Guide to the Papers of the Bakewell-McKnight Family, 1815-1990, (bulk 1861-1919)
- Repository
- Heinz History Center
- Title
- Papers of the Bakewell-McKnight Family
- Creator
- Bakewell-McKnight family
- Collection Number
- MSS#272
- Extent
- 2.5 cubic feet (5 Boxes)
- Date
- 1815-1990,
- Date
- 1861-1919
- Abstract
- The Bakewells, a prominent family of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, glassmakers, became allied with the McKnight family of Sewickley, Pennsylvania, through the marriage of Martha Harding Bakewell to Thomas Harlan Baird McKnight in 1900. The collection includes letters, diaries, manuscripts and typescripts of speeches and published and unpublished writings, newsclippings, and genealogical research, documenting the lives of members of the Bakewell and McKnight families of Pittsburgh and the Boardman family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Language
- The material in this collection is in English.
- Sponsor
- This finding aid has been encoded as a part of the Historic Pittsburgh project a joint effort of the University of Pittsburgh and the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. Funding for this portion of the project has been donated by the Hillman Foundation.
- Publisher
- Heinz History Center
- Address
- 1212 Smallman St.
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Biographical Sketch of the Bakewell-McKnight Family
The Bakewells, a prominent family of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, glassmakers, became allied with the McKnight family of Sewickley, Pennsylvania, through the marriage of Martha Harding Bakewell to Thomas Harlan Baird McKnight in 1900.The Bakewell Family
Benjamin Bakewell (1767-1844)
Benjamin Bakewell, Pittsburgh's first successful flint glass manufacturer, was born in Derby, England, on August 1, 1767. He married Anne White (1764-1827) in 1791, and the family removed to New York City in 1794. From 1798 to 1802, Benjamin Bakewell operated a brewery in New Haven, Connecticut, with his brother, William, then returned to New York City to run an import business. After this business failed in 1807, Benjamin Bakewell, in partnership with Thomas Kinder and Benjamin Page, purchased a underfinanced Pittsburgh glass factory, Robinson & Ensell, and turned it into a successful business, known ultimately as Bakewell, Pears & Company. Benjamin Bakewell died on February 19, 1844. Benjamin and Anne White Bakewell had four children: Thomas Bakewell (1792-1866), Nancy White Bakewell Campbell (1797-1862), John Palmer Bakewell (1800-1842), and Euphemia Gifford Bakewell (1802-1822).Benjamin Bakewell (1833-1897) and Ellen Frances Boardman Bakewell (1845-1901
Pittsburgh glass manufacturer Benjamin Bakewell was born in the city on December 25, 1833; he was a son of John Palmer Bakewell and grandson and namesake of Benjamin Bakewell (1767-1844). He received his only formal education at Dr. Trevelli's school in Sewickley. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Benjamin Bakewell enlisted in Company K of the 12th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was mustered in on April 29, 1861. He served as the company's sergeant and fought at the battle of Antietam. He was later adjutant of the 15th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Militia of 1862. From 1855 to 1877, Benjamin Bakewell was a member of the family glassmaking firm, Bakewell, Pears & Company. He then became involved with the S.S.S. Conductor Company's manufacture of patent rain conductor pipes and, at the time of his death, was in the iron commission business. He was also a director of the Dollar Savings Bank. Benjamin Bakewell died of pneumonia on March 19, 1897. On October 16, 1867, Benjamin Bakewell married Ellen ("Ella") Frances Boardman, the youngest child of Henry Augustus Boardman, a Philadelphia clergyman, and Eliza Beach Jones Boardman. The Bakewells lived in Allegheny City. Ellen Frances Boardman Bakewell was born on March 9, 1845, and died of cancer on December 31, 1901. The Bakewells had three daughters: Mary Ella Bakewell (b. 1868), Euphemia Bakewell (1870-1921), and Martha Harding Bakewell McKnight (1873-1926).Mary Ella Bakewell (1868-1960)
Mary Ella ("Molly") Bakewell, was born on July 5, 1868. During her life, she embraced a number of social causes, including the campaign for women's suffrage. At the age of 50, Mary Ella Bakewell began to study theology and, determined to become an Episcopal minister, enrolled at the Hartford Theological Seminary in Connecticut. She delivered courses of Lenten lectures in New York, served as a lay assistant, and, although occasionally permitted to preach, was never ordained by the Episcopal Church. She was offered the charge of a parish in Wyoming but left the appointment after a brief tenure and abandoned her theological career. Mary Ella Bakewell returned to Pittsburgh and devoted herself to writing. Her autobiographical novel, What woman is here?, published by the Oxford University Press in 1949, describes her experiences in the ministry. Her recollections of childhood in Allegheny City were published in 1949 as Of long ago : the children and the city by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Mary Ella Bakewell died on May 29, 1960.Euphemia Bakewell (1870-1921)
Euphemia, the second daughter of Benjamin and Ellen Frances Boardman Bakewell, was born on January 30, 1870. Usually known to her family as "Effie" or "Miss Ef", Euphemia Bakewell studied drawing and painting at the Pittsburgh School of Design, then with William Chase at Shinnecock Hills, on Long Island. There she became acquainted with Mary Helen Wingate, later the wife of Haverford, Pennsylvania, banker, Horatio Gates Lloyd. She also studied portrait painting in Paris in the Julian studio. In 1902, she began to study bookbinding in London, with T. J. Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Bindery, then continued this pursuit in Paris. After a return to Pittsburgh, Euphemia set up house with her elder sister in Sewickley, opened her own bindery and taught bookbinding as well. When a detached retina and compromised eyesight brought her artistic endeavors to an end, She worked as a docent for the Carnegie Institute. Near the close of World War I, in September 1918, Euphemia Bakewell, under the auspices of the Educational Department of the YMCA, went to France to teach, lecture, and read to soldiers. After her return to the United States in 1919, her health began to fail. Euphemia Bakewell died of pernicious anemia on December 25, 1921.The McKnight Family
Martha Harding Bakewell McKnight (1873-1966) and Thomas Harlan Baird McKnight (1859-1935)
The youngest daughter of Benjamin and Ellen Frances Boardman Bakewell, Martha Harding Bakewell, usually known as "Myrth", was born on February 5, 1873. On April 17, 1900, she married Thomas Harlan Baird McKnight, the eldest son of Pittsburgh journalist, Charles McKnight (1826-1881) and Jeanie Reed Baird McKnight (1836-1897). T. H. B. McKnight was born on November 15, 1859. He studied at the University of Pittsburgh, leaving at the end of his freshman year for a career with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, ultimately becoming western treasurer. At the time of his retirement in 1929, he had been employed by the P.R.R. for over fifty years. He and his family then removed to Washington, D.C., where he died in 1935. Martha Harding Bakewell McKnight spent the rest of her life in Washington and on Nantucket. In the 1950s she compiled an anecdotal history of the Bakewell family for her children. She died on October 17, 1966. The McKnights had two children: Thomas Harlan Baird McKnight (b. 1901) and Leila Laughlin McKnight (1906-1997).Eliza McKnight (1871?-1953) and Francis Herron McKnight (1875?-1961)
T. H. B. McKnight's younger sister, Eliza ("Lide") McKnight, was born circa 1871; she worked with the YMCA in France during World War I and died on December 24, 1953. The youngest child of Charles and Jeanie Reed Baird McKnight, Francis Herron McKnight, was born probably in 1875. He married Henrietta Pomeroy (d. 1911) in 1910, then worked in New York and China as a banker. During World War I, he served in France as operations officer for the 154th Infantry Brigade of the American Expeditionary Forces. F. H. McKnight married Helen DeForest Mellen (1889-1956) in 1919 and then became associated with the First National Bank of Boston. He died on June 18, 1961. Another sister of T. H. B. McKnight, Mary Baird McKnight Robinson, lived in Pasadena, California, and died in December 1958. A collection of personal papers of a second brother, Charles McKnight (1863-1926), a banker and industrialist in Pittsburgh, and his family are housed in MSS #250.The Boardman Family
Henry Augustus Boardman (1808-1880) and Eliza Beach Jones Boardman (1810-1874)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, clergyman, Henry Augustus Boardman was born in Troy, New York, on January 9, 1809. He was descended from the Starbucks, a Quaker family. After graduating from Yale College in 1829, he became a Presbyterian in 1830 and was licensed to preach in 1833. In that same year, he became the pastor of the Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia and, on October 16, married Eliza Beach Jones of Charleston, South Carolina. Henry A. Boardman was associated with the Tenth Presbyterian Church until his retirement in 1876. He died on June 15, 1880. Eliza Beach Jones died on August 19, 1874. The Boardmans had six children: Henry Boardman (1834-1835), Mary Jones Boardman (b. 1836), Charles Hodge Boardman (b. 1838), John Lamboll Boardman (1840-1896), Henry Augustus Boardman (b. 1843), and Ellen Frances Boardman Bakewell (1845-1901).The Bakewell Family
Benjamin Bakewell (1767-1844)
Benjamin Bakewell, Pittsburgh's first successful flint glass manufacturer, was born in Derby, England, on August 1, 1767. He married Anne White (1764-1827) in 1791, and the family removed to New York City in 1794. From 1798 to 1802, Benjamin Bakewell operated a brewery in New Haven, Connecticut, with his brother, William, then returned to New York City to run an import business. After this business failed in 1807, Benjamin Bakewell, in partnership with Thomas Kinder and Benjamin Page, purchased a underfinanced Pittsburgh glass factory, Robinson & Ensell, and turned it into a successful business, known ultimately as Bakewell, Pears & Company. Benjamin Bakewell died on February 19, 1844. Benjamin and Anne White Bakewell had four children: Thomas Bakewell (1792-1866), Nancy White Bakewell Campbell (1797-1862), John Palmer Bakewell (1800-1842), and Euphemia Gifford Bakewell (1802-1822).Benjamin Bakewell (1833-1897) and Ellen Frances Boardman Bakewell (1845-1901
Pittsburgh glass manufacturer Benjamin Bakewell was born in the city on December 25, 1833; he was a son of John Palmer Bakewell and grandson and namesake of Benjamin Bakewell (1767-1844). He received his only formal education at Dr. Trevelli's school in Sewickley. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Benjamin Bakewell enlisted in Company K of the 12th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was mustered in on April 29, 1861. He served as the company's sergeant and fought at the battle of Antietam. He was later adjutant of the 15th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Militia of 1862. From 1855 to 1877, Benjamin Bakewell was a member of the family glassmaking firm, Bakewell, Pears & Company. He then became involved with the S.S.S. Conductor Company's manufacture of patent rain conductor pipes and, at the time of his death, was in the iron commission business. He was also a director of the Dollar Savings Bank. Benjamin Bakewell died of pneumonia on March 19, 1897. On October 16, 1867, Benjamin Bakewell married Ellen ("Ella") Frances Boardman, the youngest child of Henry Augustus Boardman, a Philadelphia clergyman, and Eliza Beach Jones Boardman. The Bakewells lived in Allegheny City. Ellen Frances Boardman Bakewell was born on March 9, 1845, and died of cancer on December 31, 1901. The Bakewells had three daughters: Mary Ella Bakewell (b. 1868), Euphemia Bakewell (1870-1921), and Martha Harding Bakewell McKnight (1873-1926).Mary Ella Bakewell (1868-1960)
Mary Ella ("Molly") Bakewell, was born on July 5, 1868. During her life, she embraced a number of social causes, including the campaign for women's suffrage. At the age of 50, Mary Ella Bakewell began to study theology and, determined to become an Episcopal minister, enrolled at the Hartford Theological Seminary in Connecticut. She delivered courses of Lenten lectures in New York, served as a lay assistant, and, although occasionally permitted to preach, was never ordained by the Episcopal Church. She was offered the charge of a parish in Wyoming but left the appointment after a brief tenure and abandoned her theological career. Mary Ella Bakewell returned to Pittsburgh and devoted herself to writing. Her autobiographical novel, What woman is here?, published by the Oxford University Press in 1949, describes her experiences in the ministry. Her recollections of childhood in Allegheny City were published in 1949 as Of long ago : the children and the city by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Mary Ella Bakewell died on May 29, 1960.Euphemia Bakewell (1870-1921)
Euphemia, the second daughter of Benjamin and Ellen Frances Boardman Bakewell, was born on January 30, 1870. Usually known to her family as "Effie" or "Miss Ef", Euphemia Bakewell studied drawing and painting at the Pittsburgh School of Design, then with William Chase at Shinnecock Hills, on Long Island. There she became acquainted with Mary Helen Wingate, later the wife of Haverford, Pennsylvania, banker, Horatio Gates Lloyd. She also studied portrait painting in Paris in the Julian studio. In 1902, she began to study bookbinding in London, with T. J. Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Bindery, then continued this pursuit in Paris. After a return to Pittsburgh, Euphemia set up house with her elder sister in Sewickley, opened her own bindery and taught bookbinding as well. When a detached retina and compromised eyesight brought her artistic endeavors to an end, She worked as a docent for the Carnegie Institute. Near the close of World War I, in September 1918, Euphemia Bakewell, under the auspices of the Educational Department of the YMCA, went to France to teach, lecture, and read to soldiers. After her return to the United States in 1919, her health began to fail. Euphemia Bakewell died of pernicious anemia on December 25, 1921.Benjamin Bakewell (1767-1844)
Benjamin Bakewell, Pittsburgh's first successful flint glass manufacturer, was born in Derby, England, on August 1, 1767. He married Anne White (1764-1827) in 1791, and the family removed to New York City in 1794. From 1798 to 1802, Benjamin Bakewell operated a brewery in New Haven, Connecticut, with his brother, William, then returned to New York City to run an import business. After this business failed in 1807, Benjamin Bakewell, in partnership with Thomas Kinder and Benjamin Page, purchased a underfinanced Pittsburgh glass factory, Robinson & Ensell, and turned it into a successful business, known ultimately as Bakewell, Pears & Company. Benjamin Bakewell died on February 19, 1844.
Benjamin and Anne White Bakewell had four children: Thomas Bakewell (1792-1866), Nancy White Bakewell Campbell (1797-1862), John Palmer Bakewell (1800-1842), and Euphemia Gifford Bakewell (1802-1822).
Benjamin Bakewell (1833-1897) and Ellen Frances Boardman Bakewell (1845-1901
Pittsburgh glass manufacturer Benjamin Bakewell was born in the city on December 25, 1833; he was a son of John Palmer Bakewell and grandson and namesake of Benjamin Bakewell (1767-1844). He received his only formal education at Dr. Trevelli's school in Sewickley. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Benjamin Bakewell enlisted in Company K of the 12th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was mustered in on April 29, 1861. He served as the company's sergeant and fought at the battle of Antietam. He was later adjutant of the 15th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Militia of 1862. From 1855 to 1877, Benjamin Bakewell was a member of the family glassmaking firm, Bakewell, Pears & Company. He then became involved with the S.S.S. Conductor Company's manufacture of patent rain conductor pipes and, at the time of his death, was in the iron commission business. He was also a director of the Dollar Savings Bank. Benjamin Bakewell died of pneumonia on March 19, 1897.
On October 16, 1867, Benjamin Bakewell married Ellen ("Ella") Frances Boardman, the youngest child of Henry Augustus Boardman, a Philadelphia clergyman, and Eliza Beach Jones Boardman. The Bakewells lived in Allegheny City. Ellen Frances Boardman Bakewell was born on March 9, 1845, and died of cancer on December 31, 1901. The Bakewells had three daughters: Mary Ella Bakewell (b. 1868), Euphemia Bakewell (1870-1921), and Martha Harding Bakewell McKnight (1873-1926).
Mary Ella Bakewell (1868-1960)
Mary Ella ("Molly") Bakewell, was born on July 5, 1868. During her life, she embraced a number of social causes, including the campaign for women's suffrage. At the age of 50, Mary Ella Bakewell began to study theology and, determined to become an Episcopal minister, enrolled at the Hartford Theological Seminary in Connecticut. She delivered courses of Lenten lectures in New York, served as a lay assistant, and, although occasionally permitted to preach, was never ordained by the Episcopal Church. She was offered the charge of a parish in Wyoming but left the appointment after a brief tenure and abandoned her theological career. Mary Ella Bakewell returned to Pittsburgh and devoted herself to writing. Her autobiographical novel, What woman is here?, published by the Oxford University Press in 1949, describes her experiences in the ministry. Her recollections of childhood in Allegheny City were published in 1949 as Of long ago : the children and the city by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Mary Ella Bakewell died on May 29, 1960.
Euphemia Bakewell (1870-1921)
Euphemia, the second daughter of Benjamin and Ellen Frances Boardman Bakewell, was born on January 30, 1870. Usually known to her family as "Effie" or "Miss Ef", Euphemia Bakewell studied drawing and painting at the Pittsburgh School of Design, then with William Chase at Shinnecock Hills, on Long Island. There she became acquainted with Mary Helen Wingate, later the wife of Haverford, Pennsylvania, banker, Horatio Gates Lloyd. She also studied portrait painting in Paris in the Julian studio. In 1902, she began to study bookbinding in London, with T. J. Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Bindery, then continued this pursuit in Paris. After a return to Pittsburgh, Euphemia set up house with her elder sister in Sewickley, opened her own bindery and taught bookbinding as well. When a detached retina and compromised eyesight brought her artistic endeavors to an end, She worked as a docent for the Carnegie Institute. Near the close of World War I, in September 1918, Euphemia Bakewell, under the auspices of the Educational Department of the YMCA, went to France to teach, lecture, and read to soldiers. After her return to the United States in 1919, her health began to fail. Euphemia Bakewell died of pernicious anemia on December 25, 1921.
The McKnight Family
Martha Harding Bakewell McKnight (1873-1966) and Thomas Harlan Baird McKnight (1859-1935)
The youngest daughter of Benjamin and Ellen Frances Boardman Bakewell, Martha Harding Bakewell, usually known as "Myrth", was born on February 5, 1873. On April 17, 1900, she married Thomas Harlan Baird McKnight, the eldest son of Pittsburgh journalist, Charles McKnight (1826-1881) and Jeanie Reed Baird McKnight (1836-1897). T. H. B. McKnight was born on November 15, 1859. He studied at the University of Pittsburgh, leaving at the end of his freshman year for a career with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, ultimately becoming western treasurer. At the time of his retirement in 1929, he had been employed by the P.R.R. for over fifty years. He and his family then removed to Washington, D.C., where he died in 1935. Martha Harding Bakewell McKnight spent the rest of her life in Washington and on Nantucket. In the 1950s she compiled an anecdotal history of the Bakewell family for her children. She died on October 17, 1966. The McKnights had two children: Thomas Harlan Baird McKnight (b. 1901) and Leila Laughlin McKnight (1906-1997).Eliza McKnight (1871?-1953) and Francis Herron McKnight (1875?-1961)
T. H. B. McKnight's younger sister, Eliza ("Lide") McKnight, was born circa 1871; she worked with the YMCA in France during World War I and died on December 24, 1953. The youngest child of Charles and Jeanie Reed Baird McKnight, Francis Herron McKnight, was born probably in 1875. He married Henrietta Pomeroy (d. 1911) in 1910, then worked in New York and China as a banker. During World War I, he served in France as operations officer for the 154th Infantry Brigade of the American Expeditionary Forces. F. H. McKnight married Helen DeForest Mellen (1889-1956) in 1919 and then became associated with the First National Bank of Boston. He died on June 18, 1961. Another sister of T. H. B. McKnight, Mary Baird McKnight Robinson, lived in Pasadena, California, and died in December 1958. A collection of personal papers of a second brother, Charles McKnight (1863-1926), a banker and industrialist in Pittsburgh, and his family are housed in MSS #250.Martha Harding Bakewell McKnight (1873-1966) and Thomas Harlan Baird McKnight (1859-1935)
The youngest daughter of Benjamin and Ellen Frances Boardman Bakewell, Martha Harding Bakewell, usually known as "Myrth", was born on February 5, 1873. On April 17, 1900, she married Thomas Harlan Baird McKnight, the eldest son of Pittsburgh journalist, Charles McKnight (1826-1881) and Jeanie Reed Baird McKnight (1836-1897). T. H. B. McKnight was born on November 15, 1859. He studied at the University of Pittsburgh, leaving at the end of his freshman year for a career with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, ultimately becoming western treasurer. At the time of his retirement in 1929, he had been employed by the P.R.R. for over fifty years. He and his family then removed to Washington, D.C., where he died in 1935. Martha Harding Bakewell McKnight spent the rest of her life in Washington and on Nantucket. In the 1950s she compiled an anecdotal history of the Bakewell family for her children. She died on October 17, 1966.
The McKnights had two children: Thomas Harlan Baird McKnight (b. 1901) and Leila Laughlin McKnight (1906-1997).
Eliza McKnight (1871?-1953) and Francis Herron McKnight (1875?-1961)
T. H. B. McKnight's younger sister, Eliza ("Lide") McKnight, was born circa 1871; she worked with the YMCA in France during World War I and died on December 24, 1953. The youngest child of Charles and Jeanie Reed Baird McKnight, Francis Herron McKnight, was born probably in 1875. He married Henrietta Pomeroy (d. 1911) in 1910, then worked in New York and China as a banker. During World War I, he served in France as operations officer for the 154th Infantry Brigade of the American Expeditionary Forces. F. H. McKnight married Helen DeForest Mellen (1889-1956) in 1919 and then became associated with the First National Bank of Boston. He died on June 18, 1961.
Another sister of T. H. B. McKnight, Mary Baird McKnight Robinson, lived in Pasadena, California, and died in December 1958. A collection of personal papers of a second brother, Charles McKnight (1863-1926), a banker and industrialist in Pittsburgh, and his family are housed in MSS #250.
The Boardman Family
Henry Augustus Boardman (1808-1880) and Eliza Beach Jones Boardman (1810-1874)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, clergyman, Henry Augustus Boardman was born in Troy, New York, on January 9, 1809. He was descended from the Starbucks, a Quaker family. After graduating from Yale College in 1829, he became a Presbyterian in 1830 and was licensed to preach in 1833. In that same year, he became the pastor of the Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia and, on October 16, married Eliza Beach Jones of Charleston, South Carolina. Henry A. Boardman was associated with the Tenth Presbyterian Church until his retirement in 1876. He died on June 15, 1880. Eliza Beach Jones died on August 19, 1874. The Boardmans had six children: Henry Boardman (1834-1835), Mary Jones Boardman (b. 1836), Charles Hodge Boardman (b. 1838), John Lamboll Boardman (1840-1896), Henry Augustus Boardman (b. 1843), and Ellen Frances Boardman Bakewell (1845-1901).Henry Augustus Boardman (1808-1880) and Eliza Beach Jones Boardman (1810-1874)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, clergyman, Henry Augustus Boardman was born in Troy, New York, on January 9, 1809. He was descended from the Starbucks, a Quaker family. After graduating from Yale College in 1829, he became a Presbyterian in 1830 and was licensed to preach in 1833. In that same year, he became the pastor of the Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia and, on October 16, married Eliza Beach Jones of Charleston, South Carolina. Henry A. Boardman was associated with the Tenth Presbyterian Church until his retirement in 1876. He died on June 15, 1880. Eliza Beach Jones died on August 19, 1874.
The Boardmans had six children: Henry Boardman (1834-1835), Mary Jones Boardman (b. 1836), Charles Hodge Boardman (b. 1838), John Lamboll Boardman (1840-1896), Henry Augustus Boardman (b. 1843), and Ellen Frances Boardman Bakewell (1845-1901).
Scope and Content Notes
The collection includes letters, diaries, manuscripts and typescripts of speeches and published and unpublished writings, newsclippings, and genealogical research, documenting the lives of members of the Bakewell and McKnight families of Pittsburgh and the Boardman family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The materials appear to have been assembled, organized, and analyzed by Martha Harding Bakewell McKnight as part of her research on the Bakewell and Boardman families.
Arrangement
Six series have been designated for the papers of Bakewell family members; the three daughters of Benjamin Bakewell, Mary Ella Bakewell, Euphemia Bakewell, and Martha Harding Bakewell McKnight; members of the McKnight family; and members of the Boardman family.
The Bakewell-McKnight Family Papers are housed in five archival boxes.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These materials came in two accessions and were combined into one body of papers in 1997.
Acc# 1997.0164 Gift of the Estate of Leila Laughlin McKnight (Papers).
Acc# 1997.0324 Gift of the Estate of Leila Laughlin McKnight (Additions).
1997
Preferred Citation
Papers of the Bakewell-McKnight Family, 1815-1990 (bulk 1861-1919), MSS#272, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Jack Eckert on October 22, 1997.
Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Janet Begnoche on December 1, 1999.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or publish, please contact the curator of the Archives.
Subjects
- Bakewell, Pears co. -- History.
- Pennsylvania. -- Militia. -- Infantry Regiment, 15th (1862).
- United States. -- Army. -- Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861). -- K Company.
- YMCA. -- Educational Dept.
- Bakewell family -- Genealogy.
- Boardman family -- Genealogy.
- Lamboll family -- Genealogy.
- Starbuck family -- Genealogy.
- Bakewell, Benjamin -- 1767-1844.
- Bakewell, Benjamin -- 1833-1897.
- Bakewell, Ellen Frances Boardman -- 1845-1901.
- Bakewell, Euphemia -- 1870-1921.
- Bakewell, Mary E. -- (Mary Ella) -- 1868-1960.
- Bakewell family.
- Boardman, Henry A. -- (Henry Augustus) -- 1808-1880.
- Huidekoper, Harm Jan -- 1776-1854.
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier -- marquis de, -- 1757-1834.
- Webster, Daniel -- 1782-1852.
- McKnight family.
- McKnight, Eliza -- 1871-1953.
- McKnight, F.H. -- (Francis Herron) -- 1875-1961.
- McKnight, Martha Harding Bakewell -- 1873-1966.
- McKnight, T.H.B. -- (Thomas Harlan Baird) -- 1859-1935.
- France -- Description and travel.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Glass manufacture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History.
- Unitarianism -- Pennsylvania.
- Women -- Suffrage.
- Women in the Episcopal Church.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.