Scrapbooks,, 1855-1932

Summary: Four scrapbooks pertaining to Roebling family members, family history and genealogy, and the wire rope company. The series includes letters (in scrapbooks only), but mostly consists of newspaper and magazine articles. Featured are articles on Washington, John and Emily Roebling; the John A. Roebling's Sons Company; and the Brooklyn Bridge. The series also includes a scrapbook kept by Hamilton Schuyler, a genealogist and specialist in Roebling family history.

Among the scrapbooks present are: "Scrapbook Kept by Hamilton Schuyler," dating from 1930-1932, and containing his correspondence with the Roeblings' German relatives, as well as a Roebling genealogy and magazine clippings, all concerning his book The Roeblings: A Century of Engineers, Bridge Builders and Industrialists (1931); and "Brooklyn Bridge Scrapbook" consisting of articles from Scientific American, dating between 1870 and 1883, concerning the construction and opening of the bridge. The two other scrapbooks were maintained by or for Ferdinand W. Roebling. The oversize Brooklyn Bridge scrapbook is stored separately.