Papers of Arthur B. Havens
Overview
Business forms and legal documents related to business and professional interests of Arthur B. Havens, a real estate broker and collection agent in the early history of Leavenworth, Kansas. The papers include documents of the Kansas Immigration Society and communications from Leavenworth newspaperman Daniel Read Anthony and from Isaac Peckham Christiancy, a former Michigan senator and supreme court justice.
Dates
- Creation: 1844 - 1911
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Arthur B. Havens
Arthur Bostwick Havens was born in 1836 to Ceballos Daniel Paul Havens and Eleanor Frey Havens of Ephratah (Fulton County), New York. In the 1850s, he and his brothers Paul Egbert Havens and Eugene Frey Havens moved to Kansas Territory. They settled in Leavenworth, where Arthur Havens became a real estate broker and collection agent, an agent for the Merchants' Despatch Fast Freight Line, and secretary of the Kansas Immigration Society, which promoted Kansas settlement and land sales. From 1876 to 1882, he and his brother Paul co-owned and operated a large flour mill near Leavenworth. Havens was married to Frances Beaumont. He died in 1921.
Extent
.25 Linear Feet (1 box + 2 oversize folders)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
The Arthur Havens papers are comprised largely of business forms and legal documents related to Havens' business interests and professional memberships. The collection's business communications, which include no letters written by Havens himself, consist of one telegram (from Leavenworth newspaper owner Daniel Read Anthony to Kansas Senator Edmund G. Ross, denouncing Ross's vote against impeachment of U. S. President Andrew Johnson), and two letters addressed to Havens from Isaac Peckham Christiancy, a prominent Michigan statesman and a fellow native of Fulton County, New York.
Physical Location
RH MS 49
Physical Location
RH MS Q330
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Emily (Mrs. C. A.) Preyer.
Subject
- Havens, Arthur B. (Arthur Bostwick), 1836-1921 (Person)
- Anthony, D. R., Daniel Read, 1824-1904 (Person)
- Christiancy, Isaac Peckham, 1812-1890 (Person)
- Ross, Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson), 1826-1907 (Person)
- Kansas Immigration Society (Organization)
- State Normal School (Leavenworth, Kan.) (Organization)
- Haven family. (Family)
- Anthony family (Family)
- Title
- Guide to the Arthur B. Havens Collection
- Subtitle
- Papers of Arthur B. Havens
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mh, 2004; revised by skt, 2010; Finding aid encoded by mh, 2004; revised by skt, 2010
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/3788395927
- Preferred citation
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Arthur B. Havens Collection, Kansas Collection, RH MS 49, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository