Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Hubbard family papers, 1639-1925 |
|---|---|
| Span Dates | 1639-1925 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1830-1897) |
| ID No. | MSS57364 |
| Creator | Hubbard family |
| Extent | 7,500 items |
| Extent | 19 containers plus 1 oversize |
| Extent | 7.6 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012170 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm80057364 |
| Summary | Chiefly correspondence supplemented by diaries, notes, drawings, poems, speeches and writings, and printed material of various members of the Hubbard family and their relatives, primarily Gardiner G. Hubbard, his wife, Gertrude Mercer McCurdy Hubbard , father, Samuel Hubbard, and father-in-law, Robert Henry McCurdy. Includes material relating to Gardiner Hubbard's interest in the education of the deaf, the Caledonia Mines, ranching in Washington state, and the development of the Bell telephone system in Europe; also includes papers relating to Robert Henry McCurdy's activities during the Civil War, especially with the Union Defence Committee in New York. |