[microform] Kelley Family Papers, 1681-1936

Creator:: Kelley Family
Extent:: 8 Reels 4 positive reels 2 copies and 4 Reels master negative reels
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Correspondence, documents, and photographs of the Kelley family. The members of the family most prominent in the collection are Albert Kelley, Caroline B. Kelley, Florence Kelley (1859-1932), John Bartram Kelley, Margaret Dana Kelley, Nicholas Kelley, and William Darrah Kelley (1814-1890). There are letters to William D. Kelley from Andrew Carnegie, Rutherford B. Hayes, Lajos Kossuth, Abraham Lincoln, Thaddeus Stevens, and Gideon Welles. Also, a group of twenty letters to Florence Kelley from Jane Addams, dated 1900-1931.
Biographical / historical:: Family of Philadelphia, Pa. William D. Kelley served as judge of the court of common pleas in Philadelphia, 1847-1856, and as Congressman from the Fourth Pennsylvania District, 1860-1888. Florence Kelley, the daughter of William D. and Caroline Kelley, was active in the field of social legislation and was a resident at Hull House in Chicago, 1891-1899, and at the Henry Street Settlement in New York, 1899-1924.

Acquisition information:

Microfilm: Date of acquisition--03/08/83. Accession number--M-83-03-08.

Processing information:

First 5 of 7 boxes have been microfilmed

Microfilm Entered HR 05/07/92.

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Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

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Type of reproduction--Microfilm; Dates and / or sequential of issues reproduced--8 March 1983.

Access and use

Location of this collection:: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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