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James Duane Livingston III family papers

Call Number

MS 3144

Date

1718-1999, inclusive

Creator

Livingston, James D., 1930-

Extent

1.25 Linear feet
(in 3 document boxes).

Language of Materials

Some items in Series VI and VII are written in German.

Abstract

Family history narratives, vital records, photographs, and genealogical research documenting the ancestry of James Duane Livingston III (1930-2019), a descendant on his father's side from Robert Livingston (1654-1728), first lord of Livingston Manor on the Hudson River, and on his mother's side from the Boullee family, German immigrants to New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada, in the mid-19th century.

Biographical / Historical

James Duane Livingston III (1930–2019) assembled this collection of family papers, photographs, and genealogical research to preserve for his daughters the biographical details of his own life, and of the lives of their shared ancestors and collateral relatives. On his father's side Livingston descended from Robert Livingston (1654–1728), his six-times great-grandfather, first lord of Livingston Manor, a 160,000-acre patent on the Hudson River. The Livingston family counted such notables as Robert R. Livingston (1746–1813), a member of the Committee of Five who drafted the Declaration of Independence, and Philip Livingston (1714–1778), who signed it. William Livingston (1723–1790) signed the U.S. Constitution, and Robert R. Livingston administered the oath of office to George Washington when he assumed the presidency in 1789. James Duane Livingston (1786–1837), a great-great grandson of the first lord of Livingston Manor, was the first to bear that combination of names. They would repeat in his grandson, James Duane Livingston (1859–1936), great-grandson, James Duane Livingston Jr. (1890–1956), and great-great-grandson, James Duane Livingston III, the compiler. (The suffixes "Jr." and "III" are not observed consistently on documents in the collection.)

James Duane Livingston Jr., a native of Indianapolis, married Florence Josephine Boullee (1892–1983), a native of New Jersey, in 1924 in New York City. Together they operated a printing concern on Wall Street. Florence descended from Wilhelm Heinrich Boullee (1821–1882), a country doctor, and his wife, Augusta E. Engelhardt (1827–1898), German immigrants who settled in New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada, in the 1840s, and from Friedrich Jugneit (1837–1901), a Prussian immigrant who served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and his wife, Maria Schmidling (1846– ).

Together James Duane and Florence (Boullee) Livingston had one child, a son, James Duane Livingston III, who was born in Brooklyn. James was a graduate of Midwood High School who went on to Cornell and Harvard Universities and spent thirty-three years as a research physicist for General Electric in Schenectady, New York. He married twice, first (1953) to Nancy Lee Clark, by whom he had three daughters (Joan, Susan, and Barbara Livingston), and second (1985) to Sherry (Hood) Penney (1937–2019).

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This note is drawn from documents and narratives in the collection, and from family trees compiled by Howland Davis and Arthur Kelly in A Livingston Genealogical Register (Rhinebeck, N.Y. : Kinship, 1995).

Arrangement

The collection came to the New-York Historical Society in seven three-ring binders assembled by James Duane Livingston III. With minor exceptions (e.g., moving duplicate photographs from front or back binder pockets to join other copies in folders), the original order of the documents has been retained. Livingston supplied distinct titles for each binder, which the archivist has transferred to the following series titles:

Series I
"Old Family Manuscripts (indentures, estates, etc.)," 1718, 1810-1866
Series II
"Ancestors & Siblings (Aunt Patsy, Uncle Bob) of James D. Livingston Jr. (1890–1956)," 1872-1999
Series III
"James Duane Livingston Jr. (1890–1956)," 1889-1999
Series IV
"James Duane Livingston III (1930–[2019])," part one, 1930-1987
Series V
"James Duane Livingston III (1930–[2019])," part two, 1965-1970
Series VI
"Ancestors of Florence Boullee Livingston: Jugneits, Schmidlings, Boullees, Engelhardts," 1786-1999
Series VII
"Florence Josephine Boullee Livingston (1892–1983) & her brother William H. Boullee (1894–1955)," 1892-1983

Scope and Contents

Items in the collection span the years 1718 through 1999 and include

• Assorted documents pertaining to the estate of Robert Cambridge Livingston (1742-1794), indentures and property records of his son, James Duane Livingston (1786-1837), and the title to property belonging to James's son, Charles James Livingston (1821-1871). Includes an early manuscript "Livingston Family Genealogy." (See Series I.)

• Material documenting the ancestry of James Duane Livingston Jr. (1890–1956) and his siblings, Gertrude Channing (Livingston) Kittredge Eaton (1892–1988), and Robert Teviot Livingston (1896–1968). Includes family history narratives, charts, vital records, newspaper obituaries, photographs, and an antique lace handkerchief. (See Series II.)

• Vital, school, and military records of James Duane Livingston Jr. (1890–1956), with two family history narratives by his son. (See Series III.)

• Autobiographical documents of James Duane Livingston III, including a number of grammar and high school report cards, school essays and stories, letters from his first wife, Nancy Lee Clark, and clippings on his career in metallurgy and ceramics research at General Electric. (See Series IV.)

• Additional autobiographical material of James Duane Livingston III, documenting his passion for tennis, his efforts to preserve the Glen Sanders Mansion, a historic house in Scotia, Schenectady County, New York, and his involvement with the Glenville Democratic Committee (also in Schenectady County), and two runs for a Glenville town council seat. (See Series V.)

• Documentation of the German-immigrant ancestry of James Duane Livingston III's mother, Florence Josephine (Boullee) Livingston (1892–1983). Includes a number of baptism, confirmation, and marriage certificates, as well as a series of letters from Friedrich Jugneit (1837–1901) to his daughter, Emily Charlotte (Jugneit) Boullee (1866–1957). With several narratives illustrating the relationships among the Boullee, Engelhardt, Jugneit, and Schmidling families. (Series VI.)

• Biographical documentation of James Duane Livingston III's mother, Florence Josephine (Boullee) Livingston (1892–1983) and her sole sibling, William Henry August Boullee (1894–1955). Includes Florence's baptism and confirmation certificates, her early driver's license, wedding photographs, and awards from the American Legion Auxiliary. William Boullee is represented by a few World War I service records, an end-of-life letter to his sister, and an obituary. (See Series VII.)

A number of James Duane Livingston III's autobiographical and family history narratives scattered throughout the collection shed light on the gathered documents:

• "My Grandparents" [paternal] (Box 1, Folder 16)

• "Ancestors of James Duane Livingston, Jr. (1890-1956), Gertrude Channing Livingston (b. 1892), and Robert Teviot Livingston (1896-1968)" (Box 1, Folder 18)

• "Ancestors and Descendants of James Duane Livingston 1786-1837" (Box 1, Folder 19)

• "Dad" (Box 1, Folder 54)

• "James D. Livingston Jr. (1890-1956) in World War I" (Box 2, Folder 3)

• "Mom & Dad & Me" (Box 2, Folder 13)

• "JDL3 and Tennis" (Box 2, Folder 56)

• "Travels and Travails of Friedrich Jugneit (1837-1901)" (Box 3, Folder 5)

• "My Grandparents" [maternal] (Box 3, Folder 6)

• "Letters from Friedrich [Jugneit]" (Box 3, Folder 16)

• "Wilhelm and Augusta Boullee of New Hamburg, Ontario, and their descendants" (Box 3, Folder 24)

Access Restrictions

Open to qualified researchers.

Use Restrictions

This collection is owned by the New-York Historical Society. The copyright law of the United States governs the making of photocopies and protects unpublished materials as well as published materials. Unpublished materials created before January 1, 1978 cannot be quoted in publication without permission of the copyright holder. Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to 20 exposures of stable, unbound material per day.

Preferred Citation

The collection should be cited as the: James Duane Livingston III Family Papers, MS 3144, The New-York Historical Society.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Susan Livingston, 2019, (accession no. MS-2019-042).

Collection processed by

Joseph Ditta

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Processing Information

Archivist Joseph Ditta arranged and described this collection in October 2019.

Repository

New-York Historical Society

Series I. "Old Family Manuscripts (indentures, estates, etc.)", 1718, 1810-1866, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Assorted documents pertaining mainly to the estate of Robert Cambridge Livingston (1742-1794), indentures and property records of his son, James Duane Livingston (1786-1837), and the title to property belonging to James's son, Charles James Livingston (1821-1871), great-grandfather of James Duane Livingston III. Includes an undated, but early, manuscript "Livingston Family Genealogy" (see Box 1, Folder 2).

Arrangement

With the exception of the Fauconnier letter in Box 1, Folder 14, which was originally framed, the documents in Series I are sorted in the order imposed by James Duane Livingston III.

[Title page and partial index], undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Livingston Family Genealogy, undated, inclusive

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

[Indenture between Egbert Benson, et al., executors of the will of Robert C. Livingston, and James Duane Livingston], 1810 August 13

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

[Bond mortgage receipts of payments by William Miller to James Duane Livingston], 1812-1825, inclusive

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

Field Book of the 8th Section on the West Side of the Seneca Lake in James Watsons' purchase in the County of Steuben in the State of New York Belonging to J. D. Livingston, Esqr., New York, 1811-1818, inclusive

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

[Joseph Grooms vs. James D. Livingston and others. Mortgage foreclosure, Columbia County, N.Y.], 1832 June 15

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

[Indenture between James D. Livingston and Asahel Blackman, Columbia County, New York], 1832 August [?]

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

[Indenture between James D. Livingston and Hiram Lapham, Columbia County, New York], 1835 September 24

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

Surrogate's Court. In the matter of the final settlement of the accounts of the administrator(s) and administratrix of James Duane Livingston. Account, 1837, inclusive

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

Administrators of James D. Livingston to Mary R. Livingston. Assignment of contracts, 1839 February 19

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

Abstract of the Title of Charles J. Livingston to House and lot known as No. 110 West 11th Street, New York City, [1858], inclusive

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

R. H. Walworth letter to Charles A. Peabody [typed transcription], 1866 November 5

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

Letter of Attorney. Mary Livingston to Walter C. Livingston, 1835 November 19

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

[Pierre] Fauconnier letter, 1718 April 18

Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Conservation note

This item was not originally included in Series I (i.e., Binder 1). The archivist placed it here for lack of a more obvious location. It came to the New-York Historical Society in a deteriorated frame. Conservation staff removed the item, sealed it in Mylar, and discarded the frame.

Series II. "Ancestors & Siblings (Aunt Patsy, Uncle Bob) of James D. Livingston Jr. (1890–1956)", 1872-1999, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Material documenting the ancestry of James Duane Livingston Jr. (1890–1956) and his siblings, Gertrude Channing (Livingston) Kittredge Eaton (1892–1988), a.k.a. "Aunt Patsy," and Robert Teviot Livingston (1896–1968), a.k.a. "Uncle Bob." Includes family history narratives, charts, vital records, newspaper obituaries, photographs, and an antique lace handkerchief, a Livingston heirloom passed from Mabel Channing (Wright) Livingston to her daughter-in-law, Florence (Boullee) Livingston (see Box 1, Folder 28).

Arrangement

With the exception of loose photographs moved from front or back binder pockets to join duplicates inside folders, the documents in Series II are sorted in the order imposed by James Duane Livingston III.

[Title page], undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

James Duane Livingston III. "My Grandparents" [paternal], 1999 August 25

Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Paternal Ancestry of James Duane Livingston III [fan chart], undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Ancestors of James Duane Livingston, Jr. (1890-1956), Gertrude Channing Livingston (b. 1892), and Robert Teviot Livingston (1896-1968)", 1978 January, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Ancestors and Descendants of James Duane Livingston 1786-1837", 1983 July 2

Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Correspondence re: Gilbert Stuart portraits of Walter and Hannah (Smith) Channing], 1995 November, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Death certificate [certified copy] of Fannie Rosalie Pell Wright (1848-1892), 1980, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Death certificate [certified copy] of David Wright (1806-1897), 1979, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

W. Mosby Williams letter to Fanny Rosalie Pell Wright, 1891 December 17

Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes a partially filled-in genealogical form and a copy of Frank Wright's obituary from "The Harvard Graduates' Magazine," December 1903, p. 286.

Frank Wright letter to daughter Mabel Channing Wright, 1892 March 21

Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

With transcription.

James Duane Livingston letter to Bayard Tuckerman, [circa 1892], inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

With transcription.

William F. Channing letter to James Duane Livingston, 1893 July 27

Box: 1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

With transcription.

Wolcott Gibbs letter to James Duane Livingston, [1892?] March 29

Box: 1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

With transcription.

[Lace handkerchief given by Mabel Channing (Wright) Livingston to Florence (Boullee) Livingston], undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

With presentation letter dated Christmas 1950.

[James Duane Livingston confirmation certificate], 1872 April 1

Box: 1, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston memorial service program], 1936 November 5

Box: 1, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Charles J. Livingston estate], [1896?], inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston biographical material], 1936, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston home, Lexington, Kentucky], undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston obituary], [1936 May], inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Charlotte Lucia Livingston photograph and obituary], undated, 1922, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston photographs and tributes], 1936, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Franklin D. Roosevelt letters (2) to James Duane Livingston, 1931 April 21, May 4, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Signed, as governor, on State of New York Executive Chamber stationery.

[Minna Swift Livingston bequests], [circa 1936], inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Mabel Channing (Wright) Livingston theatrical and musical performances], 1901-1905, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Livingston signatures on birch bark, "Merry Mount"], 1906 August 26

Box: 1, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Second Season, Mrs. James Duane Livingston's "Garden-Home," Barnstable, Cape Cod., Mass., 1920, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane and Mabel Channing (Wright) Livingston marriage invitation, certificate, announcement, and 40th anniversary], 1889, 1929, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston family snapshot], undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Mabel Channing (Wright) Livingston photographs], undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Gertrude Channing (Livingston) Kittredge Eaton newspaper clippings], 1980, 1985, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Gertrude Channing (Livingston) Kittredge Eaton photographs], 1981 January; 1982 July, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gertrude Kittredge Eaton. "Reminiscences of St. Paul's School", 1983, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Henry Crocker Kittredge biographical material], 1967, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Robert Teviot Livingston retirement dinner program and newspaper clipping], 1965 May 6, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Robert Teviot Livingston obituary], 1968 January 8

Box: 1, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Loose photographs from front binder pocket], undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Loose photographs from back binder pocket], undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series III. "James Duane Livingston Jr. (1890–1956)", 1889-1999, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Vital, school, and military records of James Duane Livingston Jr. (1890–1956), with two family history narratives by his son: "Dad" (1990 January) and "James D. Livingston Jr. (1890-1956) in World War I" (1999 June). In 1932, for the celebrations surrounding the bicentennial of George Washington's birth, Livingston—in costume as his forebear, Robert R. Livingston (1746–1813)—administered the oath of office to an actor dressed as Washington in a reenactment of the first presidential inauguration (see the photograph and clippings in Box 2, Folder 7).

Arrangement

With the exception of loose photographs moved from the back binder pocket to join duplicates inside folders, the documents in Series III are sorted in the order imposed by the James Duane Livingston III.

[Title page], undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Dad." [Family history narrative by James Duane Livingston III], 1990 January, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Livingston family bible records], 1889-1917, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston Jr. birth certificates (certified copies of 1926)], 1890, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston Jr. birth announcement telegram], 1890 February 15

Box: 1, Folder: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston Jr. cabinet card photographs] (3 folders), [circa 1890-1893], inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 58-60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston Jr. photographs], circa 1891-1905, inclusive

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

[James Duane Livingston Jr. school records], 1904-1909, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

James D. Livingston III. "James D. Livingston Jr. (1890-1956) in World War I", 1999 June, inclusive

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

[James Duane Livingston Jr. military records], 1914-1918, inclusive

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

Richard E. Byrd letter to James D. Livingston Jr. re: Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928 August 29

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

[James Duane Livingston Jr. photographs], undated, inclusive

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

[George Washington Bicentennial Commission], 1932, inclusive

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

[James Duane Livingston Jr. Air Warden Service discharge], 1945 June 30

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

[James Duane Livingston Jr. obituaries and business cards], 1956, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston Jr. death certificate], 1956 March [29]

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Loose photographs from front binder pocket], undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series IV. "James Duane Livingston III (1930–[2019])," part one, 1930-1987, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Autobiographical documents of James Duane Livingston III, including a number of grammar and high school report cards, a series of school essays and stories, letters from his first wife, Nancy Lee Clark, and clippings on his career in metallurgy and ceramics research at General Electric.

Arrangement

With the exception of loose photographs moved from the front binder pocket to join duplicates inside folders, the documents in Series IV are sorted in the order imposed by the James Duane Livingston III.

[Title page], undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Mom & Dad & Me." [Family history narrative by James Duane Livingston III], 1999 September 5

Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Although in an introductory note James Duane Livingston III informs his daughters that "this latest installment runs up to my high school graduation in January 1947," the narrative ends with the death of his mother, Florence Josephine (Boullee) Livingston in July 1983.

[James Duane Livingston III birth announcement cards], 1930 June 23

Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III baptism certificate], 1930 September 21

Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III photographs] (2 folders), undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 16-17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III grammar school autograph album leaves], 1943, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III Camp Saugatuck medal], 1941, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[New York World's Fair record album], 1939, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

"My parents and I made this recording at the 1939 New York World's Fair."

Restricted

This phonograph record is restricted because of its fragility and because N-YHS lacks equipment on which to play it.

[P.S. 193 awards and graduation program], 1942-1943, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

James Duane Livingston III. "My Trip", [1938], inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

James Duane Livingston III. "The Livingston's Trip to Florida", [1939], inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

James Duane Livingston III. "Perilous Mission", undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

James Duane Livingston III. "The Rover", undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

James Duane Livingston III. Untitled boxing story 1, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

James Duane Livingston III. Untitled boxing story 2, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

James Duane Livingston III. "The Midnight Fire Alarm", undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

James Duane Livingston III. "They Warned Me"

Box: 2, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. P.S. 193 report cards], 1940, 1942, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. P.S. 193 class photograph], 1943 January, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. Photographs], 1938, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. Photographs], 1940s, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

["Monarch of Bermuda" cruise ephemera], 1937 September 3, 5, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. High school awards and medals], 1944-1946, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. Midwood High School report cards], 1944, 1947, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. Midwood High School commencement program], 1947 February 5

Box: 2, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[John Scheer World War II ephemera], [1940s], inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Program, dance recital by the pupils of Atkinson Studio of the Dance], 1945 June 15

Box: 2, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

James Duane Livingston III performed in the ballroom group.

[James Duane Livingston III. Piano playing programs, certificates, report cards], 1945-1946, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

James Duane Livingston III. "Multiplying by Adding" [article for Midwood High School math/science magazine], 1947 January, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. Cornell University], 1947-1952, 1966, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. Letters to parents], 1952, 1956, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. Harvard College commencement and master's degree diploma], 1953 June 11

Box: 2, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. National Science Foundation fellowship], 1954, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. Marriage to Nancy Lee Clark], 1953 June 27

Box: 2, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Nancy Lee Clark. Letters to James Duane Livingston III], [1952?], 1954, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Nancy Lee (Clark) Livingston. Wedding photograph], [1953 June], inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III and daughters. Photographs], undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. Harvard College commencement (PhD)], 1956 June 14

Box: 2, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. General Electric research lab], 1956-1987, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. Engagement announcement to Sherry H. Penney], [1984], inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Clermont, Livingston Manor], 1986-1987, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Loose photographs from front binder pocket], circa 1939-1952, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series V. "James Duane Livingston III (1930–[2019])," part two, 1965-1970, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Autobiographical material documenting James Duane Livingston III's passion for tennis, his efforts to preserve the Glen Sanders Mansion, a historic house in Scotia, Schenectady County, New York, and his involvement with the Glenville Democratic Committee (also in Schenectady County), and two runs for a Glenville town council seat.

Arrangement

The documents in Series V are sorted in the order imposed by James Duane Livingston III.

[Title page], undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

James Duane Livingston III. "JDL3 and Tennis", undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. Tennis 1], 1965, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. Tennis 2], 1960s-1982, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. Glen-Sanders Mansion], 1967-1969, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 59 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. Glenville Democratic Committee], 1963, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III. Glenville Town Council run (1st)], 1967, inclusive

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

[James Duane Livingston III. Glenville Town Council run (2nd)], 1969, inclusive

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

[Glenville sesquicentennial], 1969-1970, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series VI. "Ancestors of Florence Boullee Livingston: Jugneits, Schmidlings, Boullees, Engelhardts", 1786-1999, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Documentation of the German-immigrant ancestry of James Duane Livingston III's mother, Florence Josephine (Boullee) Livingston (1892–1983). Includes a number of baptism, confirmation, and marriage certificates in German, as well as a series of letters, also in German, from Friedrich Jugneit (1837–1901) to his daughter, Emily Charlotte (Jugneit) Boullee (1866–1957). Several narratives illustrate the relationships among the Boullee, Engelhardt, Jugneit, and Schmidling families (see Box 3, Folders 5, 6, and 24).

Arrangement

With the exception of loose photographs moved from the front binder pocket to join duplicates inside folders, the documents in Series VI are sorted in the order imposed by James Duane Livingston III.

[Title page], undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

James Duane Livingston III. "Travels and Travails of Friedrich Jugneit (1837-1901)", 1999 July 30

Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

James Duane Livingston III. "My Grandparents" [maternal], 1999 August 29

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Map of East Prussia], undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Tax records, Lindendorf, East Prussia], 1789/1801, 1827, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

In German.

[Friedrich Jugneit and Maria Schmidling marriage certificate], 1864 March 13, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

In German.

[Maria Schmidling confirmation certificate], 1860, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

In German.

[Emilie Charlotte Jugneit baptism certificate], 1867, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

In German.

[Emilie Charlotte Jugneit confirmation certificate], 1880, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

In German.

[Friedrich and Mary (Schmidling) Jugneit decree of divorce], 1874 August 30

Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Mary Schmidling Jugneit (later Scheer) custody of Emilie Charlotte Jugneit], [1874?], inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Mary Ecanoher Schmidling newspaper article and death certificate], 1901-1902, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

James Duane Livingston III. "Letters from Friedrich" [description], 1999 March, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Friedrich Jugneit letter 1], 1870s, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

In German, with transcription and translation.

[Friedrich Jugneit letter 2], 1870s, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

In German, with transcription and translation.

[Friedrich Jugneit letter 3], 1874 April 22

Box: 3, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

In German, with transcription and translation.

[Friedrich Jugneit letter 4], [1901] March 16

Box: 3, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

In German, with transcription and translation.

[Friedrich Jugneit letter 5], 1901 July 12

Box: 3, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

In German, with translation.

[Friedrich Jugneit letter 6], 1901 July 28

Box: 3, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

In German, with translation.

[Friedrich Jugneit death record and cemetery map], 1978, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

James Duane Livingston III. "Wilhelm and Augusta Boullee of New Hamburg, Ontario, and their descendants" [original + photocopy], 1981 February, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Boullee family photograph, men], 1905, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Boullee family photograph, women], undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Eli Emilius Boullee pharmacy license], 1891, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Emily Charlotte (Jugneit) Boullee cabinet card photographs] (2), undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Emily Charlotte (Jugneit) Boullee 80th birthday photographs], 1946, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Emily Charlotte (Jugneit) Boullee obituary, cemetery monument receipt, and Green-Wood Cemetery ephemera], 1901, 1957, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Boullee family burials in Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Ontario], undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Loose photographs from front binder pocket], undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series VII. "Florence Josephine Boullee Livingston (1892–1983) & her brother William H. Boullee (1894–1955)", 1892-1983, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Biographical documentation of James Duane Livingston III's mother, Florence Josephine (Boullee) Livingston (1892–1983) and her sole sibling, William Henry August Boullee (1894–1955). Includes Florence's baptism and confirmation certificates, her early driver's license, wedding photographs, and awards from the American Legion Auxiliary. William Boullee is represented by a few World War I service records, an end-of-life letter to his sister, and an obituary.

Arrangement

With the exception of loose photographs moved from the back binder pocket to join duplicates inside folders, the documents in Series VII are sorted in the order imposed by James Duane Livingston III.

[Title page], undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Florence Josephine Boullee baptism certificate], 1892 October 9

Box: 3, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

In German.

[Florence Josephine Boullee confirmation certificate], 1906 April 8

Box: 3, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Florence Josephine Boullee report card and autograph album leaf], 1905, 1906, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Florence Josephine Boullee diploma, P.S. 19, Brooklyn], 1906 June 29

Box: 3, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

John B. Cottrell, letter of recommendation for Florence Josephine Boullee, 1906 September 25

Box: 3, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Florence Josephine Boullee evening school certificate], 1907 May, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Florence Josephine Boullee driver's license and registration], 1921, circa 1980, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Florence Josephine Boullee photograph], undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Albert E. Kleinert letter to Florence Josephine Boullee re: 3303 Avenue J, Brooklyn, 1923 April 10

Box: 3, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston Jr. and Florence Josephine Boullee wedding invitation and marriage certificate], 1924 September 13

Box: 3, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Florence Josephine (Boullee) Livingston wedding photographs], [1924 September], inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Map of summer home, Weston, Connecticut], [circa 1940], inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[American Legion Auxiliary programs], 1925/35, 1940, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[West Indies Cruise, S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam, photographs and partial program], 1965 October, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Florence Josephine (Boullee) Livingston passport], 1970-1975, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Florence Josephine (Boullee) Livingston death notices and son's remarks at funeral], 1983 July 21-22, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[James Duane Livingston III correspondence re: Livingston chairs donated to Gracie Mansion Conservancy], 1983 August 26, November 16, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Florence Josephine (Boullee) Livingston. American Legion Auxiliary awards], 1969, 1970, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Florence Josephine (Boullee) Livingston. American Legion Auxiliary "Les Chapeaux Departemental Passe" pin], 1980, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Florence Josephine (Boullee) Livingston photographs], undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Florence Josephine (Boullee) Livingston death certificate], 1983 July 19/21, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[William Boullee. Promotion to sergeant], 1916 September 15

Box: 3, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[William Boullee. Field Service postcard and letter re: injury], 1918 October 7, November 28, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[William Boullee. Commission as second lieutenant], 1918 April 19

Box: 3, Folder: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[William Boullee. Replacement discharge papers of 1918 and 1920], 1950 April 3

Box: 3, Folder: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[William Boullee and Sally Allen, wedding invitation (1931 July 3) and church register extract], 1931, 1956, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 59 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

William Boullee letter to Florence Josephine (Boullee) Livingston, [1955] December 12

Box: 3, Folder: 60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[William Boullee obituary, memorial program, condolence letter], 1955 December, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 61 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Loose photographs from back binder pocket], 1911-1942, undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 62 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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