Lee Garnett Day and Nancy Sayles Day papers

Series 1. Nancy Sayles and family, 1896-1946

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 1	Correspondence from Lee Garnett Day to Nancy Sayles	1924 March 21-1925 September 9
Box 1, Folder 2	Correspondence from Ernesto Lardinelli Becci to Nancy Sayles	1925 May 1-1925 July 7, n.d.
Box 1, Folder 3	Correspondence to Nancy Sayles	1905 October 12-1925 August 19, n.d.
Box 1, Folder 4	Diary	undated
Box 6	Dictionnaire Abregé de la Fable Contents Note: This book is hollow on the inside to create a hidden comparment.	1807
Box 1, Folder 5	Ephemera	undated
Box 6, Folder 1	Geneaology - Ancestry of Frank Arthur Sayles (2 copies)	1914
Box 6, Folder 2	Geneaology - Ancestry of Mary Dorr Ames	1914
Box 6, Folder 3	Geneaology - History Geneological-Biographical of the Sayles and Allied families published by the American Historical Society	1922
Box 6, Folder 4	Geneaology - Armorial Families of America: Genealogical and Biographical from Most Authentic Sources including much valuable material drawn from hitherto unpublished family recods with accurate reproduction and description of ancient emblazoning compiled by Masters of Genealogic and Heraldic Science. NY: The American Historical Society, (1 of 10)	undated
Box 1, Folder 6	Log Book: Around the World Cruise S.S. Samaria	1924
Box 1, Folder 7	My Him Book	1924
Box 1, Folder 8	My Trip Abroad	1922 September 26-1923 June
Box 1, Folder 9	Newspaper clippings	1925
Box 1, Folder 10	Notebook: History of Art	1923
Box 1, Folder 11	Notebook: Italian	1922-1923
Box 1, Folder 12	Notebook: poetry	1916, undated
Box 1, Folder 13	Nancy Sayles' passport	1924
Box 1, Folder 14	Your Hidden Skeleton	1915
Box 1, Folder 15	Mary and Frank Sayles Correspondence	1903 August 1-1919 March 18
Box 10X, Folder 2	Mary Sayle's certificate of membership in the New England Historic Genealogy Society and the Society of Colonial Dames of America	1896 March 10, 1923 July 31, 1945 May 15
Box 1, Folder 16	Mary Sayles: Diary	1894 January 13-1902 June 17
Box 1, Folder 17	Mary Sayles: Inventory of her estate	1946 September 9
Box 1, Folder 18	Mary Sayles: Log Book Around the World Cruise S.S. Samaria	1924
Box 9X, Folder 1	Mary Sayles: S.S. Samaria - The Ship's Biscuit Vol. 1, 2, 3, and 6	1924 February 23-March 24

Series 2. Lee Garnett Day and family, 1892-1925

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 19	Correspondence from Lee Garnett Day to family	1906 March 23-1920 September 24, n.d.
Box 1, Folder 20	Correspondence to and from Lee Garnett Day and his friends	1905 March 10-1920 April 5, n.d.
Box 1, Folder 21	Correspondence to and from the Day family	1902 May 28-1921 January 16
Box 1, Folder 22	Class History 1911 Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University	1911
Box 1, Folder 23	Dried Fruit Assoc. of New York: Resolution regarding the death of Henry Mason Day, Sr.	1909 January 22
Box 1, Folder 24	Lee Garnett Day's passports	1921, undated
Box 1, Folder 25	New Jersey as a manufacturing state by L.G. Day	undated
Box 2, Folder 1	Notebook containing a list of pew holders	undated
Box 2, Folder 2	Travel diary (loose leaf)	1911-1912
Box 2, Folder 3	Travel diary (loose leaf): other material found with diary	1911-1912
Box 2, Folder 4	Travel diary	1911-1912
Box 2, Folder 5	Travel diary	1912
Box 2, Folder 6	Visitors register Greenwich Casino Association Belle Haven	1892 July 18-1925 October

Series 3. Lee Garnett Day and Nancy Sayles Day and family, 1925-1968

Container	Description	Date
Box 2, Folder 7	Correspondence to or from members of the Day family	1929 January 4-1948 March 5, undated
Box 2, Folder 8	Correspondence to or from members of the Day family	1950 July 19-1969 January 21, undated
Box 2, Folder 9	Correspondence to Nancy Sayles from Mary D.A. Sayles and Martha Sayles	1935-1944
Box 2, Folder 10	Correspondence regarding the Days' trip to Portugal	1928
Box 2, Folder 11	Correspondence to or from others	1936 April 12-1951 December22
Box 2, Folder 12	Eastern European Newsletter	circa 1945
Box 2, Folder 13	Ephemera	1925-1942, undated
Box 2, Folder 14	The Lee Garnett Day Expedition to Mount Roraima in South America	1927 July 19-September15
Box 2, Folder 15	Lee Garnett Day's address book	1926, undated
Box 2, Folder 16	Lee Garnett Day's passports	1926-1938
Box 2, Folder 17	Marriage certificate for Lee Garnett Day and Nancy Sayles Day	1925 September 22
Box 2, Folder 18	Newspaper clippings	1925-1941, undated
Box 2, Folder 19	Obituaries for members of the Day family	1964-1968
Box 2, Folder 20	Property in Connecticut	1928-1965
Box 2, Folder 21	"The Ruins of Ancient Petra" by Day, Lee Garnett	1916 May
Box 2, Folder 22	Rules for the proper use of heraldry in the United States	undated
Box 2, Folder 23	Scrapbook regarding Henry Mason Day, Jr.'s arrest and conviction for jury tampering	1927-1929
Box 2, Folder 24	Scrapbook - loose material	1927-1929
Box 2, Folder 25	Stamp collection sent to Nancy Lee Day Gillespie	circa 1960, undated
Box 2, Folder 26	Yale University Class of 1911 25th Reunion	1936 June

Series 4. Business records, 1890-1965

Series 4. Subseries A. Be Bright Lustre Cream

Container		Description		Date
Box 2, Folder 27		Advertising materials, correspondence		1923-1927

Series 4. Subseries B. Bennett Day Importing Co.

Container	Description	Date
Box 2, Folder 29	Advertising materials, photographs	1928, undated
Box 9X, Folder 2	Brazil Contracts	1905-1906
Box 2, Folder 30	Brazil Nut Advertising Fund Annual Report for 1940	1941 January 13
Box 2, Folder 28	Correspondence	1890-1941 June 26
Box 2, Folder 31	Financial Records	1913 April 30-1931 February 28
Box 8X, Folder 1	Financial Records	1936
Box 9X, Folder 3	New York Law Journal	1892 June 2
Box 2, Folder 32	The Optimist: Progression of the tomato season	1922 September
Box 2, Folder 33	Resumes	undated

Series 4. Subseries C. Daynemouth Kennels

Container	Description	Date
Box 3, Folder 1	Certificates	1945-1950
Box 2, Folder 34	Correspondence	1944 September 24
Box 3, Folder 2	Ephemera	undated
Box 7, Folder 5	Films of dog shows (16 min) 1 of 2	1941-1942
Box 7, Folder 6	Films of dog shows (16 min) 1 of 2	1941-1942
Box 3, Folder 3	Financial Records	undated
Box 8X, Folder 3	Kennel records	undated
Box 8X, Folder 2	Kennel records album cover	undated
Box 3, Folder 4	Photographs: Great Danes	undated
Box 3, Folder 5	Photographs: Great Danes	undated
Box 3, Folder 6	Photographs: Great Danes	undated
Box 3, Folder 7	Photographs: Great Danes	undated
Box 8X, Folder 4	Photographs: Great Danes	undated
Box 3, Folder 8	Photographs: Nubian goats	undated
Box 3, Folder 9	Slides: Great Danes	undated

Series 4. Subseries D. Mid-Patent Land Co.

Container		Description		Date
Box 3, Folder 10		Certificate of Incorporation		1929

Series 4. Subseries E. Nancy Sayles Day Foundation

Container		Description		Date
Box 3, Folder 11		Grants for nutrition and mycology research		1951-1965

Series 5. Collins-Day South American expedition, 1914-1916

Container	Description	Date
Box 3, Folder 12	Correspondence from Lee Garnett Day to family	1915
Box 3, Folder 13	Correspondence from museums	1915 May 20-1916 January 19, undated
Box 3, Folder 14	Bolivia/Brazil/Peru	circa 1915
Box 3, Folder 15	The Cocha bamaba Chimore railroad	circa 1915
Box 3, Folder 16	Day, Lee Garnett - "South American Trails"	1916 January
Box 3, Folder 17	Ephemera	undated
Box 3, Folder 18	Newspaper clippings	1914 December 25, undated
Box 3, Folder 19	Newspaper clippings from Burrelle S. Press clippings Bureau	1915
Box 3, Folder 20	Osgood, Wilfred H. - Mammals of teh Collins - Day South American expedition	1916 October 31
Box 3, Folder 21	Photographs (1 of 7)	1915
Box 3, Folder 22	Photographs (2 of 7)	1915
Box 3, Folder 23	Photographs (3 of 7)	1915
Box 3, Folder 24	Photographs (4 of 7)	1915
Box 3, Folder 25	Photographs (5 of 7)	1915
Box 3, Folder 26	Photographs (6 of 7)	1915
Box 3, Folder 27	Photographs (7 of 7)	1915
Box 3, Folder 28	Travel expenses and field notes	1914-1915

Series 6. Lee Garnett Day's military career, 1916-1968

Series 6. Subseries A. New York National Guard

Container	Description	Date
Box 4, Folder 1	Association of Ex-members of Squadron A.	1926-1968 July 22
Box 4, Folder 2	Photographs	circa 1916
Box 4, Folder 3	Photographs	circa 1916
Box 4, Folder 4	Photographs	circa 1916
Box 4, Folder 5	Photographs	circa 1916
Box 4, Folder 6	Photographs	circa 1916
Box 4, Folder 7	Photograph album	circa 1916

Series 6. Subseries B. World War I and aftermath

Container	Description	Date
Box 6	Bentley's Complete Phrase Code Contents Note: A book that provides phrase codes to allow a person to send coded messages	undated
Box 9X, Folder 8	Certificate of promotion to First Lieutenand	1917 September-October
Box 4, Folder 18	Certificates	1917 June 25-1919 May 26
Box 10X, Folder 5	Chart showing number of men regulated by St. Dizier	1918 September-November
Box 10X, Folder 7	Chart showing number of men regulated by St. Dizier	1918 September 8-November 30
Box 4, Folder 19	Citations	1919 March 24-June 5
Box 4, Folder 14	Correspondence - Conley, George H. to Bryant	1919 October 7
Box 4, Folder 12	Correspondence - Day, Henry Mason Jr. to family	1918 June 13-November 14, undated
Box 4, Folder 8	Correspondence - Day, Lee Garnett to family	circa 1918
Box 4, Folder 9	Correspondence - Day, Lee Garnett to family	1918 March 26-1919 February 26, undated
Box 4, Folder 10	Correspondence - Day, Lee Garnett to unknown	1919 January 18, undated
Box 4, Folder 15	Correspondence - military	1917 July 9-1918 December 31
Box 4, Folder 16	Correspondence - military	1919 January 4-June 26
Box 4, Folder 17	Correspondence - military	1920 January 7-1922 August 23
Box 4, Folder 11	Correspondence to Day, Lee Garnett	1918 June 13-1919 December 13
Box 4, Folder 13	Correspondence to Day, Mrs. Henry Sr.	1918 November
Box 4, Folder 20	Ephemera	undated
Box 9X, Folder 4	Flag and armband	undated
Box 11XXX, Folder 1	Journee de Poilu	1915 October-November
Box 4, Folder 21	List of men recieving rehabilitation	undated
Box 11XXX, Folder 5	Map - Verdun	undated
Box 11XXX, Folder 6	Map - Verdun S.E.	1918 July 8
Box 11XXX, Folder 7	Map - Voies Ferrees-Region de Saint Mihiel [Railways]	1918 June 21
Box 4, Folder 22	Map of an unknown area in France	undated
Box 11XXX, Folder 3	Map-Environs de Paris and Algerie et Tunisie	undated
Box 11XXX, Folder 4	Map-Metz S.O.	1918 July 8
Box 4, Folder 23	Military award ribbons for Europe and Japan	circa 1918
Box 4, Folder 24	Newspaper clippings about rehabilitation of wounded soldiers	1922 September
Box 11XXX, Folder 2	Notice to officers and soldiers passing through the town - Saint Dizier France (in French, English and Italian)	1918
Box 10X, Folder 6	Organization des Communications et des Services Francais dans la Passee a la lere Armee Americaine	undated
Box 4, Folder 25	Photographs	circa 1918
Box 4, Folder 26	Photographs	circa 1918
Box 4, Folder 27	Photographs and portrait of Brigadeer General George V. H. Mosley	1918
Box 9X, Folder 7	Photographs: General John J. Pershing	circa 1918
Box 4, Folder 28	Publications related to military life	circa 1918
Box 9X, Folder 6	Report of American regulating Sta. "B" St. Dizier, Haute - Marne, France	circa 1918
Box 10X, Folder 3	Report of American Regulating Station "B", Saint Dizier, Haute Marne, France. Part 14 "Book of Charts" and Report of Construction Department	1918 December
Box 10X, Folder 4	Report of Hospital Evacuation Section, Regulating Station "B", St. Dizier, Haute Monde, France. Part 4 "Summary Report"	1918
Box 9X, Folder 5	Report of the regulating officer, Part 1	circa 1918
Box 4, Folder 29	Troup Movement Section	1918 December

Series 6. Subseries C. World War II and aftermath

Container	Description	Date
Box 4, Folder 30	Correspondence to Day, Lee Garnett	1943 March 8-1945 October 1, undated
Box 4, Folder 31	Certificates regarding service in the U.S. Army	1945 November 25-1947 June 9
Box 4, Folder 32	Citation for the Legion of Merit	1945 May 7
Box 4, Folder 33	Information on the Career Compensation Act of 1949	1949
Box 4, Folder 34	Integrated Supply Manual	1945 May 16
Box 4, Folder 35	List of personnel	undated
Box 4, Folder 36	Map-Norfolk Portsmouth Virginia	1943
Box 4, Folder 37	Note regarding supply of munitions to Army	1941 July 9
Box 4, Folder 38	Officer Qualification Record	1943 November 27
Box 4, Folder 39	The Overseas Supply 1951 Division, by Frank E. Mullaly	1951 January 28
Box 4, Folder 40	Photographs - Army	1945 May-September, undated
Box 4, Folder 41	Photographs - Europe	circa 1945
Box 4, Folder 42	Photographs - France	1944 August 21-September 15
Box 4, Folder 43	Photographs - France	circa 1945
Box 4, Folder 44	Photographs - Italy	circa 1945
Box 5, Folder 1	Photographs - Lee Garnett Day and fellow officers	circa 1945, undated
Box 5, Folder 2	Photographs - Newport News, Virginia	1944-1945
Box 5, Folder 3	Photographs - Newport News, Virginia - Flag Day ceremony	1944 June 14
Box 5, Folder 4	Photographs - Norfolk Army base	1944
Box 5, Folder 5	Photographs - Norfolk Army base	1944-1945
Box 5, Folder 6	Photographs - stretchers	undated
Box 5, Folder 7	Photographs - U.S. Naval War College visit to amphibious training bases	1944 May 11
Box 5, Folder 8	Photographs -Women's Army Corps exhibit , Richmond, Virginia	1944 June 20
Box 5, Folder 9	Publications regarding the military	1944-1945, undated
Box 5, Folder 10	Report of Physical examination	1943 April 7
Box 5, Folder 11	Service record and biographical material	1943 November 19 - 1945 August, undated
Box 5, Folder 12	Table of Organization Connecticut State Guard, Stamford, Connecticut	undated

Series 7. Photographs and postcards, 1911-1940

Container	Description	Date
Box 5, Folder 32	Algeria, Arizona, Belgium	undated
Box 5, Folder 13	Algeria, China, Singapore	1911-1912
Box 5, Folder 33	California, Ceylor, China, Connecticut, Egypt	undated
Box 5, Folder 14	Children	undated
Box 9X, Folder 10	Dalmatia, Petra	1911-1912
Box 5, Folder 15	Day, Lee Garnett and Day, Nancy Sayles and Celeste	1932, undated
Box 9X, Folder 9	The Day's home in Stamford, Connecticut	undated
Box 5, Folder 16	Egypt	1911
Box 5, Folder 34	England, Florida, France, Germany, Hawaii	undated
Box 5, Folder 17	Europe	1911-1912
Box 5, Folder 18	Europe	1911-1912
Box 5, Folder 19	Europe	1911-1912
Box 10X, Folder 1	Europe	undated
Box 5, Folder 20	Europe, Egypt - negatives	1928
Box 5, Folder 21	Family and friends	undated
Box 5, Folder 22	Football team	undated
Box 7, Folder 1	India, Ireland, Italy, Japan	undated
Box 5, Folder 23	Ireland, England, Scotland	circa 1929
Box 7, Folder 2	Korea, Maine, Mexico, New York	undated
Box 5, Folder 24	Lindbergh, Charles and Lindbergh, Anne Morrow	1933
Box 5, Folder 25	Mexico	circa 1935
Box 5, Folder 26	Middle East	1911-1912
Box 7, Folder 4	Miscellaneous, unindentified	undated
Box 5, Folder 27	Nancy Sayles trips to Europe and around the world with her mother	circa 1920
Box 7, Folder 3	Netherlands, Races of Mankind, R.M.S., Adriatic, Russia, South Carolina	undated
Box 5, Folder 28	Petra	1911-1912
Box 12	RESTRICTED: Rolled Photographs Contents Note: All photographs in fragile condition, rolled. Images of Collins Day expedition which may duplicate other photos in this collection. Images of World War I military service.	circa 1911-1920
Box 6, Folder 5	Salehome Wm. F. Sayles Estate 1873-1936, Pawtucket, R.I. Contents Note: Bound album of black and white photographs of the exterior and interior of the house.	1936
Box 5, Folder 29	Ski vacation	undated
Box 5, Folder 30	Summer camp	undated
Box 5, Folder 31	"Travel"	undated

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