Manuscript Group 870, Reeve Schley Papers, 1904 – 1944
New
Jersey Historical Society Library
Manuscript
Collection
Manuscript
Group # 870
Reeve
Schley Papers
Papers,
1904-1944
25
feet
Transcribed by
Stephen M. Sullivan,
Biographical Note:
Reeve Schley,
Sr.(1881-1960) served as United States fuel administrator for New
York County, 1917-19; mayor of Far Hills, 1920-34; vice-president
of the Chase National Bank; vice-president of the Howe Sound
Company, 1917-36; member and president of the American-Russian
Chamber of Commerce, 1923-39; and a fund raiser for both the
Republican National Committee and for Republican candidates in
New Jersey.
Provenance:
This collection was
donated to the Society by Mr. Reeve Schley Junior, the son of
Reeve Schley, whom this collection is named.
Scope and Content
Notes:
The Reeve Schley
Papers span the years 1881-1960, and contain correspondence,
business and legal papers, scrapbooks, and financial records. The
collection includes some correspondence with William E. Borah,
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, Cordell Hull, Frank B. Kellogg, Kate
Prentice Schley, Charles H. Smith, and Spencer Williams.
Gift of Reeve Schley,
Jr.
Manuscript
Group # 870
Reeve
Schley Papers
Papers,
1904-1944
25
feet
Inventory
Descriptions:
Personal matters
– correspondence May 25, 1914 – March 29, 1929
Personal matters
April 11, 1929 – 1938, includes correspondence and records
concerning house at Far Hills 1922-1936, letter from American
Defense Society (1924), letters to General McReeve Schleys
uncle, 1930-1935. Contains comment on 1932 Presidential election.
Correspondence concerning Mrs. Kate Prentice Schley, 1922-1956.
Bedminster Police Department 1923.
Papers as mayor of
Far Hills, New Jersey 1920-1934
Educational papers
Business papers, A-Z
Correspondence and
records of fund raising activities of Republican National
Committee and New Jersey State Republican Committee 1918-1930
Correspondence,
records, newspaper clippings
Records and
correspondence, Island Sock Farm, Dairymens League,
Swackhammer farm, and Far Hills Land Corporation, 1919-1944
Estate papers of
Grant B. Schley; Evelyn Schley; Charles E. Schley; Ada Schley;
Meluina Kent; Jeanne DeCroix Schley; Helen Schley Yates; William
S. Prentice
Legal documents
Business Interests:
Alas Corporation, 1919-1936 Jersey City, New Jersey
E.W.
Bliss, 1932-1938, Brooklyn, New York
Britannia
Melting and Smelting Company, Limited 1921-1931
Cam
Investment Company, Limited, 1932-1938, New York City
Chase
National Bank, 1921-1931, New York City
Cyclops
Steel Company, 1916-1919, New York City
Dodge
Brothers Incorporated, New York City
Far
Hills Bank, 1921
510
Park Avenue Corporation 1928-1935
Gas
Electric Vehicle Company, 1924, New York City
Gerarrenty(?)
Trust Company
Howe
Sound Company, 1917-1936, New York City
Industrial
Motors Corporation, 1922-1927, New York City
One
East Avenue Corporation 1929-1936
El
Potasi, New York City 1925-1928
River
House Incorporated, 1929-1936, New York City
Booke(?)
Automatic Register Company, 1904-1921
Selecto
Industries, 1919-1921
Seldom
Truck Company, 1923-1925
Shanferoke
Coal Corporation, 1930-1934, New York City
Terry
and Company Insurance, 1924-1934, New York City
Tractor
Service Corporation, 1920, New York City
Under___
Elliot Fisher Company, 1920-1932, Delaware
United
Satetes Company, 1927-1929, New York City
Waco
Tock Oil and Gas Company, 1923-1929, Clarkston, West Virginia
Charities:
Lenox
Hill Association, 1922-1926
New
York State Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Association, 1919
Saint
Paul School, 1921-1956
Yale
Athletic Association, 1920-1926
Yale
Athletic Association, 1926-1936
Phelps
Association, 1927-1933
Records
of Contributions, 1930-1931
American-Russian
Chamber of Commerce, 1923-1941
Newspaper
clippings on Russian trade, chamber, 1923-1940
Reeve
Schleys impressions of Russia after trip of 1936
Correspondence
with Amtory(?) Corporation, 1926-1931
Letters
between Ebenezer and National Civic Association, 1927-1932
Letters
of Impressions of Russia by the Chambers Representative there
Charles H. Smith,
1926-1933
Spencer
Williams 1933-1940
Correspondence
and resolution on recognizing U.S.S.R., 1932
Letters
from Frank B. Kellogg, June 1926 (3)
Letters
to and from Cordell Hull Secretary of State, July 1934
Letter
to Trotsky, December 14, 1926
Letters
to and from Senator William E. Bocah, Chairman Senate foreign
Relation Committee, October 1927
Correspondence
from Russia and reaction to the outbreak of World War II, closing
of Moscow office, 1939
Memorandom
to(?) concerning American sentiment toward Russia, 1932
Campaign of Dweight
Morrow for Joseph Frelinghuysen for contributor
List of contributors,
1920 campaign, costs of 1920 campaign
Island Stock Farm,
1922-1944, balance sheets, correspondence, tax returns
(1928-1944), bisiness with Dairymans Association, maps and
plans of farm
Legal Papers;
concerning trust agreement with Carl F. Boker, 1921;
correspondence on the states power to tax, October 1919;
Correspondence concerning trust funds, September 1919;
correspondence concerning Schley __Company, 1922-1923; Lease for
apartment, 1929
Box 1:
Miscellaneous categories including business and financial
records, business letters in reference to charitable
organizations, material on Russian Americans, and government work
in Final(?) Administration
Box 2:
Business correspondence, financial reports, blueprints, 1923-1925
Box 3:
Contains business correspondence, financial reports letters
referencing the Final Administration, 1917-1926
Box 4:
Business correspondence, letters referencing Republican campaign,
New Jersey in 1925. Letter regarding guardianship of estate for a
Schley family member under age. (1925-1928)
Box 5:
Personal and business correspondence. Some business reports and
blueprints, 192901930
Box 6:
Business correspondence and related material, 1929-1938
Box 7:
Business papers and related materials and documents,
1929-1930s
Box 8:
Business letters and records
Box 9:
Miscellaneous categories including papers in reference to Evelyn
Schley, business matters and printed paper documents, 1920s
Box 10: Papers
in reference to Russian chamber commission, 1929-1932
Box 11: Business,
financial and legal papers
Box 12: Personal,
business and financial papers
Box 13: Clippings,
correspondence, ect. On Russian American relations,
1929-1930s
Box 14: Papers
on Russo-American relations including clippings, letters and
speeches ect. Late 1920s early 1930s
Box 15: Miscellaneous
correspondence, including personal and references to Russian
American chamber of Commerce and Columbia University, Political
Science Department
Box 16: Business
relating to Chase National Bank and (?) on contributions, 6 Yale
Alumni Fund
Box 17: Material
on Yale Alumni Fund in folders, 1933-1936; papers on St. Pauls
School in folders and Terry and Company. This would seem to be
business papers
Box 18: Printed
material on Russian economic and some printed material on
American companies
Box 19: Financial
records, records of subscription to Russian journal, late
1920s and early 1930s. personal business referencing
May Cchley; Yale Alumni Fund; miscellaneous business papers
Box 20: Miscellaneous
folders on business meetings, clubs and dinners, business
correspondence, folders on estate of Evelyn Schley and other
personal business.
Box 21: Business
reports and miscellaneous printed materials relating to Russian
commerce and other printed matter
Box 22: Financial
records, business papers and correspondence of Reeve Schley,
1922, and correspondence referring to New Jersey Emergency Relief
Association. Letter to Schley from A. Warthy(?) Moore, Governor
of New Jersey
Box 23: Business
letters, various financial papers, Russian American chamber of
commerce papers, folder referring to architectural ___ with
mention of Rockafeller Center.
Box 24: Business
letter and __ referring to Saint Pauls School, 1926-1929
Box 25: Personal
and business correspondence, 1924-1929
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