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CONTENTS

1. Description

2 . Biographies of Edward Needles Trump and Charles Croasdale Trump

3. Genealogy

4. Outline and Box Listing

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S. L e e 1979

TRUMP, EDWARD NEEDLES, ( ' 7 8 ) , 1857-1944, and CHARLES CROASDALE TRUMP,

(B.A. '08 Harvard University; M.E. '11, Cornell un ivers i ty ) , 1886-1957.

Papers, 1876-11881-19563; 3.5 cu. f t . Include l e t t e r s from Edward N.

Trump t o h i s fa ther , Charles Newbold Trump (1881-1898); correspondence

between Charles C. Trump and h i s sons, Peter Bulley Trump and Charles

Edward Trump (1942-19561, h i s wife Rachael Bulley Trump and h i s s i s t e r ,

Marjorie Trump; correspondence and legal documents re la ted t o the

e s t a t e of Edward N. Trump (1944-1946), correspondence and financial

documents re la ted t o Edward N. Trump's management of the a f f a i r s of

h i s Aunt Marie Louise and her husband Charles A. Lasar while they

were i n Europe (1902-1930). Also included are genealogical records,

photographs, cl ippings, ephemaral material , l ega l and f inancial docu-

ments including income tax and banking records, and personal documents.

Business papers are re la ted t o the Trump's investments, development

of patents and employment with companies including the Solvay Process

Co. (1885-1936) ; the Dolomite Marine Corp. (1934-1941) ; the Sanitary

Metal Cap Corp. (1935-1938) ; Marco Co., Inc. (1940-1943) ; and the

F. C. Haub Co. (1951-1954) and include, i n addit ion t o correspondence,

photographs, drawings, speeches, patents , notebooks, blueprints,

and a r t i c l e s . (2869)

Professional Vitae of Edward Needles Trump

Nov. 9, 1857 born i n Philadelphia, Pa.

1872-1876 apprenticed as a machinist, Trump Bros. Machine Co.

1876-1878 Cornell University Mechanical mgineering Course.

1879-1882 b u i l t and operated one of the f i r s t p lan ts fo r the manufacture of sugar beets a t Delaware Beet Sugar Co., Wilmington, Del .

1882 was appointed chief engineer of the Solvay Process Co. b u i l t and began operation o f t h e f i r s t p lan t t o make soda ash i n the U.. S. i n 1884.

1885 v is i ted Europe w i t h F. R. Hazard

1888 enlarged the Solvay p lan t and was appointed general manager i n addition t o chief engineer

1890-1893 Designed one of the f i r s t rotary furnaces fo r making portland cement from nprl and clay and operated the p lan t by direct ion of the superintendant u n t i l it burned,down: Designed and b u i l t

f i r s t p lant i n the United S ta tes t o pur i fy bauxite and make alumina for the Pittsburgh Reduction Co., afterwards the Aluminum Company of America.

During the next t h i r t y years as General Manager and Chief Engineer and Vice President of the Solvay .Process Co. he b u i l t and enlarged p lan t a t Detroi t , Hutchinson and Amherstburg, Canada. Developed the manufacture of caust ic soda, bicarbonate and modified sodas and a l l of the products now made by the Solvay Process Co. Because of the d i f f i cu l ty i n ge t t ing enough ammonia he in s t a l l ed a Semet Solvay coke oven p lan t a t Syracuse. The Semet Solvay Co. was formed and as General Manager and Chief mgineer of t h a t company there were b u i l t some ten large by-product coke p lan ts furnishing gas t o t h e i r c i t y , coke t o iron furnace plants and the process for the recovery of benzol, and ammonia withmethods of d i s t i l l a t i o n and condensing of ammonia l iquors for the use i n soda ash plants. Many improvements i n t he coke company, gas ref ining and handling plants were made and p i c r i c acid and other explosives were made during the 1914-1918 war.

After 1918 he was consulting engineer and helped t o build up the process for making synthetic ammonia, the f i r s t successful p lan t a f t e r the United S ta tes govermnent had f a i l ed i n No. 1 plan t a t Sheffield. He a lso helped des:ign and build the Hopewell, Virginia p lan t f o r synthet ic ammonia and n i t r a t e of soda which i s now the la rges t i n the country.

Profess iona l Vi ta of Charles Croasdale Trump

1906 graduated from The H i l l School

1909 A.B. Harvard College

1911 M.E. c o r n e l l un ive r s i ty . Tau Beta P i , Delta Upsilon

Oct. 1911 t r a v e l l e d t o England and Germany

1912-1914 s e c r e t a r y , Humphrey Gas Pump Co.

1915-1924 v ice-pres ident , Stumph Una-Flow Engine Co.

March 1916- b u i l t a pump i n Del Rio, Texas O c t . 1918

1918 Ass i s t an t Administrat ive Engineer, u.S. Fuel Administration f o r New York S t a t e

1919-1921 manager, New York Off ice of F u l l e r Lehigh Co., Fu l l e r ton , Pa.

1924-1927 Engineer of Tes t s , A t l a n t i c Richf ie ld Co.

1927-1928 a s s i s t a n t c h i e f engineer , Suplee-Wills Jones Milk Co.

1928-1938 p r e s i d e n t , s e c r e t a r y , mechanical engineer , T r m p Corp. p res iden t , s e c r e t a r y , J a s . Spear Stove and Heating Co. v ice-pres ident , Haverly E l e c t r i c Co.

1931-1938 d i r e c t o r , S a n i t a r y Metal Cap Corp.

1937 p res iden t , s e c r e t a r y , mechanical engineer , Trump Corp.

1938 consul t ing mechanical and chemical engineer , Management and research Inc . , Pa.

1940-1944, Marco Co.. Inc. 1947

1947 I n t e r n a t i o n a l S a l t Co., Watkins Glen, N.Y.

1951-1955 F.C. Haub, Inc. s a l e s engineer

s e e Who's Who i n Engineering, any e d i t i o n s , 1922-1954, N.Y. : L e w i s H i s t o r i c a l Publishing Co., Inc. f o r a d d i t i o n a l d e t a i l s .

Dates have been v e r i f i e d wherever poss ib le , bu t some may be incor rec t .

v i s i t ed Europe

v i s i t e d Brussels

d i rec tor , Tully Pipe-line CO.

president, Brunner Brown Mond Canada, Ltd.

d i rec tor , Ci t izen ' s Hotel Corp. vice president

d i rec tor , Triplex Presser Co.

d i rec tor , Humphrey Gas P W Co.

d i rec tor , Stumpf Una-Flow Engine Co., Inc.

represented the America Society of Mechanical Engineers a t t he World Engineering Conference, Tokyo, Japan

Central New York Park Comission

Syracuse Grade Crossing Conmission

Treasurer and consulting engineer, Sanitary Eletal Cap Corp.

member ASME for 50 years and pas t vlce-president; t r u s t ee , Onandaga Savings Bank; member A. I. M. & M. E.; member, Tau Beta P h i

June 21, 1944 died

Genealogy of the Trump Family

Jesse m. Margaret Loofbourrow 1753-1832 1755-1836 I Michael m. Tacy Thomas

1703-1862

I Charles m. Susan Howell Newbold

1807-1899 1805-1862

Charles A. ~asar'm. Marie Louise ~ y s o n * Charles ~ewbold*m. Helen Matthews Needles 8 o thers

Edward ~eedles*m. Katherine M. Croasdale m. Rosamund Chambers Kent 1857-1944 1 1865-1921 1876-1928

1 adopted Lindley C. ~ e n t * 1 1 1911-

Marjorie* Charles croasdale* m. ~ a c h e l Bulley" 1891-1975 1886-1957 I d. 1978

s h a r l e s Edward (Ted) " Pe te r Bulleyfm. Marie Traficante Rachael Har r i e t m. J i m Owings

m. Susan --------

Je f f rey Wynne Kimball Edward 1965- 1967-

I Joseph Anthony, 1961-

Marjorie Lee I

Charles Nathaniel son

* = s i g n i f i c a n t correspondents 1952- 1954-

Trump Family Papers.

Sub-Group I. Family Papers

Se r i e s 1:

Ser ies 2:

Ser ies 3:

Se r i e s 4:

Se r i e s 5:

Se r i e s 6:

Se r i e s 7:

S e r i e s 8:

S e r i e s 9:

Se r i e s 10:

Family Correspondence, personal and bus iness , 1881-1956

Edward Needles Trump- (Marie) Louise Lasar Correspondence, 1902-1930

Family Correspondence with Friends

Family Legal Documents

sub-ser ies A: P e t e r Bulley Trump Guardianship, 1922-1928

sub-ser ies B: Edward N. Trump Es ta te

F inanc ia l Documents

sub-ser ies A: M r . and M r s . Charles A. Lasar 's Accounts

sub-ser ies B: Banking Records

sub-series C: Inmme t a x records

sub-ser ies D: Correspondence

Genealogical Records

Photographs

School Documents

Ai rpor t Design, 1929-1949

Clippings and Ephemeral and Biographical Mater ia l

Sub-Group 11. C o w r a t e Papers

Se r i e s 1: Solvay Process Company, 1885-1936

sub-ser ies A: Correspondence

Bub-series B: Publ ica t ions

sub-ser ies C: Organizat ional c h a r t

sub-ser ies D: Memorial pub l i ca t ions

sub-ser ies E: Miscellany and c o n t r a c t s

S e r i e s 2: Dolomite Marine Corporation, 1934-1941

Ser i e s 3: F.C. Haub Company, 1951-1954

Ser i e s 4: Sani tary Metal Cap Corporation, 1935-1938

Sub-Group 11. Corporate Papers (continued)

Series 5: Drying hdeavors , Inc., Marco Company, Inc., 1940-1947

Series 6: Business F i les

sub-series A: E.N. Trump, 1920-1947

sub-series B: C.C. Trump, E.N. Trump Subject F i l e , 1902-1959

sub-series C: Chronological F i l e

Series 7 : Patents and Related Correspondence

sub-series A: Patents

sub-series B: Correspondence

Series 8: Blueprints and Drawings

Series 9: Speeches and Art ic les

sub-series A: Speeches by E.N.T.

sub-series B: Articles by E.N.T.

sub-series C: Art ic les by C.C.T.

Series 10: Photographs

Series 11 : Notebooks

sub-series A: Work notabooks of E.N.T.

sub-series B: Trip t o Europe and other notes

Box l i s t i n p


Sub-Group I. Family Papers.

S e r i e s 1: Family Correspondence, personal and bus iness , 1881-1956. Include l e t t e r s from Edward Needles Trump t o h i s f a t h e r , Charles Newbold Trump (1881-1898) ; correspondence between E.N. Trump and h i s son, Charles Croasdale Trump (1898-1945); C.C. Trump and h i s sons, P e t e r Bulley and Charles ~ d w a r d (Ted) Trump (1942-1956); between C.C. Trump and h i s s i s t e r , Marjorie Trump, and h i s wife , Rachel Bulley Trump. In addi t ion , t h e r e a r e l e t t e r s from cousins inc luding Helen Croasdale, and f r o m g r a n h t h e r s o f C.C. Trump, and correspondence with Lindley C. Kent, E.N. Trump's adopted son from h i s second marriage. Correspondence exchanged between Lindley C. Kent, C.C. Trump, and Marjorie Trump a s co-executors o f t h e e s t a t e o f E.N. Trlmrp a r e f i l e d wi th l e g a l documents i n -Sub-Group I, S e r i e s 4. Correspondence between E.N. Trump and h i s Aunt (Marie) Louise Lasar and Uncle-in-law, Charles A. Lasar , which d iscusses t h e management of t h e i r f i n a n c i a l a f f a i r s while i n Europe is i n S e r i e s 2.

Container F i l e Unit Folder Headinp

1 Ju ly 22, 1891-March 26, 1887

2 Apr i l 27, 1887-October 28, 1888

3 November 4, 1888-January 17, 1901

4 January 15, 1902-January 29, 1902

5 February 2 , 1902-April 4 , 1902

6 Apr i l 9 , 1902-June 15, 1902

7 October 5 , 1902-February 20, 1903

8 February 22, 1903-April 20, 1910

9 November 2 , 1910-October 31, 1911

10 November 12, 1911-September 23, 1915

11 September 14, 1915-May 31, 1916

12 June 3, 1916-November 5 , 1916

1 3 November 7, 1916-December 18, 1916

14 January 1, 1917-August 17, 1917

15 August 22, 1917-December 31, 1920

16 January 1, 1921-August 10, 1922

17 August 17, 1922-August 7, 1925

1 8 November 23, 1925-August 6 , 1927

19 September 5 , 1927-June 24, 1930


c s n t a i n e r F i l e Unit Folder Headinq

1 20 July 5 , 1930-December 27, 1937

21 January 17, 1938-September 29, 1940

22 October 6 , 1940-May 28, 1941

2 3 June 2, 1941-March 29, 1942

2 4 March 30, 1942-~u ly 12, 1942

25 Ju ly 19, 1942-August 23, 1942

26 August 24, 1942-September 13, 1942

2 7 September 17, 1942-December 26, 1942

2 8 January 22, 1944-March 27, 1944

29 Apr i l 9, 1944-c. - ~ u g u s t 16, 1944

30 August 23, 1944-June 3, 1945

31 June 3, 1945-December 21, 1946

32 January 10, 1947-November 29, 1948

33 January 14, 1949-November 15, 1953

34 November 18, 1953-January 7, 1954

35 January 24, 1954-June 17, 1954

36 June 20, 1954-October 3, 1954

37 October 10, 1954-February 27, 1955

38 March 6, 1955-July 17, 1955

39 August 7, 1955-December 25, 1955

40 January 1, 1956-March 4, 1956, n.d.

S e r i e s 2: Edward .Needles Trump- (Marie) Louise Lasar Correspondence, 1902-1930. Contains correspondence between E.N. Trump and (M. ) L. Lasar while Trump was a c t i n g a s a t to rney f o r t h e couple a t t h e time they were l i v i n g and t r a v e l l i n g i n Europe.

41 December 23, 1902-November 20, 1910, Nov. 16, 1911

42 January 26, 1912-December 28, 1915

43 February 13, 1916-December 5, 1917

44 January 28, 1918-December 14, 1919

45 A p r i l 20, 1920, January 28, 1921-November 23, 1922

46 March 23, 1923-December 1924

4 7 January 5 , 1925-December 16, 1925, May 1926, Feb. 23, 1927

4 8 Apr i l 25, 1929-May 27, 1930, n.d.


Sub-Group I. Family Papers (continued)

S e r i e s 3: Family Correspondence with Friends. Inc ludes l e t t e r s f r o m William B. Cogswell t o E.N. Trump; childhood l e t t e r s f r o m f r i e n d s of C.C. Trump and John Meigs, h e a h a s t e r of The H i l l School (1902-1904, 1912-1914) (see a l s o school documents, S e r i e s 8) ; correspondence with Carolyn Bulley Cox, s i s t e r o f Rachel Bulley Trump and John Raff les (Gunner) Cox, who were a s s o c i a t e s i n t h e Stumpf Una-Flow Engine Company, Inc.; and l e t t e r s of condolence a f t e r the dea th o f E.N. Trump.

Container F i l e U n i t Folder Headinq ...

1 49 Apr i l 2 , 1897-October 21, 1923

50 November 27, 1923-June 26, 1944

5 1 J m e 27, 1944-July 19, 1951

52 March 1, 1954-February 3, 1955

53 March 15, 1955-July 16, 1955

5 4 Ju ly 25, 1955-January 1956, n.d.

S e r i e s 4: Family Legal Documents

sub-ser ies A:

2 1

2

3

55

sub-ser ies B:

P e t e r Bulley Trump Guardianship, 1922-1928

l e g a l documents and correspondence, 1922-192 3

l e g a l documents and correspondence, 1926-1928

miscellaneous papers inc lude t h e annual r e p o r t s of t h e Humphrey Gas Pump Company and t h e Stumpf Una-Flow h g i n e Company, Inc. f o r 1922, n o t i c e s o f premiums on bonds, r e c e i p t s f o r r e g i s t e r e d mail and a l is t o f expenditures.

f i n a n c i a l records which inc lude a checkbook, depos i t s l i p s and bank s ta tements , 1923-1928.

Edward N. Trump Esta te . Correspondence and documents exchanged between C.C. Trump, Marjorie Trump and Lindley C. Kent, co-executors of t h e e s t a t e , and banks, lawyers, insurance companies, e t c . (1944-1946)

August 4, 1944-September 12, 1944

September 17, 1944-January 24, 1945

February 19, 1945-August 9, 1945

August 13, 1945-August 15, 1946

miscellaneous over-sized documents inc luding a bankbook and t h e w i l l o f Katherine Croasdale Trump.


sub-~roup I. ~ a m i l y Papers (continued)

Series 5: Financial Documents

sub-series A: M r . and M r s . Charles A. Lasar 's Accounts. Documents re la ted t o E.N. Trump's management of the Lasar's a f f a i r s .

Container Fi le Unit Folder Headinq

1 6 0 receipts , bankbooks, checks, statements and correspondence, 1906-192 7

sub-series B: Banking Recorda.

1 61 correspondence concerning bank notes from R.A. Croas- dale , 1917-1918; stock purchase reports, Novenber 1917, receipt and balance sheet for 1907

62 bank statements, stock account statements, and pay s l i p s , 1936-1938

63 f inancial statements, 1934-1941

5 t r i a l balance, E.N. Trump and C.C. Trump, 1940

64 Peter B. Trump, checks and statements, 1940-1941

65 C.C. and Rachel B. Truuip, checks and statements, February-June 1950

66 C.C. and Rachel B. Trump, checks and statements, July -December - 1950

6 7 12-12. and Rachel B. Trump, checks and statements, January-August 1951

6 8 C.C. and Rachel B. Trump, checks and statements, Septerber-Decerber 1951

sub-series C: Income Tax Records. Includes accounts and re la ted correspondence.

1 69 New York S ta te income tax, C.C. Trump, 1924-1925

70 Merion Township tax not ices , C.C. Trump, 1927-1931

71 E.N. Trump, c i t y and county taxes, 1932-1938

72 Lower Merion Tbwnship, C.C. Trump, 1932-1944, 1954

sub-series D: Correspondence

2 6 March 14, 1904-March 21, 1931; includes sa t i s fac t ion of mortgage on Dade County, Florida property

1 73 January 2, 1941-March 10, 1954

2 7 April 3, 1954-April 25, 1954

1 74 March 15, 1955-July 25, 1955

75 August 8, 1955-July 8, 1956, n.d.


Sub-Group I. Family Papers (continued)

Ser ies 6: Genealogical Records

Container F i le Unit Folder Headinp

2 8 chart showing descent of Newbold family from medieval and modern kings and from Eggbert

1 76 genealogical char t of Ezra Croasdale and Ann Peacock

77 correspondence, December 4 , 1886-November 12, 194 3

2 9 clippings

1 78 Newbold, Hanson and Evans family genealogies

2 10 ~ r m p , Newbold and Howell family genealogies, miscellaneous notes, photos and information

Ser ies 7: Photographs

1 79 Hazard Memorial 1

80 Cornell c lass of 1878 reunions i n 1918 and 1929

81 Cascadilla Cottage

82 C.C. Trump

83 p o r t r a i t s of E.N. Trump and unidentified p o r t r a i t (could be S te r l ing Thomas, brother-in-law of E.N. T. 1

84 family miscellaneous

85 postcards and t rave l photos

86 C.C. Trump, 1903, family members

8 7 E.N. Trump, 1934, family members

88 pos i t ive and negatives of people near houses

89 E.N. Trump and family members a t Skaneateles Lake

90 people i n a woods

91 Syracuse, taken by E.N. Trump (negative)

92 photographs of p o r t r a i t s i n the Huntington Gallery

93 Canadian t r i p t o Williarnsburg

94 "The Beeches," Skaneateles Lake

95 boating on Skaneateles Lake


Sub-Group I. Family Papers (wntinued)

Series 8: School m c m n t s .

Container Fi le Unit Folder Heading

2 11 Programs, Harvard Class Day passes, mrrespondence, a composition, a song sheet, a receipt , "Sons of '69" member receipt , a eulogy of a former head- master of The H i l l School, a Register for The H i l l School, 1904-1905, and "Thir t ie th Year History" of the Class of 1878, Cornell university.

Series 9: Airport Design, 1929-1949. Contains correspondence, blueprints, patent information and clippings documenting C.C. Trump's i n t e r e s t i n developing an aerodrome.

3 1 Correspondence, 1929-1947

2 Blueprints

3 Drawings

4 Patent information

5 Clippings, programs, periodicals

6 Lehigh Airport Competition announcement and program

12 Report with Supplements Location, of Airport, Philadelphia, Pa. , December 7, 1928

13 A picture of the region. Regional Planning Federation, the Philadelphia h i - S t a t e D i s t r i c t

7 Meeting of the Philadelphia Section of the S ~ c i e t y of Automtive Engineers, April 10, 1929

8 Meeting of the Philadelphia Section of t h e Society of Automotive Engineers, May 8, 1929; a Terminal Airdrome for West Philadelphia, Pa., designed by Charles C. Trump, January 1 7 , 1929

9 Miscellaneous publications

Series 10: Clippings and Ephemeral and Biographical Material

2 14 Clippings

15 Programs, t r i bu te s and poems

3 10 L i s t o f minerals i n the col lect ion of D r . David T. Day, purchased December 1889

2 16 Notes, maps, advertisements, l is t of wedding g i f t s , March 1917, essay on ch i ld health, "dwelling inventory, June 1, 1918" f l ze r s and name tags

Rump Family Papers.

Sub-Group 11. Corporate Papers. Contains notebooks, correspondence, photographs and patent documents from the businesses i n which family members invested o r were employed.

Series 1: Solvay Process Company, 1885-1936. E.N. Trump was hired by W i l l i a m B. Cogswell i n 1882 as f i r s t engineer t o construct the f i r s t U.S. plant fo r the manufacture of soda i n the U.S. He becam general manager and chief engineer i n charge of operation upon i t s corn pletion. H e was l a t e r promoted t o vice-president, d i rec tor , and chairman of t he Technical Committee. A s a construction engineer he b u i l t several p lan ts for Solvay By-Product Coke Ovens. He l e f t the firm i n 1930. This s e r i e s includes correspondence, 1885-1936, organizational chart , 1907, clippings, programs, publications, speeches, and a r t i c l e s by Trump.


sub-series A: Correspondence

3 11 Let ters from Frederick Rowland Hazard and William B. Cogswell

sub-series B: Publications

The Solvay Process Company, The Solvay Process Alkali, 1896

The By-Laws of the Solvay Process Company

Solvay Products, Various Forms and Uses

sub-series C: Organizational chart

2 17 1907

sub-series D: Memorial publications

3 13 Discours prononce par M. Ernest Solvay, 1863-1888

Hommage National A. Ernest Solvay, 1933

Vie D'Ernest Solvay

14 Exposition Universelle D' Anvers , 1894

Cinquantieme Anniversaire de l a Foundation de l a Societe Solvay & Cie, 1863-1913

Banquete, F'ete, seat ing lists

L'Expansion Belge

Discours prononce au nom du personnal des usines du procede Solvay A L'occasion des 25 Annees de direct ion de M.M. Ernest E t Alfred Solvay, 17 Novembre 1888

Vie D'Emest Solvay, 1929

~rwnp Family Papers

Sub-Group 11. Corporate Papers. (continued)

Series 1: Solvay Process Company (continued)

sub-series E: Contracts and miscellany

Container Fi le U n i t Folder Headinq

Clippings, business cards, employrent contract for E . N . Trump, May 1 4 , 1887

Commoration of the Twenty-first Anniversary of the Solvay Process Company, October 8, 1902

17 Speeches and a r t i c l e s by E . N . Trump

Series 2 : mlomite Marine Corporation, 1934-1941. Documents pertaining t o E . N . Trump's investments i n t h i s ship-building company.

3 18 Clippings, correspondence and a brochure

Series 3: F.C. Haub Company, 1951-1954. C.C. Trmp was a consulting mechanical and chemical engineer and a sa les engineer fo r the F.C. Haub Company, Inc. of Philadelphia from c. 1951-1954.

2 2 0 Correspondence and work sheets

Series 4: Sanitary Metal Cap Corporation, 1935-1938. I n 1937 E . N . Trump was the t reasurer and consulting engineer- for the Sanitary Metal Cap Corpora- t i on while C.C. Trump was the d i rec tor from 1931-1938. E.N. Trump owned $350,000 worth of preferred stock i n the company. The company f i l e d fo r bankruptcy i n 1938, but i n 1954-1955 C.C. Trump and W i l l i a m D. S la t te ry , former president of the company. and the Trump's lawyer, sold the remaining equipment and closed the account. See also Sub- Group I, Series 3, correspondence w i t h Carolyn and J.R. Cox.

2 2 1 Correspondence, accounts, and notes

Series 5: Drying Endeavors, 1940-1947. C.C. Trump was in te res ted i n developing a patent which he held for "Drying i n Upward suspension of gases." Towards t h i s end a non-exclusive l icense agreement was signed between the Trumps and the Marco Company, Inc. i n January 1942.

19 Correspondence, September 1 4 , 1940-August 2 3, 1943

Correspondence and sa les reports, January 31, 1944- June 7. 1947



Ser ies-6: Business F i les

sub-series A: E.N. Trump, 1920-1947. (note: C.C. Trump used these f i l e s t o complete his f a the r ' s unfinished business a f t e r h i s . death i n 1945, and removed some papers t o the other two f i l e s . )


3 2 1 B , includes "The Beeches"

C

C miscellany

Consulting

D

Insurance

J, includes Asmus Jabs, E.N. Trump wrrespondence, 1914- and Major Cuthbert Johnson, 1914-1940

K, L

M

N , 0

P, Q R

S, includes Stone & Webster Consulting, 1944

S a l t Wells o r S a l t Mining

T, U, V (Trump correspondence removed for family correspondence)

W, includes Magic Weather Bird

x, y ,

sub-series B: C.C. Trump, E.N. Trump Subject Fi le , 1902-1959

42 By-products Syndicate, 1902, containing Agreement and Declaration of Trust

4 3 Collective Receipt of b a n s , June 5, 1936-March 24, 1938, correspondence and documents from the Savings Ins t i tu - t i on of SandySpring, Maryland, the Western National Bank of Baltimore, and the Syracuse Merchants National Bank and Trust Company

rrump Family Papers.


Ser ies 6: Business F i les (continued)

sub-series B: C.C. Trump, E.N. Trump Subject Fi le (continued)

Container F i le Unit Folder Heading

3 44 American Ins t i t u t e of Chemical h g i n e e r s by-laws, consti tution, code of e thics , and supplement t o the 1934 dictionary

45 Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation annual reports, 1934-1935, and "A Fourteen-Year Summary of Annual

. Reports," 1921-1934

2 4 Trump Building, December 16, 1932-October 28, 1938

36 Hotel Syracuse, 1938

Income Taxes, Syracuse Construction Company and Trump Building, Inc.

Investments, 1937

Insurance, 1937-1938

Personal Income Tax Record, 1913-1915

51 World hg inee r ing Conference, 1935

52 World Power Conference

Mathieson Alkali Works (Inc.) , Quality Reports, 1936- 1937

Cancelled Notes, 1913-1938 [Note: patents t ransferred to Series VII]

Real Estate Expenses and In te res t , 1932-1938

Securi t ies s a l e s

Subscriptions, 1936-1939

5 8 Taxes, c i ty , county and s t a t e , 1938

Property taxes

Trusts and agreements

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sub-series C: Chronological f i l e

3 62 1903-1940



S e r i e s 7: Pa ten t s and Related Correspondence

sub-ser ies A: Pa ten t s

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2 2 5 Belgian pa ten t f o r appara tus t o produce soda, March 8, 1876, Ernes t Solvay; Belgian pa ten t f o r process ing soda, May 7, 1879, Ernest Solvay; U. S. p a t e n t f o r pneumatic h-rs, September 7, 1886, E.N. Trump; U.S. p a t e n t f o r apparatus f o r making coke and gas , September 23, 1890, E.N. Trump

U.S. p a t e n t f o r t h e method o f e s t a b l i s h i n g u n i t s o f m a s u r e i n compounding Por t land cement, May 6, 1890, E.N. Trump and Duncan W. Peck; fragment of U.S. p a t e n t f o r coke handl ing appara tus , February 20, 1904, E.N. Trrmrp; German p a t e n t f o r a hydraul ic main, September 25, 1904, E.N. Trump; French p a t e n t f o r gas r e f r i g e r a t i o n and s a f e t y device, January 15, 1906, E.N. Trump

B r i t i s h p a t e n t f o r improvements i n gas producers, January 15, 1906, E.N. Trump; B r i t i s h p a t e n t f o r improvements i n gas producers , Ju ly 15, 1908, E.N. Trump; French p a t e n t f o r r e f r i g e r a t i o n , mixing apparatus, September 22, 1908; U.S. p a t e n t f o r con- c r e t e machines, March 10, 1914, E.N. Trump f o r t h e Solvay Process Company

U.S. p a t e n t f o r L i x i v i a t i n g apparatus, January 20, 1914, E.N. Trump; U.S. p a t e n t f o r u t i l i z i n g dynamic p ressu re , Ju ly 3, 1914, C.C. Trump f o r Humphrey Gas Pump Company; French pa ten t f o r e x t r a c t i n g water- so lub le minerals, August 9, 1933, E.N. Trump; U.S. p a t e n t f o r i g n i t i o n con t ro l , May 29, 1917, C.C. Trump f o r Humphrey Gas Pump Company

U.S. p a t e n t f o r pumps, August 10, 1920, E.N. Rump and Frank Fr i ed r i chs f o r Humphrey Gas Pump Company; U.S. p a t e n t s f o r pumps, January 25, 1925, W i l l i a m C. Brown

U.S. p a t e n t f o r pumps, February 8 , 1921, E.N. Trump and Frank Fr i ed r i chs f o r Humphrey Gas Pump Company; U.S. p a t e n t f o r f u e l feed, March 21, 1922, Edward T. Adams f o r Humphrey Gas Pump Company: U.S. p a t e n t f o r d r i e r s , August 25, 1925, C.C. Trump; Canadian p a t e n t f o r "method and means f o r mining a so luble ," J u l y 24, 1934, E.N. Trump



Series 7: Patents and Related Correspondence (continued)

sub-series B: Correspondence and other documents re la t ing t o obtaining o r t ransfer r ing patents between E.N. Trump, C.C. Trump and John C. Croasdale

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2 31 1889-1910

Series 8: Blueprints and Drawings

Specifications fo r C.C. Trump home i n Doylesford

Plan o r property surveyed for George W. Mehaffety a t Berwyn, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1887

Proposed home fo r C.C. Trump, Gardner's home

T.V.D. Double Trump feed tab le , 1941, 2 views

E.N. Trlnnp f i replace addition, 1910, suggestion for treatment of s l o t f o r curtain rods, photo of E.N. Trump's home, blueprint drawing of house, adaption of F.S.D. t o present work, 2 f loor plans of E.N. Trump house, 1903 country residence of E.N. T r u p

"The Beeches;" drawings and description

Sailboat, method of making a smooth surface on stone, pneumatic hammer, rotary cement furnace, mathod of producing br ine from rock s a l t

Series 9: Speeches and Articles

sub-series A: Speeches by E.N. Trlnnp

October 11, 1935, "Talk a t the Historical Society"; December 15, 1938, "Sixty Years of Pioneering, " t a lk before sect ion A.S.M.E. a t Technology Club moms



Ser ies 9: Speeches and Art ic les

sub-series B: Art ic les by E.N. Trump


3 66 "The Soda Industry," Syracuse Chemist, March 1934; "Continuous Measuring and Mixing of Crushed o r Powdered Materials i n Accurate Proportions," Transactions of t he American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Vol. XXVI, c. June 1905; "The Trump Mixing and Measuring Machine," The Link-Belt Engineering Company (catalogue) ; "The Tnnnp Mixing and ,Mea6uring Machine and the Trump Concrete Mixer," The Conveying Weigher Company (catalogue) ; "Looking Back a t 50 Years i n Ammonia-Soda," Chemical and Metallurgical Engineerinq, Vol. 40 no. 3

"Brine from Sa l t Beds Increased Gutput Decmased Cost," typescr ipt ; "Brine Production Trump Method of Under- cu t t ing S a l t Beds," typescript; "Mining Soluble Sa l t s by Undercutting Wells," typescript; "A Better Method of Producing Brine from Mck Sa l t Beds," d ra f t

"Brine Well a t S a l t v i l l e Air Bell and Cushion Reversible Control," typescript; "Trump Soluble Sa l t s Undercutting Patented System," typescript and draft; "The Discovery of Mck Sa l t a t Tully"; "Basic Chemicals fo r War and Peace," January 3, 1941, type- s c r i p t

sub-series C: Art ic les by C.C. Trump

"Trump Tricks i n Economic Engineering," 1940, with re la ted correspondence

Series 10 : Photographs

3 70 Ernest and Alfred Solvay

71 Mr. A.R. McFarland; M r . L.S. Tracy; G.S. Rutherford; W.C. Shallcross; G. Nowood Cody; M r . A.H. Green; Mr. William B. Cogswell

M r . Louis Semet; pos i t ive and negative of 3 men with E.N. Trump on the l e f t ; Armond Solvay; Andrew H. Greer, 1920; 6 men; a group po r t r a i t of men

7 3 The f i r s t o f f i c e r s and s t a f f of the Solvay Process Company; Del Rio Pmping Engine


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Series 10: Photographs (cont inwd)

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3 74 Hmrphrey Gas Pmp Company photos of Del Rio, Texas; a 66" pmping engine

75 Village of Solvay; 2 elements of SolVay Process CoInpany, o l d b l a s t furnace i n distance, superintendents and foremen; Brmner, Mond Canada Ltd., July 1920; Tully Sa l t Brine Wells

76 William B. Cogswell; men i n canoes; unidentified groups; pump I6 views); unidentified group including E.N. Trump; E.N. Trump

77 William B. Cogswell, 1907; E.N. Trump vertex dr ie r ; unidentified man

78 E.N. m m p mixing and measuring machine

Meeting of Semet Solvay Superintendents of plants , 1911; unidentified groups a t Solvay

Kansas Chemical Manufacturing Company, April 1, 1918, Hutchinson, Kansas; group a t Solvay

Series 11: Notebooks

sub-series A: Work notebooks of E.N. Trump

2 42 1882-1883

4 3 February 1885-March 30., 1855

September 16, 1855-March 1886

April 2, 1886

October 14, 1886-April 1887, covers Trump's visit t o Europe

4 7 March 18, 1887, #3, Brusse l s - t r i p

February 15, 1887, #2

December 26, 1887-November 1888

November 28, 1888-September 1889, #ll

September 1, 1889-1890, #12

April 16, 1890, 1113

November 1890-1891, 1114



S e r i e s 11: Notebooks (continued)

sub-ser ies A: Work notebooks o f E.N. Trump (continued)

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November 1891-1893, #15

1892-December 1892, #16, t r i p t o Europe

Ju ly 1892, #16 (1/2)

August 24, 1892-September 30, 1892, #17

1893-April 1894, #18

Apr i l 1894-August 1895, #19

February 8, 1894-August 1895, #19

August 1, 1895-December 1895, #20

January 1896-January 1897, #21

February 1897-July 1897, #22

Ju ly 1897-March 1898, #23

March 1898-1899, #24

March 1899-September 1899, #25

October 1899-June 1900, 426

August 1901-August 1902

November 1, 1900-December 1901

October 1902-January 1904

January 1904-January 1905

March 1905-June 1905

Ju ly 1905-January 1907

January 1907-January 1909

February 1909-October 1910 . April-August 1910

November 1910-January 1912

May 1912-April 1913

June 16, 1914-July 26, 1915

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Se r i e s 11 : Notebooks (continued)

sub-series B: T r ip t o Europe and o t h e r notes

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September 24, 1902-December 1902

J u l y 1892 accounts

1926 t r i p t o Europe d i a r y

1894 notes on t he recovery of l i g h t o i l from coke oven gases, r e c t i f i c a t i o n of l i g h t o i l s , manu- f ac tu re of

S a l t Wells, Tully

Black notebook, 1939-1942

"The Mi l l e r Notebook," 1937-

"Hofman notebook," n. d.

1921 s tock

Black r i n g binder, n.d.

P r iva te notes , consul t ing , 1934

May 1887-August 1887, H.R. Cooper in chimney

Chi ld ' s notebmk, biology, d i s sec t ion and f u r n i t u r e

E.N. Trump notebook o f copies of drawings

"The Universal F igur ing Book," October 1908