Call Number: ARC.078
Extent: 4.43 Linear feet, in two manuscript boxes, one oversize box, and four custom boxes.
The Patterson family papers and photographs are comprised of materials saved by members of the Patterson family between 1847 and 1956. The collection includes financial documents, legal documents, correspondence, scrapbooks, diaries, journals, post cards, and several photographic formats, including prints, negatives, cabinet cards, cartes de visite, daguerreotypes, and tintypes. The Patterson family resided in Brooklyn Heights, and members of the family worked in a variety of fields, including construction, law, bookkeeping, and theater.
The Patterson Family resided in Brooklyn Heights at 207 Congress Street. Several members of the family became distinguished individuals within the Brooklyn community. The most prominent figures of the family represented within the collection are William Patterson (circa 1821-1890), his son Stephen G. Patterson (1855-1905), and Stephen’s daughters, May Patterson (circa 1879-1925) and Annie Louise Patterson Jones (1883-1970). Other figures in the collection are William’s wife Mary Anne Patterson (circa 1826-1898), Annie’s daughter Emily Louise Jones (b. 1921), and Stephen’s wife Annie Louise Ames Patterson (1857-1931). William Patterson worked in construction and was also a lawyer, as were his son Stephen and grandaughter May. May, who was active in the Democratic Party and a devout suffragist, is notable for being the first female Assistant District Attorney to argue a case in a United States court. Annie’s husband, Alexander Lassen Jones (b. circa 1881), was a theater manager and producer who produced the Greenwich Village Follies, and was also a friend of Broadway theater producer Lee Shubert.
Names:
- Jones, Annie Louise Patterson, 1883-1970
- Jones, Emily Louise, 1921-
- Patterson family
- Patterson, Annie Louise Ames, 1857-1931
- Patterson, Mary Anne, ca. 1826-1898
- Patterson, May, ca. 1879-1925
- Patterson, Stephen G., 1855-1905
- Patterson, William, ca. 1821-1890
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Families — New York (State) — Kings County
- Families — New York (State) — New York
- Women lawyers — New York (State) — New York
- Women — Suffrage — New York (State) — New York
- Women’s rights — New York (State) — New York
Types of material:
- Cabinet photographs
- Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Daguerreotypes (photographs)
- Deeds
- Family papers
- Photographs
- Picture postcards
- Tintypes (prints)