A Guide to the Stettinius Family Genealogical Research Files, 1801-2004
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 41217
Library of Virginia
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Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000
USA
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© 2004 By the Library of Virginia. All rights reserved.
Processed by: Alex Lorch
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Stettinius Family Genealogical Research Files, 1801-2004. Accession 41217, Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Joseph Stettinius, March 2004.
Biographical Information
Edward Reilly Stettinius was born in 1865 and married Judith Carrington. He died in 1925. His son Edward Reilly Stettinius, Jr. was born 22 October 1900 in Chicago, Illinois and was married to Virginia Gordon Wallace. He served as Secretary of State under President Roosevelt from the end of 1944 until the early summer of 1945. He died on 31 October 1949. His son was Joseph Stettinius.
Scope and Content
Genealogical research files, 1801-2004 (bulk 1938-2004), of the Stettinius family and related family lines principally compiled by Joseph Stettinius. There are also files compiled by Edward Stettinius, Jr. and his father Edward Stettinius. These files generally remain in the order kept by Joseph Stettinius. This collection also contains electronic research files compiled by Joseph Stettinius in electronic format using Family Tree Maker software. Non-genealogical information in this collection consists of the personal correspondence, 1913-1923, of Edward Stettinius exchanged with Carrington family members. Also includes a German fraktur of a baptismal certificate of Jonathon Mosttram, printed by E. Stettinius.
Arrangement
Organized into the following four series: I. Genealogical research files; II. Electronic genealogical research files; III. Edward Stettinius personal correspondence; IV. German Fraktur.
Contents List
Consists of research files concerning specific individuals and families and correspondence exchanged with individuals concerning specific families. Contains genealogical notes concerning family lines abstracted and/or copied from genealogical internet websites, census records, family group sheets, pedigree charts, extracts from published sources, newspaper clippings, photographs, genealogical charts and court records. Correspondence written to research institutions, family members, and genealogical researchers concerning family lines also appears in this collection and includes research files along with the letters. This material remains filed under the respective correspondent's name. Notable family surnames researched include Beeler, Buck, Carrington, Cooke, Craig, Gamage, Handy, Harriott, Harte, Havemeyer, Holmead, Hyatt, Kneller, MacLannen, Mercer, Shepherd, Wallace and Wharton.
Alphabetically and then chronologically within each folder.
- Box 1
Folder 1
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, correspondence with, 1963
- Box 1
Folder 2
Barco, Andi, correspondence with, 2000
- Box 1
Folder 3
Barnitz, Mary, correspondence with, 1939
- Box 1
Folder 4
Beeler family, research files, 1963-1999
- Box 1
Folder 5
Beeler-Beller family, family group charts, ca. 1983
- Box 1
Folder 6
Bermuda Archives, correspondence with, 1999
- Box 1
Folder 7
Bermuth, Mrs. Charles M. Von, correspondence with, 1961-1973
- Box 1
Folder 8
Bethune-Row family, research files, n.d.
- Box 1
Folder 9
Bornkraber, Kathe, correspondence with, 1999
- Box 1
Folder 10
Bridge House Art Gallery (Bermuda), correspondence with, 1999
- Box 1
Folder 11
Briscoe, Ruth, correspondence with, 1980-1989
- Box 1
Folder 12
Brubaker, Anita, correspondence with, 1999-2000
- Box 1
Folder 13
Bryan, Stewart, correspondence with, 1965
- Box 1
Folder 14
Buck, Ginger, correspondence with, 1999-2000
- Box 1
Folder 15
Buck-Shepherd family, research files, 1999-2003
- Box 1
Folder 16
Bureau of Vital Statistics, Baltimore, Maryland, correspondence with, 1961
- Box 1
Folder 17
California Historical Society, correspondence with, 1961
- Box 1
Folder 18
California State Library, correspondence with, 1961
- Box 1
Folder 19
Campbell, Tom, correspondence with, 1961-1962
- Box 1
Folder 20
Cana, Mary Ann, copy of will of, written 23 December 1835
- Box 1
Folder 21
Carrington family, research files, 1947-1977
- Box 1
Folder 22
Carrington family, research files, 2000
- Box 8
Folder 1
Carrington family, research files, n.d.
- Box 1
Folder 23
Cavalry Cemetery and Mausoleum, correspondence with, 2000
- Box 1
Folder 24
Clerk of Chicago, Illinois, correspondence with, 1934
- Box 1
Folder 25
Colorado Historical Society, correspondence with, 1961
- Box 1
Folder 26
Conness, Rosalie, correspondence with, 1947-1948
- Box 1
Folder 27
Cooke family, research files, 2002-2003
- Box 1
Folder 28
Cooke, Thomas, correspondence with, 1999
- Box 1
Folder 29
Cooke-Herzog-Esten family, research files, 1972-1989
- Box 1
Folder 30
Craig family, research files, n.d.
- Box 1
Folder 31
Crandall, John H., correspondence with, 1971
- Box 1
Folder 32
Davis, Andrew J., correspondence with, 1959
- Box 1
Folder 33
Endredi-Stettinius coat of arms, n.d.
- Box 1
Folder 34
Engle, Elizabeth, correspondence with, 1998-2003
- Box 1
Folder 35
Episcopal Diocese, Washington, D. C., correspondence with, 1961
- Box 1
Folder 36
Filson Club Historical Society, correspondence with, 2000
- Box 1
Folder 37
First and Franklin Street Presbyterian Church, correspondence with, 2002
- Box 2
Folder 1
Fletcher, Mildred, correspondence with, 2001
- Box 2
Folder 2
Folkes, Minetree, Jr., correspondence with, 1999
- Box 2
Folder 3
Freeman, Harold C., correspondence with, 1962
- Box 2
Folder 4
Frick Art Reference Library, correspondence with, 1960
- Box 2
Folder 5
Gamage family, research files, n.d.
- Box 2
Folder 6
Gatti, Arnold and Carol, correspondence with, 2000-2001
- Box 2
Folder 7
General Services Administration, correspondence with, 1961
- Box 2
Folder 8
George Washington University, correspondence with, 1972
- Box 2
Folder 9
Goodfellow, Helen C., correspondence with, 1962
- Box 8
Folder 2
Handy family, genealogical chart, n.d.
- Box 2
Folder 10
Handy family, research files, 1964-1965
- Box 2
Folder 11
'The Handy Family, 'by W. Thomas Hall, 1985
- Box 2
Folder 12
Harriott, Josephine T., Mrs. E. R. Stettinius' correspondence concerning estate of, 1937-1945
- Box 2
Folder 13
Harriott, Josephine T., general correspondence and files concerning estate of, February-April 1946
- Box 2
Folder 14
Harriott, Josephine T., general correspondence and files concerning estate of, 1864, 1940-January 1946
- Box 2
Folder 15
Harrison, Hager Stettinius, correspondence with, 2002
- Box 2
Folder 16
Harte, Edward H., correspondence with, 2003-2004
- Box 2
Folder 17
Harte family, research files, 2003-2004
- Box 2
Folder 18
Hatcher family, research files, 2001
- Box 8
Folder 3
Havemeyer family, genealogical chart, n.d.
- Box 2
Folder 19-20
Havemeyer family, "Notes Relating to Havemeyer Family," compiled by an unknown author, ca. 1944
- Box 3
Folder 1
Havemeyer family, "Notes Relating to Havemeyer Family," compiled by an unknown author (copy 2), ca. 1944
- Box 3
Folder 2
Havemeyer family, photographs, ca. 1865-1880
- Box 3
Folder 3
Henius, Elizabeth Koones, correspondence with, 1961-1962
- Box 3
Folder 4
Heyt, Isabel B., correspondence with, 1945
- Box 3
Folder 5
Hildrup family, research files, 1999
- Box 3
Folder 6
Hildrup, Keith and Kerry C., correspondence with, 1999-2000
- Box 3
Folder 7
Holliday, Curtis, correspondence with, 1999
- Box 3
Folder 8
Holmead family, research files, 1962, 1970
- Box 3
Folder 9
Holmead family, research files, 2001, 2004
- Box 3
Folder 10
Holy Cross Cemetery, correspondence with, 1961
- Box 3
Folder 11
Huntington, Anna H., correspondence with, 1961
- Box 3
Folder 12
Huntington Library, correspondence with, 1961
- Box 3
Folder 13
Hyatt family, research files (1 of 2), 2000, 2004
- Box 3
Folder 14
Hyatt family, research files, (2 of 2), 2004
- Box 3
Folder 15
Indiana State Library, correspondence with, 1961
- Box 3
Folder 16
"James Nourse and His Descendants," by Maria Lyle (partial copy), 1897
- Box 3
Folder 17
Kelsch, Gerald T., correspondence with, 1961
- Box 3
Folder 18
Kentucky Historical Society, correspondence with, 1961-1962
- Box 3
Folder 19
King, George Harrison Sanford, correspondence with, 1972
- Box 3
Folder 20
Kluge, Ralph W., correspondence with, 1964-1965, 1990
- Box 3
Folder 21
Kneller-McClennan family, research files, 1993 and n.d.
- Box 3
Folder 22
Lawson, Jaime, correspondence with, 2001
- Box 3
Folder 23
Lewis, John Latane, III, correspondence with, 2000
- Box 3
Folder 24
Library of Virginia, correspondence with, 2003
- Box 3
Folder 25
Longworth family, research files, 2000, 2004
- Box 3
Folder 26
Lowe, J. Mark, correspondence with, 2001
- Box 8
Folder 4
Lowe, J. Mark, correspondence with, 2001
- Box 3
Folder 27
MacDonald, Peg, correspondence with, 1999
- Box 3
Folder 28
McLaughlin, Catherine Koones, correspondence with, 1962
- Box 4
Folder 1
Marsh family, research files, 1935, 1961-1973
- Box 4
Folder 2
Maryland Historical Society, research files, 1962
- Box 4
Folder 3
Maxwell family, research files, 2002
- Box 4
Folder 4
Mercer, Hugh, correspondence with, 1966-1975
- Box 4
Folder 5-6
Mercer, Hugh, publications concerning, n.d.
- Box 4
Folder 7
Mercer, Hugh, research files concerning, 1972-1973
- Box 4
Folder 8
Minnesota Historical Society, correspondence with, 1962
- Box 4
Folder 9
Missouri Historical Society, correspondence with, 1961
- Box 4
Folder 10
Miscellaneous families, research files, n.d.
- Box 4
Folder 11
Miscellaneous families, pedigree charts, n.d.
- Box 4
Folder 12
Morrison family, research files, 2004
- Box 4
Folder 13
Nidiffer Collection, research files from, 2004
- Box 4
Folder 14
Nourse family, research files, 2002, 2004
- Box 4
Folder 15
Old correspondence, transcripted by Joseph Stettinius(?), originally written 1824-1835
- Box 4
Folder 16
Padgett, Charles, correspondence with, 1962
- Box 4
Folder 17
Patton family, research files, n.d.
- Box 4
Folder 18
Patton, Jay, correspondence with, 1999
- Box 4
Folder 19
Pennsylvania Historical Society, correspondence with, 1962
- Box 4
Folder 20
Peoria Historical Society, correspondence with, 1961
- Box 4
Folder 21
Peter, Phillips Smith, correspondence with, 1962
- Box 4
Folder 22
Petersburg, City of, correspondence with, 1961
- Box 4
Folder 23
Petersburg Public Library, correspondence with, 1970
- Box 4
Folder 24
Petre, Cathy, correspondence with, 2001
- Box 4
Folder 25
Petre family, research files, n.d.
- Box 4
Folder 26
Phillips family, research files, 2003
- Box 4
Folder 27
Pratt, Beverly C., correspondence with, 2000
- Box 4
Folder 28
Pre-American history (German Stettinius family), correspondence with, 1933-1973
- Box 4
Folder 29
Prince George County (Md.) Historical Society, correspondence with, 1961
- Box 4
Folder 30
Rankin, John, correspondence with, 2001
- Box 4
Folder 31
Read, Clement, research files concerning, 2002-2003
- Box 5
Folder 1
Ridge, Linda, correspondence with, 1999
- Box 5
Folder 2
Rogers family, publications concerning, n.d.
- Box 5
Folder 3
Saffold, Lenora Reach, correspondence with, 1961-1962
- Box 5
Folder 4
St. George's Episcopal Church, correspondence with, 1999
- Box 8
Folder 5
St. George's Foundation, calendars, 2001-2002
- Box 8
Folder 6
"St. George's Town Heritage: Bringing History to Life ", 1996
- Box 5
Folder 5
St. Joseph's College, correspondence with, 1961
- Box 5
Folder 6
St. Louis Catholic Cemetery, correspondence with, 2000, 2004
- Box 5
Folder 7
St. Louis Genealogical Society, correspondence with, 2000
- Box 5
Folder 8
St. Louis Department of Health, correspondence with, 1961
- Box 5
Folder 9
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, correspondence with, 1938
- Box 5
Folder 10
St. Peter's Cemetery, correspondence with, 1962
- Box 5
Folder 11
Second Presbyterian Church, correspondence with, 2000
- Box 5
Folder 12
Smith, Phillips, correspondence with, 1962
- Box 5
Folder 13
Snell, George B., correspondence with, 1971
- Box 5
Folder 14
Stamm, Patricia, correspondence with, 2000
- Box 5
Folder 15
Standard, Raymond, correspondence with, 1971
- Box 5
Folder 16
Stettinius Baltimore family, correspondence with, 1961-1962
- Box 5
Folder 17
Stettinius, Crystal, correspondence with, 1987
- Box 5
Folder 18
Stettinius, Derrick J., copies of estate records of, 1894-1895
- Box 5
Folder 19
Stettinius, Edward R., Jr., correspondence with or information concerning, 1934-1963
- Box 5
Folder 20
Stettinius, Edward R., III, correspondence with, 1962
- Box 5
Folder 21
Stettinius European family, correspondence with, 1989-1999
- Box 5
Folder 22
Stettinius family, census records, 1830-1840
- Box 5
Folder 23
Stettinius family, miscellaneous correspondence concerning, 1965-2002
- Box 5
Folder 24
Stettinius family, miscellaneous correspondence with, 1972-2004
- Box 6
Folder 1
Stettinius family, photographs, n.d.
- Box 6
Folder 2
Stettinius family, research files, 1999
- Box 6
Folder 3
Stettinius family, research files, 2000
- Box 6
Folder 4
Stettinius family, research files, 2001
- Box 6
Folder 5
Stettinius family, research files, 2002
- Box 6
Folder 6
Stettinius family, research files, 2003
- Box 6
Folder 7
Stettinius family, research files, 2004 and n.d.
- Box 6
Folder 8
Stettinius, George W., research files concerning, 1974
- Box 6
Folder 9
Stettinius, Isabel, copy of will of, 1891
- Box 6
Folder 10
Stettinius, John G., correspondence with, 2000
- Box 6
Folder 11
Stettinius, John W. D., correspondence with, 1972
- Box 6
Folder 12
Stettinius, Josef Frederick family, research files concerning, n.d.
- Box 6
Folder 13
Stettinius, Melvin, correspondence with, 1999
- Box 6
Folder 14
Stettinius, Samuel E., "The Descendants of Samuel Enredi Stettinius," by an unknown compiler, 1962
- Box 6
Folder 15
Stettinius, Samuel E., "The Descendants of Samuel Enredi Stettinius," by an unknown compiler (copy 2), 1962
- Box 6
Folder 16
Stettinius, Ted, correspondence with, 1999-2003
- Box 6
Folder 17
Stettinius, Virginia, legal briefs and appendices in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, 1960
- Box 6
Folder 18
Stettinius, Virginia, correspondence with her father William J. Wallace, 1913
- Box 6
Folder 19
Stettinius, William, copy of research notes of, 1883
- Box 6
Folder 20
Sunday Star (Washington, D. C. newspaper), correspondence with and articles concerning Stettinius family, 1940-1945
- Box 7
Folder 1
Taylor, David F., correspondence with, 1962
- Box 7
Folder 2
Taylor, Maurice S., correspondence with, 1944, 1961-1962
- Box 7
Folder 3
Thornton family, research files, 2001
- Box 7
Folder 4
Thornton, Heber L., correspondence with or concerning family of, 1961-1962, 1999
- Box 7
Folder 5
Tripp, Elizabeth S., correspondence with, 1960-1972
- Box 7
Folder 6
Tucker family, pedigree charts, 1987
- Box 7
Folder 7
Turner, Elizabeth C., correspondence with, 1962
- Box 7
Folder 8
Tuttle, Sue, correspondence with, 1999-2001
- Box 7
Folder 9
University of California at Berkeley, correspondence with, 1961
- Box 7
Folder 10
University of Virginia, correspondence with, 1941-1966
- Box 7
Folder 11
Vanneck, John, correspondence with, 1962
- Box 7
Folder 12
Vermont Historical Society, correspondence with, 1962
- Box 7
Folder 13
Wallace family, correspondence with, 1972-1973
- Box 7
Folder 14
Wallace family, research files, 2003
- Box 7
Folder 15
Wallace, William J., correspondence with, 1970
- Box 7
Folder 16
Walsh, Diane, correspondence with, 2000-2001
- Box 7
Folder 17
Wann family, research files, 1970 and n.d.
- Box 7
Folder 18
Wharton family, research files, 2001
- Box 7
Folder 19
Wight, Elizabeth, correspondence with, 1962
- Box 7
Folder 20
Wilson, Elizabeth S., correspondence with, 1961
- Box 7
Folder 21
Wilson, Perkins, correspondence with, 1975
- Box 7
Folder 22
Winston family, research files, 2001
- Box 7
Folder 23
Wolfe, Nell T., correspondence with, 1962-1963
- Box 7
Folder 24
Woodford, Katharine D., correspondence with, 1961-1969
- Box 7
Folder 25
Woodford, Walter E., correspondence with, 1962
- Box 7
Folder 26
York County Historical Society, correspondence with, 1938-1961
- Box 8
Folder 7
York County Historical Society, Stettinius family art portraits by S. E. Stettinius, n.d.
Research files compiled by Joseph Stettinius in computer format on Family Tree Maker software and containing biographical and family information concerning the Stettinius and related families.
Letters and postcards sent principally from Emma Carrington in Richmond, Virginia, but also from other family members to Edward Stettinius, Jr. Principally concerns family matters and family health and illnesses, but there is also one letter from Philip Alexander Bruce to Edward Stettinius' mother Judith Carrington Stettinius concerning a possible article about the James River Canal. Also includes an undated namecard for Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.
Arranged chronologically within the folder.