George R. Howell papers
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The George R. Howell papers include two items pertaining to Howell's work as an historian and genealogist. The first item is a small journal, dated 1876, containing Howell's handwritten notes on birth, marriage, and death records taken from the Southampton Town Clerk's Office, tombstone inscriptions, and family Bibles. The second item in the collection is a bound, handwritten speech delivered by Howell at the 225th anniversary of the Settlement of Southampton, Long Island, dated 1865. Also included in the back of the volume is an extract from the genealogies of the Howell and Rogers families of Southampton for the years 1625 to 1858.
Biographical Note
George Rogers Howell, M.A. (1833-1899) was born in Southampton, Long Island, N.Y., and graduated from Yale College in 1854. He then taught at Princeton Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1864. He worked as a minister in western New York until 1872, when he became the first librarian of the State Library of New York. He later served as the archivist of the State Library. Howell was also a prolific historian of New York State and published local histories of the early colony of New York, the capitol of Albany, the county of Schenectady, and the Long Island towns of Southampton, East Hampton, and Southold. Many of his historical works included detailed family genealogies as well.
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- "Death List of a Day." New York Times, April 6, 1899. Accessed July 13, 2010. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9A04E4DF1E3EEF33A25752C2A9649C94649FD7CF
Scope and Contents
The George R. Howell papers include two items pertaining to Howell's work as an historian and genealogist. The first item is a small journal, dated 1876, containing Howell's handwritten notes on birth, marriage, and death records taken from the Southampton Town Clerk's Office, tombstone inscriptions, and family Bibles. The information in the journal pertains to various Southampton families and spans the late 1600s to the mid-1800s. The second item in the collection is a bound, handwritten speech delivered by Howell at the 225th anniversary of the Settlement of Southampton, Long Island, dated 1865. Also included in the back of the volume is an extract from the genealogies of the Howell and Rogers families of Southampton for the years 1625 to 1858.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to researchers without restriction.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); George R. Howell papers, ARC.054, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source and date of acquisition unknown. Formally accessioned in 1973.
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Minimally processed to the collection level.
The collection combines the accessions 1973.174 and 1973.284.
