Clement Acton Griscom Papers
Scope and Contents
These papers include a letter from Clement Acton Griscom to his son Lloyd, who served as a foreign diplomat to Japan in the early 1900s. Also included is a small Christmas gift card signed "From Bronson Winthrop," and a small envelope addressed to Col. Lloyd Griscom, care of Miss Griscom, Water Oak Plantation, Tallahassee, Florida. The fourth item in the collection is a letter from G. Leslie Isaac to "Col. Griscom" at Luna Plantation, Tallahassee, concerning a trip to a fair and a car purchase. Includes MSS 0-304.
Dates
- created: 1904, 1940
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to all researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Biographical or Historical Information
Clement Acton Griscom was a Philadelphia financial and shipping magnate who was among the first of the rich Northern families to acquire plantations in Florida. His son Lloyd served as a foreign diplomat to Japan.
Extent
4.00 items (1 Folder )
Language of Materials
English
Processing Information
Processed June 1983 and September 1988.
Subject
- Griscom, Clement Acton (Person)
- Griscom, Lloyd Carpenter, 1872-1959 (Person)
- Isaac, G. Leslie (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
Uniform Title
- Title
- Clement Acton Griscom Papers
- Date
- 00/00/1988
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the FSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
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PO Box 3062047
Tallahassee FL 32306-2047 US
850-644-3271
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