Series IV - Officers and Trustees of the CAS - Correspondence and Other Materials, 1853-1959, inclusive

This sub-subseries is arranged in the following order:

i. Diary 1853-1855

ii. Correspondence, 1853-1890, including a disbound volume of correspondence to the Secretary's Office addressed to both Brace and Assistant Secretary Jared Macy (1862-1863), and a disbound binder including correspondence from 1872-1875

iii. Drafts

iv. Published books (4 volumes 1866-1894)

This sub-subseries contains correspondence and a draft. The material spans the years 1891-1938. See also IV.4.A for a disbound volume containing further correspondence related to Charles Loring Brace II. See also IV.2.B (correspondence to L.W. Holste) for an 1890 letter by Brace II reflecting on the prospect of becoming Secretary of CAS.

(Note: Founder Charles Loring Brace is identified by that name in this collection. His son, who followed him as Secretary of CAS in 1890 and went by the same name or by C. Loring Brace or Loring Brace or C.L. Brace, is identified as Charles Loring Brace II only for the purposes of this collection).

This sub-subseries contains 2 folders of correspondence, memoranda, and a brochure. See Series III.2 for four reports by Owen Lovejoy.

This sub-subseries contains 13 folders of correspondence and other material from the files of Arthur Huck. Some of the correspondence was forwarded to Arthur Huck or kept by him, but was not addressed to him nor written by him. 3 folders include memoirs or histories by employees of the CAS Marion Withycomb, Charles Conklin, and Bertha Schlegel, written as letters to Huck.

The sub-subseries contains correspondence, honorary certificates, and a periodical. It includes a letter signed by Governor Alfred E. Smith.

The sub-subseries contains three folders of correspondence and photocopied memorial material from 1870-1877, arranged chronologically.

The sub-subseries contains correspondence from 1886-1894, arranged chronologically. George S. Coe was Treasurer from 1877-1895. There is no material in Coe's name in this series; however, L.W. Holste was Assistant Treasurer from 1882-1896, and the Coe period is covered by correspondence sent to Holste.

Holste continued at CAS as Correspondent for the Emigration Department 1897-1919. The material in this sub-subseries covers only Holste's time as Assistant Treasurer. While most of the material relates to Holste's work in this financial capacity, this sub-subseries also contains an 1890 letter by Brace II [to Holste] reflecting on the prospect of becoming Secretary of CAS (folder 26), and Emigration-related correspondence (folder 28). See also IV.4.C for more Holste correspondence as both Assistant Treasurer and as Emigration Correspondent.

The sub-subseries contains four folders of correspondence, arranged chronologically.

The sub-subseries contains sixteen folders of correspondence, and one folder of biographical material including obituaries. The folders are arranged chronologically. The correspondence often pertains to real estate. (Note: Upon Edwin G. Merrill's death, his son Edwin K. Merrill took over as Treasurer, becoming Associate Executive Director 1956-1959, and then Secretary of the CAS 1959-1962. Edwin K. Merrill is outside the scope of this collection).

Robert N. Brace was the younger son of founder Charles Loring Brace, and brother of Charles Loring Brace II. He worked for the CAS as an Agent of the Emigration/Placing-Out Department beginning in 1895, and then as its Superintendent, from 1901-1930. The sub-subseries contains 3 scant folders of correspondence and one folder of posthumous biographical material arranged chronologically. Much more correspondence to Robert N. Brace can be found in the case files of the Emigration/Placing-Out Department, Series XI.

R.D. Neill worked for the CAS as a visiting and placing agent from 1900-1924. This sub-subseries contains one volume of his outgoing correspondence, October 1899-January 1900, on delicate transfer paper. The volume contains personal and business letters composed immediately before Neill was employed by CAS. More material related to Neill can be found in his memoir in Series V.2 and in the case files of the Emigration/Placing-Out Department, Series XI.

This series includes one disbound volume of outgoing correspondence 1891-1908 by Secretary Charles Loring Brace II, Assistant Treasurer L.W. Holste, A. Schlegel, Superintendent of Schools Moore Dupuy, Cashier H.J. Holt, and E.H. Opitz. The correspondence pertains to CAS industrial schools and other matters. Following the disbound volume, the series consists of 12 folders of mixed CAS correspondence 1874-1939

This sub-subseries includes correspondence, obituaries, and other materials related to trustees of the CAS whose terms of service began in the years between 1867 and 1936. The folders are arranged chronologically according to the year the trustee began serving on the board of CAS. The material in the folders spans the years 1900-1971. For photographs of trustees and their wives, see Series XIII.1.

Note: Evert Jansen Wendell (folder 25) was a trustee who took a particularly active and direct role with children in the CAS, serving as a mentor for many boys through his work on the Farm School, Lodging House, and Emigration Committee. He is well represented in other parts of the collection, notably in many photographs and tintypes in the case files of Series XI.3, in photographs of Trustees and of the Emigration and Placing-Out program in Series XIII, in documents in Series IX.2 regarding the Wendell Boys Club and memorial fund, and with an album of photographs he assembled after a trip to Cuba in Series XIII.6