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BOX II:OV 1-II:OV 4 |
Part II: Oversize, 1861-1871
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An oversized certificate, a passport, drawings, and a manuscript. |
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Arranged according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items
were removed. |
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BOX II:OV 1 |
Miscellany |
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BOX II:OV 1 |
Certificate awarded to Schuyler,
1861 (Container II:4, same heading) |
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BOX II:OV 2 |
Passport in Russian,
1871 (Container II:5, same heading) |
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BOX II:OV 3 |
Unidentified items |
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BOX II:OV 3 |
Drawings of a plaque,
circa 1868 (Container II:5, same heading) |
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BOX II:OV 4 |
Summary of "Lettre de
Yozgat" concerning the treatment of Armenians in Yozgat İli, Turkey,
author unknown, undated (Container II:5, same
heading) |
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BOX III:1-III:3 |
Part III: Correspondence, 1859-1933
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The Correspondence series contains correspondence to and from Schuyler as well as
some third-party correspondence. The series is divided into family, general and
third party. The bulk of Schuyler’s writings to his family consists of letters to
his sister, Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer. Correspondence to Schuyler include letters
from George H. Boker, Samuel S. Cox, Nicholas Fish II, Edward A. Freeman, Sir
Henry H. Howorth, Marshall Jewell, and Frederick William Seward and mostly relate
to Schuyler's professional work. Third-party correspondence includes letters
written to Schuyler’s wife, Gertrude Wallace King Schuyler from her sister, Mary
King Waddington from Paris during World War I, as well as some correspondence to
Schuyler’s sister Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer and her husband, Charles Ashmead
Schaeffer. |
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Arranged largely as family, general, and third-party correspondence and therein
chronologically. |
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BOX III:1 |
Family correspondence from
Schuyler |
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BOX III:1 |
1859-1868
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BOX III:1 |
1870-1873
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BOX III:1 |
1879
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BOX III:1 |
1882-1890, undated
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(9 folders) |
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BOX III:1 |
General
correspondence |
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BOX III:1 |
From Schuyler |
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BOX III:1 |
1871-1890,
undated
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(5 folders) |
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BOX III:1 |
To Schuyler |
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BOX III:1 |
1868-1890,
undated
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(14 folders) |
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BOX III:2 |
Letters to Schuyler from
Marshall Jewell, 1874-1881,
undated
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(2 folders) |
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BOX III:2 |
Lists of correspondents,
undated
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BOX III:2 |
Official diplomatic
correspondence, 1872-1876,
undated
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BOX III:2 |
Telegram regarding Napoleon
III's surrender to Prussia, 1870
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BOX III:2 |
Third party |
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BOX III:2 |
Letters between Evelyn
Schuyler Schaeffer (sister) and The National Cyclopedia of American
Biography, 1932-1933
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BOX III:2 |
Letters to Charles Ashmead
Schaeffer (brother-in-law), 1870, 1889-1896
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BOX III:2 |
Letters to Evelyn Schuyler
Schaeffer, 1892, 1898, 1905,
1911, 1918
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BOX III:2 |
Letters to Gertrude Key
Schuyler Schaeffer (niece) from Eugene Schaeffer (nephew), 1894-1898
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BOX III:2 |
Letters to Gertrude Wallace King Schuyler
from |
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BOX III:2 |
Miscellaneous, 1903, 1915,
undated
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BOX III:2 |
Waddington, Mary King
(sister), 1892, 1910-1915
undated
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BOX III:3 |
Miscellaneous, 1870, 1887-1893, 1898-1905,
1915, undated
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BOX III:3-III:4 |
Part III: Writings File, 1855-1890
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The Writings File contains writings by Schuyler, including diary entries,
translations, and writings by other authors on Schuyler's life and additional
translations. Diary entries include fragments of Schuyler’s diary from 1868-1890.
The series also includes a speech given by Schuyler on the superstitions connected
with days of the week, a report on a conference in Constantinople (Istanbul) in
1877, and several translations by Schuyler of Russian accounts of pilgrimages and
journeys to Constantinople (Istanbul) and Jerusalem in the fifteenth century.
Writings by others include a paper entitled “Prelude to Turkistan” by Frank G.
Siscoe on the events in Schuyler’s life that led to him writing his book Turkistan: Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand,
Bukhara, and Kuldja (1876). In addition, there are several items written
in an unknown hand on the various European Orders, and several translations
including “The Bondage and Travels of Johannes Schiltberger” and a translation of
Tolstoy’s “Sevastopol Sketches.” |
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Arranged by author and therein alphabetically by type of material. |
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BOX III:3 |
By Schuyler |
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BOX III:3 |
Diary entries, 1868-1869, 1875-1878,
1888-1890
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(3 folders) |
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BOX III:3 |
"Myths. Sagas. Mährchen.
Skazki." circa
1867
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BOX III:3 |
Other writings and notes,
undated
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(2 folders) |
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BOX III:3 |
Report from the Conference
of Constantinople, 1877
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BOX III:3 |
"Superstitions Connected
with the Days of the Week," 1877-1878
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BOX III:3 |
Translations |
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BOX III:4 |
"Journey of Simeon of
Suzdal to Italy," undated
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BOX III:3 |
"Journey of the Deacon
Ignatius from Moscow to Tsargrad and Jerusalem," undated
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BOX III:3 |
"Journey of the Monk
Arsenius Sukhonuf to Jerusalem," undated
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BOX III:4 |
"Journey to Tsargrad of
Alexander the Scribe," undated
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BOX III:4 |
"Lost Child," undated
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BOX III:4 |
"Pilgrimage and Stay in
Tsargrad and Jerusalem of the Sinful Monk Zosmius Deacon of the Monastery
of Sergius," undated
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BOX III:4 |
Stephen of Novgorod's
"Wanderer," undated
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BOX III:4 |
By Frank G. Siscoe, "Prelude to
Turkistan," undated
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BOX III:4 |
By unidentified
writers |
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BOX III:4 |
Information about the orders
and decorations of Europe, circa
1889, undated
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BOX III:4 |
Miscellaneous writings and
notes, circa 1880s,
undated
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BOX III:4 |
Translations |
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BOX III:4 |
"Bondage and Travels of
Johannes Schiltberger," undated
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BOX III:4 |
"Pilgrim's Book of the
Monk Daniel," undated
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BOX III:4 |
"Sevastopol Sketches," by
Leo Tolstoy, circa
1855
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BOX III:4 |
"Travels of Afanasiĭ
Nikitich Nikitin," undated
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BOX III:4 |
Part III: Printed Matter, 1868-1914
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The Printed Matter series consists mainly of newspaper clippings documenting
Schuyler's career as a writer and author, and miscellaneous pamphlets. Newspaper
clippings are separated by subjects, such as reviews of Selected Essays with a Memoir by Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer in 1901, clippings related to Schuyler’s “Turkish Atrocities in Bulgaria”
(1876), clippings regarding Schuyler’s career as a diplomat, and Schuyler’s
obituary as collected by a clipping service. Also included are miscellaneous
pamphlets related to Schuyler’s social and academic activities. |
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Arranged alphabetically by type of material. |
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BOX III:4 |
Newspaper clippings |
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BOX III:4 |
The
Egyptian Gazette, 1890
See also Container III:OV 1,
same heading
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BOX III:4 |
Le
Phare D'Alexsandrie, 1890
See also Container III:OV 1,
same heading
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BOX III:4 |
Schuyler's career, circa 1880s
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BOX III:4 |
Selected Essays with a Memoir by Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer, 1901
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BOX III:4 |
"Turkish Atrocities in
Bulgaria," 1876
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BOX III:4 |
Miscellaneous, 1868, 1892, 1901, 1914,
undated
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BOX III:4 |
Pamphlets, 1888-1890,
undated
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BOX III:5 |
Part III: Family Genealogy, 1624-1964
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The Family Genealogy series consists of a variety of items relating to the
Schuyler family including information gathered by George Washington Schuyler about
the Schuyler family from the seventeenth century to the descendants of Evelyn
Schuyler Schaeffer in the early twentieth century. The series includes biographies
and obituaries of Schuyler family members including George Washington Schuyler and
Matilda Scribner Schuyler, the parents of Eugene and Evelyn, Evelyn’s husband,
Charles Ashmead Schaeffer, and her son-in-law, John Dunlop. There are also several
items and photographs relating to Evelyn’s daughter, Gertrude Key Schuyler
Schaeffer Dunlop and her family, and drafts of Evelyn’s memoir. Also included are
notes and information related to the Schuyler family tree dating back to 1624, and
letters George Schuyler wrote to his son about his discoveries on family genealogy
from 1878 to 1879. |
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Arranged alphabetically by type of material. |
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BOX III:5 |
Biographies and obituaries,
1888-1889, 1905, 1931,
undated
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(2 folders) |
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BOX III:5 |
Dunlop, Gertrude Key Schuyler
Schaeffer (niece), and family, 1908, 1918, 1930, 1952, 1964, undated
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(2 folders) |
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BOX III:5 |
Memoir by Evelyn Schuyler
Schaeffer, draft and notes, undated
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(2 folders) |
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BOX III:5 |
Schuyler family tree, 1624-1809, 1839,
1871-1897
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BOX III:5 |
Letters from George
Washington Schuyler (father) to Eugene regarding family genealogy, 1878-1879
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BOX III:5 |
Part III: Miscellany, 1841-1908
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The Miscellany series contains notes and ephemera from Schuyler’s personal life,
including his 1877 marriage certificate to Gertrude Wallace King Schuyler in
Paris, and items from his professional life. Also included in this series are
calling cards (representing both Schuyler and his guests), papers regarding
Schuyler’s diplomatic appointments to Serbia, Romania, and Greece, awards Schuyler
received, most notably for his work on documenting the Turkish atrocities in
Bulgaria, and certificates of membership to professional and social clubs. |
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Arranged alphabetically by type of material. |
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BOX III:5 |
Awards, 1876-1888, undated
See also Container III:OV 2,
same heading
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BOX III:5 |
Calling cards, undated
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BOX III:5 |
Diplomatic appointments, 1878-1882
See also Container III:OV 3,
same heading
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BOX III:5 |
Marriage certificate of Eugene
Schuyler and Gertrude Wallace King, 1877
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BOX III:5 |
Membership certificates, 1870-1880
See also Container III:OV 3,
same heading
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BOX III:5 |
Notes and ephemera, 1841, 1880, 1887, 1897, 1908,
undated
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BOX III:OV 1-III:OV 3 |
Part III: Oversize, 1870-1890
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The Oversize series contains printed matter related to Schuyler, including two
1890 Egyptian newspapers containing Schuyler's obituary. Oversize items relate
mainly to Schuyler’s career and include diplomatic appointments, awards and
proclamations (in Russian and Italian), memberships to academic and professional
associations, and an 1862 certificate allowing Schuyler to practice law in New
York. |
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Arranged according to the series, containers, and folders from which the materials
were removed. |
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BOX III:OV 1 |
Printed Matter |
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BOX III:OV 1 |
Newspaper clippings,
obituaries |
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BOX III:OV 1 |
The
Egyptian Gazette, 1890
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BOX III:OV 1 |
Le
Phare D'Alexsandrie, 1890
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BOX III:OV 2 |
Miscellany |
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BOX III:OV 2 |
Awards, 1876-1888,
undated
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BOX III:OV 3 |
Diplomatic appointments,
1872-1882
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BOX III:OV 3 |
Membership certificates,
1870-1880
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