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Martin Family Papers,
circa
1878-1935
MS 22.6
State University of New York at
Buffalo. University Archives
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Title: Darwin D. Martin Family
Papers,
circa 1878-1935
Creator:
Martin, D.
D. (Darwin D.), 1865-1935
Extent: 5.71 linear feet (10 legal manuscript boxes,
2 half legal manuscript boxes,
1 flat box box,
1 oversize flat box,
1 oversize folder)
Repository:
State University of New York at Buffalo. University
Archives
Abstract: Papers, circa 1878 to
1935, of Darwin D. Martin (1865-1935) of Buffalo, New York, an official of the
Larkin Company and an early client of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Preferred Citation
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, MS 22.6, Darwin D.
Martin Family Papers, circa 1878-1935, University Archives, State University of
New York at Buffalo.
See the Special Collections'
preferred citations instructions for
additional information.
Acquisition Information
Gift to the University Archives, State University of New York at
Buffalo, by the Estate of Mildred Martin (Mrs. Darwin R. Martin), in 1983; also
includes related documents donated by Darwin R. Martin, son of Darwin D.
Martin, in 1976, and 1977; and from the Office of the President, State
University of New York at Buffalo, in 1981 and 1983; printed invitation to
"Informal Musical" at Martin House on October 11, [no year], donated by
Margaret Phillips, December 12, 2000, and added to folder 6.7, ephemera.
Terms of Access
Darwin D. Martin Family Papers, circa 1878-1935, are open for
research.
Copyright
Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors,
or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written
permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before
publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be
copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise
specified.
Alternate Forms
Negatives of photographs are shelved in ms22.5 box 25.
Processing Information
Processed by University Archives staff, 1983.
Finding aid revised 1988, 1995.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
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1865 |
Darwin D. Martin born - Boucville, Madison Co., New
York
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1867 |
Frank Lloyd Wright born - Richland Center, Wisconsin |
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1869 |
Isabelle Reidpath, the future Mrs. Martin, born - Buffalo,
New York
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1878 |
Brothers Darwin D. Martin and Louis Frank Martin selling
soap for Larkin Company in New York City
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1879 |
Darwin D. Martin, aged thirteen, begins work at Larkin
Company in Buffalo
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1885 |
Darwin D. Martin invents cardex |
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1887 |
Frank Lloyd Wright begins studies at the University of
Wisconsin
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1888 |
Darwin D. Martin begins building house on Summit Avenue in
Buffalo
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1889 |
Darwin D. Martin marries Isabelle Reidpath |
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Frank Lloyd Wright builds Home and Studio in Oak
Park
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1890 |
Frank Lloyd Wright joins Alder and Sullivan |
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Darwin D. Martin replaces Elbert Hubbard as Secretary of
Larkin Soap Company
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1893 |
Frank Lloyd Wright starts his own practice |
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1902 |
October 29 -- Darwin D. Martin meets Frank Lloyd
Wright
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Darwin D. Martin purchases site for Martin House Complex,
Jewett Parkway
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1903 |
October 11 - Construction begins on Barton House |
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1904 |
July 20 - Construction begins on Martin House |
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October - Barton House occupied |
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1905 |
Martin House Complex completed |
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1910 |
Frank Lloyd Wright designs Bar Beach Cottage (Bay Beach,
Ontario, Canada) for Darwin D. Martin (unexecuted)
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1923 |
Darwin D. Martin commissions Frank Lloyd Wright to design a
home for James and Dorothy Martin Foster, daughter of Darwin D. Martin
(unexecuted)
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1925 |
Martin retires from the Larkin Company |
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1926 |
Construction begins on Graycliff |
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1928 |
June 20 - Graycliff occupied |
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Frank Lloyd Wright designs the Blue Sky Mausoleum for
Darwin D. Martin's ploy in Buffalo's Forest Lawn Cemetery (unexecuted)
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1935 |
Darwin D. Martin dies in Buffalo |
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1936 |
Fallingwater (Bear Run, Pennsylvania), designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright for the Kaufmanns
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1945 |
Isabelle R. Martin dies in Buffalo |
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1959 |
Frank Lloyd Wright dies |
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1926 |
April 5 - Darwin D. Martin writes to Frank Lloyd Wright
requesting 1910 Bay Beach Cottage design; Darwin D. Martin is considering
building on shores of Lake Erie
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April 18 - Darwin D. Martin looks at site in Derby, New
York
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April 19 - Darwin D. Martin purchases 250-foot front on
Lake Erie, with 60-foot cliff
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April 21 - Darwin D. Martin informs Frank Lloyd Wright
that he's not interested in 1910 cottage design, but a two-story stone house
designed by Frank E. Newman for E.W. Russell of Greenwich, Connecticut
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May 3 - Frank Lloyd Wright sends Darwin D. Martin
preliminary drawings
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May 5 - Darwin D. Martin informs Frank Lloyd Wright that
Isabelle R. Martin is Frank Lloyd Wright's client
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August 19-20 - Frank Lloyd Wright in Buffalo to see
site
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August 27 - Isabelle R. Martin sees the site for first
time
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September - Construction on garage begun. |
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September - Due to marital problems, Frank Lloyd Wright
asks his son John Lloyd Wright to take over the project; the Martins did not
approve the change
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November - Frank Lloyd Wright resumes his service to the
Martins; construction continues on the site
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1927 |
April 5-6 - Frank Lloyd Wright visits site |
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June 4 - Darwin D. Martin writes to Frank Lloyd Wright of
the completion of the foundation of the main house
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June 15-16 - Frank Lloyd Wright visits site |
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August 31-September 2 - Chimney and masonry of main house
completed
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September - Frank Lloyd Wright finalizes designs for
landscape, tennis court, circle, and guest house; the guest house was not
executed
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September - Furniture designs by Frank Lloyd Wright are
executed
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1928 |
March 10, 12 - Furniture bought for main house |
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June 20 - Martins "open" house |
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September 20 - Paul A. Harsh, a house guest at Graycliff,
suggests the name "Graycliff"
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1929 |
April - Isabelle R. martin asks Frank Lloyd Wright to
design a screened walk to cross the esplanade behind the stone bench for
servants
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June 15 - Frank Lloyd Wright visits site |
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July - Martins request Frank Lloyd Wright to design a
"concrete tent house" for the Foster family (unexecuted)
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July - Martins request Frank Lloyd Wright to design a
third-floor to main house (unexecuted)
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July 29 - Construction on evergreen garden, stone seat
begun; Frank Lloyd Wright selects and ships furnishings for the main house from
Marshall Fields in Chicago; Frank Lloyd Wright suggests wicker and overstuffed
chairs fo the main house
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1935 |
Darwin D. Martin passes away |
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Isabelle R. Martin continues to summer at the site, and
winters with the Foster family
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1938 |
November - Engineering report on site compiled by G.E.
Seitzmiller for insurance purposes
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1941 |
Isabelle R. Martin continues to summer at the site, but
moves into garage apartment
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1942 |
Isabelle R. martin spends her last summer at the site; she
moves permanently to Buffalo to live with the Foster family
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1945 |
Isabelle R. Martin passes away |
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Stewardship of the site falls to a holding company
belonging to Darwin R. Martin, son of Darwin D. Martin
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1950 |
Piarist Fathers, a Hungarian order, purchases site from
Darwin R. Martin
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Mid-1950s |
Chapel addition constructed over south terrace of main
house
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Garage addition and a storage building constructed |
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Circa 1956 |
School building/dormitory constructed to house Hungarian
refugees
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1958 |
August - Frank Lloyd Wright visits the site |
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1996 |
Piarist Father's place property for sale |
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Graycliff Conservancy is formed to acquire and restore the
site
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1997 |
October - Graycliff Conservancy signs a contract to purchase
the site
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Papers, circa 1878-1935, of Darwin D. Martin (1865-1935) of Buffalo,
New York, an official of the Larkin Company and an early client of Frank Lloyd
Wright. Includes diaries, memorandum books, business and family correspondence,
genealogical material and other items concerning Darwin D. Martin, his wife
Isabelle Reidpath Martin, and their children Dorothy and Darwin R. Martin. Also
included are letters to Martin from his brother William E. Martin of Chicago,
1902-1910, letters to Martin from Elbert Hubbard of the Roycroft Shop, East
Aurora, New York, 1893-1912, and letters to Martin from Booker T. Washington,
1901-1915. Some of the correspondence between William E. and Darwin D. Martin
concerns the activities of Frank Lloyd Wright. Also included are various
memoranda concerning the Darwin D. Martin House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
and a typescript draft of "Romeo and Juliet", 1929(?), which was later
incorporated into Frank Lloyd Wright's Autobiography (1932). The bulk of the
correspondence between Darwin D. Martin and Frank Lloyd Wright, including
additional letters of Darwin D. to William E. Martin, is included in the
related "Frank Lloyd Wright Darwin D. Martin Papers" (MS 22.8) available at the
University Archives of the State University of New York at Buffalo and in the
Special Collections at Stanford University. The University Archives also has
architectural plans, contractor's correspondence and photographs of the Darwin
D. Martin House and related structures (MS 22).
The collection is arranged in 17 series:
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I. Index,
circa 1930s |
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This "index" is based on Martin's diaries (Box 1), the "Memorandum
of Events in the Life of Darwin D. Martin, 1865 1934" (Box 3), and other papers
of Darwin D. Martin.
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Arranged alphabetically by topic and with chronological entries
under each topic.
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 1.1-1.3 |
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Typed index, apparently prepared in the early 1930s, of
people, places, events and other topics in the life of Darwin D. Martin.
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II. Diaries
1878,
1882-1888 |
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Typescript copies of Darwin D. Martin's diaries, probably
transcribed circa 1934 when Martin was preparing his autobiography. Much of the
material included in the "Autobiography" is derived from these diaries.
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Arranged chronologically. |
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 1.4 |
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Book I,
1878
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III. Autobiography
1865-1898 |
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In 1934, Darwin D. Martin began work on an autobiography, based on
his early diaries, letters and recollections. The existing manuscript is in two
sections, the first covers Martin's ancestry and the period from his birth to
1885, the second covers 1885 to 1898.
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III.A. Autobiography,
1865-1885
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 2.3 |
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Rough draft (incomplete)
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| 2.4 |
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Typescript draft, pages 1-98
[2 copies]
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| 2.5 |
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Typescript draft, pages 1-98, with corrections
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III.B. Autobiography,
1885-1898
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 2.6 |
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Typescript draft, pages 21-106,
August 1, 1885-Dec. 30, 1889
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| 2.7 |
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Typescript draft, pages 107-191,
January 1, 1890-January 29, 1897
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| 2.8 |
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Typescript draft, pages 1-6, 1-3,
January 1-August 19, 1898
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 2.9 |
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England - France,
1908
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| 2.10 |
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New York - New England Motor Trip,
1911
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| 2.11 |
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Trip of the Stanley Steamer (Chicago-Nebraska),
1912
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| 2.12 |
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Trip to California,
1915
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| 2.13 |
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A Vacation in the Carolinas,
1918
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| 2.14 |
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Our First Visit to Pine Mt. Settlement School,
1919
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| 2.15 |
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Trip to Great Britain
1923
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| 2.16 |
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Trip to Great Britain
1923-1925
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Includes notes, drafts, copies of letters
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V. Diaries, Memorandum Books and Notebooks,
circa 1881-1935 |
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Pocket sized books containing notes, diaries, memoranda and other
information, kept by Darwin D. Martin and Cora M. Herrick (companion to Mrs.
Martin). Includes the "Memoranda of Events in the Life of Darwin D. Martin and
Isabelle R. Martin" begun in 1897, but covering the years 1865 to 1934 in diary
format (see Autobiography pp. 185-186). [Note: A typed transcription of this
diary made by Martha Neri, a University at Buffalo alumna and volunteer with
the Martin House Restoration Corporation, in August 2000 is in a folder in Box
3 along with the diaries.]
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Also includes a "Daily Reminder" kept by Darwin D. Martin in 1903
and two "A Line a Day" diaries (1911 1915 and 1916, 1922), kept by Cora M.
Herrick, who became a companion to Mrs. Martin in 1912. Some of the memoranda
concern Martin's financial affairs and his work for the Larkin Company. One
memorandum book (item 3.11) contains several notes concerning the Martin house.
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Arrangement is chronological. |
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 3.1 |
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Memoranda of Events in the Life of Darwin D. and
Isabelle R. Martin,
1865-1934
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Also includes typed transcript in accompanying folder.
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| 3.2 |
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Account of Travels Abroad (Ireland, England, France),
1899
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| 3.4 |
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A Line A Day (Cora M. Herrick),
1911-15
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| 3.5 |
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A Line A Day (Cora M. Herrick),
1916,
1922
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| 3.6 |
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Memorandum Book (Cost estimates for Larkin Company),
1893-97
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| 3.7 |
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Memorandum Book,
1895-1925
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Includes profits, salaries, inventory)
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| 3.8 |
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Christmas Record,
1899-1901
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Includes notes on Larkin Company employees vacation time
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| 3.9 |
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Memorandum Book (Cost estimates for Larkin Company),
undated
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Includes
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| 3.10 |
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Birthday Book of Proverbs,
undated
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Includes family member birth dates
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| 3.11 |
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Memorandum Book,
1903-?
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| 3.12 |
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Expense Account
1919-20
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Includes pre printed forms for travel expenses in notebook of
the Larkin Company; contains two pages of notes by Darwin Martin
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| 3.13 |
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Memorandum Book,
circa 1927-28
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| 3.14 |
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Memorandum Book,
circa 1930
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| 3.15 |
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Things to Do Today (reading lists),
1930s
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| 3.16 |
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Quotations (on catalog cards),
undated
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| 3.17 |
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Calling Cards (Darwin D. Martin's calling cards and
printing plates),
undated
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| 3.18 |
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Wallet (leather wallet belonging to Darwin D. Martin;
apparently unused),
undated
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 4.1 |
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Letter book,
1880-1882
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| 4.2 |
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Darwin D. Martin's first bank book,
1880-1886
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| 4.3 |
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Phrenological description of Darwin D. Martin,
1886
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| 4.4 |
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House - 145 Summit (now 151 Summit) - specifications,
1888
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 5.1 |
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Delta Barton (Darwin D. Martin's sister),
1874,
1891
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| 5.2 |
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Hiram Martin (Darwin D. Martin's father),
1892-1893
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| 5.3 |
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Isabelle (Belle) R. Martin (Darwin D. Martin's wife),
1894-1895
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| 5.4 |
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Isabelle (Belle) R. Martin,
1912and
undated
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| 5.5-5.27 |
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William E. Martin (Darwin D. Martin's brother),
1898-1929
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| 5.28 |
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William E. Martin correspondence concerning Frank Lloyd
Wright,
1902-1906,
1910
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Includes clippings concerning Wright-Cheney trip,
1909-1910
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| 5.29-5.25 |
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Louis Frank Martin (Darwin D. Martin's brother),
1900-1935
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| 5.36 |
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Darwin D. Martin to family,
1898-1930
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| 5.37 |
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Darwin D. Martin (Photocopies from Darwin D. Martin
Frank Lloyd Wright),
1904-1933
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Letters to Darwin D. Martin,
1893-1912
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Contents |
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 5p., Cambridge,
Massachusetts,
January 16, 1893
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 9p., Cambridge,
Massachusetts,
February 9, 1893
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 1p., East Aurora, New
York,
March 13 [1893?]
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 1p., East Aurora, New
York,
March 23, 1893
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 1p., East Aurora, New
York,
May 27, 1893
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 5p., Hudson, Illinois,
June 22, 1893
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 2p., Boston,
Massachusetts,
November 20, 1893
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 2p., London, England,
June 22, 1894
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| 9 |
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 1p., East Aurora, New
York,
October 8, 1895
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 1p., East Aurora, New
York,
October 10, 1895
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| 11 |
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 1p., East Aurora, New
York,
October 15 [1895?]
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 1p., East Aurora, New
York,
January 10, 1986
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The Society of the Philistines. D.S. membership card
with note attached, , East Aurora, New York,
January 16, 1896
2 items
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| 14 |
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 1p., East Aurora, New
York,
March 6, 1896
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| 15 |
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 1p., East Aurora, New
York,
June 4, 1897
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| 16 |
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 1p., East Aurora, New
York,
June 15, 1897
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| 17 |
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 1p., East Aurora, New
York,
March 18, 1898
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Typed letter signed (TLS), 1p., East Aurora, New York,
December 15, 1898
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| 19 |
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Typed letter signed (TLS), 1p., East Aurora, New
York,
March 13, 1899
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| 20 |
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Typed letter signed (TLS), 1p., East Aurora, New York,
July 2, 1901
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| 21 |
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[Martin, Darwin D. to Elbert Hubbard] Typed letter
(TL) [carbon], 1p., [Buffalo, New York?]
July 3, 1901
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Typed letter signed (TLS), 1p., East Aurora, New York,
October 14, 1901. To the Larkin Soap
Company
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| 23 |
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 1p., East Aurora, New
York,
August 29, 1902
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| 24 |
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Typed letter signed (TLS), 1p., East Aurora, New York,
October 9, 1902
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Typed letter signed (TLS), 1p., East Aurora, New
York,
September 20, 1902
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| 26 |
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[Martin, Darwin D. to Elbert Hubbard] Typed letter
(TL) [carbon], 2p., [Buffalo, New York?],
September 9, 1902.
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Autograph letter signed (ALS), 1p., East Aurora, New
York,
October 31, 1906
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Typed letter signed (TLS), 1p., East Aurora, New
York,
January 25, 1912 [with enclosures]
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[Martin, Darwin D.]. Typed letter (TL) [carbon], 1p.,
[Buffalo, New York?],
January 24, 1912. To Elbert Hubbard.
[Martin, Darwin D.]. Typed letter (TL) [carbon], 1p.,
[Buffalo, New York?],
October 13, 1911. To Mr. Fred Berger,
Columbia Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.
Berger, Fred G. Typed letter signed (TLS), 1p.,
Washington, D.C.,
October 11, 1911. To Darwin D.
Martin.
[Martin, Darwin D.]. Typed letter (TL) [carbon], 1p.,
[Buffalo, New York?],
October 9, 1911. To Fred G.
Berger.
Martin, Darwin D. Typed letter signed (TLS), 1p.,
Buffalo, New York,
October 4, 1911. To Fred G. Berger
(with Berger's response on same letter)
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 5.39 |
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"The Boy from the Missouri Valley",
undated
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 5.40 |
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Letters to Darwin D. Martin,
1901-1915
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 5.41 |
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Draft of "Romeo and Juliet",
1929?
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 6.1 |
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Automobile Receipts,
circa 1903-1913
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| 6.2 |
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Brotherhood of St. Andrew,
undated
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| 6.3 |
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Buffalo Chamber of Commerce,
1905,
1909; Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences,
1909,
1936; Millard Fillmore Hospital,
1926
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| 6.4 |
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Christian Science,
1913
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| 6.5 |
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Christmas cards,
1913,
undated
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| 6.8 |
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Hughes, Charles Evans,
1905,
1907-1908
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| 6.9 |
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Lehman, Herbert,
1934
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| 6.10 |
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Martin House, 125 Jewett Parkway - Clippings,
1905
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| 6.11 |
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Obituaries of Darwin D. Martin,
1935
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| 6.12 |
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Pine Mountain School - Darwin D. Martin resignation as
trustee,
undated
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| 6.13 |
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Progressive Party,
1912
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| 6.14 |
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Roosevelt, Franklin,
1931
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| 6.15 |
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University of Buffalo,
1920,
1928
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| 6.16 |
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Wedding account (written by Isabelle R. Martin),
1905
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| 6.17 |
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World War I service,
1917-1919
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 7.1 |
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Cashbook,
1902
[20.5 x 27 cm.] |
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Record of cash received and expended, arranged chronologically,
including the name of the person or business monies were received from and paid
to, and a breakdown of expenses and receipts by type. The cash book provides a
detailed record of Darwin D. Martin's financial transactions and overall
financial condition during 1902.
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| 7.2 |
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Ledger,
circa 1923-1935
[30 x 34 cm.] |
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Contains accounts dated circa 1913 to 1935, with some earlier
and later entries. Many of the accounts are carried over from a previous
ledger, which has not been located. The cover of the ledger has a handwritten
label identifying it as the "Estate of Darwin D. Martin Assignments to the
Phoenix Corp." The accounts document Darwin D. Martin's investments in real
estate, stocks, bond and other properties. Several accounts concern the
buildings designed for the Martin Family by Frank Lloyd Wright. There are also
accounts with Frank Lloyd Wright (1913 1935) and Frank Lloyd Wright, Inc. (1927
34 and 1929 30) showing Martin's financial dealings with Wright over a twenty
year period.
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| 7.3 |
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Balance sheets,
1912-1917,
1917-1921
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Contain annual summaries of Darwin Martin's financial status.
Accounts include: Stocks, Bonds and Cash; Real Estate; Personal Property;
Miscellaneous Assets; Loans, Notes and Mortgages; and Expense Accounts.
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| 7.4 |
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Contract, Isabelle R. Martin and Darwin D. Martin,
1932-1934
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| 7.5 |
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Inventory - Assets and Liabilities,
1933
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| 7.6 |
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Inventory - Buffalo-Phoenix Corporation,
1934
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Contents |
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Includes
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Martin's correspondence and notes on profit sharing,
1910-1930
Martin's research and subsequent pamphlet,
1932-1933, on the history of the card
ledger developed at the Larkin Company in 1880s
Letters,
1925, on the occasion of Martin's
retirement from the Larkin Company
Letters,
1925-1928, on Martin's sale of Larkin
Company stock
Advertising cards from
1882
Clippings concerning the "silver spoon" premiums offered
by the Larkin Company in
1890
Folder of "paper clip" samples.
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Contents |
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Correspondence, notes and other materials concerning the
genealogy of the Martin family, primarily
1910-1930
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Also includes documents and a letter concerning the Civil War
service of Alexander Reidpath, the father of Isabelle Martin.
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Contents |
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Primarily letters to Darwin R. Martin from family
members and friends during period while Darwin R. was a student at Exeter
Academy and Yale University, and during the early years of his business career.
1916-1925
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Also includes biographical information of Darwin R. Martin;
letters circa
1969-1977, concerning Frank Lloyd Wright;
and early drafts, probably from the
1970s, of papers by DRM on Frank Lloyd
Wright, Darwin D. Martin and the Wright Martin association.
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| Oversize-folder |
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Contents |
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| +1 |
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Marriage Certificate. Alex. W. Reidpath and Kate Danner
(Parents of Isabelle R. Martin),
November 7, 1867
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Town view of Clayville, New York,
1890
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American Field Service. Certificate to Isabelle Reidpath
Martin for donation of an ambulance in World War I
undated
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| +4 |
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United States Council of National Defense. Certificate
to Darwin D. Martin for service during World War I,
June 28, 1919
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| +5 |
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Buffalo Common Council. Memorial for Darwin D. Martin,
December 27, 1935
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| +6 |
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Genealogical Chart. Maternal Ancestry of D. D. Martin,
1920
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| +7 |
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Genealogical Chart. Table of Family von Witzleben.
undated
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| +8 |
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Buffalo Courier Express. Clipping,
October 7, 1934
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 14.1 |
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Secretary's office diary (for Darwin R.?)
1939
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| 14.2 |
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Postmarked envelopes and stamps
1917-1945
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| 14.3 |
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Miscellaneous items
1926-1970
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Handwritten ledger
1938-1941(?)
4 pieces
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| 2 |
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Handwritten letter to D.R. Martin from A.T. Leavitt,
Hamilton By-Byproduct Coke Ovens, Ltd.
1934
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| 3 |
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International driving permit, D.R. Martin
1970
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Contains photo |
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| 4 |
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Typed poem
June 14, 1926
3" x 5" card
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| 5 |
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RCA Deluxe Recording Disc
undated
20 cm diameter
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Paper sleeve marked "Sheridan - Spring in Manhattan" |
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 14.4 |
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Business papers- Darwin R. Martin
1933
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Includes items from Discretionary Accounts, Inc., an investment
company managed by Darwin R. Martin, and O'Brian, Potter & Stafford
including advertising, correspondence, handwritten notes, and hand drawn flow
chart of economic structure.
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| 14.5 |
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Investment records, Darwin D. Martin
1925-1930
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| 14.6 |
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Insurance records - Darwin R. Martin
1945-1967
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| 14.7 |
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Darwin R. Martin writings
undated
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| 14.8 |
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Darwin R. Martin - "Report on the Gold Deposits of
Georgia with Particular Reference to the Dahlonega Camp and Detailed
Examination of the Crown Mountain Mining Company's Properties"
1933
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Report contains 17 black and white photos. Also includes
oversize map of Capps Mine Workings, 1933.
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| 14.9 |
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Typed outline - [Merger and Consolidation]
undated
49 pages |
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| 14.10 |
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"Dewey's Financial History"
undated
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Typed outline with handwritten notes on economic history of U.S.
(by D.R.M.?)
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| 14.11 |
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Darwin R. Martin family items
1938-1969
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Includes obituary for Laura Martin (1969), DRM's wife; Laura
Martin's promissory notes; wedding announcement for Darwin R. Martin and Mrs.
Mildred Fritz Burr (1972), and correspondence
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| 14.12 |
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Bloor Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1926-1933
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Contains Darwin D. Martin mortgages, correspondence, etc.
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| 14.13 |
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800 Ferry Street, Buffalo, New York
1929-1940
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Contains ledger sheet, 4 black and white photos of construction
(1929) and architects' specifications for alterations (1939)
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| 14.14 |
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Stuyvesant Hotel, Buffalo, New York
1945,
undated
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Contains 11 negatives, 3 color photos, letter to Mr. Martin from
Ray Stack, hotel brochure
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog.
Martin, Darwin R. (Darwin
Reidpath), 1900-1979
State University of New
York at Buffalo. University Archives
Wright, Frank Lloyd,
1867-1959
Darwin D. Martin House
(Buffalo, N.Y.)
Hubbard,
Elbert, 1856-1915
Larkin
Co.
Larkin
Soap Company
Martin,
Darwin R. (Darwin Reidpath), 1900-1979
Martin,
Isabelle R. (Isabelle Reidpath)
Martin,
William E.
Martin, D.
D. (Darwin D.), 1865-1935
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Wright,
Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Correspondence
Diaries
Ledgers (account
books)
Photocopies from MS 22.8
Photocopies of some letters from MS 22.8, Boxes 1-2, primarily
concerning Martin family affairs or the public life of Darwin D. Martin were
added to MS 22.6 as indicated below. The originals of these letters remain in
MS 22.8.
Thomas Berry to Darwin D. Martin, December 8, 1904 [Box/Folder
5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Thomas Berry, June 30, 1905 [Box/Folder
5.37]
Horace Warren to DRM, July 31, 1906 [Box/Folder 5.39]
Darwin D. Martin to Horace Warren, August 7, 1906 [Box/Folder
5.39]
Booker T. Washington to Darwin D. Martin, March 29, 1907
[Box/Folder 5.40]
Darwin D. Martin to W.H. Crosby, October 23, 1908 [Box/Folder
6.8]
Charles Evans Hughes to Darwin D. Martin, November 5, 1908
[Box/Folder 6.8]
Booker T. Washington, July 29, 1909 [Box/Folder 5.40]
John D. Larkin Jr. to Darwin D. Martin, January 28, 1911 [Box
8]
Darwin D. Martin to W.H. Phillips, August 17, 1911 [Box/Folder
5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Mrs. Maud L. Huffer, May 18, 1912
[Box/Folder 5.37]
L. Gertrude Angell to Darwin D. Martin, September 29, 1913
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to L. Gertrude Angell, October 3, 1913
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Henry R. Howland, January 7, 1914
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Josephus Daniels, April 6, 1914
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Josephus Daniels to Darwin D. Martin, April 10, 1914
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Booker T. Washington to Darwin D. Martin, December 28, 1914
[Box/Folder 5.40]
Booker T. Washington to Darwin D. Martin, March 11, 1915
[Box/Folder 5.40]
Booker T. Washington to Darwin D. Martin, October 15, 1915
[Box/Folder 5.40]
Darwin D. Martin to E.J. Ward, October 15, 1915 [Box/Folder
5.37]
E.J. Ward to Darwin D. Martin, December 18, 1915 [Box/Folder
5.37]
John R. Mott to Darwin D. Martin, December 20, 1916
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Joseph S. Ford, August 27, 1918 [Box 12]
Darwin D. Martin to Isabelle R. Martin, September 21, 1926
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to John Young-Hunter, March 9, 1927
[Box/Folder 5.37]
John Young-Hunter to Darwin D. Martin, Friday, [March?] 29th,
[1927?] [Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to John Young-Hunter, April 1, 1927
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to John Young-Hunter, July 15, 1927
[Box/Folder 5.37]
John Young-Hunter to Darwin D. Martin, undated [Box/Folder
5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Isabelle R. Martin, September 2, 1927
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Isabelle R. Martin, September 6, 1927
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Isabelle R. Martin, September 12, 1927
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Isabelle R. Martin, September 27, 1927
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Isabelle R. Martin, September 28, 1927
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Isabelle R. Martin, September 29, 1927
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Isabelle R. Martin, October 3, 1927
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Isabelle R. Martin to Darwin D. Martin, October 3, [1928?]
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Isabelle R. Martin, October 4, 1928
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Isabelle R. Martin, October 2, 1929
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Isabelle R. Martin, October 3, 1929
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Isabelle R. Martin to Darwin D. Martin, October 4, 1929
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Isabelle R. Martin, October 4, 1929
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to DRM, March 7, 1930 [Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Uncle Will and Aunt Delta, November 2,
1931 [Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Delta Barton, 1931 [Box/Folder 5.37]
Darwin D. Martin to Delta and Will, September 5, 1933
[Box/Folder 5.37]
Related Resources in the University ArchivesRelated Darwin D. Martin-Frank Lloyd Wright Collections
MS
22.0 , Architectural Drawings of the Darwin D. Martin House and
Graycliff, 1904-1988
MS
22.1 , Frank Lloyd Wright Correspondence with Michael Meredith Hare,
1933, 1940
MS
22.2 , Darwin D. Martin, Reference Files, 1904-2010
MS
22.3 , Graycliff Construction Photographs, circa 1926-1938
MS
22.4 , Blueprints of the W.W. Davies Residence, Louisville, Kentucky,
Undated
MS
22.5 , Darwin D. Martin Photographs, circa 1860s-1970s
MS
22.7 , Darwin D. Martin Correspondence with O.S. Lang,
1904-1921
MS
22.8 , Frank Lloyd Wright-Darwin D. Martin Papers, circa
1888-1979
MS
22.9 , Larkin Company Plans, 1904, 1912
MS
22.91 , Darwin D. Martin Digitization Project, 2006-2008
MS
22.92 , Darwin D. Martin Digital Images, circa 1860s-1970s
MS
22.93 Darwin D. Martin-Frank Lloyd Wright Collection, Oral Histories,
1971-1980
MS
22.10 Historic American Building Survey Drawings, Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, New York, 1986-1987
MS
68 , Graycliff Conservancy, Inc. Collection
3/1/445 ,
Friends of the Darwin D. Martin House, Records,1966-1982
