Cheney family papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SSC-MS-00240

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Cheney Family Papers include typescripts of family letters and photographs (photocopies), edited and bound by Eileen Learned in 1988.

Dates of Materials

1836-1904

Creator

Cheney family (Family)

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

Materials in this collection may be governed by copyright. For reproductions of materials that are governed by fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. Researchers are responsible for determining who may hold materials' copyrights and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from Smith College Special Collections to move forward with their use.

Biographical / Historical

Mary (Bushnell) Cheney (?- 22 Jun 1917), daughter of Horace Bushnell, married Frank Woodbridge Cheney (5 Jun 1832-26 May 1909) in 1863. They had 12 children. Frank worked in silk manufacturing and travelled to China and elsewhere. He was also a lieutenant colonel in the Civil War. They lived in Hartford, Connecticut and in Keene Valley, New York.

Extent

0.229 linear feet (1 container)

Additional Description

Abstract

Executive, silk industry; Homemaker. Typescripts of family letters and photographs (photocopies).

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Cheney family papers
Subtitle: Finding Aid
Date: 2006
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin

Revision Statements

07/26/2017: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
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