mums373 Lloyd A. Trent, Jr. Family Papers, 1850-1996 Finding aid prepared by Brooke Trent. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA

2003

Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Eric Steven Cartier. 2003-07-21 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 mu176 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst Lloyd A. Trent, Jr. Family Papers, 1850-1996 Manuscript Number 373 Compiled by Brooke Trent Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Trent family Lloyd A. Trent, Jr. Family Papers 1850-1996 MS 373 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.) Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst Five generations of an African-American family that achieved commercial success and wealth through the restaurant and catering business as well as extensive real estate investments at the turn of the 20th century in New York City, Brooklyn, and Sea Cliff, Long Island, New York. Includes letters, public and church records, news clippings, ephemera, a videotape, and 87 photographs. English. Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Lloyd A. Trent Jr. Family Collection (1850-1996) comprises letters, public and church records, news clippings, and other documents, as well as 87 photographs, which together illuminate the lives of five generations of an African-American family that achieved commercial success and wealth through the restaurant and catering business as well as extensive real estate investments at the turn of the 20th Century in New York City, Brooklyn, and Sea Cliff, Long Island, New York.

The collection spans generations of William Henry Smith and his wife Ursuline Parker Smith's (1846-1930) families, from 1791, the approximate date of birth of William Henry Smith's mother, Julie Ann Beers (?), to the 1970's when Lloyd A. Trent, Jr. (1931-1991), a great grandson of William Henry Smith (1836-1923) whose life is the centerpiece of the collection, and Brooke Trent actively pursued the search for family documents.

Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into seven series:

Series 1. Family Search Data Series 2. Generation 1 Series 3. Generation 2 Series 4. Generation 3 Series 5. Generation 4 Series 6. Generation 5 Series 7. Photographs

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Cite as: Lloyd A. Trent, Jr. Family Papers (MS 373). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Acquired from Brooke Trent, widow of Lloyd A. Trent, Jr., 1995.

Processed by Brooke Trent, 1995.

Search Terms Smith, William H. (William Henry), 1836-1923--Family. Burleigh, H. T. (Harry Thacker), 1866-1949 Fuller, Meta Warrick, 1877-1968 Trent family. Smith family. African American families--New York (State)--History--Sources. African Americans--New York (State)--Biography. African Americans--New York (State)--Social life and customs--Sources. African Americans--Genealogy--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Landowners--New York (State)--Biography. African American capitalists and financiers--New York (State)--Biography. Capitalists and financiers--New York (State)--Biography. Restauraters--New York (State)--Biography. Deeds. Genealogies. Wills. Photographs. Vital statistics records. Baptismal certificates. Series 1. Family Search Data 1 1 Family Research Material 1975-1986, 1996 1 2 Family Trees 1 3 New York City and Philadelphia, Black Family History Series 2. Generation 1 1 4 Julia Ann Smith, b. 1791(?)- d. 189? 1 5 Elizabeth Aubert Parker, b. 1813(?)- d. 1882 Series 3. Generation 2 1 6 Parker: Eugenia Ann, b. 1832 Peter, b. 1836 Joseph Washington, b. 1848- d. 1915? wife, Priscilla, b. 1868(?)- d. 1929 1 7 Elizabeth Ursula [Ursuline] Parker Smith, b. 1846- d. 1930 1 8 William H. Smith, Jr., b. 1836- d. 1923: Biographical Material 1 9 William H. Smith, Jr. Marriage and Anniversaries 1 10 William H. Smith, Jr. Clubs and Affiliations 1 11 William H. Smith, Jr. Residence, Work- Places, Restaurants 2 12 William H. Smith, Jr. Death Certificate/Cemetery Documents 2 13 William H. Smith, Jr. Wills 2 14 Letters from Elizabeth Ursula 1897 - 1930 [Ursuline] Parker Smith (with a few from William H. Smith). from NYC and Sea Cliff, Long Island, NY to their daughter, Marie (Bela) Smith Warrick in Philadelphia, PA. 2 15 Dated Correspondence c1894 (bulk c 1898 - 1903), c1921 Series 4. Generation 3 2 16 Joseph Frances Xavier Smith [Frank], b. 1868- d. 1943 2 17 Maria Eugennie Smith Warrick [Bela], b. 1869- d.1946, William Henry Warrick, her husband, b. 1867- d. 1941 2 18 Kate Bowers Smith Dickerson Payne, b. 1872- d. 1962 2 19 William Henry Smith, Jr. [Willie], b. 1875-c1952, Elizabeth Bishop Smith-Bundick, his wife, d. 1959 2 20 Worden Alexander Smith, b. 1877- d. 1957, Gertrude Richardson Smith Campbell, b. 1883- d. 1983 2 21 Louis Sheldon Smith [Louie], b. 1878- d. 1956, Effie (?) Smith, his wife b. 1886- d. 1936 2 22 Bernard Parker Smith [Parker], b. 1883- d. 1952, Roberta Fernandez Smith, his wife, d. 1964 2 23 Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, sculptor and sister of William H. Warrick (Folder 2), b. 1877- d. 1968 2 24 Miscellaneous Diploma and other School Documents Series 5. Generation 4 2 25 Mabel Eleanor Smith Trent, b. 1904- d. 1970, Lloyd A Trent, her husband, b. 1904- d. 1986 2 26 Dorothy Warrick Taylor, b. 1902- d. 1994 Series 6. Generation 5 2 27 Lloyd A. Trent, Jr., 1931-1991 Series 7. Photographs 3 28 Photo portraits of Generation I 3 29 Photo portraits of Generation 2 3 30 Photo portraits of Generation 3 3 31 Generations 2, 3 and 4 at Family Gatherings, Sea Cliff, Long Island, NY c. 1885-1910 3 31 Group Photos of Generations 2, 3 and 4 3 33 Generations 4 and 5 3 34 William H. Smith's Homes and Properties 3 35 Cemeteries where Smiths and Parkers are buried 3 36 Photocopies of some of photos, (Folders 1-8) 3 37 Charles Edward Mitchell, US Ambassador to Liberia, Photos and other Memorabilia of Mitchell and wife c1930 3 38 Unidentified Daguerreotype/Tintypes