Mss 0005 Seton Jevons family papers, 1780s-1930 Mss 0005 Finding aid prepared by Collection processed by and finding aid prepared by Stephen E. Novak, Archival Intern, N.Y.U.

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4 May 1982 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-09-24T16:34-0400 Finding aid written in English. Describing Archives: A Content Standard Seton Jevons family papers Mss 0005 The Monsignor Field Archives & Special Collection Center 20.0 Linear feet , Approximately 45,000 items. 1780s-1930 The collection contains the papers of the Seton family of New York City and the Jevons family of Liverpool, England and New York City. Seton Jevons family Biographical Note

William Seton Sr. (1796-1868): Son of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton. Lived at "Cragdon" in what is now the Bronx. Spent much time with his family in Europe during the 1850's.

Emily Prime Seton (1800-1854): Daughter of Nathaniel Prime and Cornelia Sands. Wife of W. Seton Sr. Died at Pau, France.

William Seton Jr. (1835-1905): Son of William Seton Sr. and Emily Prime Seton. Attended Mt. St. Mary's, Emmitsburg, Md. c. 1850-51. Illinois homesteader; lawyer; Captain in the 4th NY Volunteers during the Civil War. Author of several novels for children. A leading American Catholic popularizer of theory of evolution. Lived 1870-1883 in Munich. Married Sarah Redwood Parish in 1884.

Henry Seton (1839-1927): Son of William Seton Sr. and Emily Prime Seton. Attended Mt. St. Mary's Emmitsburg, Md. c. 1850-51. In Australian Army c. 1860, Served as Captain in Civil War. Remained in Army until c.1901. Married Anne Foster of New Hampshire with whom he had 2 sons.

Robert Seton (1839-1927): Son of William Seton Sr. and Emily Prime Seton. Attended Mt. St. Mary's Emmitsburg, Md. c. 1850-51. Studied in Rome at North American College and Academia Ecclesiastica dei Nobili. Ordained 1865. Chaplain, St. Elizabeth's Convent, Convent Station, NJ, 1867-1876, Pastor, St. Joseph's, Jersey City, NJ, 1876-1901. Consecrated archbishop of Heliopolis, 1903. Resided at Rome, 1902-1914; Mt. St. Mary's, 1915; Eaux Bonns, France, c.1916-1921; St. Elizabeth's Convent, Convent Station, NJ, 1921-1927. Author of An Old Family, or the Setons of Scotland and America (1899) and Memories of Many Years (1923).

Emily Seton (1836-1868): Daughter of William Seton Sr. and Emily Prime Seton. Educated at Sacre Coeur, Paris.

Elizabeth Seton (1840-1906): Daughter of William Seton Sr. and Emily Prime Seton. Educated at Sacre Coeur, Paris. Lived in Munich 1870-1883 with her brother William. Afterwards resided with her cousin Nina Prime at Huntington, L.I., NY.

Helen Seton (d.1906): Daughter of William Seton Sr. and Emily Prime Seton. Educated Sacre Coeur, Paris. Entered Sisters of Mercy in 1876 at New York, taking the name Sr. Mary Catherine.

Isabel Seton (d.1929): Daughter of William Seton Sr. and Emily Prime Seton. Educated at Sacre Coeur, Paris. Married Thomas E. Jevons in 1870. Four children. Lived in NYC, 'The Drift" at Huntington, L.I., N.Y. and Atlantic City.

Catherine Seton (1800-1891): Daughter of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton. Entered Sisters of Mercy in 1847 at NYC taking the name Sr. Mary Catherine.

Thomas J. Jevons (1791-1855): Liverpool iron merchant. Married to Mary Ann Roscoe.

Lucy Jevons Hutton (1830-1910): Oldest daughter of Thomas J. Jevons and Mary Ann Roscoe. Married John Hutton, 1862. Mother of Josephine Hutton (1867-1910). Lived in Liverpool, Wales, Buxton, West Heslerton (Yorks.) and Pitsea (Essex) England.

William Stanley Jevons (1835-1882): Son of Thomas J. Jevons and Mary Ann Roscoe. Distinguished economist, logician and social scientist. Author of many works including The Coal Question (1865) and Theory of Political Economy (1871). Married Mary Ann Taylor of Manchester in 1867. Three children.

Thomas E. Jevons (1841-1919): Son of Thomas J. Jevons and Mary Ann Roscoe. Graduated from University of London. Immigrated to New York City in 1865 as agent for Liverpool shipping firm of Rathbone Bros. & Co. Became partner in Busk & Jevons (1868). Eventually settled at "The Drift," Huntington, L.I. ( c.1902). Married Isabel Seton in 1870. They had four children.

Reginald Jevons (Rex) (1872-1907): Son of Thomas E. Jevons and Isabel Seton. Attended Giggleswick School, Settle, North Yorkshire, England and Cambridge University. Worked with father at Busk & Jevons.

Thomas Seton Jevons (1874-?): Son of Thomas E. Jevons and Isabel Seton. Attended Giggleswick School, Settle, North Yorkshire, England. Graduated from Clare College, Cambridge University, c.1899. Member of English and New York Bar. Returned to U.S. in 1907. Practiced law; member, War Trade Board, 1917-1918. Probably died c.1960.

Ferdinand T.R. Jevons (1876-1967): Son of Thomas E. Jevons and Isabel Seton. Attended Giggleswick School, Settle, North Yorkshire, England. Owner of sugar plantation in Santa Lucia, Priente, Cuba, c.1912-1917.

Marguerite Jevons (1871-1955): Daughter of Thomas E. Jevons and Isabel Seton. Privately tutored. Unmarried.

 Scope and Content of the Collection

The collection contains the papers of the Seton family of New York City and the Jevons family of Liverpool, England and New York City. Seton Jevons family members who feature prominently in the collection include Robert Seton, Thomas Seton Jevons, Isabel Seton Jevons, and others.

Included in the collection are: correspondence, photographs, drawings and engravings; holy cards and death notices; postcards and menus; bills and legal papers; genealogical material; report cards; newspaper clippings; William Seton Jr.'s prayer book; Elizabeth Seton's diary; broadsides and miscellaneous pamphlets.

The collection also includes a letter written by Elizabeth Ann Seton to her daughter Catherine, circa 1820, in Series XI.

Also included are early Seton letters: 1782-1787 consisting of seven letters, letter fragments and ship invoices of William Seton (1746-1798).

The Seton-Jevons Collection covers a wide variety of topics over a span of eighty years. A fairly extensive correspondence exists on the following subjects: W. Seton Jr. to W. Seton Sr. (1850s) and Robert Seton (1902-05); Robert Seton to T.S. Jevons (1902-1914); Rev. C.G. O'Keefe (Highland Falls, NY) and J. F. Edwards (Librarian, University of Notre Dame) to Robert Seton (1902-1914); Helen Seton to Elizabeth Seton; Catherine Seton to T.E.G. Jevons Dec. 12, 1883. William Seton Jr. to W. Seton Sr., Elizabeth Seton, Emily Seton; Emily Seton to Elizabeth Seton Sept. 21,1862; T.E.G. and WS Jevons's letters of each other, 1861-63. Life on a sugar plantation, Santa Lucia, Orients Province, Cuba 1912-1917. F.T.R. Jevons to his family. William Seton Jr. lived here in the late 1850's. Described in letters to his family. T.E.G. Jevons maintained extensive correspondence with family and friends in England. WS Jevons's letters to him, 1861-1882 are filled with information on the political, artistic, and intellectual currents of Great Britain, especially in Liverpool, Manchester and London. Henry Jevons, a cousin, wrote frequently of life in Liverpool. The Seton family traveled extensively in France, Germany and Italy in the 1850's. R. Seton wrote often to T.S. Jevons of his European travels and Roman society. He maintained correspondence with friends in several European countries. The Jevons made frequent trips to England and the Continent, 18870-1910. Dozens of Robert Seton's former Parishioners and associates kept in touch with him, 1902-1915. A partial list of frequent correspondents is attached. Letters form William, Henry and Robert Seton at Mt. St. Mary's to their parents, 1850-51; extensive correspondence between Reginald, Thomas Seton and Ferdinand Jevons and their parents wile they attended the Giggleswick School, Settle, North Yorkshire, England and Cambridge University, ca.1886-1900. Reginald Jevons recorded his impressions of a trip to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina (summer, 1898) in letters to his family. Arrangement of the collection

Correspondence is arranged by recipient, thereunder chronologically. A letter from Thomas E. Jevons to his wife would be found in Isabel Seton Jevon's papers under the appropriate date. At the end of each recipient's papers are a small number of outgoing letters as well as undated correspondence. Photographs are divided into persons and places, there-after alphabetically.

The collection is arranged in 22 series:

Series I. Early Seton Papers 1782-1790 Series II. Lucy Jevons Hutton papers 1852-1906 Series III. Ferdinand T.R. Jevons papers 1881-1960 Series IV. Isabel Seton Jevons papers 1870-1929 Series V. Marguerite Jevons papers 1883-1941 Series VI. Reginald Jevons papers 1880-1907 Series VII. Thomas E. Jevons papers 1851-1919 Series VIII. Thomas J. Jevons papers 1842-1847 Series IX. Thomas Seton Jevons papers 1881-1955 Series X. William Stanley Jevons papers 1862-1880 Series XI. Catherine Seton (Sister Mary Catherine) papers 1815-1862 Series XII. Elizabeth Seton papers 1857-1906 Series XIII. Emily Prime Seton papers 1828-1851 Series XIV. Emily Seton papers 1850-1862 Series XV. Helen Seton (Sister Mary Catherine) papers 1872-1899 Series XVI. Henry Seton papers 1855-1866 Series XVII. Robert Seton papers 1881-1923 Series XVIII. William Seton Sr. papers 1850-1866 Series XIX. William Seton Jr. papers 1850-1905 Series XX. Correspondence of unidentified recipients & ephemera ca. 1851-1900 Series XXI. Photographs 1860s-1920s Series XXII. Bills and Legal Papers 1813-1930 Preferred Citation:

[Item], in the Seton Jevons family papers, 1780s-1930, Mss 0005, in the Monsignor William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center, Walsh Library, Seton Hall University.

 Related Archival Materials note

Salt family letters, 1808-1917 (bulk 1850-1890), Mss 0035, in the Msgr. William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center.

Collection on Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1840-2006, Mss 0006, in the Msgr. William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center.

Jevons family papers can be found at the John Rylands Library, University of Manchester.

Seton Family material can be found at Notre Dame University ( Robert Seton Papers), Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md. and St. Elizabeth's College, Convent Station, NJ.

Published material includes: Papers and Correspondence of William Stanley Jevons (7 vols., London: Macmillian Co., 1972); Robert Seton, An Old Family, or the Seton in Scotland and America (Brandon's, New York, 1899); articles in the Dictionary of National Biography and the Dictionary of American Biography.

 Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to researchers at the Msgr. William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center. Advance appointments are required for the use of archival materials.

 Acquisition Information

Collection purchased from a Mr. Horowitz in Huntington, N.Y. by Msgr. William Noe Field, ca. 1977. The purchase was enabled by the gift of Delphine Perugine to Seton Hall University Library. The collection may have been purchased from the estate of Ferdinand T. Roscoe Jevons by Mr. Horowitz before coming to Seton Hall.

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The Seton Jevons family papers was arranged and cataloged through a grant from the Henderson Foundation. Collection processed by and finding aid prepared by Stephen E. Novak, Archival Intern, N.Y.U. The Msgr. Field Archives & Special Collections Center thanks both the Foundation and its President, Mrs. William T. Henderson, Sr. for their generosity and support.

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 Hutton, Lucy Jevons, 1830-1910 Jevons family--Archives. Jevons, Ferdinand T.R., 1876-1967 Jevons, Marguerite, 1871-1955 Jevons, Reginald "Rex", 1872-1907 Jevons, Thomas E., 1841-1919 Jevons, Thomas J., 1791-1855 Jevons, Thomas Seton, b. 1874 Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882 Seton family Seton, Catherine, 1800-1891 Seton, Elizabeth Ann, Saint, 1774-1821 Seton, Elizabeth, 1840-1906 Seton, Emily Prime, 1800-1854 Seton, Emily, 1836-1868 Seton, Helen (Sister Mary Catherine), d.1906 Seton, Henry, 1839-1927 Seton, Isabel, d.1929 Seton, Robert, 1839-1927 Seton, William, 1796-1868 Seton, William, 1835-1905 Catholics--United States--History--Sources. Diaries. Ephemera. Jersey City (N.J.)--History--Sources. Letters. Photographs. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources. Early Seton Papers Series I. 1 1 1782-1790 Barbara Seton. London. to William Seton. New York, Feb. 6, 1782 Nicholas Jacob van Staphorst, Amsterdam, to Messrs Curzon and Couveneur, New York, Nov. 29, 1785 Letter fragments from Barbara Seton (?), Ballymoyer Lodge near Newry, Ireland to William Seton, New York, ca. 1780s Memorandum of Agreement between John Lawrence, William Seton and George Berrian, Miles Oakley; New York, March 22, 1787 Ship Invoice, New York. March 1787 Ship Invoice, New York. March 1787 Ship Invoice, ca. 1780s Lucy Jevons Hutton papers Series II. 1852-1906 Correspondence, 1 2 1852; 1863-1865; and 1868-1869 Outgoing correspondence 1 3 1870-1906 "Broadside: "Popular Entertainment" Christ Church School, Branbury, England, (removed to oversize drawer 3) 1 4 1885 Ferdinand T.R. Jevons papers Series III. 1881-1960 Correspondence, 1 5 1881-1888 Correspondence, 1 6 1889 Correspondence, 1890 1 7 Correspondence, 1892 1 8 Correspondence, 1893 2 9 Correspondence, 1894-1997 2 10 Correspondence, 1898 2 11 Correspondence, 1899 2 12 Correspondence, 1900-1904 2 13 Correspondence, 1905-1911 2 14 Correspondence, 1912-1918 2 15 Correspondence, 1919 2 16 Correspondence, 1920-1926 2 17 Correspondence, 1927-1929 2 18 Outgoing correspondence, 3 19 1930-1960 and undated Notebook, 3 20 ca. 1898 Account book, 3 21 ca. 1928 Account book 3 22 ca. 1920s Bank Book, 3 23 ca. 1929 Travel Diary, 3 24 1929-1930 Giggleswick School Roster, 3 25 1890 Giggleswick Concert Program, 3 26 1888 World Map, 3 27 ca. 1920 Isabel Seton Jevons papers Series IV. 1870-1929 Correspondence, 3 28 1870-80 Correspondence, 3 29 1882-1885 Correspondence, 3 30 1886-1887 Correspondence, 4 31 1888 Correspondence, 4 32 1889 Correspondence, 4 33 1890 Correspondence, 4 34 1891 Correspondence, 4 35 1892 Correspondence, 4 36 1893 Correspondence, 5 37 1894-95 Correspondence, 5 38 1897 Correspondence, 5 39 1898 Correspondence, 5 40 Jan.-June, 1899 Correspondence, 5 41 July-Dec., 1899 Correspondence, 5 42 1896 Correspondence, 6 43 1900 Correspondence, 6 44 1901 Correspondence, 6 45 1902 Correspondence, 6 46 1903-05 Correspondence, 6 47 1906-15 outgoing correspondence, 6 48 1916-1929 Undated correspondence 6 49 Account book, 7 50 ca. 1920s Account book, 7 51 ca. 1920s Bank books, 7 52 ca. 1920s Check book, 7 53 ca. 1920s Market book, 7 54 1887 Market book 7 55 1890 Market book 7 56 1903 Market book 7 57 1903 Market book 7 58 1907 Market book undated 7 59 Market book, undated 7 60 Market book, undated 7 61 Market book, undated 7 62 Will 7 63 Marguerite Jevons papers Series V. 1883-1941 Correspondence, 8 64 1883-1886 Correspondence, 8 65 1887-1890 Correspondence, 8 66 1891 Correspondence, 8 67 1892 Correspondence, 8 68 1893 Correspondence, 8 69 1894 Correspondence, 8 70 1895 Correspondence, 8 71 1896 Correspondence, 9 72 1897 Correspondence, 9 73 1898 Correspondence, 9 74 1899 Correspondence, 9 75 1900 Correspondence, 9 76 1901 Correspondence, 9 77 1902-11 Correspondence, 10 78 1912 Correspondence, 10 79 1913 Correspondence, 10 80 1914 Correspondence, 10 81 1915-21 Correspondence, 10 82 1924-27 Correspondence, 10 83 1928-41 10 84 undated Dance Card, 10 85 1891 Notebook, undated 10 86 Giggleswick Athletic Program, 10 87 1890 Sketchbook, undated 10 88 Reginald Jevons papers Series VI. 1880-1907 Correspondence, 11 89 1880-89 Correspondence, 11 90 Jan.-June, 1890 Correspondence, 11 91 July-Dec., 1890 Correspondence, 11 92 1891 Correspondence, 11 93 Jan.-April, 1892 Correspondence, 11 94 May-Dec., 1892 Correspondence, 12 95 1893 Correspondence, 12 96 1894 Correspondence, 12 97 1895 Correspondence, 12 98 1896 Correspondence, 12 99 1897 Correspondence, 12 100 1898 Correspondence, 12 101 Jan.-March, 1899 Correspondence, 12 102 April-Dec., 1899 Correspondence, 13 103 1900 Correspondence, 13 104 1901 Correspondence, 13 105 1902 Correspondence, 13 106 1903 Correspondence, 13 107 1904 Correspondence, 13 108 1905 Outgoing correspondence, 13 109 1906-1907 undated 14 110 Account Book, 14 111 1899 Exercise Book, (possibly of T. S. Jevons) 14 112 ca. 1889 Notebooks 14 113 Phrenological Analysis, 14 114 1880 Thomas E. Jevons papers Series VII. 1851-1919 Scope and Contents note

The bulk of the undated correspondence is from Lucy Jevons Hutton who rarely put the year in her headings. The majority of the letters, however, seem to be from between 1890-1910.

 Correspondence, 14 115 1851-58 Correspondence, 14 116 1860-65 Correspondence, 14 117 1866-65 Correspondence, 14 118 1871-75 Correspondence, 14 119 1876 Correspondence, 15 120 1877-79 Correspondence, 15 121 1880 Correspondence, 15 122 1881 Correspondence, 15 183 1882 Correspondence, 15 124 1883 Correspondence, 15 125 1884 Correspondence, 15 126 1885 Correspondence, 16 127 Jan.-Aug., 1886 Correspondence, 16 128 Sept.-Dec., 1886 Correspondence, 16 129 1887 Correspondence, 16 130 1888 Correspondence, 16 131 Jan.-May, 1889 Correspondence, 16 132 June-Dec., 1889 Correspondence, 17 133 1890 Correspondence, 17 134 Jan.-July 20,1891 Correspondence, 17 135 July 21,-Dec., 1892 Correspondence, 17 136 Jan.-July, 1892 Correspondence, 17 137 Aug.-Dec., 1892 Correspondence, 18 138 1893 Correspondence, 18 139 1894 Correspondence, 18 140 1895 Correspondence, 18 141 Jan.-July, 1896 Correspondence, 18 142 Aug.-Dec., 1896 Correspondence, 18 143 1897 Correspondence, 19 144 Jan.-Sept., 1898 Correspondence, 19 145 Oct.-Dec., 1898 Correspondence, 19 146 1899 Correspondence, 19 147 Jan.-July, 1900 Correspondence, 19 148 Aug.-Dec., 1900 Correspondence, 20 149 Jan.-July, 1901 Correspondence, 20 150 Aug.-Dec., 1901 Correspondence, 20 151 Jan.-July, 1902 Correspondence, 20 152 Aug.-Dec., 1902 Correspondence, 21 153 Jan.-June, 1903 Correspondence, 21 154 July-Dec., 1903 Correspondence, 21 155 1904 Correspondence, 21 156 1906 Correspondence, 21 157 1905 Correspondence, 21 158 1908-1912 Correspondence, 21 159 1913 Outgoing correspondence, 22 160 1914-1919 Undated correspondence 22 161 Undated correspondence 22 162 Undated correspondence 22 163 Undated correspondence 22 164 Account book, 22 165 1877-84 Account book, 23 166 1877-84 Greek Examination, University College, London, 23 167 1859-60 Insurance Policy 23 168 1877 Logic by William Stanley Jevons, Macmillian & Co., London, inscribed by author 23 169 1876 Notebook, 23 170 ca. 1899 Notebook, undated 23 171 Notebook, undated 23 172 Petition of property owners, W. 71 St, N.Y.C., 23 173 1899 Report of Sanitary Inspection of The Drift Huntington, 23 174 1908 Specifications for alterations on The Drift Huntington, L.I., 23 175 1901 British Foreign Office, Letter of Recommendation, (Removed to oversized drawer 3) 23 176 1892 Thomas J. Jevons papers Series VIII. 1842-1847 Outgoing correspondence, 24 177 1842-1847 Thomas Seton Jevons papers Series IX. 1881-1955 Correspondence, 24 178 1881-89 Correspondence, 24 179 Jan.-Aug., 1890 Correspondence, 24 180 Sept.-Dec., 1890 Correspondence, 24 181 1891-1896 Correspondence, 24 182 1897-1901 Correspondence, 24 183 1902-03 Correspondence, 25 184 1904 Correspondence, 25 185 1905 Correspondence, 25 1906 1906 Correspondence, 25 187 1907 Correspondence, 25 188 1908 Correspondence, 25 189 1909 Correspondence, 25 190 1910-1911 Correspondence, 25 191 1912 Correspondence, 25 192 1913-1914 Correspondence, 26 193 1915-1917 Correspondence, 26 194 1918-1919 Correspondence, 26 195 1920-1922 Correspondence, 26 196 1928-1929; 1934-1935; 1938 Correspondence, 26 197 1944-1947; 1950 Outgoing correspondence, 26 198 1952-1953 and 1955 Correspondence, undated 26 199 Diary, 26 200 1887 Diary 26 201 1892 Anatomy Examination, 26 202 1890 The Giggleswick Chronicle Vol. 5, No. 39, 26 203 Nov. 1892 Giggleswick School Roster, 26 204 1890 Phrenological Analysis, 26 205 1880 Pamphlet, What is Botany?, 26 206 ca. 1890 Poetry-drafts 26 207 Prose-drafts 26 208 Prose-drafts 26 209 Prose-drafts 26 210 Prose-drafts 27 211 Prose-drafts 27 212 Prose-drafts 27 213 Prose-drafts 27 214 Prose-drafts 27 215 Prose-drafts 27 216 Prose-drafts 27 217 Prose-drafts 27 218 William Stanley Jevons papers Series X. 1862-1880 Correspondence, 27 219 1862 Correspondence, 27 220 1863 Correspondence, 27 221 1865 Correspondence, 27 222 1866 Correspondence, 27 223 1867 Correspondence, 27 224 1898-70 Correspondence, 28 235 1871-1873 Correspondence, 28 236 1874-1876 Correspondence, 28 237 1877-78 Correspondence, 28 238 1879-80 Catherine Seton (Sister Mary Catherine) papers Series XI. 1815-1862 Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter written by Elizabeth Ann Seton, Catherine's mother and the first American-born saint. A transcription of the letter done by Sr. Regina Bechtle of the Elizabeth Seton Writings Project is available.

 Correspondence, 28 225 ca. 1815; 1851; 1862 and undated Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter written by Elizabeth Ann Seton, Catherine's mother and the first American-born saint. The letter is undated and signed only "your own own," but was likely written in 1920 while Catherine was staying with the Tiernans in Baltimore. A transcription of the letter done by Sr. Regina Bechtle of the Elizabeth Seton Writings Project is available.

 Meditative writings 28 226 Elizabeth Seton papers Series XII. 1857-1906 Correspondence, 28 227 1857; 1859-1860; and 1862 Correspondence, 28 228 1872-1874 Correspondence, 28 229 1875-1876 Correspondence, 28 230 1880; 1882-1883 Correspondence, 28 231 1886; 1888-1891 Correspondence, 28 232 1892; 1895 Correspondence, 28 233 1905-1906; and undated Books Read and Diary, 28 234 1869-1884 Extraits de Sermons, extracts from sermons, St. Vincent de Paul Church, N.Y.; in French and German 29 239 Poems and Prose-probably work of Dan. Seton 29 240 Nathan Hale Assoc., Certificate of Membership, 29 241 1894 Emily Prime Seton papers Series XIII. 1828-1851 Outgoing correspondence, 29 242 1828-1829; 1838; and 1850-1851 Notebook, inscribed in Italian: "Emily to Laura." Written on the envelope in which it came: "Booklet given to Aunt Laura by Mother" 29 243 Emily Seton papers Series XIV. 1850-1862 Correspondence, 29 244 1850-1851; 1855; 1857; 1861-1862 Helen Seton (Sister Mary Catherine) papers Series XV. 1872-1899 Correspondence, 29 245 1872-73; 1877,1883 Poems 29 246 Will, 29 247 1899 Henry Seton papers Series XVI. 1855-1866 Correspondence, 29 248 1855-1857; 1862; 1866 Report of the U.S. Military Commission to the Crimean War, 1857. Captured by Union forces at the battle of Buena Vista, Fla., and presented to Henry Seton, 29 249 March 8, 1865 Robert Seton papers Series XVII. 1881-1923 Scope and Contents note

Correspondents of Robert Seton included: Agnes M. Wood, John Crimmins (NYC), P.E. Smyth, Pastor, St. Joseph's, and Robert Fitzpatrick (student, Seton Hall).

 Correspondence, 29 250 1881 and 1898 Correspondence from W. Seton, 29 251 1902 Correspondence from W. Seton, 30 252 Jan.-June, 1903 Correspondence from W. Seton, 30 253 July-Dec., 1903 Correspondence, 30 254 1904 Correspondence, 30 255 1905 Correspondence, 30 7 256 Jan-March, 1906 Correspondence, 30 257 April-May, 1906 Correspondence, 31 258 June-Aug., 1906 Correspondence, 31 259 Sept.-Nov., 1906 Correspondence, 31 260 Dec.-1-23, 1906 Correspondence, 31 261 Dec.24-31, 1906 Correspondence, 31 262 Jan., 1907 Correspondence, 31 263 Feb.-April, 1907 Correspondence, 31 264 May-Aug., 1907 Correspondence, 32 265 Sept.-Nov., 1907 Correspondence, 32 266 Dec., 1907 Correspondence, 32 1908 Jan.-March, 1908 Correspondence, 32 268 April-May, 1908 Correspondence, 32 269 June-Oct., 1908 Correspondence, 32 270 Nov.-Dec. 20, 1908 Correspondence, 33 271 Dec.21-Dec.31, 1908 Correspondence, 33 272 Jan.-Feb. 15, 1909 Correspondence, 33 273 Feb. 16,-March, 1909 Correspondence, 33 274 April-June, 1909 Correspondence, 33 275 July-Oct, 1909 Correspondence, 33 276 Nov.-Dec 12, 1909 Correspondence, 34 277 Dec. 13-31, 1909 Correspondence, 34 278 Jan.-Feb., 1910 Correspondence, 34 279 March-April, 1910 Correspondence, 34 280 May-Aug., 1910 Correspondence, 34 281 Sept.-Dec., 1910 Correspondence, 34 282 Jan.-March, 1911 Correspondence, 35 283 April-June, 1911 Correspondence, 35 284 July-Nov., 1911 Correspondence, 35 285 Dec., 1911 Correspondence, 35 286 Jan.-March, 1912 Correspondence, 35 287 April-June, 1912 Correspondence, 35 288 July-Nov., 1912 Correspondence, 36 289 Dec., 1912 Correspondence, 36 290 Jan.-Feb., 1913 Correspondence, 36 291 March-May, 1913 Correspondence, 36 292 June-Nov., 1913 Correspondence, 36 293 Dec., 1913 Correspondence, 36 294 Jan.-March, 1914 Correspondence, 37 295 April-Sept., 1914 Correspondence, 37 296 Oct.-Nov., 1914 Correspondence, 37 297 Dec., 1914 Correspondence, 37 298 Jan.-March, 1915 Outgoing correspondence 37 299 April-Dec., 1915; 1919; and 1923 Undated correspondence 37 300 Undated correspondence 37 301 Undated correspondence 38 302 Undated correspondence 38 303 Undated correspondence 38 304 Undated correspondence 38 305 Memoirs, drafts 38 306 Ledger 38 307 1902-1915 Annee Liturgique a Rome, Rome, 39 308 1902 Cryptes de St-Germain d'Auxerre, Auxerre, 39 309 1909 Essai Sur L'Histoire de L'Eglise St. Eusube, Auxerre, 39 310 1902 The Holy Rosary in the Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, undated 39 311 Seton of Parbroath in Scotland and America, New York, 39 312 1890 Vie de Saint-Ours, Archidiacre D'Aoste, Aoste, 39 313 1868 Power of Attorney, Robert Seton to Thomas Seton Jevons, 39 314 1919 Will, 39 315 1895 Broadside: Parrochia S. Andrea delle Fratte--Invito Sacro Rome, (remove to oversize drawer 3) 39 316 1914 Regulations, St. Joseph's Church, Jersey City, NJ, 39 317 1885 Misc. 39 318 ca. 1912 William Seton Sr. papers Series XVIII. 1850-1866 Correspondence, 39 319 1850; 1853; and 1856 Correspondence, 39 320 1857 Correspondence, 39 321 1858-1859 Outgoing correspondence, 39 322 1861-1862; 1866; and undated William Seton Jr. papers Series XIX. 1850-1905 Correspondence, 39 323 1850; 1853; and 1856 Correspondence, 40 324 1857 Correspondence, 40 325 1858-1859 Correspondence, 40 326 1860-1861 Correspondence, 40 327 1862; 1865; and 1868 Outgoing and undated correspondence, 40 328 1882-1885; 1894-1901; and 1903-1905 Muster Roll-Company G, 4th Regiment, NY Volunteers, 40 329 ca. 1862 Report of a Guard Mounted at Havre de Grace, 40 330 Aug, 27-28 1816 Report' 4th Regiment, NY Volunteers, Antietem, 40 331 Sept., 1862 Leave of Absence and medical report, 40 332 1862 and 1863 Notebook (drafts of science articles) 40 333 ca. 1900 Notebook, science, no date 40 334 Notebook, poetry, includes draft of The Pioneers his only published poem 40 335 ca. 1860s-1870s Notebook, no date 40 336 Sodality certificate, St. John's College, Fordham NY, (removed to oversized drawer) 40 337 1847 NY Bar Certificate, (removed to oversize drawer 3) 40 338 1860 Certificate, Berein fur Christliche Kunst (Union for Christian Art), Munich, 40 339 1872 US Passport, (removed to oversize drawer 3) 40 340 1850s Commission, 1st Lieutenant, 4th NY Volunteers, (removed to oversize drawer 3) 40 341 May 1861 Will, 40 342 1904 St. Vincent's Manual, 1850. On original wrapper: "Presented to dear Will by Emily," 41 343 1850 Correspondence of unidentified recipients & ephemera Series XX. ca. 1851-1900 Unidentified recipients of correspondence, miscellaneous material 41 344 Unidentified recipients of correspondence, miscellaneous material 41 345 Poems, stories, plays 41 346 Genealogy notes 41 347 Recipes, prescriptions 41 348 Education, includes Seton Hall Commencement program, 42 349 1894 Education: material relating to Giggleswick School, Yorkshire, England. One report card from Mt. St. Mary's, Emmitsburg, Md., 42 350 1851 Education 42 351 The Alma Mater, Cambridge University 42 352 March 7, 1900 Religion-pamphlets, articles, programs 42 353 Miscellaneous manuscripts 42 354 Miscellaneous manuscripts 43 355 Miscellaneous manuscripts 43 356 Holy Cards, death notices 43 357 Postcards 43 358 Postcards 43 359 Menus 43 360 Callings and Business Cards: A-H 44 361 Callings and Business Cards: J-P 44 362 undated Calling and Busisness Cards: R-Z 44 363 undated Drawings 44 364 Drawings 44 365 undated Engraving: "An Australian Sunset" 44 366 Engraving: Carl Semper 44 367 Engraving: Richard Bayley 44 368 News clippings, miscellaneous 44 369 Artifact--William Seton's doorplate used in Munich, 1870s; religious medals and crucifixes 44 370 Photographs Series XXI. 1860s-1920s People, Series XXI.I. Alvarado, M. 47 389 undated Alvarado, Mme 47 390 undated Bayley, James Roosevelt 47 391 undated Blakely, Aloysius C.P. 47 392 undated Ceballos, Dottie and unknown man 47 393 c.1928 Corrigan, Michael Augustine 47 394 c.1860 Cubans and Americans 47 395 1912 Cuban children 47 396 c.1912-1916 DeLuca, Bernice & Nordhoss, Amy 47 397 1906 Mr. & Mrs. de Postels 47 398 1939 Doherty, Daniel E. 47 399 undated Dunn, Family, F.T.R. Jevons, & Fred Greist 47 400 1912 Gain, Ethel, and Dorothea 47 401 1894 Gaundry, Albert 47 402 1894 Grimesdale, Nellie Jevons 47 403 Hartpence, Lillian, & Marian 47 404 1906 Henry, John, Cardinal Newman 47 405 1890 Huntington, Mary Jay 47 406 1898 Hulton, John 47 407 1890 Hulton, Lucy A, & Mary Josephine 47 408 1880 Hutton, Lucy A. 47 409 1883 Hutton, Lucy & Doris 47 410 1900 Hutton, Lucy A. & Roger 47 411 1891 Ing, Kate 47 412 1883 Jay, Mary 47 413 1898 Jevons Family 47 414 1900 Jevons Family 47 415 1883 Jevons Family 47 417 1910-1919 Jevons Family: Thos, Isabel, & Marguerite 47 416 1898 Jevons, Ferdinand T.R. 47 418 1888 Jevons, Ferdinand T.R 47 419 1898 Jevons, Ferdinand T.R. 47 420 1910 Jevons, Ferdinand T.R. & A. Chalmers Charles 47 421 undated Jevons, Ferdinand T.R. 47 422 1919 Jevons, Ferdinand T.R. & unidentified man 47 423 undated Jevons, Ferdinand T.R. 47 424 1939 Jevons, Ferdinand T.R. & Bessie O'Donaghue 47 425 1939 Jevons, Herbert 47 426 1874 Seton-Jevons, Isabel 47 427 1870 Seton-Jevons, Isabelle, & Reginald Jevons 47 428 1872 Seton-Jevons Isabel 47 429 1910 Jevons, Isabel, & Thomas Seton Jevons 47 430 1928 Seton-Jevons, Isabel 47 431 1920 Jevons, Marguerite 47 432 1902 Jevons, Isabel, Marguerite, & Ferdinand 47 433 Jevons, Winifred & Celia 47 434 1949 Jevons, Marguerite 47 435 1905-1923 Jevons, Marguerite, Josephine Hutton, & Thomas E. Jevons 48 436 1895 Jevons, Marguerite, Ferdinand 48 437 1893 Jevons, Marguerite, & unidentifed woman 48 438 1910 Jevons, Marguerite 48 439 1951 Jevons, Marguerite 48 440 undated Jevons, Reginald 48 441 1874 Jevons, Reginald 1890 48 442 1890 (Possibly) Jevons, Reginald & unidentified boy 48 443 1888 Seton-Jevons, Thomas & unidentified boy 48 444 1890 Jevons, Thomas E., & others unknown 48 445 1900 Seton-Jevons, Thomas 48 446 1899 Seton-Jevons, Thomas & Thomas E. Jevons 48 447 1900 Seton-Jevons, Thomas & Thomas E. Jevons 48 448 1901 Seton-Jevons, Thomas 48 449 1901 Jevons, Thomas E. 48 450 1910 Seton-Jevons, Thomas & Elizabeth Jarvis Wyeth 48 451 1909 Seton-Jevons, Thomas & neighbor Jane 48 452 1925 Seton-Jevons, Thomas 48 453 1928 Seton-Jevons, Thomas & Dottie Ceballos 48 454 1928 Jevons, William Stanley 48 455 undated Lapparent, Albert de 48 456 1897 Father M.D. Leroy 48 457 undated Lewis, Harold 48 458 undated Mary, Queen of Scots, Seton miniature OF-1 610/OFF-2 Norrie, Emily, Julia Clarkson, Adelaide Clarkson (?), Clermant C. Blagden Livingstone, & Reginald Jevons 48 459 1894 O'Donoghue, Agnes 48 460 undated "Peter the Hermit" 48 463 1928 Philip, Prince Orsini OF-1 611/OFF-3 undated Priest on horseback 48 464 undated Prime, Rufus 48 462 undated Quay, Elizabeth 48 465 1906 Rease 48 466 1892 Satterlee, Henry Tates, & Coolidge Haight 48 469 1915 Seton, Catherine 48 470 (1800-1891) c. 1880 Seton, Henry 48 471 undated Seton, Anne Foster 48 472 1892 Seton, Elizabeth 48 473 1865-1900 Seton, Elizabeth 48 474 1881 Seton, Elizabeth & Marguerite Jevons 48 475 1898 Seton, Emily 48 476 1869 Seton, John Foster 48 477 undated Seton, John Foster 48 478 undated Seton, John Foster & William 48 479 undated Seton, John F. & William Henry Seton 48 480 1876 Seton, John F. 48 481 undated Seton, John Foster 48 482 undated Seton, John 49 483 undated Seton, John F. 49 484 1886 Seton, John 49 485 undated Seton, Robert 49 486 1870 & 1884 Seton, Robert 49 487 1909 Seton, Robert 49 488 c. 1911-1916 Seton, Sarah Redwood Parish 49 489 1891 Seton, Sarah Redwood Parish and William OF-1 609/OFF-1 Seton I, William 49 490 undated Seton, William 49 491 undated Seton, William 49 493 undated Seton, William Henry 49 492 1874 & 1875 Seton, William Henry 49 494 1880 Seton, William Henry 49 495 1883 Seton, William Henry 49 469 undated Seton-Jevons, Thomas 48 467 1898 Seton-Jevons, Isabel & Marguerite Jevons 48 468 1893 Seton-Powers, Patrice Ann Hathaway & Nurse 48 461 1939 Shaler 49 497 1893 Shea, Nera 49 498 1931 Shea, John Gilmay 49 499 undated Sjams, John Horton (?) Jr. 49 500 1919 Smith, Bernhard 49 501 undated Smith, S.P. 49 502 1890 The Style Children 49 503 1916 Taylor, G.M. 49 504 1890 Wallace, Alfred R. 49 505 undated Whitney-Hoff, Elaine 49 506 undated Young, Emily & her two children 49 507 1912 Unidentified people, 49 508-533 1898-1916, undated Unidentified people, 50 534-550 c. 1870-1912, undated Unidentified people, glass negative 4"x5" 51 605-606 glass negatives undated Locations, Series XXI.II. Adobe house & 2 palm trees 50 551 Aix-les Bains, France, La Place de Bains 50 552 undated England: photo of sketch by Lucy Hutton: Alfoxden, Somersetshine 50 553 c.1893 Alpine scene 50 554 undated Alpine scene 50 555 undated Alpine scene, "Daisy-A Merry Christmas from Constance!" 50 556 undated Alpine View "The Engstlen Alp" 50 557 undated Antietam, Maryland 50 558 September, 1862 Assisi, Italy 50 559 March 15, 1889 Banes, Oriente Province, Cuba, street scene 50 560 c.1912 Beverly Canyon: Beverly Drive (California?) 50 561 c.1928 Bush & Jevons office, 301 Produce Exchange, NYC 50 562 undated Cragdon, the upper falls OF-1 612/OFF-4 Castle Gerstein, Tyvol, Austria 50 563 undated Chateau de Pheaux, France 50 564 c.1910 Church Interior? 50 565 undated Clare Bridge, Clare Collge, Cambridge U. 50 566 undated Cockfighting, Santa Lacia, Cuba 50 567 c.1912 Country scene & woman w/ horse 50 568 undated Cromwell, Conn.? Possibly taken at health spa that Jevons family frequented 50 569 c.1900 Sugar plantation, Santa Lucia, Oriente Province, Cuba 50 570 c.1912 Cuba, Waterfront scenes assumed to be Cuba 50 571 c.1912 "'Dan'. thoroughbred setter, one time the property of F.T.R. Jevons, owned at Huntington, L.I. 50 572 1904 Dog 50 573 1912 Dog, "Duff, bred by R.D. Perry" 50 574 Janurary 25, 1884 Dog, inscription on original envelope; "The Original Cudjo, No. 1 Cragden, 1867" 50 575 1867 "The Drift", Huntington, L.I. (Jevons summer home) 50 576 undated english country cottage 50 577 c.1900 English house interior 50 578 c.1900 Germany, "A peasent yard in Germany" 50 579 undated "Giggleswick school-sports" 50 580 undated "Green Hill farm" scenes: interior & landscape 50 581 c.1910 Havana, Cuba, waterfront scene 51 582 c.1912 horse & buggy (Cuba?) 51 583 c.1910 "The Knoll, Ambleside, Harriet Martineau" 51 584 undated Land's End, England 51 585 August, 1898 landscapes taken by F.T.R. Jevons in and around Santa Lucia, Oriente Province, Cuba 51 586 c.1912-1916 Landscapes in and around Santa Lucia, Cuba, by F.T.R. Jevons 51 587 1912-1916 Leghorn, Italy, grove of Thomas J. Jevons 51 588 1893 Permabuco, Brazil, 21 snapshots of city scenes assumed by Rex Jevons in summer 51 589 c.1898 Raymor Inn, Catskills mts, NY 51 590 August, 1939 Rio de Janeiro, Catherdral and waterfront 51 591 undated "Etruria" & "Umbria" 51 592 c.1897 Sailboat, probably on L.I. Sound 51 593 undated ship board scene & fort, as seen from ship 51 594 c.1935 Ship coming into port (possibly Cuba or Brazil) 51 595 c.1900 St. Petersburg, Florida; beach 51 596 March 20k 1934 "Sybillenort, Ardslet-on-Hudson, NY, residence of L. Alfred schnieder" 51 597 undated Views of the SImplon Pass, 6 views 51 598 undated William Roscoe house, Liverpool, England 51 599 undated unidentified house, probably English, late 19th century photo 51 600 undated unidentfied rurual scenes, either in U.S. or England 51 601 undated unidentified rurual scenes, prob. both in U.S. & England 51 602 undated unidentified rurual scene, probably both in U.S. and England 51 603 unidentified house 51 604 undated x2 negatives 51 607 undated Landscape, unidentified, probably Cragden 51 608 undated Seton Family Heirlooms 50 543 undated Bills and Legal Papers Series XXII. 1813-1930 45 371 1813; 1849-1850; 1854; 1857 and 1862 45 372 1864-1865 45 373 1866-1869 and 1871 45 374 1876-1877; 1879 and 1882-1883 45 375 1884-1887 45 376 1888-1889 45 377 1890-1891 45 378 1892-1893 45 379 1894-1897 46 380 1898-1901 46 381 1902-1905 46 382 1906-1909 46 383 1910-1911 46 384 1912-1913 46 385 1914-1916; 1918-1919; 1921; 1924; 1926 and 1928 46 386 1929-1930 46 387 undated 46 388 undated