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Biographical Note

Scope and Content Note

Information for Researchers

Administrative Information

Collection Inventory

Subject Headings

Inventory of the Franklin H. Cornell Papers

In the New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library

Biographical Note

Franklin H. Cornell was born in Dartmouth (Massachusetts) 1860. He married Elizabeth T. Howland (1872-1946) and had two children: Hester Phoebe Cornell (1912-2008) and Pardon Wing Cornell (1914-2005). Franklin lived on Tucker Road in Dartmouth and worked as a farmer and a milkman, delivering milk to several locations within his hometown as well as the neighboring city of New Bedford. Franklin passes away at the age of 55 on August 18, 1915, and is buried at South Dartmouth Cemetery.

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Scope and Content Note

Materials in this collection consist primarily of Franklin Cornell’s milk score books documenting his deliveries as a milkman to Dartmouth and New Bedford during the years 1901 to 1906. Cornell organized his books chronologically by year with each page containing a client’s name and the amount of milk delivered. In addition to his milk score books, Cornell’s papers also contain records related to Anthony Howland of Anthony Howland and Son, a grocer operating out of 141 Fourth Street in New Bedford. Anthony Howland and Son’s account book, bills, and receipts date from 1884 to 1894 and include documentation related to grocery deliveries made to various New Bedford households and clients.

Arrangement of Collection

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Information for Researchers

Access to Collections

Unrestricted. Consult librarian for an appointment.

Preferred Citation

New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library Mss 200, [sub-group, series, sub-series, folder/volume as appropriate], [item]

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Administrative Information

Provenance

Materials in this collection were donated to the New Bedford Whaling Museum by Pardon Wing Cornell and Ellen S. Cornell on 12 October 2000 as part of Accession B2000-22.

Processing Information

Processed by: Mark Procknik, 2022

Encoded by: Mark Procknik, 25 May 2022

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