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The Estella Beebe Frazer Generalogical Papers [2002.28.42] Contact Information – The Lewes Historical Society Attn: Archives 110 Shipcarpenter Street Lewes, Delaware 19958 Tel., 302-645-7670 Fax, 302-645-2375 http://www.historiclewes.org/research/archives.html Copyright Statement – Please cite material from this collection as "Courtesy of The Lewes Historical Society" Dates – c. 1830 – c. 1996, Inclusive [1940-1990, Bulk] Extent – 4 linear feet Scope & Content Notes – The collection is comprised of notes, pedigrees, diplomas, correspondence, clippings, journals, and photographs that document the Beebe Family. Pedigrees are described in general. Particular attention is given to the local members of the Beebe family, especially Richard and James, the founders of Beebe Hospital and their father Richard Beebe, Sr.; attention is also called towards Ichabod Beebe (c. 1800), Richard Beebe, Sr.’s, grandfather, who was a river & bay pilot who possible lived in Philadelphia but who owned land in Lewes on Front Street in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Appraisal & Arrangement Notes – Appraisal and arrangement were conducted in September 2002 through July 2003. Most newspaper clippings were trimmed and copied onto acid free paper because of aging concerns and with the originals being subsequently discarded. No other primary materials were discarded. Capital letters in folder descriptions reflect Mrs. Frazer’s folder titles. Mrs. Frazer’s original order has been respected except for miscellaneous materials received after the initial transfer that clearly had no perceivable order, that material has been added throughout the collection in places where their insertion was logical. Container List Box 1 2002.28.42.1.1 – SHAW, “Merry Christmas Ben and Jane Shaw.” Donors of Shaw Wing of Beebe Hospital 2002.28.42.1.2 – STIDHAM 2002.28.42.1.3 – ICHABOD Beebe 2002.28.42.1.4 – FRAZER, Harry 2002.28.42.1.5 – FRAZER/HILL – Clippings 2002.28.42.1.6 – RECORDS 2002.28.42.1.7 – MUMFORD, Mildred 2002.28.42.1.8 – HILL/BOONE – Clippings 2002.28.42.1.9 – FRAZER/ROACH – Clippings, pedigrees, and photocopies of photographs. 2002.28.42.1.10 – Copies of E.B.F.’s genealogical index card series, names include Records, Ricords, Davis, Beebe, Frazer, Gordan, Wilson, West, Rodney, Marshall, Magee, Elliot, Conwell, Claypool, and Art 2002.28.42.1.11 – AUNTIE – Violet T. Bonsack 2002.28.42.1.12 – WESTLEY – Richard & Penelope, c. 1790 2002.28.42.1.13 – WEST 2002.28.42.1.14 – Pedigree charts of various families 2002.28.42.1.15 – MARSHALL 2002.28.42.1.16 – CONWELL 2002.28.42.1.17 – Miscellaneous materials; includes information on Milton, Del., Sussex County, Del., manufacturing in Delaware and the Davis family and the Marshall family 2002.28.42.1.18 – DAVIS 2002.28.42.1.19 – BEEBE, Marriage certificate of James A. Beebe and Annie M. Wilson, 1864 Nov. 14; signed by L.D. McClintock 2002.28.42.1.20 – SULLIVAN, MARK, correspondence from; includes pedigrees on various families, including Hazzard, Davis and Marshall, as well as copies of census records and a photocopy of a Powers-Banks Ancestry Box 2 2002.28.42.2.1 – BEEBE, 1892 letter from Clarence Beebe concerning line from Ichabod Beebe, pedigrees for immediate family of Richard Sr. and Temperance Beebe, clippings on Richard Beebe 2002.28.42.2.2 – CTHS, correspondence from the Newport Historical Society on Nathaniel Beebe 2002.28.42.2.3 – “Historical and Biographical Sketch of the Beebe[e] – Beaby – Beeby Family,” also contains certificate naming Richard Beebe a subscriber to Third Liberty Loan 2002.28.42.2.4 – Miscellaneous notes regarding researched texts 2002.28.42.2.5 – PAUL MAYCOCK, correspondence to and from regarding Ichabod and other Beebes 2002.28.42.2.6 – HOSPITAL, includes information on Drs. Beebe, tributes, clippings, and postcards 2002.28.42.2.7 – HOSPITAL, clippings about hospital and program from dedication of Harry W. Lynch Wing 2002.28.42.2.8 – 34-74-84, Lewes High School Class of 1934 reunions, includes rosters, attendees, program and clippings 2002.28.42.2.9 – SULLIVAN, MARK, pedigrees of Davis family, 1820 Delaware census records, miscellaneous correspondence and clippings 2002.28.42.2.10 – MARSHALL, also includes information on the West family 2002.28.42.2.11 – MARSHALL, also includes information on the Davis family 2002.28.42.2.12 – DAVIS 2002.28.42.2.13 – DAVIS, includes Lewes Presbyterian Church history 2002.28.42.2.14 – DAVIS 2002.28.42.2.15 – Photocopies from “Milton’s First Century” 2002.28.42.2.16 – L MOTHER F, Mary C. Frazer 2002.28.42.2.17 – HAZEL Brittingham, also contains information on the parents and burial place of Mrs. Selfy Beebe 2002.28.42.2.18 – BEEBE, unpublished genealogy 2002.28.42.2.19 – BIBLIOGRAPHY, contains miscellaneous correspondence, information on the ride of Caesar Rodney, the reconstructed census of 1782 and the Magee family 2002.28.42.2.20 – Moore and Beebe family War Ration Books, c. 1943 2002.28.42.2.21 – Letter, unsigned, 1915 Apr. 28 – “Edna’s Wedding” 2002.28.42.2.22 – THOMPSON FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS 2002.28.42.2.23 – Miscellaneous correspondence and material on the Davis family 2002.28.42.2.24 – Photographs of the Ocean House, Lewes Beach, December [and October – November?], 1948; .1 - .8 2002.28.42.2.25 – BEEBE, family research contacts 2002.28.42.2.26 – BEEBE, family research notes – Richard, James and Ichabod 2002.28.42.2.27 – HELENE [no surname provided] – 17th and 18th century Beebe research 2002.28.42.2.28 – MITCHELL, Carolyn, notes by 2002.28.42.2.29 – MIDDLETON, refers to book published c. 1930 by Clarence Beebe on Richard Thomas Beebe and sons, also contains Beebe pedigree charts Box 3 2002.28.42.3.1 – BEEBE, ANNA E., includes copy of Richard Beebe’s will and material relating to Anna E. Beebe, two photographs of Anna E. Beebe [2002.28.42.3.1.1 and 2002.28.42.3.1.2] 2002.28.42.3.2 – HISTORICAL EVENTS, includes clippings on the Blizzard of March, 1888 2002.28.42.3.3 – LEWES HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2002.28.42.3.4 – BIOGRAPHY, brief biography of William Beebe 2002.28.42.3.5 – COLONIAL LIVING, information on how people lived in colonial America 2002.28.42.3.6 – 1800 LIVING, information on life in America at the turn of the nineteenth century 2002.28.42.3.7 – EVERTON, includes information on how to start a family association, it is unclear whether a Beebe Family Association was ever formally incorporated or established 2002.28.42.3.8 – SUFFOLK CO. HSR, correspondence with the Suffolk County (N.Y.) Historical Society and with Charles Edgar Beebe 2002.28.42.3.9 – WILLS, of Wests, Marshalls and Beebes 2002.28.42.3.10 – CENSUS, notes about and copies of Delaware census records 2002.28.42.3.11 – MAULL, BALDWIN, correspondence between EBF and 2002.28.42.3.12 – LDS, contains information about “Beebe Monthly” 2002.28.42.3.13 – MARRIAGE RECORDS, Beebe, West and Wilson 2002.28.42.3.14 – LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, information regarding the Beebe, Boone, Davis and Fraser families 2002.28.42.3.15 – PGS, correspondence between EBF and the Pennsylvania Genealogical Society regarding Ichabod Beebe 2002.28.42.3.16 – NEHGS, correspondence between EBF and the New England Historic Genealogical Society 2002.28.42.3.17 – ARCHIVES, correspondence between EBF and the Delaware Public Archives regarding Ichabod Beebe 2002.28.42.3.18 – EXPENSE RECEIPTS 2002.28.42.3.19 – Correspondence between EBF and ? regarding Charles and Isobel Beebe 2002.28.42.3.20 – NAMES 2002.28.42.3.21 – INDEX, to original EBF files 2002.28.42.3.22 – Information regarding the Locke, Platt and Budd families 2002.28.42.3.23 – Pedigrees of members of the McColley, Beebe, Marshall and Davis families 2002.28.42.3.24 – CONWELL, correspondence between EBF and T. Clarke Conwell 2002.28.42.3.25 – Correspondence to Richard Beebe, 1947 2002.28.42.3.26 – Correspondence to James Beebe, 1953, regarding information on Beebe genealogy 2002.28.42.3.27 – Information on the Marshall family including a silhouette of “Grandmother Elizabeth Marshall” made by James Beebe March 30, 1901 2002.28.42.3.28 – Photocopy of correspondence to Anna Beebe, 1937, regarding Beebe family history 2002.28.42.3.29 – Information on James Caldwell Beebe (1824-1906) and correspondence to EBF, 1986, regarding the Davis family 2002.28.42.3.30 – Research records of EBF 2002.28.42.3.31 – “Beebe Monthly A Genealogical Journal,” Vol. 1, No. 2, April 1893 2002.28.42.3.32 – Invitation and list of attendees to Beebe Family Reunion at Orton’s Beach (Lewes Beach), 1984 2002.28.42.3.33 – FRAZER, photocopies from “Colonial Families of the United States,” und. 2002.28.42.3.34 – Application of Anna Beebe for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1968 2002.28.42.3.35 – Clippings regarding Dr. William Beebe’s descent into ocean off Bermuda, c. 1920 2002.28.42.3.36 – Photographs .1 – .2 – .3 – .4 – .5 – .6 – 2002.28.42.3.37 – Poetry written by EBF, und. 2002.28.42.3.38 – “50th Anniversary of the Lewes-Rehoboth Rotary Club,” 1979 2002.28.42.3.39 – Richard Beebe’s power of attorney document for Mary Phillips, 1831 2002.28.42.3.40 – Deed from George Beebe to Clarence Beebe to lands on Shipcarpenter Street in Lewes, 1854 2002.28.42.3.41 – Three deeds to Richard C. Beebe from various parties of land in Rehoboth Heights, Delaware (1926) and land in Lewes related to Beebe Hospital (1928 & 1941) 2002.28.42.3.42 – Two pamphlets regarding Beebe Hospital, 1930 & [1935?] 2002.28.42.3.43 – Letter to Dr. Hiram Rodney Burton from M.W. Ireland regarding the promotion of Dr. [Richard] Beebe with Base Hospital No. 10 along with list of possible promotions naming Richard C. Beebe as a candidate, 1918 2002.28.42.3.44 – Resolution declaring that “Clarence Beebe be granted the privilege of the Public land lot on the beach on the corner of South Street and Bay Avenue,” [Ocean House], 1897 Oversized Materials 2002.28.42.4.1 – Richard C. Beebe’s certificate of membership in the “Ancient Accepted Rite of Scottish Free-Masonry,” 1924 2002.28.42.4.2 – Richard C. Beebe’s Grammar Schol Diploma, signed by William P. Orr and F.H. Brewer, 1904 2002. 28.42.4.3 – Richard C. Beebe’s High School Diploma, signed by William P. Orr and Norman Tammany, 1908 2002.28.42.4.4 – Richard C. Beebe’s certificate of initiation into the H.A. Hare Medical Society at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1913 2002.28.42.4.5 – Photograph, Association of Surgeons of the Pennsylvania Railroad taken in Atlantic City, New Jersey, undated. Richard C. Beebe is seated in the left-center foreground 2002.28.42.4.6 – Photograph, Jefferson Medical College Class of 1916, Richard C. Beebe is third from left in the second to back row The Lewes Historical Society 110 Shipcarpenter Street Lewes, Delaware 19958 Tel: 302-645-7670 Fax: 302-645-2375 E-Mail: research@historiclewes.org ©2002-2005 The Lewes Historical Society |
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