Plimpton Family papers, 1607-1995, bulk 1892-1980

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Series III: Financial and Real Estate, 1894-1949

This series contains correspondence regarding donations and loans made by George Arthur Plimpton, as well as financial and insurance transactions with which he was involved (including the estates of Ginn and Company partner, Osmyn P. Conant, and his wife Louise Royce Conant). Documents related to various properties owned by the Plimpton family can also be found here. The material is arranged alphabetically.



Box 17 Folder 1 to 7 Donations and Loans, 1901-1934, (7 Folders)


Box 17 Folder 8 Donations and Loans--"Bad debts,", 1912-1922


Conant, Osmyn P. and Louise R.--Estate


Box 17 Folder 9 Death of, 1910-1911


Correspondence--Family


Box 17 Folder 10 to 11 Barton, Annie J. and Anson, 1910-14, (2 Folders)


Box 17 Folder 12 to 13 Conant, Richard Royce--Guardianship of, 1910-1916, (2 Folders)



Box 18 Folder 1 Eldred, Katherine, 1910-1916


Correspondence--Legal and Financial


Box 18 Folder 2 to 3 Melville, Henry, 1910-1915, (2 Folders)


Box 18 Folder 4 to 6 New York Trust Company, 1911-1916, (3 Folders)


Box 18 Folder 7 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1911


Box 18 Folder 8 Insurance, 1910-1912


Box 18 Folder 9 Wills, 1910


Box 18 Folder 10 to 11 Management of Estate, 1910-1915, (2 Folders)


Personal Finances


Box 18 Folder 12 General, 1921-1935


Box 18 Folder 13 Ames Hall Trust, 1948-1949



Box 19 Folder 1 to 2 Bank of Manhattan, 1928-1933, (2 Folders)


Box 19 Folder 3 College budget--Francis Plimpton, 1920-1921


Box 19 Folder 4 to 5 Eckert, John A. and Co. Insurance, 1930-1936, (2 Folders)


Box 19 Folder 6 Highland Park Associates, 1913-1922


Box 19 Folder 7 Investments, 1919-1934


Box 19 Folder 8 Lingley, Baird and Dixon, 1927-1931


Box 19 Folder 9 Lingley, R. T. and Co., 1932-1936


Box 19 Folder 10 Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, 1911-1935


Box 19 Folder 11 New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1923-1936


Box 19 Folder 12 Plimpton Checks, 1897-1898


Box 19 Folder 13 Plimpton Estate--Receipts and Disbursements, 1936


Box 19 Folder 14 to 15 Plimpton Trust, 1894, 1935-1936, 1894, 1935-1936, (2 Folders)


Box 19 Folder 16 Taxes, 1929-1936


Real Estate


Box 19 Folder 17 Fifth Avenue--70, 1903-1913



Box 20 Folder 1 Fifth Avenue--1165, 1930-1931


Box 20 Folder 2 Lewis Farm, 1903-1924


Box 20 Folder 3 to 4 Lewis Farm--Account, 1934-1936, (2 Folders)


Box 20 Folder 5 Lewis Farm--Insurance, 1913-1917


Box 20 Folder 6 to 7 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, UK, 1932-1936, (2 Folders)


Box 20 Folder 8 Park Avenue--61, 1935-1944


Box 20 Folder 9 Walpole Realty Corporation, 1943