Burley and Haley Family Papers, 1752-2015, bulk 1850-1930

Title:

Burley and Haley Family Papers, 1752-2015, bulk 1850-1930

Creator:

Burley family
Haley family

Accession / Call Number:

2017.127

Object ID:

2017.078

Date:

1752-2015

Physical Description:

94 boxes, 6 volumes, and 1 oversized drawer ; 42.34 linear feet

Scope and Content:

The Burley and Haley Family Papers consist primarily of correspondence, but also of business papers, ephemera, and photographs of the Burleys, Haleys, and their extended families from 1752 to 2015, with the bulk of materials dating from 1850 to 1930. The family letters all belonged to people who lived or spent extended periods of time in the dwellings on the family homestead in Epping, NH, which was in the family for over 250 years from 1752 to the early 21st century. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, this large extended family corresponded with far flung relatives in California, Texas, Arkansas, and Michigan, as well with nearer ones in various locations in the Northeast. Children wrote from boarding school and college, sisters to each other about health and home management, suitors to future spouses, and husbands wrote home while away on business trips. The correspondence also includes incoming letters from friends and associates. Several women had long friendships that document the activities of both single and married middle class New England women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Materials not identified with any particular family member and found unassociated with any individual's letters are together in the ephemera series. Ephemera relating specifically to individuals (invitations, programs, greeting cards, etc.) are filed with the individual. Business records, divided into three subseries by the donor, include: Farm records for managing the family farm in Epping, NH, in the 1920s to 1940. Harry Burley, responsible for the farm, lived in the Boston area and employed farm managers and workers. This is the resulting correspondence. A few of Harry B. Burley's business papers from his tenure as an engineer for the city of Nashua, NH, during the 1890s and a further few about an accident he sustained while working as an inspector for an insurance company. Although he established his own manufacturing business in Massachusetts in 1905, his business records do not include materials about that company. Joseph C. Burley's extensive business records from 1860 to 1900. He was an Epping, NH, politician, businessman (dealing in wood and lumber), and farmer. There are also records of his investments in land in Kansas from 1880 to 1900. Joseph C. Burley's estate papers are together at the end of his business papers. Harry Burley was the executor, and this series also contains some early farm records dating from 1900 to 1920. Photographs in this collection document Harry and Louise Burley's family gatherings, including many family reunions on the Epping property, and their travels.

Subjects:

Businessmen , Engineers , Farmers , Homemakers , Physicians , Teachers , Account books , Invoices , Receipts (acknowledgements) , Diaries , Education , Agriculture , Farms , Logging , Manufacturing industries , Medicine--Practice , Tuberculosis , Women

Locations:

Caribou, ME
DeValls Bluff, AK
Epping, NH
Garland, ME
Kansas
Marlin, TX
Princeton, IL
Wollaston, Quincy, MA

People:

Burleigh, Nannie Burley, 1857-1939 , Burley, Benjamin Thomas, 1874-1956 , Burley, Benjamin, 1803-1861 , Burley, Elizabeth Ann Cilley, 1804-1876 , Burley, Harry Benjamin, 1867-1954 , Burley, Jane, 1872-1962 , Burley, Joseph C., 1830-1900 , Burley, Louise Wells, 1878-1955 , Burley, Nancy Jane, 1832-1855 , Burley, Sarah Elizabeth Haley, 1833-1912 , Burley, Thomas, 1766-1847 , Curtis, Alice Burley, 1870-1946 , Curtis, William G., 1869-1947 , Ecans, Winfield Scott, 1816-1909

Organizations:

Dartmouth College
Dean Academy (Franklin, M.A.)
Emerson College of Oratory
Harvard College (1780-)
Phillips Exeter Academy
Burley family
Haley family

Credit Line:

Gift of the Joseph C. and Robert M. Burley Family Trust.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Collection