Manierre family - genealogy, 1920s-1930s
Scope and Content of the Collection
Genealogical information, correspondence, photographs, and other mementos of the Carpenter family, and other related families including Snow, Isham, and Manierre.
The collection seems to have been assembled by Harriet Isham Carpenter, wife of George A. Carpenter, and contains genealogical research into her background, including the Isham, Manierre, and Snow families. Her grandfather George Snow built one of the first houses in the U.S. to utilize "balloon frame" construction and some material pertains to her quest to assert that he was the inventor of this method, but this has not been proven. Other materials include genealogical information on the Carpenter family, a book of notes on corporate legal cases kept by George A. Carpenter, letters from Abigail and Benjamin Carpenter, a written reminiscence of the arrivals of the Williams and Snow families in Chicago by Mary W. Blatchford, photographs, and other mementos.
Dates
- Creation: 1920s-1930s
Creator
- From the Collection: Carpenter, Benjamin (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The Carpenter family papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org