CONTAINER LIST

BOX 1: MARION DEVRIES PAPERS

1.1: DEVRIES FAMILY DEEDS

a-John Hood land, Baltimore County MD (1760)

b-Gaib DeVries land, Carroll County MD (1843)

c-Henry DeVries land, Anne Arundel County MD (1850)

d-Henry DeVries land, Carroll County MD (1850)

1.2: WILL OF OWEN ELDER, CARROLL COUNTY MD (1857) [father-in-law of Executor, Henry DeVries; states that Elder's land shall be sold to DeVries]

1.3: "HOW TO KNOW THE NATIONAL CITY" [incl. Map] (1894) [probably used by Congressman Marion DeVries]

1.4: MISC. POLITICAL CORRESP. (1899-1927)

a-Alice M. Birney et al. to Mrs. Marion DeVries, 11-13-99 [request for support for removal of Utah Congressman for bigamy]

b-MdV to Wm. Burgess, Syracuse NY, 8-1-08

c-MdV to R.C. Scomp, Thornton CA, 5-13-12

d-MdV to Albert M. Stiljes, Oakland CA, 11-15-12

e-W. Tumelty, Pres. Woodrow Wilson's scty. to MdV, 1-12-14

f-Sen. Claude A. Swanson, VA to MdV, 1-14-14

g-Rep. O.W. Underwood to MdV, 1-27-14

h-J.C. McReynolds, US Attorney General to MdV, 2-5-14 [2 pp.]

i-Rep. O.W. Underwood to MdV, 2-13-14

j-E.S. Pillsbury, atty. to MdV, 3-12-14

k-Rep. Champ Clark to MdV, 3-19-14 [2 pp.]

l-E.S. Pillsbury, atty to MdV, 3-27-14

m-W. Tumelty, Pres. Woodwrow Wilson's scty to MdV, 5-15-14

n-ESP to MdV, 5-15-14

o-Garret W. McEnerney, atty to MdV, 5-16-14

p-Sen. William E. Borah to MdV, 5-29-14

q-Sen. Reed Smoot to MdV, 6-3-14

r-Ruskin McArdle to MdV, 10-23-14

s-Geo. F. De Venny, scty to MdV, to Mrs. Ella M. Gross, Baltimore MD, 4-13-27

1.5: MARION DEVRIES BUSINESS PAPERS (1899-1925)

a-D.B. Hamilton to MdV, 12-15-99

b-Cement Age subscription notices, 1909 [two postcards]

c-L. Barth, China & Glass, NYC to MdV, 8-12-12

d-Do., 9-4-12

e-Do., 10-11-12

f-Ben Colborn, Oakland CA, 8-23-16

g-Haden Smith, Woodland CA to MdV, 9-18-16

h-H. Byers, San Francisco CA note to MdV?, n.d. [pencil on Central Hotel stationery, 1915]

i-David S. Rosenbaum, Stockton CA to MdV, 4-15-14

j-Robt. H. Wright, Stockton CA to MdV, 9-11-15

k-Promissory note from MdV to Eliza J. DeVries, 4-30-24

l-MdV check for $4,000 to Eliza J. DeVries, 5-1-25

1.6: DEVRIES FAMILY CORRESP. (1910; 1924-1925)

a-W.G. DeVries, Lodi to L.E. Russell, 11-7-10

b-"Aunt Eliza," Baltimore to "My Dear Nephew," 3-17-24

c-Eliza J. DeVries, Baltimore MD to Wm. A. Sellman, 5-26-25 [2 pp.]

1.7: MARION DEVRIES BUSINESS RECEIPTS (1898-1928) [4 items]

1.8: MISC. BANK STMTS. INCL. LODI RANCH CHECK REGISTER (1928)

1.9: MISCELLANY

a-Sen. Reed Smoot, UT. "Cotton Tariff Speech," 1909

b-Ira J. Condit. "The Loquat," 1915

c-"Map of property at Wantagh [NY]...purchased by A.H. Balcom and D.S. Denton," n.d.

d-MdV certificate of appt. as Asst. Sgt. At Arms to Republican Natl. Convention, 1920

e-Estate of Eliza J. DeVries fire insurance policies, 1928-1929

1.10:MARION DEVRIES MEMORABILIA: Invitations to White House functions, 1898-1902 [7 items; incl. seating chart]

1.11: MARION DEVRIES MEMORABILIA: Other Political Invitations, 1898-1900 [7 items; incl. receptions for Gov. of Texas, Hawaii & Penna. & Senators from NY; 3 passes to House of Representatives]

1.12: MARION DEVRIES MEMORABILIA: Invitations to Non-political Ceremonies [8 items; incl. Trans-Mississippi Exposition & NY Electrical Society (1898); Minnesota Natl. Park & Forestry Assn. & Natl. Export Exposition (1899)]

1.13: MARION DEVRIES MEMORABILIA: Invitations to College Ceremonies [5 items; incl. Domincan College, San Rafael CA (1896); Georgetown Law School graduation (1898); inauguration of Benj. Ide Wheeler, Pres. of University of California (1899)]

1.14: MARION DEVRIES MEMORABILIA: Invitations to Club Functions [7 items; incl. Iroquois Club, San Francisco (1898); Gridiron Club, Washington DC (1900)]

1.15: MARION DEVRIES MEMORABILIA: Invitations to Weddings, Funerals, etc. [25 items; incl. Thank you note from Mrs. McKinley following husband's death]

1.16: WILLIAM H. BURROUGHS, NYC---BUSINESS CORRESP., 1910-1915 [30 items]

1.17: WILLIAM H. BURROUGHS, NYC---BUSINESS CORRESP., 1916 [16 items]

1.18: WILLIAM H. BURROUGHS, NYC---BUSINESS CORRESP., 1917-1923 [34 items]

1.19: WILLIAM H. BURROUGHS, NYC---BUSINESS PAPERS, 1910-1922 [12 items; Articles of Incorporation of City & Urban Railway Co., NYC, 1910]

1.20: ABANDONED RAILWAY AT LINDENHURST, L.I. (1915) [3 snapshots]