James Ross Mellon papers 1857-1932 (bulk, 1860-1864)
Subject
Banks and banking--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Lawyers--Wisconsin, Presbyterian church--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Students--Pennsylvania--Canonsburg, Students--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Tuberculosis--Patients--Georgia, Universities and colleges--Pennsylvania--Canonsburg, Canonsburg (Pa.)--Education, East Liberty (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Social life and customs, Kansas--Description and travel, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Commerce, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Social life and customs, Wisconsin--Description and travel
Description
These papers include correspondence, diaries, writings and miscelleneous material which documents James Mellon's youth and education through his early 20s. There are letters between him and other family members while at college and during his brother George's illness. The writings are a seventeen page reminiscence of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church (1850-1870) that he wrote in 1932., James R. Mellon (1846-1934) was one on eight children of Judge Thomas Mellon (1813-1908) who has the founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of the Mellon family in Pittsburgh (Pa.). James grew up in East Liberty and became a successful businessman, banker, prominent citizen and philanthropist. After establishing himself, he married Rachel and together they had three children, William Larimer, Lucille Hasbrouck and Thomas., Gift of James R. Mellon and Thomas Mellon II in 1932., Processed MSS #214 10/14/95 K. Fortney, Inventory available.
Contributor
Mellon, James Ross, 1846-1934, Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937, Mellon, George, 1860-1887, Mellon, Richard, 1858-1933, Mellon, Sarah Negley, 1817-1909, Mellon, Thomas, 1813-1908, Mellon, Thomas, 1843-1899, East Liberty Presbyterian Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Washington and Jefferson College (Washington, Pa.), Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
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