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Title
Finding Aid for Courtney Family Papers
Subject
Family histories
Description
Collection of genealogical research on the Bates, Courtney, Banker, Beaumont family lines, amongst others, created by donor Janet Bates Courtney. In addition to genealogical notes, there are published works by members of the Bates family, as well as memorabilia and other ephemera. Donor's focus was on the Bates Family in Traverse City, Michigan, and the bulk of the collection dates from their active period, 1880-1890, although she has family lineage dating back to the 1750s.
Creator
Marlas Hanson
Amy Barritt
Source
Janet (Bates) Courtney
TADL Local History Collection, Woodmere
Publisher
TADL Local History Collection, Woodmere
Date
1750-1890
Contributor
Janet (Bates) Courtney
Rights
Images and documents may be protected by copyright law. Contact Traverse Area District Library for permission to reproduce, display, or transmit this image.
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Finding Aid
Identifier
2016.12
Coverage
Grand Traverse County, Michigan
PDF Text
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Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
610 Woodmere Avenue Traverse City MI 49686
reator:Janet (Bates) Courtney
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Title:Courtney Family Papers
Inclusive dates:1750s-1890s
Bulk dates:188-1890
Extent:3 linear feet
Call number:2016.12
anguage: English
L
Acquisition: Donated by Janet {Bates) Courtney.
Accruals: Periodic additions to the collection are not expected.
Access: The collection is open without restriction.
Photographs: Scattered; See Beaumont and Bates series, Box 1 and 2.
A-V Material: None.
Digital Material: None.
Copyright: Copyright is held in the public domain.
Processed By: Marlas Hanson, 2016; Amy Barritt, 2014
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collection
Courtney Family Papers,2
bstract
A
Collection of genealogical research on the Bates, Courtney, Banker, Beaumont family
lines, amongst others, created by donor Janet Bates Courtney. In addition to
genealogical notes, there are published works by members of the Bates family, as well
as memorabilia and other ephemera. Donor's focus was on the Bates Family in
Traverse City, Michigan, and the bulk of the collection dates from their active period,
1880-1890, although she has family lineage dating back to the 1750s.
cope and Content Note:
S
In the Bates series, articles from the Detroit Advertiser contain Morgan Bates' journey to
San Francisco. Also, Bates series continues to Box 3, where a lone object belonging to
Clara Doty Bates is housed.
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collection
Courtney Family Papers,3
Container No.
Description
Box 1
Bagg [series:]
Banker-Grant Family Line
Banker-Silliman Family Line
Bates [series:]
Articles from Detroit Advertiser
Bible Records
Austin Correspondence
Cumming Correspondence
Darst Correspondence
Dingwall Correspondence
Family Charts
Bates-Beadleston Family Line
Ash Family Line
Gilbert Ash
Bates-Eaton, Ash, Tylee and Howland Family Lines
Ash-Plevier Family Line
Ash-Tomlinson Family Line
Ash-Tylee Family Line
Fairbanks-Bates Family Line
Fairbanks Bible Records
Bates-Goff Family Line
Bates-Harsha Family Line
Bates-Holley Family Line
Bates-Jenkins Family Line
Doty-Bates Family Line
Walker-Bates Family Line
Bates: Waters-Howard-Tarbox Family Line
Bates-Howard, Waters Family Lines, Correspondence Bates-Other
Family Lines
Bates (Michigan and New York)
New York (New York) City Directories, 1786-1827
Bates Warren County (New York), 1794-1819
Grand Traverse County (Michigan) Deaths 1858-1867
Clara Doty Bates "Songs for Goldlocks"
Martha E. Cram Bates
Box 2
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collection
Courtney Family Papers,4
Bates [series:] cont.
Merritt Bates
Morgan Bates' Biography Morgan Bates California Travel
Morgan Bates and Grand Traverse Herald
Morgan Bates and Horace Greeley Correspondence, 1833-1839
(Photocopies)
Morgan Bates Lieutenant Governor of Michigan 1868-1872
Morgan Bates, Michigan Press History 1840-1890
Morgan Bates, Papers at Burton Historical Collection
Box 2a
Bates [series:] cont.
Thomas, George, and Family Traverse City 1859-1940
George Bates' copy of Leach's "A History of the Grand Traverse
Region"
World's Columbian Exposition 1893 Morgan and Clara Bates Passes
Building Booklet
Children's Building
F. Hopkinson Smith Bates (Pennsylvania)
Bates (Rhode Island and Massachusetts) Bates (Rhode Island )
Correspondence Bates (Vermont)
Bates (Vermont), Ebenezer Bates will (photocopy)
Newspaper Clippings
The Record Eagle, 18 December 1912 (Obituary for ThomasT.
Bates); The Record Eagle, 19 December 1912 (Funeral
announcement for Thomas T. Bates);The Record Eagle,23
December 1912 (Report on funeral for Thomas T. Bates);The
Record Eagle, 10 January 1913 (Trustees of TraverseCity State
Hospital express appreciation of Thomas T. Bates' service);The
Record Eagle, 9 February 1935 (History of theRecord-Eagleof
Traverse City)
Beaumont [series:]
Beaumont Family Line (Includes history of Dr. William Beaumont)
Courtney [series:]
Bible Records
Various Wills (photocopies)
Courtney Family Line
Courtney-Jones Family Line
Courtney-McHugh Family Line
Lumpkin-Courtney Family Line
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collection
Courtney Family Papers,5
ourtney (Kentucky)
C
Lumpkin [series:]
Lumpkin (Virginia)
Cemetery [series:]
Cemetery search
New York Research [series:]
New York Research
Published Works and Bound Volumes [series:]
● Autograph book, belonged to George G. Bates, Traverse City,
1876-1880, signature from various parts of the United States, includes
Traverse City names
● Scrapbook, belonged to Ada Howard Moore, wife of Fred E. Moore
(architect of Traverse City); clippings of a personal nature as well as
national, current events, ca. 1888-1896
● The Other Fellow, F. Hopkins Smith, Cambridge, RiversidePress,
1899. (signed by author with inscription to Morgan Bates)
● The Tribune Almanac for the years 1838 to 1868, inclusive,
comprehending The Politician's Register and The Whig Almanac, Vol.
1., New York: published by the New York Tribune, 1868
Box 3
ublished Works and Bound Volumes [series:]
P
● Martin Brook, a novel, Morgan Bates, Harper & BrothersPublishers,
New York and London, 1901. ( paper book jacket, torn and brown
w/age)
● Martin Brook, a novel, Morgan Bates, Harper & BrothersPublishers,
New York and Landon, 1901. (inscribed by author to his niece, Clara,
March 26, 1901), no book jacket
● Along Traverse Shores,Mrs. M. E. C. Bates and Mrs.M. K. Buck,
Traverse City, 1891. (Paper cover, inscribed by authors to Flora A.
Campbell)
● Along Traverse Shores,Mrs. M. E. C. Bates and Mrs.M. K. Buck,
Traverse City, 1891. ?-ex-library
● Songs from the Northland, Mary K. Buck, Traverse City,Mich. 1902
● Heart's Content, and they who lived there, Clara DotyBates, D.
Lathrop and Company, Boston, 1880 (from G.G. Bates' library)
● Heart's Content, and they who lived there, Clara DotyBates, D.
Lathrop and Company, Boston, 1880 (Inscribed: "To Mabel from Aunt
Clara, 1915")
● From Heart's Content, Clara Doty Bates, Morrill, Higgins& Company,
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collection
Courtney Family Papers,6
hicago, 1892 (Inscribed 'To Morgan Bates from Clara Doty Bates,
C
The Ontario, Chicago, 1892; 3 separate sheets included with
dedications and signatures)
● Published Works and Bound Volumes [series:] cont.
● From Heart's Content, Clara Doty Bates, Morrill, Higgins & Company,
Chicago, 1892 (3 copies)
● Ted, Go/d/ocks and others, versesby Clara Doty Bates,pictures by
Lizzie Lawson; D. Lathrop and Company: Boston, 1883. (Inscribed
"From Clara D. to Clara N.")
● On the Treetop,by Clara Doty Bates, pictures by F.T.Merrill, Jessie
Curtis and other well known artists. D. Lathrop and Company, Boston,
1880. (Inscribed "From Clara D. to Clara N.")
Bates [series:]
World's Columbian Exposition 1893, Award Medal and Aluminum Case
made by Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Connecticut,
inscribed to Clara D. Bates
610 Woodmere Avenue Traverse City MI 49686
reator:Janet (Bates) Courtney
C
Title:Courtney Family Papers
Inclusive dates:1750s-1890s
Bulk dates:188-1890
Extent:3 linear feet
Call number:2016.12
anguage: English
L
Acquisition: Donated by Janet {Bates) Courtney.
Accruals: Periodic additions to the collection are not expected.
Access: The collection is open without restriction.
Photographs: Scattered; See Beaumont and Bates series, Box 1 and 2.
A-V Material: None.
Digital Material: None.
Copyright: Copyright is held in the public domain.
Processed By: Marlas Hanson, 2016; Amy Barritt, 2014
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collection
Courtney Family Papers,2
bstract
A
Collection of genealogical research on the Bates, Courtney, Banker, Beaumont family
lines, amongst others, created by donor Janet Bates Courtney. In addition to
genealogical notes, there are published works by members of the Bates family, as well
as memorabilia and other ephemera. Donor's focus was on the Bates Family in
Traverse City, Michigan, and the bulk of the collection dates from their active period,
1880-1890, although she has family lineage dating back to the 1750s.
cope and Content Note:
S
In the Bates series, articles from the Detroit Advertiser contain Morgan Bates' journey to
San Francisco. Also, Bates series continues to Box 3, where a lone object belonging to
Clara Doty Bates is housed.
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collection
Courtney Family Papers,3
Container No.
Description
Box 1
Bagg [series:]
Banker-Grant Family Line
Banker-Silliman Family Line
Bates [series:]
Articles from Detroit Advertiser
Bible Records
Austin Correspondence
Cumming Correspondence
Darst Correspondence
Dingwall Correspondence
Family Charts
Bates-Beadleston Family Line
Ash Family Line
Gilbert Ash
Bates-Eaton, Ash, Tylee and Howland Family Lines
Ash-Plevier Family Line
Ash-Tomlinson Family Line
Ash-Tylee Family Line
Fairbanks-Bates Family Line
Fairbanks Bible Records
Bates-Goff Family Line
Bates-Harsha Family Line
Bates-Holley Family Line
Bates-Jenkins Family Line
Doty-Bates Family Line
Walker-Bates Family Line
Bates: Waters-Howard-Tarbox Family Line
Bates-Howard, Waters Family Lines, Correspondence Bates-Other
Family Lines
Bates (Michigan and New York)
New York (New York) City Directories, 1786-1827
Bates Warren County (New York), 1794-1819
Grand Traverse County (Michigan) Deaths 1858-1867
Clara Doty Bates "Songs for Goldlocks"
Martha E. Cram Bates
Box 2
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collection
Courtney Family Papers,4
Bates [series:] cont.
Merritt Bates
Morgan Bates' Biography Morgan Bates California Travel
Morgan Bates and Grand Traverse Herald
Morgan Bates and Horace Greeley Correspondence, 1833-1839
(Photocopies)
Morgan Bates Lieutenant Governor of Michigan 1868-1872
Morgan Bates, Michigan Press History 1840-1890
Morgan Bates, Papers at Burton Historical Collection
Box 2a
Bates [series:] cont.
Thomas, George, and Family Traverse City 1859-1940
George Bates' copy of Leach's "A History of the Grand Traverse
Region"
World's Columbian Exposition 1893 Morgan and Clara Bates Passes
Building Booklet
Children's Building
F. Hopkinson Smith Bates (Pennsylvania)
Bates (Rhode Island and Massachusetts) Bates (Rhode Island )
Correspondence Bates (Vermont)
Bates (Vermont), Ebenezer Bates will (photocopy)
Newspaper Clippings
The Record Eagle, 18 December 1912 (Obituary for ThomasT.
Bates); The Record Eagle, 19 December 1912 (Funeral
announcement for Thomas T. Bates);The Record Eagle,23
December 1912 (Report on funeral for Thomas T. Bates);The
Record Eagle, 10 January 1913 (Trustees of TraverseCity State
Hospital express appreciation of Thomas T. Bates' service);The
Record Eagle, 9 February 1935 (History of theRecord-Eagleof
Traverse City)
Beaumont [series:]
Beaumont Family Line (Includes history of Dr. William Beaumont)
Courtney [series:]
Bible Records
Various Wills (photocopies)
Courtney Family Line
Courtney-Jones Family Line
Courtney-McHugh Family Line
Lumpkin-Courtney Family Line
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collection
Courtney Family Papers,5
ourtney (Kentucky)
C
Lumpkin [series:]
Lumpkin (Virginia)
Cemetery [series:]
Cemetery search
New York Research [series:]
New York Research
Published Works and Bound Volumes [series:]
● Autograph book, belonged to George G. Bates, Traverse City,
1876-1880, signature from various parts of the United States, includes
Traverse City names
● Scrapbook, belonged to Ada Howard Moore, wife of Fred E. Moore
(architect of Traverse City); clippings of a personal nature as well as
national, current events, ca. 1888-1896
● The Other Fellow, F. Hopkins Smith, Cambridge, RiversidePress,
1899. (signed by author with inscription to Morgan Bates)
● The Tribune Almanac for the years 1838 to 1868, inclusive,
comprehending The Politician's Register and The Whig Almanac, Vol.
1., New York: published by the New York Tribune, 1868
Box 3
ublished Works and Bound Volumes [series:]
P
● Martin Brook, a novel, Morgan Bates, Harper & BrothersPublishers,
New York and London, 1901. ( paper book jacket, torn and brown
w/age)
● Martin Brook, a novel, Morgan Bates, Harper & BrothersPublishers,
New York and Landon, 1901. (inscribed by author to his niece, Clara,
March 26, 1901), no book jacket
● Along Traverse Shores,Mrs. M. E. C. Bates and Mrs.M. K. Buck,
Traverse City, 1891. (Paper cover, inscribed by authors to Flora A.
Campbell)
● Along Traverse Shores,Mrs. M. E. C. Bates and Mrs.M. K. Buck,
Traverse City, 1891. ?-ex-library
● Songs from the Northland, Mary K. Buck, Traverse City,Mich. 1902
● Heart's Content, and they who lived there, Clara DotyBates, D.
Lathrop and Company, Boston, 1880 (from G.G. Bates' library)
● Heart's Content, and they who lived there, Clara DotyBates, D.
Lathrop and Company, Boston, 1880 (Inscribed: "To Mabel from Aunt
Clara, 1915")
● From Heart's Content, Clara Doty Bates, Morrill, Higgins& Company,
Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere
Local History Collection
Courtney Family Papers,6
hicago, 1892 (Inscribed 'To Morgan Bates from Clara Doty Bates,
C
The Ontario, Chicago, 1892; 3 separate sheets included with
dedications and signatures)
● Published Works and Bound Volumes [series:] cont.
● From Heart's Content, Clara Doty Bates, Morrill, Higgins & Company,
Chicago, 1892 (3 copies)
● Ted, Go/d/ocks and others, versesby Clara Doty Bates,pictures by
Lizzie Lawson; D. Lathrop and Company: Boston, 1883. (Inscribed
"From Clara D. to Clara N.")
● On the Treetop,by Clara Doty Bates, pictures by F.T.Merrill, Jessie
Curtis and other well known artists. D. Lathrop and Company, Boston,
1880. (Inscribed "From Clara D. to Clara N.")
Bates [series:]
World's Columbian Exposition 1893, Award Medal and Aluminum Case
made by Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Connecticut,
inscribed to Clara D. Bates