Trumbull Family Papers, 1876-1899, 1975-1984
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Not requestable
Scope and Content Note
The Trumbull Family Papers contain personal and business papers for shipmaster Edward B. Trumbull (1852-1934) and his brother, Walter H. Trumbull, a member of Salem's east African shipping firm Ropes, Emmerton & Company.
Series I. Edward B. Trumbull Papers include 2 volumes of sailing memoirs from voyages on the bark Taria Topan.
Series II. Walter H. Trumbull Papers contain diaries, letterbooks, and ledgers.
Dates
- Creation: 1876-1899, 1975-1984
Creator
- Trumbull family (Family)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use, with the following restrictions: the sailing memoirs of Edward B. Trumbull are on microfilm (#106) and should be used in place of the originals. The diary, letterbooks, and ledgers of Walter H. Trumbull are on microfilm (#320) and should be used in place of the originals.
Biographical Sketches
Edward B. Trumbull was born in April 28, 1853 in Salem, Massachusetts, to Edward H. and Mary Ann (Ashby) Trumbull. He was a ship master and captained the bark Taria Topan. He married Elizabeth (Lizzie) Florence Manning of Salem on May 12, 1880 in Antrim, New Hampshire. They had two daughters, Mabel Augusta (born 1880) and Elizabeth M. (born 1891). He died on December 31, 1934.
Walter Henry Trumbull was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in September 1859 to Edward H. and Mary Ann (Ashby) Trumbull. He was a member of one of Salem's east African shipping firms, Ropes, Emmerton & Company. He married Gertrude Lang Cook (1867-1931) in 1888 and they had four children: Mary Elizabeth (born 1889), James C. (born 1890), Franklin Hunt (born 1892), and Walter Henry (1893-1976). He died on June 15, 1935 in Salem.
Extent
0.75 linear feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Trumbull Family Papers contain personal and business papers for shipmaster Edward B. Trumbull (1852-1934) and his brother, Walter H. Trumbull, a member of Salem's east African shipping firm Ropes, Emmerton & Company.
Series List
SERIES I. Edward B. Trumbull Papers
SERIES II. William H. Trumbull Papers
Physical Location
Phillips Library Stacks
Provenance
The collection is an integration and reorganization of two boxes which are from an unknown source. The log for the ship Mutlah from 1868 was removed and cataloged separately. In April 2015 the Walter H. Trumbull Papers, 1879-1882 (acc #25,822), were incorporated into the collection. These papers included one envelope of material related to Walter Trumbull's post in Zanzibar, correspondence, and printed material. This material was donated by John R. Trumbull in December 1991.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Prudence K. Backman, May 1983. Updated by Catherine Robertson, April 2015.
Subject
- Trumbull, Edward B., 1852-1934 (Person)
- Trumbull, Walter H., 1859-1935 (Person)
- Ropes, Emmerton & Co. (Organization)
- Taria Topan (Bark) (Organization)
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- TRUMBULL FAMILY PAPERS, 1876-1899, 1975-1984
- Author
- Processed by: Prudence K. Backman; Updated by: Catherine Robertson; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Processing for this collection was funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Phillips Library Repository