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 Schley’s
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, Dairymen’s 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
Schley’s 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 Dairyman’s 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,
1929-1930’s

 

 

Box 8:
Business letters and records

 

 

Box 9:
Miscellaneous categories including papers in reference to Evelyn
Schley, business matters and printed paper documents, 1920’s

 

 

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,
1929-1930’s

 

 

Box 14:   Papers
on Russo-American relations including clippings, letters and
speeches ect. Late 1920’s early 1930’s

 

 

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
1920’s and early 1930’s. 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 Paul’s School, 1926-1929

 

 

Box 25:   Personal
and business correspondence, 1924-1929

 

 

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