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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)
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