William Brown Meloney collection of John Mitchel and John Purroy Mitchel materials, 1830-1942

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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence



Box 1 Aherne, P.O.


Box 1 Barrett, John S.


Box 1 Burke, Riccard O'S.


Box 1 Clark, Henry (Irish Catholic Benevolent Society)


Box 1 Cooney, M. (Mitchel Rifles)


Box 1 Dickson, A. C.


Box 1 Dillon, William


Box 1 Duffy, James A.


Box 1 Ellis, Mrs. Howard


Box 1 Ford, Patrick


Box 1 Ingalls, John (and others)


Box 1 Irvine, Margaret


Box 1 Irvine, William H.


Box 1 Johnson, J. W. (American News Co.)


Box 1 Kehoe, James (St. Patrick's Society of Montreal)


Box 1 Kelly, Eugene


Box 1 Kelly, Thomas J. (Army of the Republic)


Box 1 Killian, R. Doran


Box 1 McNamara, J. V.


Box 1 Martin, Henrietta


Box 1 Mitchel Martin, S.


Box 1 Meloney, Marie Mattingly


Box 1 Meloney, William Brown


Box 1 Mitchel, James


Box 1 [Mitchel, James]--Letter from J.L. Kemper


Box 1 Mitchel, Jane Verner


Box 1 Mitchel, John


[Mitchel, John]--Letters from:


Box 1 Dickson, A. C.


Box 1 Dickson, Matilda


Box 1 Dillon, John


Box 1 Dillon, William


Box 1 Evans, Gen. Clement Anselm


Box 1 Hart, Charles H.


Box 1 Irvine, John M.


Box 1 Irving, M.


Box 1 Martin, M. H. (Mrs. John)



Box 2 Mitchel, John Purroy


Box 2 Mitchel, Mary (Mrs. Wm. H.)


Box 2 Mitchel, Mary Purroy (Mrs. James)


Box 2 Mitchel, William H.


Box 2 Mullaby, John


Box 2 O'Brian, J.


Box 2 O'Hagan, J. B.


Box 2 [Oliver, Sir Sidney]--Letter from "Enrique"


Box 2 O'Mahoney, John


Box 2 Page, Minnie


Box 2 Page, Roger J.


Box 2 Patton, Michael


Box 2 Postle, Elisa W.


Box 2 Purroy, Henry D.



Box 3 Purroy, John B.


[Purroy, John B.]--Letters from:


Box 3 Body, John E.


Box 3 Cass, Lewis


Box 3 de Irisarri, Antonio José


Box 3 Ferrer, Fermin


Box 3 Fitzgerald, C. C.


Box 3 Harris, William A.


Box 3 Purroy, Catherine M. (Mrs. John B.)


Box 3 Purroy, Rosa


Box 3 Schlesinger, Louis


Box 3 Vanderbilt, Cornelius


Box 3 Walker, William


Box 3 Wallach, W. D.


Box 3 White, Joseph L.


Box 3 Yelverton, John P.


Box 3 P[urroy?], S.


Box 3 Ryan, John F.


Box 3 Sarpy, Matt


Box 3 Sheeny, P. (Hibernian Benevolent Society of Quebec)


Box 3 Sloan, Eliza M. (Mrs. Christian S.)


Box 3 Sloane, Thomas O'Conor


Box 3 Stephens, James (1825-1901)


Box 3 Sullivan, _____


Box 3 Sullivan, T.D.


Box 3 Tausey, R. P.


Box 3 Walsh, James H.


Box 3 White, James L. (and others)

Series II: Cataloged Correspondence and Manuscripts


Box 3 Bullard, Robert Lee


Box 3 Cardozo, Earnest A.


Box 3 McAneny, George


Box 3 Pershing, John J.


Box 3 Rainsford, William Stephan


Box 3 [Mitchel, John Purroy]--Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Documents

Series III: Cataloged Manuscripts



Box 4 Egan, P. (and others)


Box 4 Ford, Patrick


Box 4 Haverty, P. M.


Box 4 Mitchel, John


[Mitchel, John Purroy]


Box 4 Bibliographical Notes


Box 4 Diary


Box 4 Miscellaneous manuscripts about Mitchel, including materials on the charities controversy


Box 4 Notes for Irish Independence Speech


Box 4 Board of officers proceedings


Box 4 [Mitchel, John B.]--U.S. Constitution


Box 4 Small, William F.

Series IV: Cataloged Documents


[Mitchel, James]


Box 4 Commission as 2nd Lieutenant


Box 4 Resignation from Virginia Volunteers


Box 4 Commission as Captain


[Mitchel, John]


Box 4 Naturalization certificate


Box 4 Documents on burial plot deed for Henriette


Box 4 Administration of estate


Box 4 "The Irish Citizen" designation


Box 4 "Private information" re: public advertizing


Box 4 "Irish Citizen" advertising bill request


[Mitchel, John Purroy]



Flatbox 330 New York Law License, 1901 July 9



Box 4 Certificate of attorney



Flatbox 330 Board of Aldermen election certificate, 1909 December 10, p.d.s., 1 p.

Certificate of election of Mitchel for the office of President of the Board of Adlermen of New York City.


Flatbox 330 Appointment as Collector of Customs, 1913 May 27, p.d.s., 1 p.


Flatbox 330 Appointment as Major, Signal Corps Aviation Section, 1918 January 18, p.d.s., 1 p.



Box 4 Mitchel, Mary Purroy


Box 4 O'Leary, Edmund


Box 4 Purroy, John B.


[Purroy, John B.]


Box 4 Agreement with Vanderbilt on American Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Co.


Box 4 Castillian Philosophy inventory


Box 4 Receipt from gov. of Nicaragua


Box 4 Letter and photos from Jose A. Paez

Series V: Uncataloged Materials



Box 5 American Atlantic & Pacific Ship Canal Co.


[Mitchel, James]


Box 5 Booklet of address given by Chas. F. Adams


Box 5 Confederate Army, General Orders


Box 5 Confederate Veteran Camp, New York Booklet and Banquet Program Insignia


Box 5 Description of Adjutants Report Book and Muster Roll


Box 5 List of Confederate Burial Sites


Box 5 Booklet of address given by Jubal A. Early


Box 5 History of the Antietam National Cemetary


Box 5 Proceedings of the Southern Historical Society


Box 5 Pamphlets entitled "Spanish Rule in Cuba"



Box 6 Mitchel, Jane Verner (Mrs. John)


Box 6 [Mitchel, Jane Verner]--Miscellaneous Papers


[Mitchel, John]


Box 6 Miscellaneous bills, receipts, etc.


Box 6 14 Mitchel signatures


Box 6 Visiting card - copper plate


Box 6 Miscellaneous paper


Box 6 Photographs


Box 6 Pictures


Box 6 Announcement of the opening of Mitchel Memorial Hall


Box 6 "An Apology for the British Government in Ireland"

Booklet


Box 6 William Atwood, The History and Reasons of the Dependency of Ireland upon the Imperial Crown


Box 6 [Emmet, Robert]--Pamphlet on the Emmet Centennial


Box 6 Onahan, M. J. "John Mitchel's Daughter"

Article from "Catholic World"


Box 6 Clippings


Box 6 Miscellaneous Pamphlets


[Mitchel, John C.]


Box 6 CSA General Orders, 1864


Box 6 CSA General Orders, 1862 January-1864 December


Box 6 The Survivors' Association of Charleston District, "The Defense of Charleston Harbor"

Pamphlet


Box 6 Views of Fort Sumter

Pamphlet


Box 6 Miscellaneous


[Mitchel, John Purroy]



Box 7 Copies of letters for Wiliam Brown Meloney's John Purroy Mitchel's biography


Box 7 Correspondence of Mrs. Wiliam Brown Meloney Re: John Purroy Mitchel's biographies


Box 7 Correspondence of Wiliam Brown Meloney Re: His John Purroy Mitchel's biography


Box 7 Miscellaneous papers


Box 7 Olive Child Mitchel (Mrs. John Purroy)--Biographical Notes


Box 7 [Mitchel, William H.]--Guide Book for Gettysburg Battlefield


Box 7 Mitchel Collection


[Purroy, John B.]



Box 8 Letters to John B. Purroy, mostly from family, 1842-1848


Box 8 Purroy family papers


Box 8 Purroy family geneology


Box 8 J. P. Garcia vs. Jackson Marine Insurance Co.


Box 8 "El Liberal"

2 newspaper issues


Box 8 "La Patria"

Newspaper


Box 8 "La Constitucion de Los Estados Unidos"

Pamphlet


Box 8 "El General J. A. Paez en Los Estados Unidos"

Pamphlet

Series VI: Printed Materials, Memorabilia, Scrapbooks, etc.



Box 9 Printed Materials and Memorabilia



Box 10 Printed Materials and Scrapbook

Series VII: The Story of John Purroy Mitchel


Typescript (Rough Draft)



Box 11 Books I-III



Box 12 Books VI-IX



Box 13 Books X-XI



Box 14 Book XII


Typescript (Rough Draft & Fragments)



Box 15 Books I-III



Box 16 Books IV-VIII


Typescript (First Draft)



Box 17 Books I-IX



Box 18 Books X-XII



Box 19 Typescript (Clean Copy)--Books I-IX



Box 20 Typescript (Original)--Books I-XII

Series VIII: Photographs and Portraits

Oversized. Portraits and Photographs of the Mitchel and Purroy Families in 3 solander cases and an oil painting and silver plate.

Genealogical Note: John Mitchel married Jane Verner. Captain John C. Mitchel and James Mitchel were their sons. James married Mary Purroy, daughter of John B. Purroy. James and Mary (Purroy) Mitchel had a son, John Purroy Mitchel, who married Olive Child (daughter of Franklin D. Child). William H. Mitchel, who married Mary _____, was a brother of John Mitchel.

The contents of the three cases are boxed as follows: the contents of John Purroy Mitchel Family Portraits #1 are in Flatbox 330 and the contents of John Purroy Mitchel Family Portraits #2 are in Flaxbox 331. The third case of Family Portraits in in Oversized Box 3.


Family of John Purroy Mitchel (Portfolio 1)



Flatbox 330 Item 1 John Mitchel

Reverend. Great-grandfather of John Purroy Mitchel.


Flatbox 330 Item 2 John Mitchel

Irish patriot. Son of Reverend John Mitchel.


Flatbox 330 Item 3-7 John Mitchel, 5 items

Irish patriot. Grandfather of John Purroy Mitchel.


Flatbox 330 Item 8 Group Photograph of John Mitchel, John Martin, Father Kenyon


Flatbox 330 Item 9-10 Photographs of John Mitchel's Grave at Newry, Ireland, 2 items


Flatbox 330 Item 11 Postal Card of John Mitchel's Grave at Newry, Ireland


Flatbox 330 Item 12 Photograph of Silver Salver Presened to Reverend John Mitchel


Flatbox 330 Item 13-14 Mr. Page, 2 items

Photographs. Uncle of John Purroy Mitchel.


Flatbox 330 Item 15-17 Minnie Mitchel Page, 4 items

Photograph. Wife of Mr. Page, daughter of John Mitchel, and aunt of John Purroy Mitchel.


Flatbox 330 Item 18 John Mitchel Page

Age 3.


Flatbox 330 Item 19 John Mitchel Page

Age 10.


John Mitchel Page

This item (which was Item #20) was separated from this collection and is filed in the Columbia University Historical Biographical Files collection in the University Archives.


Flatbox 330 Item 21-23 John Mitchel Page, 3 items


Flatbox 330 Item 24 Group Photograph of Graduating Class at Columbia College, includes John Mitchel Page, 1887


Flatbox 330 Item 25 Home of Mrs. John Mitchel, Bedford Park, New York


Flatbox 330 Item 26-28 Home of Mrs. John Mitchel, Fordham, New York City, 3 items


Flatbox 330 Item 29 Dr. T O'Connor Sloane

Portrait. Uncle of John Purroy Mitchel.


Flatbox 330 Item 30 Mrs. T O'Connor Sloane

Portrait. Aunt of John Purroy Mitchel.


Flatbox 330 Item 31 "Con" Sloane

Portrait. Cousin of John Purroy Mitchel.


Flatbox 330 Item 32 Matilda Tone Maxwell

Portrait. Cousin of John Mitchel.


Flatbox 330 Item 33 Florence Maxwell

Portrait. Cousin of James Mitchel, related through the Hasletts.


Flatbox 330 Item 34 Teresa Qutisell

Portrait. Teacher.


Flatbox 330 Item 35 Mary Regan "Mary Nurse"

Portrait. Nurse of John Purroy Mitchell.


Flatbox 330 Item 36-37 Joseph H. Smith, 2 items

Portraits. Instructor and Confressor to John Purroy Mitchel.


Flatbox 330 Item 38 Father Hewitt

Portrait. Instructor at St. John's College.


Flatbox 330 Item 39 Father Prendergast

Portrait. Instructor at St. John's College.


Flatbox 330 Item 40 John C. Mitchel, 1861

Photograph. Killed at Fort Sumter in 1864.


Flatbox 330 Item 41 John C. Mitchel, 1864

Photograph. Killed at Fort Sumter in 1864.


Flatbox 330 Item 42 Grave of John C. Mitchel at Fort Sumter


Flatbox 330 Item 43 Fort Sumter, 1864


Flatbox 330 Item 44 Fort Sumter, Interior


Flatbox 330 Item 45 Minnie Mitchel Page

Large crayon.


Flatbox 330 Item 46 Juan Bautista de Purroy

Large crayon.


Flatbox 330 Item 47 James Mitchell

Large portrait.


Flatbox 330 Family Record of John Purroy Mitchel

Photostat


John Purroy Mitchell (Portfolio 2)



Flatbox 331 Item 1 Photograph, Age 16 1/2 Months


Flatbox 331 Item 2 Photograph, About 2 Years


Flatbox 331 Item 3 Photograph, Age 3 Years, 11 Months


Flatbox 331 Item 4 Photograph, Age 5 Years


Flatbox 331 Item 5 Photograph, Age 5 Years

#5 is the same as #4, but in color.


Flatbox 331 Item 6 Photograph

Tuitype taken at Grandmother's home in Fordham, New York.


Flatbox 331 Item 7-12 Photograph, Age 6 Years, 8 items

Tuitype taken at Grandmother's home in Fordham, New York.


Flatbox 331 Item 13 Photograph, Age 7 Years


Flatbox 331 Item 14 Photograph, Age 12 Years


Flatbox 331 Item 15 Photograph, Class at St. John's College Prep


Flatbox 331 Item 16-17 Photograph, in College, 2 items


Flatbox 331 Item 18 Photograph, in College

Taken by his cousin "Con" Sloane.


Flatbox 331 Item 19-21 Photograph, Fencing Team, Columbia University Championships, 3 items


Flatbox 331 Item 22 Photograph with Guides on Hunting Trip in the Adirondacks


Flatbox 331 Item 23 Photograph, Graduating Class, Columbia University, 1899


Flatbox 331 Item 24-25 Photograph taken Commissioner of Accounts, 2 items


Flatbox 331 Item 26 Campaign Poster for Mayor, 1913


Flatbox 331 Item 26b Campaign Button


Flatbox 331 Item 27 Photograph taken on First Day as Mayor of New York


Flatbox 331 Item 28 Photograph taken entering automobile


Flatbox 331 Item 29-31 Photograph, Speakers Stand in Front of City Hall, 3 items


Flatbox 331 Item 32 Photograph taken at Niagara Falls in Winter


Flatbox 331 Item 33 Photograph taken greeting Marshall Joffe


Flatbox 331 Item 34 Photograph taken with Marshall Joffe


Flatbox 331 Item 35 Photograph, Ceremonies at Lafayette Memorial, 1917


Flatbox 331 Item 36 Photograph, Dinner of OfficialFamily at Healy's Restaurant, 1918


Flatbox 331 Item 37 Photograph, Lotus Club Dinner Card, 1914


Flatbox 331 Item 38-40 Photographs, John Purroy Mitchel, 3 items


Flatbox 331 Item 41-43 Photographs, John Purroy Mitchel in Uniform, 3 items


Flatbox 331 Item 44-50 Photographs and Postal Cards, John Purroy Mitchel at Plattsburg Camp, 1915, 7 items


Flatbox 331 Item 51-53 Photographs, Mrs. John Purroy Mitchel, 3 items


Flatbox 331 Item 54 Photograph, John P. Mitchel and His Mother


Flatbox 331 Item 55 Photograph taken during Ceremonies at Grave of John Purroy Mitchel, 1931


Flatbox 331 Family Decent of John Purroy Mitchell

Photostat



Box Oversized 3 Family Photographs, 1 Volumes

Additional family photographs.



Flatbox 329 Two Oil Paintings - Portraits



Flatbox 328 Silver Plate