Carr and Carr Records
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Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the complete office records of the Carr and Carr firm, and of its several predecessors. Included are incoming and outgoing correspondence, account books, ledgers, cases, journals and receipts. Members of the firm who are represented in the collection include Ray B. Griffin, Charles E. Bronson, Millard F. LeRoy, Hubert Carr, Edward M. Carr and Amos S. Blair. The records of the Manchester and Oneida Railroad, which E. M. Carr founded, are also included.
Extent estimated but not measured.
Greg brought boxes 1-15 from HRA2 for family member in case he wants to see them. Boxes are located in the vault at c8:02:4-6. The remainder of the boxes were returned to Main are are housed in Room 3049 in the hallway. 12/2105 jlr
Ledger books are palletized at HRA. Access is not possible in most cases. 12/2015 jlr
These have been wrapped and are now available at IRA. 6/2018 jlr
Dates
- Creation: 1857-1957
Creator
- Carr and Carr (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. This collection is stored at an offsite location. When requesting materials, please allow two business days for items to arrive at the Special Collections reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.
Extent
100.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Complete records of a pioneer law firm and several of its predecessors, including correspondence, account books, ledgers, cases, journals, and receipts.
Method of Acquisition
These papers were given to the University of Iowa Libraries by Hubert Carr in 1959 and 1960.Guide posted to Internet: June 2004.
Subject
- Carr & Carr (Organization)
- Carr, Hubert (Person)
- Griffin, Ray B. (Person)
- Carr, Edward M. (Person)
- Blair, Amos S. (Person)
- LeRoy, Millard F. (Person)
- Bronson, Charles E. (Person)
- University of Iowa (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Account books
- Archives (groupings)
- Business records
- Correspondence
- Ledgers (Account books)
- Legal files
- Papers (documents)
- Receipts (Financial records)
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5921
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-spec@uiowa.edu