Fred A. Rosenstock papers
Scope and Contents
The collection includes various manuscripts acquired by Rosenstock of Denver, Colorado and sold as a group to the library. They come primarily from the eastern and mid-western United States and include diverse legal, personal, business, land and monetary transaction records originating with federal, state and local government officials and private citizens.
Dates
- 1774-1935
Creator
- Rosenstock, Fred A., 1895- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Documents with signature value have been photocopied and the originals placed in the vault.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Fred A. Rosenstock collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Rare bookdealer.
Extent
2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection includes various manuscripts acquired by Rosenstock of Denver, Colorado and sold as a group to the library. They come primarily from the eastern and mid-western United States and include diverse legal, personal, business, land and monetary transaction records originating with federal, state and local government officials and private citizens.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into 23 series: 1. Fred A. Rosenstock: United States Presidents' signed miscellaneous papers, 1802-1917. 2. Fred A. Rosenstock: United States Governors and Lieutenant Governors' miscellaneous signed papers, 1784-1932. 3. Fred A. Rosenstock: city mayors' records, 1797. 4. Fred A. Rosenstock: historians' records, undated. 5. Fred A. Rosenstock: law partners of Abraham Lincoln records, 1789-1834. 6. Fred A. Rosenstock: military officers' records, 1786-1861. 7. Fred A. Rosenstock: slavery records, 1802-1913. 8. Fred A. Rosenstock: explorers and traders' miscellaneous papers, 1780-1835. 9. Fred A. Rosenstock: District of Columbia records, 1804. 10. Fred A. Rosenstock: Illinois records, 1784-1935. 11. Fred A. Rosenstock: Indiana records, 1829-1839. 12. Fred A. Rosenstock: Kentucky records, 1780-1829. 13. Fred A. Rosenstock: Louisiana records, 1831-1857. 14. Fred A. Rosenstock: Maryland records, 1811. 15. Fred A. Rosenstock: Mississippi Territory records, 1817. 16. Fred A. Rosenstock: Missouri records, 1780-1866. 17. Fred A. Rosenstock: Ohio records, 1806. 18. Fred A. Rosenstock: Pennsylvania records, 1819-1851. 19. Fred A. Rosenstock: South Carolina records, 1785. 20. Fred A. Rosenstock: Tennessee records, 1796, 1810. 21. Fred A. Rosenstock: Virginia records, 1774-1863. 22. Fred A. Rosenstock: Wisconsin records, undated. and 23. Fred A. Rosenstock: records from unknown locations, 1784-1890.
Other Finding Aids
A more detailed finding aid is available in print in the repository.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS1448.xml
Custodial History
Purchased from Fred. A. Rosenstock.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased; Fred. A. Rosenstock.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
Processing Information
Processed; Benjamin Scott Fryser; 1980.
- Fur trade
- Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Illinois
- Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Missouri
- Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia
- Legal documents -- Illinois
- Legal documents -- Missouri
- Legal documents -- Virginia
- Politics, Government, and Law
- Roads -- Illinois
- Slavery -- United States
- Subject term Elections -- Virginia
- Territorial Government
- Title
- Register of Fred A. Rosenstock papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Benjamin Scott Fryser
- Date
- 1980
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States