| Quantity: | 21 boxes (ca. 6.0 cubic feet).) |
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| Access: | Open to research |
| Alternative Format: | Selected items are available in electronic format as part of the New York State Library digital collection |
| Acquisition: | Gift: Victoria Miller, New York, N.Y. July 2009 |
| Processed: | Preliminary inventory, Manuscripts and Special Collections, May 2010 |
Nathan Sanford (1777-1838), was a lawyer and a politician. He served as United States Senator from New York State (1815-1821 and 1826-1831) and Chancellor of New York State (1823-1826). Robert Sanford (1831-1908) was the son of Nathan and Mary Buchanan Sanford (1800-1879), Nathan's third wife. He graduated from Union College (1858) and New York Law School (ca. 1860).
The collection includes diaries kept by Mary Buchanan Sanford and her son, Robert Sanford, detailing their personal and social life. Also included are registers of court cases (ca. 1799-1812) kept by Nathan Sanford, and a group of scrapbooks and photograph albums which appear to have been compiled by Henry Gansevoort Sanford and family from 1897 to 1919.
This collection also included a number of books and publications that were removed to be catalogued separately for the book collection of the New York State Library. A complete list of the titles with this collection is found in the accession file.
An additional series of papers related to the Sanford family is held by this repository: Nathan Sanford Papers (SC14054). The collection consists chiefly of certificates, commissions, licenses, and diplomas related to the public and professional careers of Nathan Sanford (1777-1838) and his son, Edward (1805-1876), but does include four letters from Nathan to Edward.
| Box | Folder / Volume | Description |
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| Diaries | ||
| 1 | 1 | Mary Buchanan Sanford – Diary, 1846-1851; 12 leaves, 26 cm. (unbound remnant from larger volume) |
| 1 | 2 | Robert Sanford – Diary, 1852; 212 p. 26 cm. index |
| 1 | 3 | Robert Sanford – Diary, 1860-1865; 140 p. 20 cm. index (relates mostly to travels) |
| 1 | 4 | Robert Sanford – Diary, 1870-1873; no cover, 133 p. 20 cm. |
| 1 | 5 | Robert Sanford – Diary, 1877-1881; 160 p. 21 cm. (includes quotations from the Holy Scripture and other words of wisdom) |
| 1 | 6 | Robert Sanford – Journal (notebook) "Houghton Tutor," 1847-1853, 1866-1874; 117 p.+, 25 cm. (Contains quotes and words of wisdom relative to religion and well-being) |
| 1 | 7 | Mary Austin Yates Stuyvesant – Diary, 1881-1885; ca. 100 p. 20 cm. |
| 1 | 8 | Miscellaneous items found tipped into the journals (15 items) |
| Autograph, Poetry, and Verse Books | ||
| 2 | 1 | Robert Sanford – Union College Autographs, ca. 200 p. 17 x 22 cm. |
| 2 | 2 | Mary Buchanan [Sanford] - "A Book of Remembrance" [verse book], ca. 1819-1823; ca. 200 p. 24 cm. (contains, poems, memories, wisdom, etc. written prior to marriage, i.e. "Education", "Friendship," and "How to Pray without ceasing.") |
| 2 | 3 | Catherine Stuyvesant Catlin – Verse book [recipe book], ca. 1853; ca. 100 p. 32 cm. (also includes handwritten notes, news clippings, and printed brochures pasted or tipped-in to the volume) |
| 2 | 4 | Emeline Van Buskirk – Verse book, 1832-1838; illustrated, ca. 100 p. 21 cm. (includes a number of engravings and handwritten poems; the content relates to wedding with John Reade Low in Louisville, Kentucky) |
| Business / Legal Records | ||
| 3 | v. 1 | Nathan Sanford – Receipt book, 1799-1806; ca. 100 p. 13 x 20 cm. (Commenced 29 October 1799, finished 16 June 1806) |
| 3 | v. 2 | Nathan Sanford – Receipt book, 1803-1808; ca. 200 p. 16 x 21 cm |
| 3 | v. 3 | Nathan Sanford – Receipt book, 1806-1835; ca. 200 p. 16 x 21 cm |
| 3 | v. 4 | Nathan Sanford – Docket book, Suffolk Common Pleas Court, 1799; 146 (300) p. 20 cm. |
| 3 | v. 5 | Nathan Sanford – Docket book, Mayor's Court, 1799; 226 (300) p. 26 cm. |
| 4 | v. 6 | Nathan Sanford – Docket book / Case Register no. 3, 1807-1808; 342 p. 27 cm. |
| 4 | v. 7 | Nathan Sanford – Docket book / Case Register, no. 10, 1812; 373 p. 27 cm. |
| Travel / Photograph Albums | ||
| 5 | v. 1 | Paintings across Europe, ca. 1897; 12 leaves, 27 x 35 cm. |
| 6 | v. 2 | Architecture and people of Japan, China, India, and Europe, ca. 1890s; ca. 28 leaves; 27 x 32 cm. |
| 7 | v. 3 | Countryside architecture and art from Europe and Great Britain, ca. 1897; 25 leaves, 28 x 37 cm. |
| 8 | v. 4 | Architecture, people, and art from North America, Polynesia, Asia, and Europe, ca. 1890s; 26 leaves, 37 x 27 cm. (no cover) |
| 9 | v. 5 | Architecture and art of Europe, ca. 1897; 30 leaves, 29 x 40 cm. |
| 10 | v. 6 | Architecture and countryside of Europe and North America, including Yellowstone, ca, 1890s; 25 leaves, 40 x 29 cm. |
| 11 | v. 7 | Architecture and people of India and Tibet, ca. 1890s; 27 leaves, 29 x 40 cm. |
| 12 | v. 8 | Architecture and peoples of Japan, Hong Kong, and China, ca. 1890s; 25 leaves, 29 x 40 cm. |
| 13 | v. 9 | Architecture, people, and art of Middle East and Europe, ca. 1890s; 28 leaves, 29 x 40 cm. |
| Scrapbooks, 1907-1919; all volumes: ca. 30 leaves; 38 x 32 cm. (folio) | ||
| 14 | v. 1 | Scrapbook, 1907-1910; Content includes:
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| 14 | v. 2 | Scrapbook, 1910; Content includes:
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| 15 | v. 3 | Scrapbook, 1910-1911; Content includes:
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| 15 | v. 4 | Scrapbook, 1911; Content includes:
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| 16 | v. 5 | Scrapbook, 1912; Content includes:
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| 16 | v. 6 | Scrapbook, 1912-1913; Content includes:
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| 17 | v. 7 | Scrapbook, 1913-1914; Content includes:
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| 17 | v. 8 | Scrapbook, 1915 (January-April); Content includes:
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| 18 | v. 9 | Scrapbook, 1915 (January-April); Content includes:
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| 18 | v. 10 | Scrapbook, 1916; Content includes:
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| 19 | v. 11 | Scrapbook, 1916; Content includes:
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| 19 | v. 12 | Scrapbook, 1917; Content includes:
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| 20 | v.13 | Scrapbook, 1917-1918; Content includes:
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| 20 | v. 14 | Scrapbook, 1918; Content includes:
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| 21 | v. 15 | Scrapbook, 1918-[1919]; Content includes:
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| 21 | v. 16 | Scrapbook, 1918; Content includes:
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