Finding aid for William Pickett Harris, Jr. papers
01129

Summary Information

Repository
Burton Historical Collection
Creator
Harris, William P. , (William Pickett)
Title
William Pickett Harris, Jr. papers
ID
01129
Date
1642-1971
Extent
5.0 Linear feet (10 boxes, 1 volume, 1 large manuscript)
Language
English
Language of Materials note
In English.

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Biographical/Historical note

Born in Detroit on July 13, 1897 to William Pickett and Sarah McGraw Harris, William Pickett Harris Jr. lived in Grosse Pointe Park. He was an investment banker and married Elsie Stivers Smith in 1923. Of their three children, their daughter Julie became famous as an award-winning actress. Mr. Harris retired as Associate Curator of Mammals from the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. His hobby was genealogy and this collection represents his work on his and his wife's family. William Harris Jr. died in Grosse Pointe on April 7, 1972.

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Scope and Contents note

This genealogy collection focuses mainly on the Harris, Pickett, Alston, McGraw and Simpson families. A complete list of all family names is included at the the Finding Aid. Also included are two rare books owned by family members, dated: 1642 and 1663.

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Arrangement note

Series; Arranged into three series: I. Miscellaneous Families & Materials. II. Family Histories. III. Family Genealogies

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Burton Historical Collection

Conditions Governing Access note

This collection is open for research use.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

01129

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William Pickett Harris, Jr. papers, 1642-1971 (OCLC record)

[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435639477]

Controlled Access Headings

Family Name(s)

  • Alston family
  • Harris family
  • McGraw family
  • Pickett family
  • Simpson family

Genre(s)

  • Clippings (information artifacts)
  • Correspondence
  • Family papers
  • Genealogies
  • Photocopies
  • Photographs

Personal Name(s)

  • Harris, William P. , (William Pickett)

Subject(s)

  • Zoology

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Collection Inventory

Miscellaneous Families & Materials 

General note

This section contains charts, correspondence and notes of Mr. Harris concerning many of the families and their connections with each other. It also contains publications and research materials of general genealogical interest.

BOX 1 

1:1 Ancestral Tablets (bound volume) 

1:2 Charts 

1:3 Correspondence, 1938-1961 

1:4 1962-1966 

1:5 1967-1971; n. d. 

1:6 Newspaper Clippings & Photographs 

1:7 Notes 

1:8 Publications 

BOX 2 

2:1 Publications—The Alabama Review/Alabama Historical Quarterly, 1930-1958 

2:2 American Genealogist, 1966-1970 

2:3 Buxtorf, Johannis, Thesaurus Grammaticus Linguae Sanctae Hebraeae, 1663 

2:4 New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1951-1952 

2:5 New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, 1953-1972 

BOX 3 

3:1 Publications—Prayer Books 

3:2 Research Materials 

3:3 Genealogical Research (notebook) 

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Family Histories 

General note

The compilation of families in this section was prepared by Mrs. Janice A. Beebe of Brighton, Michigan, under the direction of Miss Lucy Mary Kellogg, from material collected by Mr. Hams. This portion of the collection has been microfilmed and is available in the Burton Historical Collection, BHC #1223. The originals are included here. Alphabetical listings of family names follow the folder of Charts.

BOX 3 (continued) 

3:4 Charts 

3:5 Alston 

3:6 Bolton - Dickson 

3:7 Drew - Haines 

3:8 Harris 

3:9 Hart - Peck 

BOX 4 

4:1 Pickett 

4:2 Raiford - Rogers 

4:3 Scott - Temple 

4:4 Thornfield - Williams 

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Family Genealogies 

General note

This section contains Mr. Harris' research materials, correspondence, photographs, notes and other genealogy material dealing with each family.

BOX 4 (continued) 

4:5 Alston Family—"Alston Genealogy" 

4:6 Charts & Notes 

4:7 Correspondence, 1960-1964 

4:8 Correspondence, 1967-1969 

4:9 Correspondence, Christine Bergen, 1961-1962 

4:10 Correspondence, Gladys Costello, 1960 

BOX 5 

5:1 Alston Family—Correspondence, Gladys Costello, 1961 

5:2 1960-1961 

5:3 1962-1963; 1968; n.d. 

5:4 Historical Documents, 1790-1799 

5:5 Research Materials & Newspaper Clippings 

5:6 "History of Moore County" 

5:7 Alston-Williams-Boddie-Hilliard Society, 1958-1967 

5:8 Boddie Family—Research Materials 

5:9 Dickson Family—Research Materials & Historical Document, 1765 

5:10 Haines Family—Historical Documents, 1873 

5:11 Haines/Hart/Palmer Families (notebook) 

BOX 6 

6:1 Haines/Hart/Palmer Families—Research Materials & Correspondence, 1969-1970 

6:2 Harris Family—Charts & Notes 

6:3 Correspondence, 1933-1962 

6:4 Chiles & Laura Harris, 1948-1971 

6:5 Harris Family---Descendants of John Harris; Correspondence & Notes 

6:6 Harris Family of Block Island; Correspondence, 1948-1971, and Research Materials 

6:7 "The Harris Family of England and America" 

6:8 "Harris Family Records" (bound volume), by J. Montgomery Seaver 

6:9 Historical Documents, 1806-1888 

6:10 Diary, Samuel S. Harris, 1862-1864 

BOX 7 

7:1 Harris Family--Miscellaneous Items 

7:2 Newspaper Clippings, 1888-1960s; & Photographs 

7:3 Research Materials 

7:4 Scrapbook, War of 1898/Items from Scrapbook, 1893-1900 

7:5 Second Line 

7:6 "Some Buckinghamshire Harrises in the 1400s and 1500s" 

7:7 "Three Scraps of Genealogical Evidence" 

7:8 Trinity Episcopal Church, Bay City, 1880-1954 

BOX 8 

8:1 Harris Family—William Pickett Harris Jr.; Biographical Material 

8:2 Harris/Alston Families 

8:3 Hart/Haines/Moody Families 

8:4 McGraw Family Correspondence, 1949-1971; & Charts 

8:5 Historical Materials & Documents, 1849-1900 

8:6 Diaries of Sarah McGraw, 1862-[ 1865] 

8:7 Photographs 

8:8 Research Materials & Notes 

BOX 9 

9:1 McKeithen Family—Research Materials & Charts 

9:2 Pickett Fancily--Correspondence, 1931-1971; Notes & Charts 

9:3 Historical Materials & Documents, 1854-1906 

9:4 Johannis Bisselii, Petri de Victoria, 1642 (book owned by A.J. Pickett) 

9:5 Individuals 

9:6 Albert James Pickett 

9:7 Newspaper Clippings & Photographs 

9:8 Pickett Family—"The Picketts" 

9:9 Research Materials 

9:10 Pitts Family 

9:11 Raiford Family—Research Materials 

BOX 10 

10:1 Ramsey Family----Research Materials 

10:2 Robinson Family—Research Materials 

10:3 Simpson Family—Correspondence, 1933-1970; n.d. 

10:4 Notes & Charts 

10:5 Photographs 

10:6 Research Materials & Newspaper Clippings 

10:7 Simpson/Bolton Family (notebook) 

10:8 Smith Family—Research Materials 

10:9 Temple Family—Research Materials 

10:10 Van Cortlandt Family—"The Family Collections at Van Cortlandt Manor" (bound volume) 

10:11 Research Materials 

10:12 Viele Fancily—Correspondence, 1949-1951; & Notes 

10:13 Research Materials 

10:14 Williams Family—Research Materials 

10:15 Willys/Willes Family Research Materials 

VOLUME 

"The Alstons and Allstons of North and South Carolina", by Joseph A. Groves (photocopy) 

LMS : Family/Pedigree Charts 

Harris, Samuel Smith (3) 

Dickson/Dixon 

Land Records, William Harris, 1826 (2) 

Maps: 

-Clanton Sheet, Alabama 

-Montgomery Quadrangle, Alabama 

-Wetumpka Quadrangle, Alabama 

-Laurens County, Georgia 

-Lincoln County, Georgia 

-Madison County, Tennessee 

-Westover Quadrangle, Tennessee 

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