[microform] Kelley Family Papers, 1681-1936

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
Micro\Kelley family
Bib ID:
4079781 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Kelley Family
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
8 Reels (4 positive reels 2 copies); 4 Reels (master negative reels)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

Summary

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.

Arrangement

Using the Collection

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Accruals

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Reproduction Note

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

Immediate Source of Acquisition

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

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

First 5 of 7 boxes have been microfilmed

Microfilm Entered HR 05/07/92.

Revision Description

2020-12-01 Added a box and folder list containing edited and enhanced description. cml

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.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Henry Street Settlement (New York, N.Y.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kelley, Albert J CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kelley, Caroline B CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kelley, John Bartram CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kelley, Margaret Dana CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kelley, Nicholas, 1885-1965 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kelley, William D (William Darrah), 1814-1890 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kossuth, Lajos, 1802-1894 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Philadelphia County) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
United States -- Politics and government CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
African Americans -- History CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Families -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Judges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Legislators -- Pennsylvania CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Social legislation CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Social service CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Social settlements -- Illinois -- Chicago CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Social settlements -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID