Finding aid for York Family papers, 1826-1918
02903

Summary Information

Repository
Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Title
York Family papers
ID
02903
Date [inclusive]
1826-1918
Extent
3.0 Linear feet (6 boxes, 1 volume, 1 wallet)
Language
English
Language of Materials
In English.

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Biographical/Historical note

Bertrand D. York was born in Brookfield, New York and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1877. He worked as a real estate attorney in Detroit, and when he retired in 1920 at the age of eighty-seven, he was listed as the oldest practicing lawyer in the country. He and his wife celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 29, 1930. Mr. York Died in Detroit in February 1950, at the age of ninety-seven.

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Scope and Contents note

Included in the collection are many letters of Bertrand D. York and Francis C. York.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection. Dec. 28, 2009

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

02903

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York Family papers, 1826-1918 (OCLC record)

[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/295096237]

Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Hillsdale College. -- General subdivision--Alumni and alumnae;
  • University of Michigan. -- General subdivision--Alumni and alumnae;

Genre(s)

  • Business records
  • Diaries
  • Personal correspondence

Geographic Name(s)

  • Detroit (Mich.)--History--19th century
  • Detroit (Mich.)--History--20th century

Personal Name(s)

  • York, Bertrand D.
  • York, Francis C.
  • York, Frank L.

Subject(s)

  • Lawyers--Michigan--Detroit

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General Note

See finding aids for complete listing.

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Collection Inventory

Boxes 

BOX 1: Miscellaneous 

BOX 2: Letters 

BOX 3: Business & Legal Papers 

BOX 4: Cards, Diaries, etc. 

BOX 5: Books & Records 

BOX 6: Diaries & Records 

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LMS 

Bachelor of Laws, 1877. University of Michigan. 

Bachelor of Laws Diploma, University of Michigan, March 28, 1877. 

General note

License to practice Law in Courts of Michigan as of March 26, 1877. Dated Oct. 3, 1899.

Diploma. Ann Arbor High School. 1878. 

Diploma. Bachelor of Arts. Michigan University. 1882. 

Diploma. Master of Arts. Michigan University. 1883. 

Diploma. Hillsdale College. Doctor of Music. 1922. 

Certificate of Honorary Patron of Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. n.d. 

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