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Geoffrey Ward collection on Ferdinand Ward and the Ward family

Title
Geoffrey Ward collection on Ferdinand Ward and the Ward family, 1825-2012.
Author
Ward, Geoffrey C.

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box 1Archival mixRequest in advance MssCol 22284Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
box 2Archival mixRequest in advance MssCol 22284Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
box 3Archival mixRequest in advance MssCol 22284Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
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box 5Archival mixRequest in advance MssCol 22284Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
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box 7Archival mixRequest in advance MssCol 22284Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
box 8Archival mixRequest in advance MssCol 22284Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
box 9Archival mixRequest in advance MssCol 22284Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
box 10Archival mixRequest in advance MssCol 22284Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
box 11Archival mixRequest in advance MssCol 22284Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
box 12Archival mixRequest in advance MssCol 22284Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
box 13Archival mixRequest in advance MssCol 22284Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
box 14Archival mixRequest in advance MssCol 22284Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
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box 18Archival mixRequest in advance MssCol 22284Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
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box 20Archival mixRequest in advance MssCol 22284Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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Subject
  • Fish, James Dean, 1819-1912
  • Ward, Clarence, 1884-1973
  • Ward, F. De W. (Ferdinand De Wilton), 1812-1891
  • Ward, Ferdinand De Wilton, 1851-1925
  • Genealogy
  • Ponzi schemes > New York (State) > New York > 19th century
  • Swindlers and swindling > United States
  • Geneseo (N.Y.)
Genre/Form
  • Correspondence.
  • Research notes.
Access (note)
  • Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Source (note)
  • Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc., 2013.
Call Number
MssCol 22284
OCLC
890395922
Author
Ward, Geoffrey C.
Title
Geoffrey Ward collection on Ferdinand Ward and the Ward family, 1825-2012.
Description
8.4 linear feet (21 boxes)
Restricted Access
Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Summary
Geoffrey Ward is the author of A Disposition to Be Rich, a biography of his great-grandfather, Ferdinand Ward, who ran a fraudulent Wall Street investment firm from 1880 to 1884. The Geoffrey Ward collection on Ferdinand Ward and the Ward family (1825-2012) consists of material collected and created by Geoffrey Ward in preparation of the book. The collection documents the activities of Ferdinand Ward and his extended family from the 1810s to 1949 through original family correspondence, legal documents, newspaper articles, and Geoffrey Ward's research notes, among other materials.
Source
Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc., 2013.
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MssCol 22284
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