Research Catalog

Title

Barrell family papers, 1751-1929 bulk 1791-1889

Author

Barrell Family

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Subject

• Barrell, Walter
• Barrell, Theodore
• Families > Barbados
• Families > Guyana
• Merchants
• British Guiana > Description and travel
• London (England) > Description and travel
• Barbados > Description and travel
• Guyana > Commerce
• Guyana > Description and travel

Genre/Form

• Diaries
• Photographic prints
• Autographs (manuscripts)

Access (note)

• This collection is located on-site.
• This collection has no restrictions.

Cite As (note)

• Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Barrell Family Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Original Location (note)

• Manuscripts and photographs are on: microfilm. 4079759

Terms of Use (note)

• Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Source (note)

• Source of acquisition--Walter E. Benjamin. Method of acquisition--gift; Accession number--M59.

Biography (note)

• The Barrell Family were noted merchants and businessmen in London and in Colonial Demerara, now part of Guyana.
• Theodore Barrell, the son of Walter Newberry Barrell, a London-based businessman, was both in Boston in 1771. He spent most of his career working as a merchant in the Americas, including in Barbados where he met his wife Elizabeth Beckles Barrell (born November 18, 1783) and in Demerara.
• Theodore Barrell died in Saugerties, New York in 1846.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 03/31/89.
• Papers Re-processed Jenny Mathias, MSLIS Pratt Institute 2011 2010.
• Finding aid written Jenny Mathias, MSLIS Pratt Institute 2011 2010.

OCLC

• 467178326
• ocn467178326
• SCSB-4796742

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries