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By Sara Fetherolf, Brooklyn College Intern
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This series contains deeds to cemetery lots that were returned to Green-Wood rather than being retained by the lot owners or their heirs. The collection consists of legal documents granting cemetery land, the original envelopes in which the deeds were contained, and, in many cases, explanatory correspondence, clarifying why the deed has been sent back to the cemetery.
The condition of the documents varies, and much of the material is brittle and fragile. Sometimes the information associated with a particular deed is missing or incomplete, and in certain instances only the envelope that once contained the deed still exists. Other deeds include additional documentation, such as personal correspondence, sketches of burial plans, and genealogical information.
The collection is ordered by lot number, though deeds and other documents that were contained in a single envelope have been kept together, even if they do not pertain to the same lot. At the time they were found, the deeds had not been stored in any order; the miscellaneous folder at the end of the collection contains documents that were not kept with a particular deed, and lack the information to identify which item they may be associated with.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Green-Wood Cemetery
Processing Information:
Accession #: 003-2013
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[
Box 1],
[Box 2],
[
All]
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Lot 22311—Sterling
- Folder 2: Lot 22771—Parker
- Folder 3: Lot 23213—Limoula
- Folder 4: Lot 23666—Martin
- Folder 5: Lot 24085—Rogers
- Folder 6: Lot 24129—Narver
- Folder 7: Lot 24531—Little
- (w/ personal correspondence)
- Folder 8: Lot 24739—Culver
- Folder 9: Lot 25214—Boyd
- Folder 10: Lot 25563—McAllister
- Folder 11: Lot 25700—Lanning
- (receipt only)
- Folder 12: Lot 26123—Christian
- Folder 13: Lot 26124—Finn
- Folder 14: Lot 26291—Gilmour/ Deane
- Folder 15: Lot 26791—Stang
- Folder 16: Lot 27070—Colhoun
- Folder 17: Lot 27328—McKeown
- Folder 18: Lot 27604—Selleck
- (burial receipts only)
- Folder 19: Lot 27719—Horn
- Folder 20: Lot 27722—Magenis
- Folder 21: Lot 27864—Armstrong
- Folder 22: Lot 28140—Schlick
- Folder 23: Lot 28148—Widmann
- Folder 24: Lot 28233—Cobanks
- Folder 25: Lot 28503—Pauls
- Folder 26: Lot 28742—Günther
- Folder 27: Lot 28794—Balch
- Folder 28: Lot 29335—Graham
- Folder 29: Lot 29368—Schaubard
- (envelope only)
- Folder 30: Lot 29644—Boughton
- Folder 31: Lot 29647—Ritchie
- Folder 32: Lot 29785—Gatehouse
- Folder 33: Lot 29874—Kibbell/ Harper
- Folder 34: Lot 30163—Leonori
- Folder 35: Lot 30700—DeFere
- Folder 36: Lot 30869—Keeler
- (w/ monument company correspondence)
- Folder 37: Lot 31036—Cook/ Kusch
- Folder 38: Lot 31140—Chapman
- Folder 39: Lot 31335—Koster
- Folder 40: Lot 31582—Hibbard
- Folder 41: Lot 32188—Butt
- Folder 42: Lot 32188—Butt
- Folder 43: Lot 34311—Kohnstamm
- (w/ correspondence)
- Folder 44: Lot 34552—Hamlin
- (missing deed)
- Folder 45: Lot 34774—Nevius
- Folder 46: Lot 36009—Cable
- (missing deed)
- Folder 47: Lot 36833—Patterson
- Folder 48: Lot 37924—Lucas
- (w/ coffin warranty)
- Folder 49: Miscellaneous
- (w/ Letter of Administration for will of Virginia Doughty)
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[
Box 1],
[Box 2],
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All]
