Kip, Schuyler, and Lestrade family papers
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Abstract
This collection includes genealogical information about the Kip, Schuyler, and Lestrade families as well as photographs of the Lestrade family and World War I-era biplanes.
Biographical / Historical
The bulk of the collection is related to Schuyler Lestrade (1884-1965), a New Yorker who flew as a pilot in World War I (see photographs in folders 3-4) and later became president of Hydrox Chemical Co. The collection traces the Lestrade family's descent from the Kip and Schuyler families, two early and important families in New York's history.
The earliest papers in the collection document the admissions of Charles H. Close (1819-1873) to the New-York Historical Society in 1856. Close appears near the end of Edwin R. Purple's Contributions to the History of the Kip Family of New York and New Jersey, when he marries Mary Van Antwerp Lynch (b.1821), a direct Kip descendant, in 1839. Their daughter, Emma Louise Close (1840-1901), marries Charles Peter Schuyler (1839-1874) of New York in 1860. Charles and Emma Schuyler's daughter, Mary V. Schuyler (1861-1916), marries James Wilkie Lestrade (1854-1937) in 1882. The Lestrades have three sons, Harold, Louis, and Schuyler.
Arrangement
The documents and photographs in this collection remain in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogical information about the Kip and Schuyler families, including Edwin R. Purple's Contributions to the History of the Kip Family of New York and New Jersey with manuscript additions, manuscript notes about the "colonial Schuyler line," papers related to Charles H. Close's admission to the New-York Historical Society, and a manuscript "pedigree of Mary N. Close and Emma L. Schuyler."
The rest of the collection focuses on Schuyler Lestrade, a Kip and Schuyler descendant on his mother's side. Photographs document Lestrade's childhood and his time as a pilot. The collection includes many photographs of biplanes from the 1910s, including images that may be from World War I.
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Access Restrictions
Materials in this collection may be stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.
Use Restrictions
Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New York Historical, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org.
Preferred Citation
The collection should be cited as: Kip, Schuyler, and Lestrade Family Papers, MS 3266, The New York Historical.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Kerry Bonaiuto, 2025.
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Processing Information
An album holding photographs was disbound and the photographs placed in mylar sleeves (folders 3-4).