Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation
Munn-Pixley family papers
Munn family
Pixley family
D.101
/repositories/2/resources/1315
19 box(es)
24 volume(s)
1817-1935
English
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Biographical/Historical note
The papers consist of family correspondence between members of the Munn and Pixley families of Gates, N.Y. and the Hanford family of Scottsville, N.Y. Edwin George Munn (1804-1847) married Aristeen Pixley in 1834. They had two children, Frances Emily Munn Field (1844-1873) and John Pixley Munn (1846-1931). E.G. Munn had two sisters; Emily Munn, who died about 1843, and Fanny Munn. Fanny Munn (1811-1893) married the brother of Aristeen (Pixley) Munn, John Lewis Pixley (1812-1893) in 1849. They had two surviving children, Edwin Munn Pixley (Ned) 1850-19- and Mary Cornelia Pixley (Nelly) b. 1854. The Munns and Pixleys lived on a farm in Gates, N.Y. at a place known variously as the Munn farm or Paradise Hill. The principal cash crop grown was table grapes.
John Pixley Munn attended local schools, the Rochester High School and entered the University of Rochester in 1865. He dropped out in 1867 because of poor health and worked with his sister for a year in the U.S. Pension Office in Canandagua, N.Y. He graduated in 1870 and returned to the Pension Office before entering Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York City in 1872, graduating in 1876. John Pixley Munn entered private practice and also became medical examiner for the United States Life Insurance Company, in 1877 and was eventually named a director of the company, and elected president in 1902. He also served as trustee of the University of Rochester from 1886-until his death in 1931. John Pixley Munn married Martha Buell Plum in 1881. They had two children, Aristeen Pixley Munn and James Buell Munn.
Aristeen (Pixley) Munn's sister Abbey (1822-1885) married William Haynes Hanford Jr. of Scottsville, N.Y. They had six children: Franklin Hanford, Ellis (Hanford) Curtiss (Ella), Charles Lewis Hanford (Lew), the twins Nancy Jane (Nanny) and Mary Frances (Fanny), and Emma (Hanford) Smith, Franklin Hanford (1844-1928) was educated with the Munn and Pixley children at Rochester High School. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy at Newport, Rhode Island in 1862 and graduated in 1866. He cruised in the Caribbean 1866-1869, then was sent for duty on the Far East and served in Vietnam, China and Japan. He was promoted to Captain in 1901 and retired as a Rear Admiral in 1903. (For more information, see the Franklin Hanford Papers and the Hanford-Munn Family Papers.)
Scope and Contents note
The collection includes correspondence, school compositions, farm records, pension office correspondence, photographs, including daguerreotype and ambrotype portraits, personal account books and receipts.
The earlier section of the correspondence (1835-1850) is addressed to Fanny Munn before her marriage to John Lewis Pixley in 1849. Principal correspondents are the Edward Van Rensselear family who settled in southern Ohio about 1840.
The latter part of the correspondence is addressed to John Pixley Munn and runs from 1860-1879. The principal correspondents are his sister, Frances Emily (Munn) Field, his mother Aristeen (Pixley) Munn, classmates from elementary and high school and the University of Rochester, fellow workers at the Pension Office, and Franklin Hanford who was stationed at various posts in the Caribbean, South America and the Far East, during the years 1866-1878. Letters principally deal with family events, the operation of the farm, Pension Office work, and the death of Frances Emily (Munn) Field in childbirth in 1873.
Restrictions on Access
The Munn-Pixley Family Papers is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contact the Rare Books Special Collections & Preservation Department prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researchers will also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Dr. John Munn Recht, August 12, 1978.
Restrictions on Use
In consultation with a curator, reproductions may be made upon request. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from a curator. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions.
Preferred Citation
[Item title, item date], Munn-Pixley Family Papers, D.101, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Farm life
Agriculture
New York (State)--Gates
Correspondence
Diaries
Financial records
Photographs
Munn family
Pixley family
Series I: Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/314247Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/3142671817-May 186311-12Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/314268June 1863-December 186721-14Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/314269January 1868-February 187031-11Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/314270March 1870-December 187141-12Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/314271187251-9Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/314272January 1873-December 187461-13Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/314273January 1875-December 187671-12Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/314274January 1877-1932, undated81-17Series II: Educational materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/314257University of Rochester Class of 1870 reunion/repositories/2/archival_objects/3142991880913John Pixley Munn compositions/repositories/2/archival_objects/314315111John Pixley Munn Rochester Free Academy graduation speech/repositories/2/archival_objects/314316July, 1865112John Pixley Munn, compositions/repositories/2/archival_objects/314317113John Pixley Munn, lecture notes--medical school/repositories/2/archival_objects/314318114Franklin Hanford, compositions Rochester High School/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143191861115Franklin Hanford, school compositions sent to John Pixley Munn/repositories/2/archival_objects/314320116Frances Emily (Munn) Field, school essays/repositories/2/archival_objects/314321117-8Frances Emily (Munn) Field, compositions/repositories/2/archival_objects/314323119Frances Emily (Munn) Field, autobiographical essay/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143241110Frances Emily (Munn) Field, French exercises/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143251111Frances Emily (Munn) Field, school essay book/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143261112Frances Emily (Munn) Field, teacher's certificate/repositories/2/archival_objects/31432718651113Mary Cornelia Pixley, school essays/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143281114-15Books written by Hanford and Munn children/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143301116Handwritten programs/repositories/2/archival_objects/31433118641117School notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143321118Fanny Munn Field, school essays/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143331119Fanny Munn Field, school notebook/repositories/2/archival_objects/31433418951120John Pixley Munn, lecture notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/3142781213Martha Buell (Plum) Munn, French exercise book/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143911874-187522Series III: Farm business/repositories/2/archival_objects/314260Aristeen Pixley Munn, receipts and bills/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143351848-1917141John Lewis Pixley, correspondence with fruit dealers/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143361867142Merchants Union Express Co. receipt book/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143371867143Memoranda of grapes/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143381867144Accounts with grape pickers/repositories/2/archival_objects/314339145Tax receipts, Gates farm/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143401897-1905146Aristeen Pixley Munn, account book/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143411883-1893147Gates farm/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143421933-1935148Series IV: Images/repositories/2/archival_objects/314264Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/31428317Mounted photographs of the Munn farm, Gates, NY/repositories/2/archival_objects/31428418Photographs of Munn Farm, Gates, NY and members of Munn, Pixley and Hanford families/repositories/2/archival_objects/314347circa 1890-1900Besty (Lewis) Pratt/repositories/2/archival_objects/314348AmbrotypeCorneila Pixley/repositories/2/archival_objects/314349AmbrotypeChester Field (father of Reuben Field)/repositories/2/archival_objects/314350AmbrotypeAristeen (Pixley) Hickox/repositories/2/archival_objects/314351AmbrotypePhotograph album belonging to Aristeen (Pixley) Munn/repositories/2/archival_objects/314352Photograph album belonging to Jane Pixley/repositories/2/archival_objects/314353Photograph album probably belonging to Francis Emily (Munn) Field/repositories/2/archival_objects/314354Daguerreotypes/repositories/2/archival_objects/31439518ASeries V: Travel materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/314265Subseries I: Correspondence and materials from Ruth H. Munn's time abroad/repositories/2/archival_objects/314285Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143561935-1949191Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143571950-1951192Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143581952-1954193Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143591955194Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/314360January-February 1956195Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/314361March 1956196Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/314362April 1956197Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/314363May-June 1956198Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143641959-1976199Letter, August 13, 19--/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143651910Envelope/repositories/2/archival_objects/314366July 2, 19561911Correspondence, undated/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143671912Miscellany/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143681951-19751913Miscellany, undated/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143691914Subseries II: Other travel materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/314399Martha Buell (Plum) Munn, journal of European trip/repositories/2/archival_objects/314297May 1877-July 1878911Trip diary to Europe/repositories/2/archival_objects/314344Summer 187715Series VI: Family biographical materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/314255Fanny (Munn) Pixley and Emily Munn, lease of brick store in LeRoy, N.Y./repositories/2/archival_objects/31428791John Pixley Munn, diary/repositories/2/archival_objects/314290186194Credentials for Monroe County Republican Convention/repositories/2/archival_objects/314296910Menus for dinner at J. P. Munn house/repositories/2/archival_objects/314298912Frances Emily (Munn) Field, diary/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143031864917Frances Emily (Munn) Field, diary/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143041865918Frances Emily (Munn) Field, tribute and list of wedding presents/repositories/2/archival_objects/314305919Fanny Munn Field, autograph book/repositories/2/archival_objects/314306920Aristeen (Pixley) Munn, album/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143071834921Aristeen (Pixley) Munn, greetings from Gates Presbyterian Church on 95th birthday/repositories/2/archival_objects/314308922Eulogy at funeral of Aristeen (Pixley) Munn/repositories/2/archival_objects/314309923Newspaper clippings about Munn family/repositories/2/archival_objects/314310924Manuscript fragments/repositories/2/archival_objects/314311925Martha Buell (Plum) Munn, diaries/repositories/2/archival_objects/31434315Diaries/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143451885-1890, 1892-1915, 1917-191815Fanny Munn Field diaries/repositories/2/archival_objects/3142821880-1889, 1891-1895, 1922-192616Scope and ContentsAlso includes unidentified diaries, 1912-1914
Series VII: Family financial materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/314396Subseries I: J.P. Munn household accounts: ledgers/repositories/2/archival_objects/314286_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143701881-18851_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143711883-18892_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143721884-188734_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143741884-189456_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143761885-18937_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143771890-19008_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143781893-18999_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143791894-189910_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143801899-190211_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143811899-190312_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143821900-190313_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143831903-190414_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143841903-190515_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143851904-190716_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143861905-190617_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143871906-190918_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143881907-190819_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143891908-191220_/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143901909-191521Linen list/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143921886-188723Interest tables/repositories/2/archival_objects/314393185924Subseries II: Other financial records/repositories/2/archival_objects/314398Fanny (Munn) Pixley and Emily Munn, accounts/repositories/2/archival_objects/31428892Summons for foreclosure/repositories/2/archival_objects/314289186893John Pixley Munn, University of Rochester--tuition bills/repositories/2/archival_objects/31429195Scope and ContentsAlso includes: John Pixley Munn, Admission cards to Bellvue Hospital Medical College, 1872-73, 1873-74
John Pixley Munn, account book/repositories/2/archival_objects/3142921855-186196John Pixley Munn, account book/repositories/2/archival_objects/3142931863-186497John Pixley Munn, receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/3142941870-188098John Pixley Munn, blank receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/31429599John Pixley Munn will/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143001915, 1921914Edwin Munn Pixley, tuition receipts/repositories/2/archival_objects/314301915Thaddeus Hanford, Seattle land speculation/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143021870's916Linen list/repositories/2/archival_objects/314346188915Series VIII: U.S. Pension Agency/repositories/2/archival_objects/314256U.S. Pension Agency. Canandagua, N.Y., correspondence and records/repositories/2/archival_objects/314312101U.S. Pension Agency. Canandagua, N.Y., employer wit and humor/repositories/2/archival_objects/314313102Newspaper articles written by Leander M. Drury/repositories/2/archival_objects/314314103