| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Bissell, Samuel |
| Title: | Samuel Bissell Papers |
| Dates: | 1797-1933 |
| Dates: | 1797-1895 |
| Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (4 containers and 3 oversize volumes) |
| Abstract: | Samuel Bissell (1797-1895) was a congregational minister and educator in Twinsburg, Ohio. The collection consists of a diary (1819) of a visit to New Haven, Connecticut; album of autographs (1823) of classmates of Bissell at Yale University; account books; daybooks (1825-1875) relating to the Twinsburg Institute; correspondence (1825-1895) with the Office of Indian Affairs, and other papers concerning efforts of Bissell on behalf of Indian youths; sermons; mortgage deeds, financial papers, and ledgers. Includes letters and receipts of parents of Bissell, Robert and Thankful Bissell, of Aurora, Ohio, and correspondence with the Western Reserve Historical Society and the Samuel Bissell Memorial Library Association of Twinsburg, Ohio. |
| MS Number | MS 0116 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Samuel Bissell Papers, 1797-1933, consist of a diary (1819) of a visit to New Haven, Connecticut; album of autographs (1823) of classmates of Bissell at Yale University; account books; daybooks (1825-1875) relating to the Twinsburg Institute; correspondence (1825-1895) with the Office of Indian Affairs, and other papers concerning efforts of Bissell on behalf of Indian youths; sermons; mortgage deeds, financial papers, and ledgers. Includes letters and receipts of parents of Bissell, Robert and Thankful Bissell, of Aurora, Ohio, and correspondence with the Western Reserve Historical Society and the Samuel Bissell Memorial Library Association of Twinsburg, Ohio.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the Twinsburg Institute in Twinsburg, Ohio, and the Bissell family. Those interested in the history of American Indian affairs in Ohio in general and with the Twinsburg Institute specifically will find this collection useful.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 116 Samuel Bissell Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Bissell in 1933.
Samuel Bissell Papers 1794-1918 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence of Robert and Thankful Bissell 1806-1823 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Correspondence of Samuel Bissell 1839-1895 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence of C. Amelia Sykes Bissell 1848-1890 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Correspondence of Fannie A. Bissell 1887-1918 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Correspondence, miscellaneous 1811-1915 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Financial and legal papers of Robert Bissell 1797-1833 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Financial papers of Samuel Bissell 1835-1853 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Legal papers of Samuel Bissell 1830-1895 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Legal and financial papers, miscellaneous 1800-1910 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Twinsburg Institute papers regarding Indian Affairs 1839-1856 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Addresses, sermons, and verse 1851-1880 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Miscellaneous papers 1908 1913 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Biographies undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Newspaper clippings 1866-1895 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Diary 1819 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Patterns and recipes undated | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1-6 | Sermons 1 through 136 undated | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1-3 | Sermons 137 through 172 1825-1875 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Laura Bissell, account book 1832-1866 | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Day books (2) 1825-1841 | |||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Day book 1844-1845 | |||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Book of memorabilia ca. 1823-1868 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Bound volumes concerning Indian Affairs 1847-1852 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2-3 | Account books 1875-1895 | |||||||||
| Volume | |||||||||||
| 1-3 | Twinsburg Institute daybooks 1845-1875 | ||||||||||