Collection inventory

Overview of the Collection
Creator:	Hyatt, Audella Beebe, 1840-1932.
Title:	Audella Beebe Hyatt Papers
Inclusive Dates:	1858-1957
Quantity:	7.5 linear ft.
Abstract:	Correspondence, incoming and outgoing (1860-1932); diaries; account books; notebooks; a partial autobiography; and sketches. Correspondents include Clara Carter Hyatt Coad, Mary E. Freeman, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Archer M. Huntington, Alpheus Hyatt, Leon Kroll, Alpheus Hyatt Mayor, and Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor.
Language:	English
Repository:	Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Biographical History

Audella Beebe Hyatt was born in Kinderhook, N.Y., on Feb. 14, 1840. Little is known of her early life. Her father was a farmer. Audella had a brother and sister four years older than herself, Aurelia, and together with their mother often traveled to New York City to buy new clothes. Audella attended a local academy for her education. Following the Civil War and the death of her father, she was living in New York with her mother when Mrs. Alpheus Hyatt of Baltimore asked her to come for a prolonged visit to Baltimore. Mrs. Hyatt (Harriet Randolph King) had recently become a widow. She and Audella had met during the war when they both were doing volunteer work. At the Hyatt estate, "Wansbec", Audella met Alpheus Hyatt II, and they were married Jan. 7, 1867. She had three children, Harriet, Alpheus III, and Anna Vaughn, a fourth child died in infancy.

Mrs. Hyatt was talented as an artist and painter of landscapes. She assisted her husband in his research by painting the sketches and diagrams for his books and lectures and copying his paleontological data. She moved with her husband to Cambridge, Mass. and made the Massachusetts area her home for more than thirty years.

She was also well known for her researches in family genealogy, the fruits of which placed with the work of her daughter Harriet are contained in the Hyatt-Mayor Genealogical Collection. Mrs. Hyatt had great wit and retained her charm until her death at the well-advanced age of 92.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The papers of Audella Beebe Hyatt (Mrs. Alpheus Hyatt II) include biographical material, extensive correspondence, account books, legal papers, notebooks, photographs, diaries, partial autobiography, sketches, and other manuscripts, and published material consisting of articles about others and newspaper clippings about Audella Hyatt and others.

Correspondence, includes both incoming and outgoing letters as well as the correspondence of others and correspondence arranged by subject consisting of a letterbook of sympathy letters dated 1879 and 1893, and a notebook of letters, mainly from Lizzie A. Hyatt Ogden. Correspondents include Clara Carter Hyatt Coad, Mary E. Freeman, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Archer M. Huntington, Alpheus Hyatt, Leon Kroll, Alpheus Hyatt Mayor, and Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor. Subject File, consists of account books, cards and invitations, legal papers, notes, notebooks, photographs and scrapbooks containing photographs, and scientific prints. Diaries, includes diaries arranged chronologically between the years 1858-1863, 1867, 1883, 1900-1905, 1907-1908, 1910, 1913, and one titled "Freiburg 1913-1914". Also included in this series is an undated diary. Manuscripts, includes an unorganized series of holograph notes and typed pages titled "Autobiography," a hand-drawn map titled "Battleground of Guildford Court House," and sketches. Published Material, includes articles about others, newspaper clippings about Audella Hyatt, and newspaper clippings about others.

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Arrangement of the Collection

The incoming letters are arranged alphabetically by author. The outgoing letters are arranged chronologically. Subject File, Manuscripts, and Published Materials are arranged alphabetically by type.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

The Special Collections Research Center has numerous collections for the Hyatt-Mayor families. For information on members of the Hyatt, Mayor, Beebe, and Huntington families see the SCRC Subject Index for the finding aids of individual family members.

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Subject Headings

Persons

Subjects

Genres and Forms

Occupations

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Audella Beebe Hyatt Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Anna Hyatt Huntington, 1964-1967.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: --
Date: 1966?
Revision history: 20 Mar 2008 - converted to EAD (LDC)

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Inventory

	Correspondence
		Incoming Correspondence
Box 1			A - B
Box 1			Beebe, William
Box 1			Bergengren, Anna F.
Box 1			C
			Carter, Clara
				See Coad, Clara Carter Hyatt
			Coad, Clara Carter Hyatt
Box 1				1895
Box 1				1896
Box 1				1897
Box 1				1898
Box 1				1899
Box 1				1900-1901
Box 1				1902
Box 2				1903
Box 2				1904-1906
Box 2				1907
Box 2				1908
Box 2				Jan.-Jun. 1909
Box 2				Jul.-Nov. 1909
Box 2				1910
Box 2				1911
Box 2				1915, 1916, 1918
Box 3				1920, 1923-1929, 1931-1932
Box 3				Undated
Box 3				Undated
Box 3				Undated
Box 3				Undated
Box 3				Unidentified
Box 4			D - E
Box 4			F
Box 4			Freeman, Mary E., "Dolly"
Box 4			G
Box 4			Glover, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred K. (Fannie)
Box 4			H
			Hodgdon, Clara Hyatt
				See Kent, "Clarachen" Hyatt Hodgdon
Box 4			Huntington, Anna V. Hyatt
Box 4			Huntington, Archer M.
			Hyatt, Alpheus II
Box 4				1870-1871, 1873, 1876, 1880
Box 4				1881, 1883, 1885-1886
Box 4				1887, 1889-1890
Box 4				1891
Box 4				1895-1896
Box 5				1897-1898, 1900-1901
Box 5				Undated
Box 5				Unidentified
			Hyatt, Alpheus III
Box 5				1881, 1886-1887, 1891
Box 5				1895-1897
Box 5				1898-1905
Box 5				1906-1910
Box 5				Undated
Box 5			Hyatt, Amy
			Hyatt, Anna Vaughn
				See Huntington, Anna V. Hyatt
			Hyatt, Clara Carter
				See Coad, Clara Carter Hyatt
			Hyatt, "Clarachen"
				See Kent, "Clarachen" Hyatt Hodgdon
			Hyatt, Harriet (Daughter)
				See Mayor, Harriet Hyatt
Box 5			Hyatt, Harriet R. (Mother-in-Law)
Box 5			I - J
Box 5			K
Box 5			Kent, "Clarachen" Hyatt Hodgdon
Box 5			Knoll, Leon
Box 6			L
Box 6			Linege, J.
Box 6			Ludolf, Ernestine
Box 6			M
Box 6			Mayor, Alfred G.
			Mayor, Alpheus Hyatt
Box 6				1917-1918
Box 6				1919-1921
Box 6				1922-1923
Box 6				1924
Box 6				1925-1926
Box 6				1927-1928
Box 6				1929-1932
Box 6				Undated
Box 6				Undated
Box 6				Undated
Box 6				Unidentified
			Mayor, Barbara
				See Money, Barbara Mayor
Box 7			Mayor, Brantz
			Mayor, Harriet Hyatt
Box 7				1896-1899
Box 7				1900
Box 7				Jan.-Feb. 1901
Box 7				Mar.-Apr. 1901
Box 7				May-Jun. 1901
Box 7				Sept.-Dec. 1901
Box 7				1902
Box 8				1903, 1906-1907, 1909, 1913-1916
Box 8				1918-1919, 1925, 1927, 1929
Box 8				1930-1932
Box 8				Undated
Box 8				Undated
Box 8				Unidentified
Box 8			Mayor, Maria
Box 8			Money, Barbara Mayor
Box 8			Moore-Anderson, Nora
Box 8			Motherling, Helen
Box 8			N
Box 8			P
Box 8			R
Box 8			Reynolds, Marian
Box 9			S
Box 9			Schutte, Alexander 1863-1864
Box 9			Sisco, Claire
			Stewart, Marie
Box 9				Dated
Box 9				Undated (2 folders)
Box 9			T, V - W
			Wilins, Mary "Dolly" Freeman
				See Freeman, Mary E. "Dolly"
Box 9			Unidentified
Box 9			Unidentified, copies of letters
		Outgoing Correspondence
Box 10			1853, 1862, 1867-1871
Box 10			1885-1888
Box 10			1903-1907
Box 10			1909-1911
Box 10			1922, 1924-1932
Box 10			Undated
Box 10			Unidentified
Box 10			Unidentified, copies of letters
Box 10		Correspondence of others
		Correspondence by Subject
Box 10			Letterbook - Sympathy Letters 1879, 1893
Box 10			Notebook of correspondence - mainly from Lizzie A. Hyatt Ogden

	Subject File
Box 11		Account Book
Box 11		Account Book
Box 11		Cards and Invitations
Box 11		Legal Papers
Box 11		Notes
Box 11		Notebooks
Box 11		Notebooks
Box 11		Photographs
Box 12		Photographs - scrapbook
Box 12		Photographs - scrapbook
Box 12		Scientific Prints

	Diaries
Box 13		1858-1861
Box 13		1862-1863
Box 13		1867
Box 13		1883
Box 13		1900-1904
Box 14		1905
Box 14		1907-1908
Box 14		1910
Box 14		1913
Box 14		"Freiburg 1913-1914"
Box 14		Undated

	Manuscripts
Box 15		"Autobiography"
Box 15		Map - "Battleground of Guilford Court House"
Box 15		Sketches

	Published Material
Box 15		Articles about others
Box 15		Newspaper clippings about Audella Hyatt
Box 15		Newspaper clippings about others

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