Harrison family papers


Collection 2048

1789-1964
(17.0 Linear feet ; 34 boxes, 9 volumes)

Summary Information

Repository
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Creator
Harrison family
Title
Harrison family papers
ID
2048
Date
1789-1964
Extent
17.0 Linear feet ; 34 boxes, 9 volumes
Language
English
Mixed materials [Box]
1-34
Mixed materials [Volume]
1-9

Preferred citation

Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Harrison Family Papers (Collection 2048), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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Abstract

The Harrison family Papers consists mainly of the papers of Mr. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. (1877-1948) and Mrs. Marie Louise Lemoine Harrison (1880-1966). Both were born into wealthy and socially prominent families. Charles C. Harrison, Jr.’s father Charles Custis Harrison (1844-1929) was President of Franklin Sugar Refining Company until his retirement and the selling of the company in 1892. He also worked as Provost of the University of Pennsylvania from 1894 to 1911. Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. (neé Marie Louise Lemoine) was the only daughter of Louise Rice Lemoine of St. Louis, Missouri who was President of the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. studied at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1899. He later founded Harrison & Company, an investment banking firm.

On November 27, 1899 Charles C. Harrison, Jr. and Marie Louise Lemoine were married, and together continued the lifestyle they separately enjoyed. They had four children between 1902 and 1909. Both enjoyed travelling (through Europe and the British Isles particularly) and horse riding. At their beautiful old home, "Chuckswood" in Villanova, Pennsylvania, and "Spotswood" in The Plains, Virginia, they raised horses, rode, and were part of an active social life which that sport generates.

The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. She is the recipient of most of the correspondence (from family, first fiancé then husband, children, and friends) between the years of 1894 – 1964. The letters reflect her interest in maintaining faraway as well as close family relationships. The collection also includes condolence letters on the death of her father Louis Rice Lemoine in 1926; appointment books from 1934 – 1935 and 1938 – 1945; papers on her writing of religious books, especially manuscripts notes and manuscripts copies of several works. Her husband and their children are also represented by family correspondence that dates from 1898 – 1963. There are also several photographs of Marie Louise Harrison, Charles C. Harrison, Jr., their children, friends, and travels, as well as their horses and homes.

There are some papers of the Lemoine family, chiefly of Mrs. Harrison's father Louis Rice Lemoine (1858-1926). His papers contain personal correspondence from 1869 – 1925, and business correspondence, board minutes, and specification accounts from 1890 – 1926. There are also Ashton Lemoine accounts from 1906 – 1907 which mostly covers stock market transactions, and early Lemoine family correspondence and documents from 1789 – 1864. Among the miscellaneous papers are a Chuckswood Farm Stables book, scrapbooks, photographs, genealogical notes, newspaper clippings, and printed items.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 The Historical Society of Pennsylvania

1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Restrictions

This collection is open for research

Provenance

Gift of Mrs. John T. Nightingale, 1968.

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Controlled Access Headings

Personal Name(s)

  • Harrison, George L. (George Leib), 1811-1885.
  • Harrison , William Welsh, 1850-1927.
  • Harrison, Charles Curtis, 1877-1948
  • Harrison, Charles Custis, 1844-1929.
  • Harrison, Ellen N. (Ellen Nixon), 1846-1922.
  • Harrison, Marie Louise, 1880-1966.
  • Lemoine, Ashton.
  • Lemoine, Louis Rice, 1858-1926.

Subject(s)

  • Agriculture--Early 19th century.
  • Family life--Upper Class--19th Century
  • Family life--Upper Class-Philadelphia--20th Century
  • Genealogy.

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Collection Inventory

Box

Incoming correspondence to Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. 1894 - 1914 

1

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Incoming correspondence to Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. 1915 - 1932 

2

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Incoming correspondence to Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. 1933 - 1937 

3

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Incoming correspondence to Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. 1938 - 1959 

4

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Incoming correspondence to Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. 1960 - 1964, undated 

5

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Outgoing correspondence from Charles C. Harrison, Jr. 1898 - 1900 

6

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Outgoing correspondence from Charles C. Harrison, Jr. and Miscellaneous 1903 - 1928, 1948 

7

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Outgoing correspondence from Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. (Marie Lemoine Harrison) 1888 - 1945  

8

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Incoming and outgoing correspondence of Mr. & Mrs. Louis R. Lemoine 1862 - 1925 

9

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Louis R. Lemoine business papers and miscellaneous items 1882 - 1926 

10

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Correspondence of their children Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. 1909 - 1925 

11

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Correspondence of their children Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. 1926 - 1930 

12

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Correspondence of their children Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. 1931 - 1963, undated 

13

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Incoming correspondence to Charles C. Harrison, Jr.'s children & miscellaneous papers undated 

14

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Miscellaneous correspondence of various family members; Ashton Lemoine correspondence and accounts 1832 - 1876, 1906 - 1907 

15

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Taylor, Blow, Charles, Spotswood, Lemoine, and Rice families: printed items, genealogical notes, and newspaper clippings undated 

16

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Taylor, Blow, Charles, Spotswood, Lemoine, and Rice families: printed items, genealogical notes, and newspaper clippings undated 

17

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Scrapbooks: First and second "Gympty books" of Marie L. Lemoine 1897 - 1900 

18

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Newspaper clippings regarding Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. and their children 1930 - 1960 

19

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Newspaper clippings regarding Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. and their children 1930 - 1960 

20

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Newspaper clippings of immediate family of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. including grandchildren 1906 - 1962 

21

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Newspaper clippings regarding miscellaneous relatives and friends 1930 - 1960 

22

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Photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. and miscellaneous other people and places undated 

23

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Photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. relating to horses and riding undated 

24

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Photographs of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. undated 

25

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Manuscripts and galleys of works by Marie L. Harrison: "God's Good Will," "Preparation for Living," and miscellaneous other pieces undated 

26

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Manuscripts of works by Marie L. Harrison: "God's Good Will" and "Everyday Problems Solved by the Bible" undated 

27

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Manuscripts of works by Marie L. Harrison: 2 volumes of "Live Victoriously" undated 

28

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Incoming correspondence to Marie L. Harrison regarding her books undated 

29

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Miscellaneous notebooks of Marie L. Harrison: Notebook A, B, C, 2, 3, 6, 7; six Miscellaneous notebooks; two cookbooks; Chuckswood farm stable book undated 

30

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Diaries of Marie L. Harrison 1934 - 1935, 1938 - 1945 

31

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Photograph albums: Lemoine family; Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. 1896 - 1900, 1901-1910, 1906-1915, undated 

32

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Genealogical papers and various photographs and memorbelia pertaining to the Harrison, Lemoine, Blow and Spotswood families; Auction pamphlets pertaining to the Spotswood estate; topographical map of the Chuckswood property undated 

33

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Plates for book by William W. Harrison 1911 - 1924 

34

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Volume

Photo album of the Lemoine family and Charles C. Harrison, Jr. family 1898 - 1902 

1

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Photo album of trip through Scotland taken by T. Truxton Hare, T. Mitchell Hastings, and Charles C. Harrison, Jr. 1898 

2

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Scrapbook of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. 1900 - 1902 

3

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Letterbook of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. 1900 

4

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Letterbook: Letters of condolence to Louis R. Lemoine upon the death of his wife Augusta Blow Lemoine 1924 

5

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Memorial book on death of Charles C. Harrison, Jr.: photostats of letters, pictures and documents relating to his achievments 1948 

6

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Early Lemoine papers - manuscripts letters and documents bound together: Jean Marie Lemoine, John E. Lemoine, Sarah Lemoine, Paul Marie Lemoine, plus one sheet of Confederate money 1789 - 1924 

7

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Reviews, notices and letters to the author of the Harrison and Waples Geneaolgy by William W. Harrison 1911 - 1924 

8

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Condolence letters to Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Jr. on the death of her father Louis R. Lemoine March 1926 - May 1926 

9

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