Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Biographical Note
- Scope and Content Note
- Subject Headings
- Related Material
- Administrative Information
- Access and Use
- Note
- Encoding Information
- Series List
- Container List
Collection Summary
Repository: | Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries |
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Creator: | McKinney family |
Title: | McKinney Family Papers |
Dates: | 1823-1964 |
Quantity: | 4.6 cubic feet (29 boxes) |
Abstract: | Papers of the McKinney Family from the McKinney Family Papers. Contains correspondence, notes, clippings, obituaries, business papers and ephemera. |
Biographical Note
The three parts of the McKinney Family papers are the Jean Webster Papers, the Samuel Clemens Papers and the McKinney Family Papers. The common thread amongst these groups of materials is Jean Webster. She was the grand niece of Samuel Clemens, and became part of the McKinney Family when she married Glenn Ford McKinney (see the McKinney chart below).
Glenn Ford McKinney was the son of John Luke McKinney (co-founder of Standard Oil) and Ida DeEtte Ford. Ida and John also had a daughter, Ethelyn McKinney, a member of the Smith College Class of 1895.
TopMcKinney Family Genealogy
1770 | John McKinney born in Ireland |
ca. 1790-1800? | John McKinney married Rebecca Arthur |
1810 | James McKinney (one of John and Rebecca's eight children) born |
1837 | James McKinney married Lydia Drury Turner |
1842 | John Luke McKinney (son of James and Lydia) born in Pittsfield, PA |
1866 | John Luke McKinney married Ida DeEtte Ford (daughter of John C. Ford and Jerusha Jane Dalrymple) |
1869 | Glenn Ford McKinney born |
1871 or 1872 | Ida Ethelyn McKinney born |
Scope and Content Note
The McKinney Family Papers include correspondence, photographs, legal papers, ephemera and genealogical papers for members of the McKinney and related families. The collection also includes some family photographs, notably of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
The McKinney Family Papers form only one part of the McKinney Family Papers.
TopAccess and Use
Access
This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.
Related Material
- Materials related to Samuel Clemens and Jean Webster have been separated from this collection and grouped into their respective collections:
Subject Headings
Names:
- Clemens family
- Connor, Charlotte B.
- Ford, Ida DeEtte McKinney
- Ford, Jerusha Jane Dalrymple
- Ford, John C., 1820-1896
- McKinney, Ethelyn
- McKinney, George R.
- McKinney, Glenn Ford
- McKinney, James
- McKinney, John Luke
- McKinney, John, ca. 1770-1840
- Moffett family
- Turner family
- Turner, Lydia Drury
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
- Webster family
- Webster, Jean, 1876-1916
Subjects:
- Family--New York (State)
- Women--Diaries
Document Types:
- Diaries
- Ephemera
- Photographs
VCL Categories:
- Family
Encoding Information
Finding aid encoded by Jason Kovari, 26 February 2009. Updated by Emma Gronbeck, March 2024.
TopAdministrative Information
Preferred Citation
The McKinney Family Papers, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections Library Staff.
Acquisition Information
Included in the gift of the Jean Webster McKinney Family Papers, given to the college in 1977 by Jean Connor, Jean Webster's daughter, and her husband, Ralph Connor.
Series List
Series I. John McKinney (Box 1) |
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Series II. James McKinney and Lydia Drury Turner (Box 1) |
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Series III. John Luke McKinney (Boxes 2-8) |
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Series IV. John C. Ford (Box 9) |
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Series V. Jerusha Jane Dalrymple Ford (Box 9) |
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Series VI. Ida DeEtte Ford McKinney (Boxes 9-10) |
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Series VII. Glenn Ford McKinney (Boxes 11-13 and 29) | |
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Subseries A: Glenn Ford McKinney Materials | |
Subseries B: Jean Webster to Glenn Ford McKinney Materials |
Series VIII. Ethelyn McKinney (Boxes 14-22) |
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Series IX. Photographs (Boxes 23-28) | |
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Subseries A: McKinney Family Photographs | |
Subseries B: Clemens Family Photographs | |
Subseries C: Moffett Family Photographs | |
Subseries D: Webster Family Photographs |
Series X. Ephemera (Box 28) |
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Container List
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Details
Papers of the McKinney Family from
the McKinney Family Papers. Contains correspondence, notes, clippings, obituaries,
business papers and ephemera.