Orr Family Papers
Scope and Content
Includes family history and records, legal papers, literary manuscripts, family journals, correspondence, drawings, scrapbooks and albums, family artifacts, examples of Nathaniel Orr's engravings and of Elisabeth Orr's published writings, and a few photographs. All members of the family are included, especially Nathaniel and Elisabeth Orr and daughter Alice Tredwell.
Dates
- 1828-1957
- Majority of material found within 1843-1900
Creator
- Orr family. (Family)
Access
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical Note
Nathaniel Orr (1822-1908) was one of the most noted engravers of the second-half of the nineteenth century. Born in London, Ontario, he learned engraving from John H. Hall of Albany, New York. Orr moved his business to New York City.
In 1846, Orr married Elisabeth Holmes (1825-1909) of Albany County, New York, the author of several books, including The Belle Heiress (Auburn, NY, 1849), stories, newspaper and journal articles, and poems. Of seven children, three survived to adulthood: Sarah Z. Moore (b. 1847), Effie Hamlyn, and Alice B. Tredwell (b. 1860). The family lived in Hohokus, New Jersey, with a winter home in Melrose, Florida.
Extent
3 Linear feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Letters, engravings, and memorabilia of Nathaniel Orr, the engraver/illustrator, his wife Elizabeth, and their daughters, especially Alice Orr Tredwell.
Physical Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
Acquisition Information
Papers were acquired from the Orr family house in Melrose, Florida.
Creator
- Orr family. (Family)
- Title
- A Guide to the Orr Family Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Jennifer Harrold, Jeffrey Barr, and James Cusick
- Date
- April 2006
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu