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Livezey Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-089

Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, biographical data, genealogical chart, marriage certificates, memorials, piece books, and printed material of the Livezey and Underwood families.

Dates

  • Creation: 1773-1925

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.

Biographical / Historical

The Livezey family members were Quakers and residents of New Jersey.

Extent

0.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Livezey family members were Quakers and residents of New Jersey. The collection contains correspondence, biographical data, genealogical chart, marriage certificates, memorials, piece books, and printed material of the Livezey and Underwood families.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into four series:

  1. Biographical and genealogical
  2. Correspondence, 1829-1844
  3. Memorabilia
  4. Quaker reference material.

Physical Location

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donor: Joseph M. Livezey, 1967

Separated Materials

The following material, originally part of the collection, has been removed and recatalogued:

  1. Certificate of removal for Joseph B. Livezey, a minor, from Gwynedd M.M. to Woodbury MM, 11mo 2, 1850. Placed in Meeting Papers, Misc., Certificates of Removal
  2. Ms. copy of minute from Woodbury Monthly Meeting to Salem Quarterly, recommending William Haines for the Ministry, 1860, transferred to Woodbury Monthly Meeting records
  3. Ms. copy, from Woodbury Monthly Meeting to Salem Quarterly, recommending David I. Griscom for the Ministry, 1859, transferred to Woodbury Monthly Meeting Records

Processing Information

Sorted, arranged, and placed in document box in RG 5. Oversize marriage certificates placed in chart case.

Title
An Inventory of the Livezey Family Papers, 1773-1925
Author
FHL staff
Date
1967
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries

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