The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE 19735

302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: American Institute of the City of New York.

Title: Membership applications

Dates: 1842-1843

Call No.: Doc. 306

Acc. No.: 86x2

Quantity: 73 items

Location: 31 C 2

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

The American Institute was a club in New York City concerned with promoting industrial education. It sponsored an annual exhibition featuring current technological advances. In 1833, the institute organized a library for the use of its members and later published a catalog of the library holdings. After moving several times within Brooklyn, a building for the American Institute was purchased in 1849.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Contains 73 applications for membership in the American Institute. The majority of applicants used a standard printed form which was addressed to the sponsoring member (often the corresponding secretary, Thaddeus B. Wakeman) and the occupation, place of residence, and signature of the applicant. The applicant's name and date of admission were written on the back of the slips. The participants represented a wide range of occupations, including accountants, attorneys, chemists, clerks, craftsmen, gardeners, manufacturers, merchants, physicians, ship builders, tavern keepers, teachers, etc. Most of the members were from Brooklyn and Long Island, but members also resided in New Jersey, upstate New York, Ohio, and South Carolina.

ORGANIZATION

The applications are in accession number order.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.

PROVENANCE

Purchased from Harold R. Nestler.

ACCESS POINTS

People:

Wakeman, T. B. (Thaddeus B.)

Topics:

Associations, institutions, etc. \x Membership.

Occupations - Early works to 1900.

Industrial arts - Study and teaching.

Clubs - New York (State) - New York.

Applications.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 31 C

Name and occupation indexes to the applications:

Name index to Doc. 306 (acc. 86x2.1-.73)

Andrews, G.G. .20

Ball, Henry .21

Bliss, Neziah .5, .7, .10, .13, 14, .17, .29, .30 .38, .40, .42, .52, .58, .70, .71

Blunt, N. Bowditch .22

Boll, Daniel .23

Bowdoin, G. R. I. .66

Bowman. Samuel S. .21, .50

Bowron, Watson .1

Buckelew, B. R. .24

Carman, Richard F. .2

Carr, Samuel G. W. .25

Chambers, John W. .26

Chandler, Adoniram .25, .56, .67

Childs, Heman W. .47

Clark, Edward .19, .36, .73

Coleman, George .27

Contaret, Dominique Emile .3

[surname possibly Coutaret]

Copeland, Charles W. .28

Copeland, George M. .29

Cowdin, Joseph .51

[surname also spelled Cowden]

Cummings, James .30

Currie, John H. .4

Cutter, Smith .31

Dawson, Henry B. .37, .41

Delano, Edward H. .5

Dickinson, William L. .6

Dodge, Titus E. .7

Dow, Benjamin .32

Duff, P. .33

Dusenberry, William C. .34

Ely, I. [Isaac] M. .35

Felter, Henry D. .36

Fergus, William F. .37

Field, Henry H. .8

Fleet, L. .53

[first initial possibly S.]

Fleet, Samuel .23, .34, .64

Floyd, William A. .38

Ford, Gordon L. .39

Garner, E. M. .9

Gibson, Robert P. .40

Green, Edward .41

[surname also spelled Greene]

Grice, Francis .42

Hall, James .43

Hardenbrook, Theophilus .10

Haver, John .44

Hawkins, Richard .48

Haywood, C.[?] M.[?] .49

Hedge, Egbert .45

Heydon, William .49

Hodges, A. B. .46

Hotchkiss, Gideon .47

Hoyt, H. J. .50

Latting, Waring .11

Leeds, Gordon J. .4, .60

Lent, Samuel E. .51

Lupton, Josiah .52

Maroney, Daniel .53

Minor, D. K. .54

Monson, M. .56

Morris, Ephraim .55

Moulton, Robert K. .57

Palmer, Albert S. .58

Payne Jera. .59

Pell, Robert L. .60

Peters, John R., Jr. .61

Phyfe, Isaac M. .12

Pirnie, John .62

Pratt, Henry .63

Reid, Wm. .64

Remick, John .12

Rhodes, Foster .13

Rhodes, John H. .14

Sebring, Cornelius C. .15

Sebring, Edward (Hon.) .65

Serrell, W. .14, .28, .29

Shepard, Thomas M. .16

Smith, James .15

Smith, Stephen M. .66

Starr, Charles .67

Stillman, T. B. .59

Thompson, M. E. .43

Thorburn, Robert J. .17

Titcomb, Joseph .32

Tracy, Edward H. .18

Traphagen, Henry .68

Wakeman, T. B. .1-.3, .6, .16, .22, .24, .26-.31, .33, .39, .40, .44-.46, .52, .54, .55, .60-.63, .65, .68-.70, .72

Wakeman, Thadeus B. .11

Wakeman, Theodore A. .69

Ward, John D. .18

Whittemore, R. J. .70

Wilkinson, Jephta A. .71

Williamson, Nicholas .72

Wilson, John .48

Wood, Ezra .73

Wurtz, Maurice .19

Occupation index to Doc. 306 (acc. 86x2.1-.73)

accountant .33

attorney .22, .35

block maker .70

boot maker .48

chemist .3, .4

clerk .26-27, .39-40, .46, .69

clothing merchant .20

construction .13, .42

cooper .10

coppersmith .44

distiller .62

druggist .15

[vendor of medicine]

dyer .49

engineer .18, .28-.30, .37-38, .55, .58, .61, .63, .71

farmer .1-2., .27, .31, .56, .68, .72

florist .23

gardener .53, .64

government official .12

grocer .36

hospital superintendent .67

inn keeper – see tavern keeper

insurance .46

jeweler .50

landscaper .53

leather manufacturer .9

lumber merchant .41

machinist .24, .47

manufacturer .11, .50, .54

mechanic .61

merchant .20-21, .32, .41, .66

miller .59

painter .17

physician .8, .73

printer .45

publisher .54

real estate .51

revenue officer .12

secretary .46

shipbuilder .5, .13, .14, .42 .52

[naval construction]

Ship painter .17

shoemaker .48

spar maker .7

stone cutter .43

stove merchant . l6

tavern keeper .25

teacher .6

tin plate worker .44

watch maker .34

water works .18