Manuscript Group 427, Howe Familiy Papers, 1844-1934

427.   HOWE FAMILY
Papers, 1844-1934. 4 ft. Religious journal kept April 7-September 3, 1844 byJohn Mof-

fat Howe (1805-85) — dentist, physician, hospital chaplain, and

Methodist minister in Passaic — including outlines of semons

heard while a student at the Castleton (Vermont) Medical College;

correspondence, diaries, and memorabilia of George Rowland

Howe  (1847- 1917), who was an executive with the jewelry

manufacturing firm of Carter, Sloan and Company (later Carter,

Howe, and Company) of Newark and New York, a member of the

Passaic City Fire Department, and an active Methodist layman in

East Orange; genealogical materials collected by George R. Howe

forJohn
M. Reid’s <1Filial Tribute to the Memory ofRev. John Mof->1

<1 fat Howe>1 (n.p., 1889); financial records of the Howe Paper Tube

Company, 1895-1919; family correspondence. Gift of Mrs. Nelson McGeary from the estate of Herbert Barber

Howe.

MG
427

Howe
Family

Papers,
1844-1934

CONTAINER
LIST

Box
Folder
Title
Dates

Charles M. Howe:

1
1
Land indentures
1876-1886
2
“
1887-1896
3
“
1897-1906
4
“
1879-1922
5
Title abstracts
1883-1891
6
“
1894-1914
7
Estate papers
1909-1917
8
Estate papers, Emeline B. Howe

1907
9
Tax notices
1886-1894
10            Legal
documents
1853-1930
11            Stocks,
mortgages, bonds
1897-1914

Charles M. Howe:

2
1
Income tax papers
1913-1915
2
“
1917-1919
3
Howe Paper Tube Company, ledger
1895-1917

4
“
1908-1913

5
Speech (Graduation, New York College of
Dentistry,
1873) and miscellaneous
1873-1906

6
Newark Board of Trade, clippings and documents
1900-1910

7
Howard Savings Bank, National Newark Banking Co.  1903-1913

8
Y.M.C.A.
1893-1903

9
Newark Technical School, clipping
1902

10
Essex County Grand Jury
1893,1900

11
Herbert B. Howe: notes re: “Geo. R. Howe,
“A Son’s Tribute,” and misc.
1894-1906

12
Account book
1866-1906

13
“
3
1          Diaries/Appointment
books
1860-1863

“
1864-1869
3
“
1870-1875
4
“
1885-1887
5
“
1895-1904
6
“
1905-1908

Box
Folder
Title
Dates

3
7          Diaries/Appointment
books
1909-1911
8          Address
book
c. 1893
9          John
Moffat Howe, religious journal
Apr.-Sept. 1844
25^th anniv. Wedding poem
1871

Howe family history, correspondence and notes

compiled
by H.B. Howe:

4
1
“The Descendants of Bezaleel Howe”
Part 1
2
Belcher-Guron?
Part
2
3
Halsted-Merritt
Part
3
4
“
Part
4
5
Isherwood-North
Part
5
6
Ray-Young
Part
6
7
Bernard-Jenkins
Vol.
1, Part A
8
“
Vol.
1, Part B
9
“
Vol.
2, Part A
10
“
Vol.
2, Part B

Scrapbook, compiled by H.B. and G.R. Howe:

5
1
Bezaleel Howe, from scrapbook
Part
1
2
“
Part
2
3
“
Part
3
4
“
Part
4
5
Correspondence from his mother, Louisa B. Howe    c.1919-1930s
6
Greeting cards from Louisa B. Howe

7
Correspondence re: death of Louisa B. Howe
1934

8
“
9
George Rowland Howe, from scrapbook

10
George R. Howe, gravestone blueprint

c. 1917

6
1
George R. Howe, from scrapbook
2
“
3
“
1863-1896
4
“
1897-1917
5
“ (clubs, orgs, politics)  (1 of 2)
1847-1917
6
“
(2
of 2)
“
7
“ (vacations, with photos)
(1 of 3)
1874-1907
8
“
(2 of 3)         “
9
“
(3 of 3)         “
10
“ re: New Jersey Historical Society
1907-1921

7
1
Misc. documents, from scrapbook
(Part 1)
2
“
(Part
2)
“
Box
Folder
Title
Dates

7
3
Misc. documents, from scrapbook
(Part 3)
c.1889-1920
4
“
(Part 4)
“
5
George R. Howe, letters and writings
1856-1863
6
“
1864-1884

Geo. R. Howe and Herbert B. Howe, correspondence:
7
Correspondence
1866-1895
8
“
1896-1899
9
1900
10
(Folder 1 of 2)
1901
11
(Folder 2 of 2)
“
12
“
1902

8
1
“
(Folder 1 of 2)
1903
2
“                   (Folder
1 of 2)
“
3
“
(Folder 1 of 2)
1904
4
“
(Folder 2 of 2)
“
5
“
1905
6
“
1906
7
“
(Folder 1 of 2)
1907

8
“
(Folder 2 of 2)
“
9
“
Jan.-May, 1908
10
“
June, 1908
11
“
July, 1908
12
“
Aug., 1908

9
1              Correspondence

Aug.-Sept., 1908
2
“
Oct.-Dec., 1908
3
“
1909
4
“
1910
5
“
1911-1912

6
“A Book of Remembrance,” photo album based on
the life of Louisa
Anna Barber, by her son, Herbert
B. Howe
1854-1934

Draft

MG
427

Howe
Family

Papers,
1844-1934

4.5
linear ft.

Papers, 1844-1934, of the Howe family of Passaic, N.J. (Passaic County), including Rev. John Moffat Howe (1806-1885) and his two sons.
Rev. Howe was a dentist, physician, hospital chaplain, and a founder of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Passaic. George Rowland Howe (1847-1917), a jewelry manufacturing executive with Carter, Sloan & Co. (later, Carter, Howe & Co.) in New York and Newark, was active in Newark’s Y.M.C.A., the Board of Education, and the Methodist church in East Orange, N.J. (Essex County). Dr. Charles Moffat Howe (1851-1920), a dentist
who established the first dental office in Passaic, was  also active as mayor of Passaic for four terms, president of the
Passaic National Bank, president of the Y.M.C.A, and other civic organizations. Collection includes: diaries, photographs, land deeds,
indentures, estate and tax papers, correspondence and business brochures. Of interest: the New York College of Dentistry
valedictorian speech delivered by Dr. Charles M. Howe (1873); a religious journal (1844) kept by Dr. John M. Howe, including
outlines of sermons heard while he studied medicine at Castleton Medical College (Vermont); and ledgers of the Howe Paper Tube Company (1895-1919).

Bulk of papers include genealogical materials collected by George R. Howe for John M. Reid’s Filial Tribute to the Memory of Rev. John Moffat Howe(n.p., 1889). Included are letters of instruction and other military papers of Major Bezaleel Howe (1750-1825), who served during the Revolution as George Washington’s bodyguard. Other family genealogies include: Jenkins, Bernard, Moffat, Barber, Rowland, Houghton, and Kip.
George R. Howe’s papers include diaries, appointment books, and a long correspondence with his son, Herbert Barber Howe
(1882-1957), and his wife, Louisa Barber Howe (1854-1934). Also, business brochures including a catalog of silverware, jewelry and
watches, and a photograph album based on the life of  Louisa B. Howe.

Gift of Mrs. Nelson McGeary from the estate of Herbert Barber Howe.

MG
427

Howe
Family

Papers,
1844-1934

CONTAINER
LIST

Box Folder  Title   Dates

Charles M. Howe:

1
1
Land indentures
1876-1886
2
“
1887-1896
3
“
1897-1906
4
“
1879-1922
5
Title abstracts
1883-1891
6
“
1894-1914
7
Estate papers
1909-1917
8
Estate papers, Emeline B. Howe

1907
9
Tax notices 1886-1894
10            Legal
documents 1853-1930
11            Stocks,
mortgages, bonds 1897-1914

Charles M. Howe:

2
1
Income tax papers  1913-1915
2
“
1917-1919
3
Howe Paper Tube Company, ledger 1895-1917

4
“
1908-1913

5
Speech (Graduation, New York College of Dentistry, 1873) and miscellaneous 1873-1906

6
Newark Board of Trade, clippings and documents 1900-1910

7
Howard Savings Bank, National Newark Banking Co.  1903-1913

8
Y.M.C.A. 1893-1903

9
Newark Technical School, clipping  1902

10
Essex County Grand Jury
1893,1900

11
Herbert B. Howe: notes re: “Geo. R. Howe, “A Son’s Tribute,” and misc. 1894-1906

12
Account book  1866-1906

13
“
3
1          Diaries/Appointment
books 1860-1863
2
“
1864-1869
3
“
1870-1875
4
“
1885-1887
5
“
1895-1904
6
“
1905-1908

Box
Folder
Title
Dates

3
7          Diaries/Appointment
books
1909-1911
8          Address
book
c. 1893
9          John
Moffat Howe, religious journal
Apr.-Sept. 1844
25^th anniv. Wedding poem
1871

Howe family history, correspondence and notes

compiled
by H.B. Howe:

4
1
“The Descendants of Bezaleel Howe”
Part 1
2
Belcher-Guron?
Part
2
3
Halsted-Merritt
Part
3
4
“
Part
4
5             Isherwood-North
Part
5
6
Ray-Young
Part
6
7
Bernard-Jenkins
Vol.
1, Part A
8
“
Vol.
1, Part B
9
“
Vol.
2, Part A
10
“
Vol.
2, Part B

Scrapbook, compiled by H.B. and G.R. Howe:

5
1
Bezaleel Howe, from scrapbook
Part
1
2
“
Part
2
3
“
Part
3
4
“
Part
4
5
Correspondence from his mother, Louisa B. Howe    c.1919-1930s
6
Greeting cards from Louisa B. Howe

7
Correspondence re: death of Louisa B. Howe
1934

8
“
9
George Rowland Howe, from scrapbook

10
George R. Howe, gravestone blueprint

c. 1917

6
1
George R. Howe, from scrapbook
2
“
3
“
1863-1896
4
“
1897-1917
5
“ (clubs, orgs, politics)  (1 of 2)
1847-1917
6
“
(2 of 2)
“
7
“ (vacations, with photos)
(1 of 3)
1874-1907
8
“
(2 of 3)         “
9
“
(3 of 3)         “
10
“ re: New Jersey Historical Society
1907-1921

7
1
Misc. documents, from scrapbook
(Part 1)
2
“
(Part
2)
“
Box
Folder
Title
Dates

7
3
Misc. documents, from scrapbook
(Part 3)
c.1889-1920
4
“
(Part 4)
“
5
George R. Howe, letters and writings
1856-1863
6
“
1864-1884

Geo. R. Howe and Herbert B. Howe, correspondence:
7
Correspondence
1866-1895
8
“
1896-1899
9
1900
10
(Folder 1 of 2)
1901
11
(Folder 2 of 2)
“
12
“
1902

8
1
“
(Folder 1 of 2)
1903
2
“                   (Folder
1 of 2)
“
3
“
(Folder 1 of 2)
1904
4
“
(Folder 2 of 2)
“
5
“
1905
6
“
1906
7
“
(Folder 1 of 2)
1907

8
“
(Folder 2 of 2)
“
9
“
Jan.-May, 1908
10
“
June, 1908
11
“
July, 1908
12
“
Aug., 1908

9
1              Correspondence

Aug.-Sept., 1908
2
“
Oct.-Dec., 1908
3
“
1909
4
“
1910
5
“
1911-1912

6
“A Book of Remembrance,” photo album based on the life of Louisa Anna Barber, by her son, Herbert B. Howe 1854-1934

 

back