Series II. Bound Volumes, 1853-1932, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
The series includes the various bound volumes in the collection. These include 14 volumes of copies of Smith's outgoing, typed letters from 1904-1925. (Series I includes handwritten drafts of at least some of Smith's outgoing letters.) One volume includes summaries of events/actions related to Smith's legal matters for years 1913-1924, which can serve as something of a guide for some of the documents found in Series III. Five volumes relate to his work on damage claims and assessments in connection with street openings. 15 volumes include Smith's notes he took as a student at Columbia Law School and two volumes include his later reference notes on various case law. Other volumes, many of them pocket size and sometimes obscure in purpose, are account books (including one of 1883 for the People's Ice Company), daily calendars, receipt and check stubs, and a few other small items.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject matter/content.
Letterpress copybooks (outgoing correspondence) (8 volumes), 1904 May-August 1914, inclusive
Letterpress copybooks (outgoing correspondence) (6 volumes), 1914 September-1925 July, inclusive
Notes on Smith's cases, 1913-1924, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Volume includes a record of Smith's cases with daily entries of events related to each case.
Chauncey Smith notebook, 1866-1874, inclusive
Scope and Contents
A small notebook dated 1874, with no entries, but with a small number of letters and other documents to Chauncey Smith.
Index, circa 1868-1900?, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Volume holds various lists of records: list of maps on hand, map abstracts, catalogue of books, etc. Appears to have been started in the 1880s, with record of earlier dated items, and extending to perhaps 1900.
Notes on street openings, 1890s, inclusive
"Bender's Lawyer's Diary and Directory", 1914-1915, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Published book with various references for lawyers, with daily calendars that include some entries by Smith.
"Diary", 1926, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Appears to be a courtesy daily calendar printed for publicity purposes by the National Title Guaranty Company. Smith made no entries in the book.
Pocket calendar diary, 1932, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Has some entries by Smith.
Assessments and Awards (3 volumes), undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Assessments for 138th Street, Morris Ave., Willis Ave., 149th Steeet, Westchester Ave., Cliff Street, Tinton Ave., 156th Street, and 161st Street. Awards for damages on the same, and Prospect Ave.
Account book for Webster Avenue damages, undated, inclusive
Account book of People's Ice Company, 1883, inclusive
Notes on case law (2 volumes), 1880s?-1920s?, inclusive
Scope and Contents
These do not appear to be Smith's cases, but rather notes in alphabetical order by topic concerning cases on various matters for legal reference.
Notebooks from Columbia College Law School (15 volumes), 1869-1870, inclusive
Account books (10 volumes), 1870-1900, undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Small account books, most undated, and most unclear as to purpose. Some related to groceries. One holds a schedule (1893) of presumably local baseball teams, with some scores.
Bank deposit books (2 volumes), 1853, 1917, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Account of John Golder (1853) and Patrick Kerley (1917).
Receipt stubs (9 volumes), 1901-1919, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Appears to be primarily rent payment receipts.
Check stubs, 1869-1870, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Chauncey Smith checkbook (only stubs with notations in book). Other checkbooks and stubs of Chauncey Smith are found in various boxes in Series III.