correspondence. Law--New Jersey. Law--Pennsylvania--History. Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century. Burlington (N.J.)--History--19th century. Diaries. Contents of Collection Fenimore Family Papers, 1805-1890s (2 boxes) 1 Correspondence, 1834-1856 Correspondence, Family Papers, Business and Estate Papers, Legal Business Ephemera 2 Genealogical Info Commonplace poems Commonplace books Travel Notebooks and Personal Diaries