Charles Ripley Gillett papers, circa 1874 -- 1955

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Series 2: Correspondence, 1874 -- 1923

This series is open for research.

0.75 linear feet; 0.75 linear feet; 2 boxes

This series contains correspondence, consisting primarily of Union-related business as well as a small amount of personal correspondence, receipts, and letters regarding Gillett's memberships with the Columbia Country Club and National Lawn Tennis Association; correspondence clippings kept by Gillett relating to the trial of Reverend J.D.M. Buckner (a Nebraska pastor who was forced to retire from the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1922-1923) from Emory Buckner, Reverend Buckner's son and partner in the New York law firm Root, Clark, Buckner and Howland; as well as a scrapbook presented as a gift to Gillett in 1932 upon his 40th anniversary with Union, including clippings, correspondence, and notes to Gillett from colleagues and fellow classmates.

This series is unarranged.



Box 7 Folder 1 General, 1902 -- 1920


Box 7 Folder 2 Buckner Case memoranda and articles, 1922 -- 1923


Box 7 Folder 3-6 Buckner Case: Letters and Clippings from Emory Buckner, 1922 -- 1923



Box 8 40th Anniversary Tribute Letters scrapbook, 1874 -- 1922