Jay family papers, 1828-1943

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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence



Box 1 A - An



Box 2 Appleton - Balch, Eliz.



Box 3 Balch, J. - Bay



Box 4 Be



Box 5 Bi - Bor



Box 6 Bos - Bri



Box 7 Bro - Bui



Box 8 Bul - By



Box 9 Ca - Chan



Box 10 Chap - Chapman, Eleanor J.



Box 11 Chapman, Henry - Chase



Box 12 Che - Col



Box 13 Com - Coxe, A.C. (to 1856)



Box 14 Coxe, A.C. (1857-1891 - Coz



Box 15 Cr - Cy



Box 16 Da - Delano



Box 17 Delaplaine



Box 18 Delasbury - Dum



Box 19 Dup - E



Box 20 Fa - Field, F.C.



Box 21 Field, H.W.



Box 22 Field, H.W., Jr. - Fields



Box 23 Fillmore - Fu



Box 24 Ga - Go



Box 25 Gr - Hal



Box 26 Ham - Hobart, J.H. (to 1874)



Box 27 Hobart, J.H. (1875 on) - How



Box 28 Hu - Jaques



Box 29 Jar - Jay, Eleanor K. (to 1875)



Box 30 Jay, Eleanor K. (1876-1891) - Jay, Emily A.K.



Box 31 Jay, John (1817-1894)--Letters from, 1828-1849



Box 32 Jay, John (1817-1894)--Letters from, 1850-1857



Box 33 Jay, John (1817-1894)--Letters from, 1858-1861



Box 34 Jay, John (1817-1894)--Letters from, 1862-1878



Box 35 Jay, John (1817-1894)--Letters from, 1879-1886



Box 36 Jay, John (1817-1894)--Letters from, 1887-1991 March



Box 37 Jay, John (1817-1894)--Letters from, 1891 April - 1894



Box 38 Jay, John (20th Century) - Jay, Lucy



Box 39 Jay, Peter Augustus - Jay & Candler



Box 40 Je - Ju



Box 41 K



Box 42 La - Li



Box 43 Lo - Ly



Box 44 Ma - Marko



Box 45 Marks - Mi



Box 46 Mo - My



Box 47 N - O



Box 48 Pa - Pellew,Eliza



Box 49 Pellew, Henry E. - Pellew, W.



Box 50 Pen - Pierrepont, Henry E.



Box 51 Pierrepont, Hez. B. - Post



Box 52 Pot - Pyne



Box 53 Q - Re



Box 54 Ri - Robe



Box 55 Robi - Rod



Box 56 Roe - Ry



Box 57 Sa - Schieffelin, Mary Jay (to 1887)



Box 58 Schieffelin, Mary Jay (1888 on) - Schwarz



Box 59 Schweinitz - Sea



Box 60 Sed - Sh



Box 61 Si - Sp



Box 62 Sta - Stevens, Benj. F.



Box 63 Stevens, John - Stuyvesant



Box 64 Sumner, Charles - Swift



Box 65 Ta - Tr



Box 66 Tu - V



Box 67 Wa - We



Box 68 Wh - Win



Box 69 Wis - Z

Series II: Cataloged Documents



Box 70 A - I



Box 71 Jay, Augustus - Jay, John (1817-1894) 1832-1849



Box 72 Jay, John (1817-1894), 1850-1964



Box 73 Jay, John (1817-1894), 1865-1894



Box 74 Jay, John (1817-1894) --Clippings


Box 74 Jay, John (1817-1894) --Memorabilia


Box 74 Jay, John (1817-1894) --Miscellaneous Documents


Box 74 Jay, John (1817-1894) --Organizations


Box 74 Jay, John (1817-1894) --Personal Affairs


Box 74 Jay, John (1817-1894) --Photographs



Box 75 Jay, John (1817-1894) --Receipts



Box 76 Jay, Josephine Pearson and Peter Augustus Jay (1821-1855)

Includes photographs



Box 77 Jay, John Clarkson - Jay, William and Jay Family



Box 78 K - Z

Series III: Other Materials



Box 79 Miscellaneous Accession Lists



Box 80 Maps


Box 80 Miscellaneous Documents



Box 81 Books Belonging to Peter A. Jay

Gift of Mrs. Peter A. Jay


Box 81 Copies of Records of Jay Family in France

Gift of Mrs. Peter A. Jay



Box 82 Genealogies

Includes Constable, Hooker, Hay, Lefferts, Low, Pierrepont, Earldom of Salisbury, Reed, and White.

Gift of Mrs. John Jay Pierrepont



Box 83 Manuscripts, Pictures

Unlisted, relating to the Pierrepont Family



Box 84 Books and Printed Documents

Unlisted, from the libraries of Henry Evelyn Pierrepont and Anna Jay Pierrepont et al.

Gift of Mrs. John Jay Pierrepont

Incomplete Subject Guide

An incomplete subject guide to the contents of letters in the Jay Family papers, including personal, corporate, and topical headings and phrases. Correspondence is filed in Boxes 1-69. The guide is in the form of a card file. The card file contains copies of catalog cards for the cataloged correspondence from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library's card catalog with additional subject information handwritten on the cards. There are some additional handwritten index cards at the end of the card file.



Box Jay Family Incomplete Guide (Card File) Incomplete Subject Guide