Summary Information
Abstract
A collection of the personal papers, including personal
correspondence and financial documents, of the family of James Otis Hoyt (1842-1896), a
prominent New York Lawyer.
At a Glance
| Call No.: | MS#0623 |
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| Bib ID: | 4078915 View CLIO record |
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| Creator(s): | Hoyt family. |
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| Title: | Hoyt Family Papers
1855-1924
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| Physical description: | 2.5 linear feet (5 document boxes)
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| Language(s): | In English
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| Access: |
This collection has no restrictions.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least
twenty-four (24) hours in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript
Library reading room.
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Arrangement
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in four series:
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Description
Scope and Content
The Hoyt Family collection is comprised primarily of the papers of James Otis Hoyt, his
wife, Emily (née Fellows), and two of their three daughters, Emily and Mary Fellows
Hoyt. These papers include personal correspondence, financial documents, and printed
materials.
Series I: Hoyt, James Otis, 1855-1896
The bulk of James Otis Hoyt's papers date from the 1860s, when he was a student at Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Of his correspondence, most are letters of a personal nature, including a number of love letters from a woman named Sara W. There are also a number of his writings, including a dissertation written in his junior year at Harvard entitled "On Carey's View of Trade as the Instrument of Commerce" and a later work entitled "Concerning the Liability of Partners as to Third Partners." There are also financial documents (mostly bills), and teaching materials from his time as a teacher at St. Mark's School and at Harvard.
Series II: Hoyt, Mrs. James Otis (Emily Fellows), 1885-1909
Mrs. Hoyt's papers are composed of personal correspondence and financial documents. Personal correspondence includes letters from friends (many are condolences written at the time of her husband's death) and from Mary, written during her time at Bryn Mawr. Among the financial documents are insurance policies, a deed to a family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery, and correspondence and official papers relating to the estates of her brother, Richard Christian Fellows, and Augustus Schell.
Series III: Other Family Members, 1882-1924
This series contains the papers of Emily Hoyt (sometimes called Pansy), Mary Fellows Hoyt, and James O. Hoyt's mother, Mrs. James B. Hoyt. Emily's papers include financial documents and personal correspondence, the bulk of which are letters written to her by Mary in 1917 and 1918 during her time as an American Red Cross nurse in France. Mary's papers include her personal correspondence and financial documents. There are also several official papers for both sisters, including an automobile registration and Mary's passport. The letters addressed to Mrs. James B. Hoyt are mostly from her young grandchildren. The folder titled "Unidentified Correspondence" includes letters addressed to "Miss Hoyt" and to "The Misses Hoyt."
Series IV: Documents, 1860s- 1910s
This series is comprised of the less personal documents that were included in the family's collection. There are a number of calling cards and invitations, and ephemera, such as advertisements, programs, and mailings from various clubs. Of particular interest is a large collection of American and European postcards from the 1900s and 1910s, amassed by Mary Fellows Hoyt. Also included are the plans for a boat, a house, and a building which is most likely the family's townhouse at 310 west 75th st. in New York, built in 1893.
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Using the Collection
Offsite
Access Restrictions
This collection has no restrictions.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least
twenty-four (24) hours in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript
Library reading room.
More information and link to off-site request form
Restrictions on Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material
from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Manuscripts, Rare Book and
Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to publish that which it
physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the
patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Hoyt Family Papers; Box and Folder;
Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries. Rare Book and
Manuscript Library; machine readable finding aid created by Columbia University
Libraries Digital Library Program Division
Processing Information
Cataloged 07/--/89 Christina Hilton Fenn
Papers processed and finding aid written in October 2010 by Marina Kastan, Pratt SILS
2012
Recataloged in November 2010 by Lea Osborne
Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT conversion
July 7, 2009
Finding aid written in English.
2010-11-11
xml document instance created by Lea Osborne
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Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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History / Biographical Note
Biographical Note
James Otis Hoyt (1842-1896) was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He attended Phillips
Exeter Academy and Harvard University, from which he graduated in 1865. Upon graduation,
he spent a year as a teacher at Saint Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts. He
returned to Harvard to pursue a degree in Law, which he received in 1868; while there,
he was a proctor and teacher of history. He then moved to New York, where he worked
briefly in several law firms before founding his own firm with Richard Christian (R.C.)
Fellows in 1871. The firm would later become Fellows, Hoyt, and Schell (with Edward H.
Schell), and finally Hoyt and Schell. Hoyt was a director and general counsel to the
Manhattan Life Insurance Company, and general counsel to the National Butchers' and
Drovers' bank and the Manhattan Savings Bank. In 1876 he married Fellows's sister, Emily
Fellows (1847-1909), and the two had three daughters: Mary (1877-19??), Harriet
(1880-19??), and Emily (1883-1919). Hoyt died unexpectedly of an illness in 1896. Mary
attended Bryn Mawr from 1895-1898. From 1916-1917 she studied nursing and wireless
signal work and from 1917-1919 she worked as an Auxiliary Nurse for the American Red
Cross in France.
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