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Table of Contents

Collection Summary

Arrangement

Restrictions

Preferred Citation

Processing Information

Acquisition Information

Separated Material

Related Archival Material

Access Terms

Box and Folder List

Series I: Ancestor Charts and Genealogies 

Series 2: Correspondence  

Series 3: Writings 

Series 4: Legal Papers 

Series 5: Miscellaneous 


Inventory of the Sinton Family, Papers, 1818-1988

Pikes Peak Library District, Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library

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Collection Summary

Title Sinton Family, Papers
Dates (Inclusive) 1818-1988
Abstract Papers, primarily original and transcribed correspondence, genealogies, and diaries from the Sinton (formerly O'Brien) Family of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and their relatives and ancestors. Many of the early letters (1818-1840s) were written by John Greeves, Greeves family members and Anne (Greeves) O'Brien following Anne's move to America from Ireland.
Collection Number MSS 0104
Size 3 boxes (1.8 cubic feet)
Repository Pikes Peak Library District, Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library
Language(s) English

Arrangement

The papers have been divided into five series. Within series, folders are filed alphabetically, then chronologically. Series are as follows:


Series I: Ancestor Charts and Genealogies


Series II: Correspondence


Series III: Writings


Series IV: Legal Papers


Series V: Miscellaneous

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Copy Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection.

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Preferred Citation

Sinton Family, Papers, Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District.

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Processing Information

This collection was processed, and a finding aid written, by Donna McCrea in Fall of 2002.

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Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to the Pikes Peak Library District by Joy Jones and Bell Sinton Willett in August of 1987.

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Separated Material

There are no separated materials.

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Related Archival Material

Mary Snow Sinton Papers, 1878-1955. Colorado College (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

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Access Terms

Greeves Family Genealogy

Greeves, J. Ronald H.

O'Brien Family Genealogy

O'Brien, Anne (Greeves)

Sinton Family Genealogy

Sinton, Lulu Bell

Sinton, William K.

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Box and Folder List

Series I: Ancestor Charts and Genealogies 

Description Container

'Colorado Springs Sintons, Formerly O'Brien,' Ancestor Chart, 1931

Box 1 Folder 1

'Greer, Greeves, Etc.,' Ancestor Chart, 1931

Box 1 Folder 2

'Henry Greeves (1799-1887) and His Family in America' [Typescript], undated

Box 1 Folder 3

'Historical Sketch of the Sinton Dairy Company,' 1948

Box 1 Folder 4

'O'Brien,' Ancestor Charts, 1931

Box 1 Folder 5

Sinton Family, undated

Box 1 Folder 6

'The Sinton Family. From Information Compiled by the Late Walter Lyon Sinton of Belfast. Set Down with Additions by J.R.H.G., 1950,' [1950]

Box 1 Folder 7

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Series 2: Correspondence  

Description Container

Correspondence [Photocopies], 1863-1870

Box 1 Folder 8

Correspondence [Photocopies], 1879

Box 1 Folder 9

Correspondence [Photocopies], 1880

Box 1 Folder 10

Correspondence [Typed Transcription] to Mr. Joseph S. O'Brien from Sarah M. Randall, 1847

Box 1 Folder 11

Correspondence to J. Ronald H. Greeves from Lulu Sinton, 1937, 1940,1943

Box 1 Folder 12

Correspondence to Lulu Sinton from J. Ronald H. Greeves, 1931

Box 1 Folder 13

Correspondence to Lulu Sinton from J. Ronald H. Greeves, 1932

Box 1 Folder 14

Correspondence to Lulu Sinton from J. Ronald H. Greeves, 1933

Box 1 Folder 15

Correspondence to Lulu Sinton from J. Ronald H. Greeves, 1934-1935

Box 1 Folder 16

Correspondence to Lulu Sinton from J. Ronald H. Greeves, 1942-1943

Box 1 Folder 17

Correspondence to Will and Lulu Sinton, 1905

Box 1 Folder 18

'O'Brien Papers' [Typed Transcription], Ancestor Charts and Introduction, [1956?]

Box 1 Folder 19

'O'Brien Papers' [Typed Transcription], Indexes, 1988 and undated

Box 1 Folder 20

'O'Brien Papers' [Typed Transcription], Letters .5 - 24, 1818-1820

Box 1 Folder 21

'O'Brien Papers' [Typed Transcription], Letters 25 - 48, 1820-1824

Box 1 Folder 22

'O'Brien Papers' [Typed Transcription], Letters 49 - 63, 1824-1831

Box 1 Folder 23

'O'Brien Papers' [Typed Transcription], Letters 64 - 90, 1831-1839

Box 2 Folder 1

'O'Brien Papers' [Typed Transcription], Letters 90 - 146, 1839-1869

Box 2 Folder 2

Oversized Correspondence, 1818-1856

Box 3  

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Series 3: Writings 

Description Container

Joseph Sinton, Diary, 1905-1906

Box 2 Folder 3

Joshua Sinton O'Brien, Diary (Fragment), 1842

Box 2 Folder 4

L. B. Sinton, Diary, 1944-1946

Box 2 Folder 5

L. B. Sinton, Diary and Memoirs, 1926

Box 2 Folder 6

L. B. Sinton, Writings [Typed Transcription], undated

Box 2 Folder 7

Martha Bell, Writings [Typed Transcription], 1891

Box 2 Folder 8

Prudence Sinton, Writings [Photocopies with Typed Transcription], 1870 and undated

Box 2 Folder 9

Sinton and Palmer, Accounts Receivable Ledger, 1883-1885

Box 2 Folder 10

W. K. Sinton, Cornell University Coursebook, 1877

Box 2 Folder 11

W. K. Sinton, Diary, 1875-1877

Box 2 Folder 12

W. K. Sinton, Writings [Photocopies with Typed Transcription], [1868?] - 1876

Box 2 Folder 13

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Series 4: Legal Papers 

Description Container

Arthur Wallace, Estate Inventory and Appraisal [Photocopy], 1823-1824

Box 2 Folder 14

Arthur Wallace, Estate Inventory and Appraisal [Photocopy], 1823-1824

Box 2 Folder 14

Martha and J. W. Bell, Probate Records [Photocopies], 1892 and 1894

Box 2 Folder 15

William Lynn, Probate Records [Photocopy], 1876

Box 2 Folder 16

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Series 5: Miscellaneous 

Description Container

Clippings, 1910-1927 and undated

Box 2 Folder 17

Ephemera, 1907 and undated

Box 2 Folder 18

Miscellaneous, 1868, 1932 and undated

Box 2 Folder 19

Miscellaneous Notes, 1940 and undated

Box 2 Folder 20

Tandragee Civic Week, May 2nd - May 9th, 1965, Pamphlet [John Sinton, Chairman, Tandragee Urban District Council], [1965]

Box 2 Folder 21

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