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Series III. Mary Rentschler Lowrey addition

Separated Materials

Loose material integrated into Series I:

1) The Daily Princetonian, June 12, 1907
2) Western Association of Princeton Clubs, Chicago, May 5-6, 1916
3) Fortune, November 1930
4) GSR newspaper obituaries, 1948
5) Surveyor's maps of Butler County, Hamilton, Ohio, 1961
6) Architectural blueprints for remodeling of GSR farm, 1977

Subseries III.A. Print [sic] Collection

Real Estate, Hamilton, Ohio, 1968-1978, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Hamilton, Ohio Farm: real estate correspondence and deeds (see large cylinder for oversize maps and blueprints).

Real Estate, Hamilton, Ohio (continued), 1971-1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Hamilton, Ohio Farm: real estate correspondence.

Real Estate, Hamilton, Ohio (continued), 1978-1982, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Hamilton, Ohio Farm: correspondence and photographs for repairs and renovations to farm.

Real Estate, Hamilton, Ohio (continued), 1993 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Hamilton, Ohio Farm: newspaper clippings re: sale of farm.

Cincinnati Art Museum, 1942-1989, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and photographs re: restoration of painting of Schwab family members.

Cincinnati Art Museum (continued), 1986, 1988, 1992, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Artist entries in biographical dictionaries (photocopies). Bulletins from Cincinnati Art Museum.

Cincinnati Art Museum (continued), 1991-1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and appraisal of clothing and furniture (inc. photographs) belonging to Helen R. Waldon; Deed of gift for clothing to CAM.

Hillforest Historical Foundation, Aurora, N.Y., 1991-1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, photographs, and information packet re: gifts to the Foundation from MRL.

Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Correspondence re: gift from MRL.

Correspondence re: Republic Motor Car Co.; SDW packing list for Sagebrush and Sequoia road trip, circa 1919-1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence re: bequest to GSR from Mr. Gaines, 1922-1997, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photocopied excerpt from The Book of Gardens and Gardening, 1924, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

(Locust Valley garden of Paul D. Cravath.)

The Season's Greetings (card), SDW and HRW, 1937-1938, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Programs, invites, guest lists, and correspondence re: social occasions involving MRL, 1939-1952, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Record (salaries / accounts?), 1943-1961, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Number 8 - Gordon Sohn Rentschler tribute, 1948, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Kettering Digest, 1956 August, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Time Book for HRW, 1959-1966, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Booklet: Edward A. Deeds, 1874-1960, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bulletin: Gray & Ductile Iron News, 1975 April 18

Offsite-Box: MRL-2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Publication, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: MRL-2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Letters and manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library, N.Y., 1975; letter from Doris A. Hamburg to Mary C. Rentschler, 1975 September 30.

Subseries III.B. Albums/Framed Photographs

Princeton photographic album, 1907, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 13, Box: MRL-3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Schwab, Katie / Phoebe? Framed (red velvet), undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 13, Box: MRL-4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Schwab, Katie / Phoebe? Framed (brown velvet), undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 13, Box: MRL-5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subseries III.C. Photoprint Collection

Individuals / Groups, circa 1887-1966, inclusive

Box: MRL-? (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

• "Brant and Bayley (surnames), cousins of Suzanne Morrison, next-door neighbors in Hamilton, OH" [Eliza Gregory]
• Coolidge, Charles A. Jr. (½ length portrait), c. 1950s?
• Gregory, Mary L., Charles F. Lowrey Jr., 1962
• Lowrey, Charles F. Jr. at John Smith's house, Hamilton, Ohio farm, c. 1960s?
• Lowrey, Mary R., c. 1929?
• Lowrey, Mary R., Faith A. Witter, Helen R. Waldon, Phoebe R. Stanton (oversize), c. 1930
• Lowrey, Mary R., Phoebe R. Stanton, Faith A. Witter, c. 1930
• Lowrey, Mary R., in a perambulator, c. 1930 (taken by SDW?)
• Lowrey, Mary R., picking flowers (4 views), Locust Valley, Long Island, 1932 (taken by SDW #400-5-11 to 400-5-14)
• Lowrey, Mary R., outdoors, holding up a page (of the Herald Tribune), Locust Valley, Long Island, 1932 (taken by SDW #400-5-15)
• Lowrey, Mary R., and Mary Sweetser outdoors, with pages of the Herald Tribune, Locust Valley, Long Island, 1932 (taken by SDW #400-5-16 to 400-5-20)
• Lowrey, Mary R., outdoors by the flower bush, Locust Valley, Long Island, 1932 (taken by SDW #400-5-21 to 400-5-24)
• Lowrey, Mary R., outdoors playing with doll furniture, Locust Valley, Long Island, c. 1933 (taken by SDW #400-6-5)
• Lowrey, Mary R., outdoors with Phoebe R. Stanton, playing with doll furniture, Locust Valley, Long Island, c. 1933 (taken by SDW #400-6-4)
• Lowrey, Mary R., outdoors, in front of blossoms with Phoebe R. Stanton, Locust Valley, Long Island, 1933 (taken by SDW #400-7-3)
• Lowrey, Mary R., outdoors, holding flower from a bush, Locust Valley, Long Island, 1933 (taken by SDW #400-7-6)
• Lowrey, Mary R., outdoors, blossoms behind, Locust Valley, Long Island, 1933 (taken by SDW #400-7-7)
• Lowrey, Mary R., Faith A. Witter, Phoebe R. Stanton, Susan R. Witter, and unidentified boy, outdoors, next to a Christmas tree, Locust Valley, Long Island, 1934 (taken by SDW #400-12-12)
• Lowrey, Mary R. (oversize headshot), c. 1934?
• Lowrey, Mary R. (¾ length portrait), c. 1934?
• Lowrey, Mary R., outdoors, holding a blossom, Locust Valley, Long Island, 1936 (taken by SDW #400-14-7)
• Lowrey, Mary R., Phoebe R. Stanton, unidentified boy, and a dog, outdoors, Locust Valley, Long Island, 1936 (taken by SDW #400-14-8)
• Lowrey, Mary R., Phoebe R. Stanton, and "Camilly," with horses, in Hamilton, Ohio (oversize), 1938
• Lowrey, Mary R., holding a doll and wearing a Spanish headdress, 1938 (taken by SDW?)
• Lowrey, Mary R., with a dog, 1938 (taken by SDW?)
• Lowrey, Mary R., on a horse (2 views), 1938 (taken by SDW?)
• Lowrey, Mary R., Phoebe R. Stanton, and a dog, Locust Valley, Long Island, 1939 (taken by SDW #400-17-4)
• Lowrey, Mary R., Phoebe R. Stanton, Faith A. Witter, Susan R. Witter (on a rock with water in background), Locust Valley, Long Island, 1939 (taken by SDW #400-17-8)
• Lowrey, Mary R.—"Christmas in Locust Valley, Long Island, (magic box)" [Eliza Gregory], 1940 (taken by SDW?)
• Lowrey, Mary R., Mary C. Rentschler, Tinnie (Elizabeth Fishback), (8" x 10"), 1941
• Lowrey, Mary R. (8" x 10"), n.d.
• Lowrey, Mary R., wedding photograph, 1952
• Lowrey, Mary R., and Charles F. Lowrey, wedding photograph, 1952
• Morrison, Suzanne, wedding photograph, 1960s?
• Rentschler, George A. Sr., ½ length portrait
• Rentschler, George A. Sr., headshot
• Rentschler, George A. Sr., ¾ length portrait
• Rentschler, Gordon S., in front of train (Sequoia and Sagebrush), 1919
• Rentschler, Gordon S., Mary Sweetser, Helen R. Waldon, Mary C. Rentschler, Phoebe R. Stanton, Mary R. Lowrey, Faith A. Witter, Charles Nagel? Locust Valley, Long Island, 1932 (taken by SDW #400-5-6)
• Rentschler, Gordon S., Susan R. Witter, Mary R. Lowrey, Phoebe R. Stanton, Faith A. Witter, 1933
• Rentschler, Gordon S., Clara Smith, Tommy Dorsey, John Smith, c. 1940s
• Rentschler, Gordon S., Mary C. Rentschler, Mary R. Lowrey (Christmas in Locust Valley, L.I.), 1940
• Rentschler, Gordon S., Mary C. Rentschler, home in Hamilton, Ohio, 1943
• Rentschler, Mary C., ½ lenght portrait, c. 1920s
• Rentschler, Mary C., Helen R. Waldon, Mary Sweetser, Locust Valley, Long Island, 1932 (taken by SDW #400-5-7)
• Rentschler, Mary C., Phoebe R. Stanton, Mary R. Lowrey, Gordon S. Rentschler, 1939 (taken by SDW?)
• Rentschler, Mary C., Phoebe R. Stanton, Mary Sweetser?, Julia C. Deane, and 2 dogs, Locust Valley, Long Island, 1939 (taken by SDW #400-17-5)
• Rentschler, Mary C., Mary Sweetser?, Julia C. Deane, and dogs (walk in front of large body of water), Locust Valley, Long Island, 1939 (taken by SDW #400-17-7)
• Rentschler, Mary C., Helen R. Waldon, Faith A. Witter, Phoebe R. Stanton, Mary R. Lowrey, Susan Witter (on a bike), and a dog, in front of body of water, Locust Valley, Long Island, 1939 (taken by SDW #400-17-9)
• Rentschler, Mary C., outside 1030 Fifth Avenue, 1962
• Rentschler, Robert P., July 1887 (print and negative)
• Schwab, Katie (as a child, wallet size), n.d.
• Schwab, Mary, 1941
• Schwab, Mary H., 92nd birthday, 1966 April 15
• Schwab, Phoebe (as a child, wallet size), n.d.
• Smith, John, and Helen R. Waldon at the Hamilton, Ohio farm, 1963
• Smith, John, and Clara Smith at the Hamilton, Ohio farm, c. 1955–1960
• Stanton, Phoebe R., Mrs. Henry Ford, Mary R. Lowrey, at the Fords' home (oversize), 1938
• Stanton, Phoebe R., Mary R. Lowrey, with dog (oversize), 1939
• Waldon, Helen R., in front of train (Sequoia and Sagebrush), 1919
• Waldon, Helen R. (2 prints by Steichen), 1930s?
• Waldon, Helen R.—"at Black River Ranch" with a deer [Eliza Gregory], 1932
• Waldon, Helen R., Mary H. Schwab?—"at Black River Ranch" with a deer [Eliza Gregory] (2 prints), 1932
• Waldon, Helen R., and 2 unidentified children, Locust Valley, Long Island, 1932 (taken by SDW #400-5-4)
• Waldon, Helen R., and Mary R. Lowrey, Locust Valley, Long Island, 1932 (taken by SDW #400-5-8)
• Waldon, Helen R., and 2 unidentified women and a deer "at Black River Ranch" [Eliza Gregory], 1935
• Waldon, Helen R.—at the Black River Ranch with unidentified man (2 prints), 1937
• Waldon, Helen R.—at the Black River Ranch with friends, 1937
• Waldon, Helen R. (oversize), 1940
• Waldon, Helen R.—at an outdoor special event (launching of a ship?), (2 prints), n.d. (c. 1930s?)
• Waldon, Helen R., Waldon, Sidney D., and ?, playing a card game, n.d.
• Waldon, Helen R., Wokie Alsop?—at the Pyramids, Egypt, n.d.
• Waldon, Helen R., 1960
• Waldon, Helen R., and Aunt Mary H. Schwab, at latter's 92nd birthday, 1966 April 15
• Waldon, Helen R., with child lying across her lap, Ohio farm, n.d.
• Waldon, Sidney D. (print by Steichen), 1930s?
• Waldon, Sidney D.—with friends outdoors, 1938
• Waldon, Sidney D. (¾ length portrait), n.d.
Waldon, Sidney D. (½ length portrait), n.d.

Hamilton home, Ohio, 1860s-1943, inclusive

Box: MRL-? (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

• Façade of Hamilton, Ohio home with Rice family members in front (previous owners of farm), circa 1860s
• Hamilton home, Ohio (2 oversize prints), n.d. (early images)
• Hamilton home, Ohio (3 small prints—early images?)
• Hamilton home, Ohio (early image—house seen from left-hand side), n.d.
• Hamilton home, Ohio—3 people and a dog on the stoop (HRW?), n.d.
• Courtyard in front of garage under snow (2 views), Hamilton home, Ohio, n.d.
• Entrance to garage and laundry, Hamilton home, Ohio, n.d.
• Hamilton home under snow, 1926 March 17
• Postcard "Ohio farm—carriage entrance west side of farm" [Eliza Gregory]
• Person sitting on a post near a ?, n.d.
• Hamilton home and grounds, Ohio (17 oversize prints), n.d.
• Hamilton home, Ohio, entrance to service quarter, n.d.
• Hamilton home, Ohio, "Main carriage entrance at side of house. Do not have picture of front of house," n.d.
• Hamilton home, Ohio, 1941
• Hamilton home, Ohio, replanting gardens, inc. Tommy Dorsey (5 prints), 1941
• Farm buildings under snow, Hamilton, Ohio, 1943
• Hamilton home, Ohio, n.d.
• 20 color prints of the safe from the S.S. Maine
• "John Smith's house, main farm" [Eliza Gregory], n.d.
• John Smith's house under snow, n.d.
• Gate to John Smith's house from farm barnyard, n.d.
• Postcard of "The Cedars" with 2 children holding a baby (looks like Hamilton home), n.d.
• Postcards (2), one with annotation "our present house, this is the entrance to the kitchen" (porch/north? is now enclosed in glass), c. 1910–1915?
• Postcard "Greetings from The Hubners"—"lived in Tommy Dorsey's house before the Dorseys moved in" [Eliza Gregory], n.d.
• Postcard "My dear Gordon. A Merry Christmas, good cheer and success are the wishes to you from the Hubners," n.d.
Aerial view of Hamilton home, inc. John Smith house, Hubner house, and Tommy Dorsey house, n.d.

Little Farm, Hamilton, Ohio, circa 1970s, 1976, inclusive

Box: MRL-? (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

• Little farm "not smokehouse's 2nd story—suspected station on the underground railroad" [Eliza Gregory]
• Little farm before remodeling (6 prints pasted onto cardboard), circa 1970s
• Remodel of Little farm—rear porch, circa 1970s?
• Remodel of Little farm—kitchen fireplace, circa 1970s
• Remodel of Little farm—living room, circa 1970s
• Remodel of Little farm—rear porch at kitchen, circa 1970s
• Demolition of buildings at Little farm, (26 color snapshots), 1976

Hamilton, Ohio, 1913, inclusive

Box: MRL-? (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

• Rentschler building, Hamilton, Ohio, flood.

Locust Valley Home, Long Island, 1933, inclusive

Box: MRL-? (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

• Locust Vally Home, Long Island (taken by SDW #400-9-15).

Sidney D. Waldon photoprints?

Box: MRL-? (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subseries III.D. Negative Collection

Scope and Contents

Taken by Sidney D. Waldon at Locust Valley, Long Island.

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Box: MRL-? (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

• Lowrey, Mary R., Stanton, Phoebe R., outdoors, standing on a rug wearing hats and coats (2 views), c. 1930 (#400-3-1, 400-3-8)
• Lowrey, Mary R.?, in a perambulator (7 views), c. 1930 (#400-3-2, 400-3-3, 400-3-4, 400-3-6, 400-4-2, 400-4-6, 400-4-7)
• Lowrey, Mary R. picking flowers (4 views), Locust Valley, Long Island, 1932 (#400-5-11 to 400-5-14)
• Rentschler, Gordon S., Mary Sweetser, Helen R. Waldon, Mary C. Rentschler, Phoebe R. Stanton, Mary R. Lowrey, Faith A. Witter, Charles Nagel? Locust Valley, Long Island, 1932 (#400-5-6)
• Rentschler, Mary C., Helen R. Waldon, Mary Sweetser, Locust Valley, Long Island, 1931 (#400-5-7)
• Waldon, Helen R. and Mary R. Lowrey, Locust Valley, Long Island, 1932 (#400-5-8)

Negs added:

400-3-1 to 400-3-4
400-3-6
400-3-8
400-4-2
400-4-6
400-4-7
400-5-6 to 400-5-8
400-5-11 to 400-5-24
400-6-1
400-6-3 to 400-6-5
400-7-3
400-7-6
400-7-7
400-9-1
400-9-2
400-10-2
400-14-7
400-14-8
400-16-5
400-17-4 to 400-17-6
400-17-8
400-17-9

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