Please note that this collection is currently in the process of being rearranged. Please contact Kayla Doyle, Curator of Archives at kayla.doyle@kean.edu with any questions or concerns.
Overview
Title: The Papers of Livingston and Kean Families
Dates: 1740-1995
Creator: Various members of the Kean and Livingston families and their associates.
Extent: 50 linear feet
Abstract:
The Livingston and Kean Family Papers primarily contain documents detailing everyday life of family members between 1745-1995. Within the family papers, correspondence, receipts, and personal documents provide insight into the people who lived and labored at Liberty Hall, the family’s estate in Union, NJ. Additionally, a large photographic collection adds value to the collection through visual documentation of the family’s life, the historical property, and other events of local and national significance.
Language: The records are primarily in English with some in French.
Administrative Information:
Access Restrictions: Materials are open to the public and may be accessed with permission from Curator of Archives
Copyright: There are no known copyright issues within the collection.
Citation: (Item), Folder, Box Number, John Kean Collection at Liberty Hall Museum.
Biographical Note:
The Livingston and Kean family papers consist of ledgers, correspondence, photographs, albums, receipts, account pages, and other materials that provide insight into the daily lives of the family. William Livingston was born in 1723 in Albany, New York, attended Yale College, and worked for decades as a lawyer in New York. Upon his retirement, Livingston built a country estate in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. With his wife and eight children, Livingston moved into the Georgian manor in 1774. Livingston spent the next several years serving as brigadier general in New Jersey’s militia, New Jersey’s first elected governor, and representative to the Constitutional Convention. Following Livingston’s death in 1790, his son, Henry Brockholst Livingston, sold Liberty Hall. Between 1798 and 1811, the estate passed through several families before coming into the Kean family, who would occupy the house until 1995.
The Kean family papers originated with John Kean (1755) of South Carolina, a plantation owner and the first cashier of the Bank of the United States, who married the niece of William Livingston, Susan (Livingston) [Kean] Niemcewicz. They had one son, Peter Kean. John Kean died in 1795, and Susan remarried the Polish count, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, an advocate for Polish independence. In 1811, Peter Kean purchased Liberty Hall on his mother’s behalf. Peter Kean was married to Sarah Sabina (Morris) [Kean] Baker and they had three children who survived to adulthood, John Kean (1814), Julia Ursin Niemcewicz Kean, who married Hamilton Fish, and Christine Kean, who married William Griffin. Peter predeceased his mother in 1828 and Susan Niemcewicz died in 1833.
John Kean (1814), Peter and Sarah Kean’s son resided at Liberty Hall for much of his life, where he raised a family with his wife, Lucnietta (Halsted) Kean and built several businesses including Central Railroad of New Jersey, Elizabethtown Gas Company, and Elizabethtown Water Company. John Kean and Lucinetta (Halsted) Kean had nine children, many who lived at Liberty Hall for their entire lives. Three of John Kean’s daughters, Lucy, Susan, and Elizabeth never married and managed the family estate, traveled, and engaged in charity work. Two of John Kean’s sons, John (1852) and Hamilton Fish Kean became prominent New Jersey politicians, serving as United States senators and members of the United States House of Representatives. Christine, a daughter of John Kean (1814) married into the Roosevelt family. Another daughter, Caroline, had a son, George Barclay Rives, who became a U.S. Ambassador.
The last generation of Keans to reside at Liberty Hall included Hamilton Fish Kean’s son, John Kean (1888), his wife Mary Alice (Barney) Kean and their three children, Mary Alice, John (1929), and Stewart. Mary Alice (Barney) Kean played a prominent role in early twentieth-century historic preservation and served on the boards of several historical organizations throughout her life. She died in 1995, and, according to her wishes, Liberty Hall Museum opened as a museum in 2000.
Scope and Content:
Series 1: Politics
This series explores the political involvement of the Kean family. It is subdivided by person and position. Also included are general political papers such as campaign materials, pamphlets, or items relating to the Republican Party. Another subseries includes correspondence, invitations, inauguration, and pamphlets from various United States presidents.
Series 2: Business
This section contains records related to the various businesses that the Livingston and Kean family owned and operated. Each business is a subseries such as Elizabethtown Gas Company, Elizabethtown Water Company, National Bank, Kean Wharf in Savannah, GA, Utility Propane Company, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Ursino Farm, Green Lane Farm. Each subseries contains correspondence, pamphlets, receipts, and other related materials.
Series 3: Family Correspondence
This series contains all the letters written between Livingston and Kean family members to and from each other. For example, letters to/from John Kean (1755) to Susan (Livingston) [Kean] Niemcewicz and are next to each other to read side by side. These letters are organized chronologically by birth year of the person who initiated the correspondence.
Series 4: Personal Correspondence
Personal, non-family letters received by residents of Liberty Hall are included in this series. They are sorted by recipient and in chronological order.
Series 5: Receipts
This series contains receipts related to the purchase of goods such as clothing, food, household goods, and property bills. Receipts are organized into subseries based off of the type of receipt and then by person.
Series 6: War and Military Service
This series contains documents pertaining to Kean family members’ military service and participation in war. This includes letters written by John Kean (1888) while serving in World War I.
Series 7: The Arts
This series includes items related to the arts, such as poetry, music, musicals, and sketches that Kean family members created.
Series 8: Education
This series contains all papers written by various Kean family members while attending school. The documents are subdivided by name of school. This series also contains photographs taken while attending school.
Series 9: Medical
This series contains any medical records found in the collection. This includes dietary information, surgeries, scans, or treatment of illnesses.
Series 10: Real Estate and Property Deeds
This series is subdivided into different categories such as indentures by person and year. A separate subseries includes correspondence regarding rents collected at various properties. This series also includes materials relating to the properties of non-immediate family members and local resident land deeds.
Series 11: Financial
This series contains financial records such as banking, bills, stocks, investments, etc. Each subseries is organized by person and date.
Series 12: Wills and Death
This series contains documents regarding the wills, settling of estates, deaths, and funerary arrangements of Kean family members. It is organized by person and date.
Series 13: Society Events
This series contains invitations received by Kean family members. The section is subdivided by type of social gathering. Additionally, within the subdivision it is organized by person invited to the event and date. A separate subseries includes photographs from various social events the Kean family attended.
Series 14: Historical Scholarship
Mary Alice (Barney) Kean’s research pertaining to Liberty Hall, family genealogy, or preservation work on other historic sites can be found here. Research are divided by type, such as family, property, or personal research. Historic preservation activities are separated by site, such as Caldwell House or Proprietary House.
Series 15: Travel
These documents pertain to Kean family members’ travel, such as licenses, automobiles, ships, flights taken, passports, or other related travel documents. Each subseries is organized by person. Another subseries includes postcards that the family collected on their travels. These are organized by location.
Series 16: Liberty Hall Site Buildings, Grounds, and Construction
This series features documents pertaining to work performed on the Liberty Hall property prior to 1995, including building renovations, maintenance, or garden design. This section is organized by building and by date. Items pertaining to general grounds are organized by person ordering the work (if applicable) and date. Within this section, photographs are organized by interior, exterior, grounds, and construction. A separate subseries includes photographs from the office of the Director of Buildings and Grounds and are noted as such.
Series 17: Photographs
This series is large and subdivided by type of photograph such as portraits, group photographs, other families, or miscellaneous. They are organized chronologically by the year the person depicted was born
Series 18: Journals, Diaries, and Albums
This series contains any daybooks, appointment books, diaries, flower press books, newspaper albums, or scrapbooks that Kean family members wrote or created. They are subdivided into three categories and organized chronologically by person.
Arrangement:
Under each series and subseries, if applicable, documents are organized by person and date. The exception to this is family correspondence. In this section, the letters are organized with both the receiver and sender next to each other. This will allow the researchers to read their uninterrupted correspondence.
Key People:
John Kean (1755-1795)
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz (1757-1841)
Susan (Livingston) Kean Niemcewicz (1759-1833)
Peter Philip James Kean (1788-1828)
Sarah Sabina (Morris) [Kean] Baker (1788-1878)
Caleb O. Halsted (1792-1860)
Caroline (Pitney) Halsted (1796-1879)
John Kean (1814-1895)
Charles Gorham Barney (1814-1894)
Lucinetta (Halsted) Kean (1826-1912)
Julia Ursin Niemcewicz (Kean) Fish (1816-1887)
Hamilton Fish (1808-1893)
Christine (Kean) Griffin (1826-1915)
Caroline Morris (Kean) Rives (1849-1887)
George Lockhart Rives (1849-1917)
Susan Livingston Kean (1852-1925)
John Kean (1852-1914)
Julian Halsted Kean (1854-1932)
Christine Griffin (Kean) Roosevelt (1858-1936)
William Emlen Roosevelt (1857-1930)
Lucy Halsted Kean (1859-1929)
Hamilton Fish Kean (1862-1941)
Katharine Taylor (Winthrop) Kean (1866-1943)
Elizabeth d’Hauteville Kean (1864-1922)
Alexander Livingston Kean (1866-1922)
J. Stewart Barney (1867-1925)
George Barclay Rives (1875-1935)
Mary Alice (Van Nest) [Barney] Little (1880-1939)
John Kean (1888-1949)
Robert Winthrop Kean (1893-1980)
Mary Alice (Barney) Kean (1902-1995)
Mary Alice (Kean) Raynolds (1927-2018)
John Kean (1929)
Stewart Barney Kean (1934-2002)
Inventory:
Series 1: Politics
Subseries: General
Box 1: Political pamphlets, ballot slips, political cartoons, 1850-1960
Subseries: Early American Politicians
Box 1: William Livingston, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton
Subseries: John Kean (1755) Political Career
Box 1: War debt, 1776-1795
Box 2: First Bank of the United States and drafts/notes, 1770-1795
Box 3: Territorial expansion of the United States, 1776-1795
Box 4 Political correspondence, 1770-1795
Subseries: John Kean (1852) Political Career
Box 1: House of Representatives, 1883-1885 and 1887-1889
Box 2: United States Senate, 1899-1911
Box 3: Other political materials, 1883-1914
Subseries: Hamilton Fish Kean
Box 1: United States Senator, 1928-1935
Subseries: Presidents
Box 1: Presidential inaugurations, letters, visits, and event/party invitations, 1860-1976
Subseries: Political Photographs
Box 1: John Kean (1852), Hamilton Fish Kean, and various presidents, 1880-1990
Series 2: Business
Subseries: South Carolina and Georgia
Box 1: John Kean (1755), Samuel Grove, and Peter Lavien Plantations, containing records of enslaved people, 1757- 1795
Box 2: Kean Wharf
Subseries: Elizabethtown Gas and Water Company
Box 1: Business correspondence regarding projects, pamphlets, and newsletters, 1850-1995
Subseries: Utility Propane Company
Box 1: Business correspondence, annual reports, pamphlets, 1970-1995
Subseries National Bank
Box 1: Business correspondence, project records, pamphlets, 1870-1995
Subseries: Various Railroads
Box 1: Records relating to the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Pennsylvania Railroad, Lehigh Valley Railroad and others including correspondence, purchases of land, and construction, 1850-1950
Subseries: Ursino Farm
Box 1: Records of purchases, employee wages, farm notes, 1820-1880
Box 2: Records of purchases, employee wages, farm notes, 1881-1995
Subseries: Green Lane Farm
Box 1: Finances, produce Sold, farm history, 1880-1950
Box 2: Ledger book containing Green Lane Farm’s expenses, 1890s
Subseries: Investment in Stocks
Box 1: Elizabeth D’Hauteville Kean, Lucinetta (Halsted) Kean, Lucinetta Halsted Kean, John Kean (1814), 1830-1929
Subseries: General Business Correspondence
Box 1: Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston, John Kean (1755), Susan (Livingston) [Kean] Niemcewicz, Peter Kean, 1760 – 1833
Box 2: John Kean (1814), Caleb Ogden Halsted, Sarah Sabina (Morris) [Kean] Baker, 1810-1895
Box 3: Hamilton Fish Kean and John Kean (1852), 1880-1938
Box 4: John Kean (1888), John Kean (1929), and Julian Halsted Kean, 1880-1995
Box 5: Mary Alice (Barney) Kean, 1925-1995
Subseries: Ledgers
Box 1: Peter Van Brugh Livingston and Philip Livingston’s shipping records book, 1740-1746
Box 2: John Kean (1755) business records book, 1770-1775
Box 3: John Kean (1755) business records book, 1776-1780
Box 4: John Kean (1755) business records book, 1780-1795
Series 3: Family Correspondence
Box 1: Peter Van Brugh Livingston with Philip Livingston; Susan (Livingston) [Kean] Niemcewicz with John Kean (1755); Susan (Livingston) [Kean] Niemcewicz with Peter Kean, 1770-1833
Box 2: Sarah Sabina (Morris) [Kean] Baker with John Kean (1814); Sarah Sabina (Morris) [Kean] Baker with Lucinetta (Halsted) Kean; Sarah Sabina (Morris) [Kean] Baker with Christine (Kean) Griffin; Sarah Sabina (Morris) [Kean] Baker with Julia (Kean) Fish, 1830-1878
Box 3: Sarah Sabina (Morris) [Kean] Baker with grandchildren, 1848-1878
Box 4: John Kean (1814) with Lucinetta (Halsted) Kean, 1840-1895
Box 5: Lucinetta Halsted Kean with Christine (Kean) Roosevelt, 1860-1915
Box 4: John Kean (1852) with Lucinetta (Halsted) Kean, 1870-1912
Box 5: Alexander Livingston Kean and Elizabeth d’Hauteville Kean; Alexander Livingston Kean with Lucinetta (Halsted) Kean, 1870-1915
Box 6: Elizabeth d’Hauteville Kean with Lucinetta (Halsted) Kean, 1870-1912
Box 7: Hamilton Fish Kean and Katharine Taylor (Winthrop) Kean, 1870-1885
Box 8: Hamilton Fish Kean with Katharine Taylor (Winthrop) Kean, 1886-1940
Box 9 Lucy Halsted Kean and John Kean (1862), Lucy Kean and Elizabeth d’Hauteville Kean, 1880-1920
Box 10: John Kean (1888) with Mary Alice (Barney) Kean; John Kean (1888) with John Kean (1929); Mary Alice (Barney) Kean with John Kean (1929), 1920-1995
Box 11: Mary Alice (Barney) Kean with Mary Alice (Kean) Raynolds; Mary Alice (Barney) Kean with Stewart Barney Kean, 1940-1995
Box 12: Miscellaneous letters
Series 4: Personal Correspondence
Box 1: Letters to Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston, John Kean (1755), Susan (Livingston) [Kean] Niemcewicz, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Peter Kean, 1760-1833
Box 2: Letters from various founding fathers, 1750-1850
Box 3: Letters to John Kean (1814), Hamilton Fish, and Sarah Sabina (Morris) [Kean] Baker, 1830-1895
Box 4: Letters to Lucinetta (Halsted) Kean and Christine (Kean) Griffin 1840-1912
Box 5: Letters to Susan Livingston Kean, John Kean (1852), and Julian Halsted Kean, 1860-1932
Box 6: Letters to Elizabeth d’Hauteville Kean, 1870-1890
Box 7: Letters to Elizabeth d’Hauteville Kean, 1890-1915
Box 8: Letters to Hamilton Fish Kean, 1870-1890
Box 9: Letters to Hamilton Fish Kean, 1891-1942
Box 10: Letters to Lucinetta Halsted Kean and Katharine Taylor (Winthrop) Kean 1880-1929
Box 11: Letters to John Kean (1888), 1895-1949
Box 12: Letters to Mary Alice (Barney) Kean, 1910-1995
Box 13: Letters to John Kean (1929), Mary Alice (Kean) Raynolds, and Stewart Barney Kean 1930-1995
Box 14: Letters to Miscellaneous letters
Series 5: Receipts
Subseries: Clothing Receipts
Box 1: Receipts belonging to Susan (Livingston) [Kean] Niemcewicz, Peter Kean, John Kean (1755), 1795- 1833
Box 2 Receipts belonging to John Kean (1814), Lucinetta (Halsted) Kean, 1830-1895
Box 3 Receipts belonging to Elizabeth D’Hauteville Kean, Lucinetta Halsted Kean, Susan Livingston Kean 1870-1890
Box 4 Receipts belonging to Mary Alice (Barney) Kean, Mary Alice (Kean) Reynolds, 1925-1995
Subseries: Home Goods
Box 1: Receipts belonging to Susan (Livingston) [Kean] Niemcewicz, Peter Kean, John Kean (1755), 1760-1833
Box 2: Receipts belonging to John Kean (1814), Lucinetta (Halsted) Kean, 1830-1912
Box 3: Receipts belonging to Elizabeth D’Hauteville Kean, Lucinetta Halsted Kean, Susan Livingston Kean 1870-1890
Box 4: Receipts belonging to John Kean (1852), Julian Halsted Kean, anfAlexander Livingston Kean, 1880- 1930
Box 5: Receipts belonging to Mary Alice (Barney) Kean, 1925-1995
Box 6: Receipts belonging to Mary Alice (Kean) Raynolds, John Kean (1929), Stewart Barney Kean, 1925-1995
Subseries Property Bills
Box 1 Ursino Farm property bills for utilities and maintenance
Box 2 Green Lane Farm property bills for utilities and maintenance
Box 3 New York City property bills for phone line, utilities, and maintenance
Series 6: War and Military Service
Subseries: Civil War (1861-1865)
Box 1: Correspondence, pamphlets, and U.S. Sanitary Commission
Subseries: World War I (1914-1918)
Box 1: correspondence, pamphlets, and war bonds
Box 2: Photographs of John Kean (1888) during his military service
Subseries: World War II (1939-1945)
Box 1: correspondence, pamphlets, and war bonds
Box 2 Photographs of Kean family members during their military service
Subseries: Military Service
Box 1: Records relating to the United States Marines and United States Army, 1948-1954
Series 7: The Arts
Box 1: Music, poetry, musicals, and sketches, 1870-1925
Series 8: Education
Subseries: Yale University
Box 1: Correspondence, invitations, and newsletters, 1880-1914
Box 2: Photographs of John Kean (1852) and Julian Halsted Kean as students, 1880-1914
Subseries: St. Mark’s School
Box 1: Correspondence and newsletters, 1895-1948
Box 2: Photographs of John Kean (1888) and John Kean (1929) as students, 1895- 1948
Subseries: Harvard University
Box 1: Correspondence and newsletters, 1910-1954
Box 2 Photographs of John Kean (1888) and John Kean (1929) as students, 1910- 1954
Subseries: Other Schools
Box 1: Sing Sing Military School, Columbia University, and St. Bernard School, 1870-1950
Box 2: Smith College, 1950-1954
Box 3: Photographs from schools, 1870-1954
Series 9: Medical
Box 1: Medical records, diets, and weight tracking, 20th Century
Series 10: Real Estate and Property Deeds
Subseries: Indentures
Box 1: Kean family property in Savannah, Georgia, 1790-1914
Box 2: Property belonging to Caleb Ogden Halsted, 1830-1860
Box 3: Property belonging to John Kean (1814), 1840-1895
Box 4: Property belonging to Hamilton Fish, 1840-1860
Box 5: Property belonging to Christine (Kean) Griffin and assorted indentures for other family properties, 1840- 1895
Subseries: Rent Collected
Box 1: Correspondence regarding the collection of rent from Kean family tenants
Series 11: Financial Records
Subseries: Bank Statements
Box 1: Susan (Livingston) [Kean] Niemcewicz, Colonel John Kean, Peter Kean, 1780-1895
Box 2: Elizabeth D’Hauteville Kean, John Kean (1852), 1880-1915
Box 3: Lucinetta Halsted Kean, 1880-1929
Subseries: Tax Records
Box 1: John Kean (1814), John Kean (1852), 1840-1914
Box 2: Hamilton Fish Kean, Julian Halsted Kean, Lucinetta Halsted Kean, 1880-1935
Series 12: Wills and Deaths
Subseries: Wills
Box 1: John Kean (1814), Lucinetta (Halsted) Kean, 1895-1920
Box 2: Lucinetta Halsted Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean, 1925-1980
Box 3: John Kean (1888), Mary Alice Barney Kean, 1940-1995
Subseries: Inheritance from Estates
Box 1: Lucinetta Halsted Kean, Mary Alice (Van Nest) [Barney] Little, Colonel John Kean, Sarah Sabina (Morris) [Kean] Baker, 1878-1940
Subseries: Funerals and Deaths
Box 1: Letters of condolence for John Kean (1814), Lucinetta (Halsted) Kean, John Kean (1852), 1895-1915
Box 2: Funerals and death announcements, 1895-1995
Series 13: Society Events
Subseries: Weddings
Box 1: Elizabeth D’Hauteville Kean, Lucinetta (Halsted) Kean, Susan Livingston Kean, 1880-1929
Box 2: Lucinetta (Halsted) Kean, John Kean (1852), Mary Alice (Barney) Kean, 1880-1995
Box 3: Ephemera from non-Kean weddings, 1870-1995
Subseries: Non-Kean Family Parties
Box 1: Elizabeth D’Hauteville Kean, Lucinetta Halsted Kean, John Kean (1852), and Lucinetta (Halsted) Kean, 1880-1929
Box 2: Hamilton Fish Kean, Katherine Taylor (Winthrop) Kean, Mary Alice (Barney) Kean, 1880-1995
Subseries: Photographs
Box 1: Christmas, 1924-1994
Box 2: Event August, 1937 Elizabeth, NJ and Celebration of Elizabeth, 1939
Box 3: Fireman Race, 1976 and President Gerald Ford’s visit to Liberty Hall, 1976
Box 4: President Gerald Ford’s visit to Liberty Hall 1976
Box 5: Washington Reenactment, President George H.W. Bush’s visit to Liberty Hall
Box 6: Kath and Kim’s Party, Unveiling of Governor Livingston Monument, Washington Inauguration Trip, 1977-1995
Series 14: Historical Scholarship
Subseries: Preservation of Liberty Hall
Box 1: Property history, national registry records, and Mary Alice (Barney) Kean’s notes, 1950-1995
Box 2: Notes on construction projects related to Liberty Hall and projects accomplished, 1950-1995
Subseries: Preservation Work on External Sites
Box 1: Caldwell House and Proprietary House, 1950-1980
Box 2 Boxwood Hall, 1950-1990
Series 15: Travel
Subseries: Travel Legal Documents
Box 1: Passports, licenses, applications, Department of State proof of citizenship documents, 1870-1990
Subseries: Modes of Transportation
Box 1: Records related to travel on ships, airplanes, cars, 1870-1990
Subseries: Postcards
Box 1: France, Germany, England, 19th-20th Century
Box 2: Switzerland, Ireland, Romania, 19th-20th Century
Box 3: Japan, 19th-20th Century
Box 4: United States, Canada, Mexico, 19th-20th Century
Box 5: Other countries, 19th-20th Century
Series 16: Liberty Hall Site Buildings, Grounds, and Construction
Subseries: Buildings
Box 1: Records relating to Liberty Hall’s Icehouse, Carriage House, Wagon Shed, Hot Greenhouse, 1880-1995
Box 2: Records relating to the Historic Mansion, Blue House, 1980-1995
Oversized Box: Blueprints regarding the boiler room and Hot Greenhouse, 1915
Subseries: Grounds
Box 1: Records regarding the property’s gardens, including plants purchased, changes in the garden, 1810-1995
Subseries: Construction
Box 1: Additions to Liberty Hall, Blueprints, and records of work done, 1850-1995
Subseries: Photographs
Box 1: Green Lane Farm, animals, buildings, workers, 1900-1950
Box 2: Grounds, 1870-1995
Box 3: Exterior buildings and mansion Interior, 1910-1995
Box 4: Construction, 1920-1995
Subseries: Photographs from the Office of the Director of Buildings and Grounds
Box 1: Exterior buildings and mansion interior, 1950-1995
Box 2: Exterior buildings and mansion interior, 1950-1995
Box 3: Grounds, 1950-1995
Box 4: Construction, 1940-1995
Series 17: Photographs
Subseries: Portraits
Box 1: Caleb Ogden Halsted, Caroline (Pitney) Halsted, Hamilton Fish, John Kean (1814), Julia Ursyn (Kean) Fish, Christine (Kean) Griffin, Caroline Morris (Kean) Rives, George Lockhart Rives, 1870-1925
Box 2: John Kean (1852), Julian Halsted Kean, Susan Livingston Kean, 1870-1932
Box 3: Christine Griffin (Kean) Roosevelt, William Emlen Roosevelt, Lucinetta Halsted Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean, Katherine Taylor (Winthrop) Kean, Elizabeth d’Hauteville Kean, Alexander Livingston Kean, 1870-1930
Box 4: George Barclay Rives, John Stewart Barney, Mary Alice (Van Nest) [Barney] Little, John Kean (1888), 1949
Box 5: John Kean (1888), 1890-1910
Box 6: John Kean (1888), 1911-1920
Box 7: John Kean (1888) and Robert Winthrop Kean, 1921-1980
Box 8: Mary Alice (Barney) Kean, 1902-1970
Box 9: Mary Alice (Barney) Kean, 1971-1995
Box 10: Mary Alice (Kean) Raynolds, 1927-1945
Box 11: Mary Alice (Kean) Raynolds, 1945-2018
Box 12: John Kean (1929), 1929-1945
Box 13: John Kean (1929), 1946-1995
Box 14: Stewart Barney Kean, 1934-2002
Subseries: Group Photographs
Box 1: Susan Livingston Kean and Lucinetta Halsted Kean, John Kean (1814) with children and grandchildren, John Kean (1852) and Julian Halsted Kean, 1870-1932
Box 2: Roosevelt Family, Caroline Rives and George Lockhart Rives, Caroline Rives with George Barclay Rives, 1870-1940
Box 3: Robert Winthrop Kean and Katherine Taylor (Winthrop) Kean, John Kean (1888) and Katherine Taylor (Winthrop) Kean, Robert Winthrop Kean and John Kean (1888), 1888-1949
Box 4: Mary Alice (Barney) Kean and her children and Mary Alice (Barney) Kean and her grandchildren, John Kean (1888) with his children, 1927-1995
Box 5: Mary Alice (Kean) Raynolds and her children and John Kean (1929) with his children, 1950-1995
Subseries: Other Families
Box 1: Benjamin, Post, Bowden, d’Hauteville, Fish, and Northcote families, 1860-1995
Subseries: Miscellaneous Photos
Box 1: Bradford Family, Harris Brown, Eisha Bruen, John Caldwell, Margaret Elliot, Edith Evans, 1870-1920
Subseries: Places
Box 1: Deal, NJ; Elberon, NJ; Far Hills, NJ, 1939
Box 2: Kline Mills Road Property, France, General Winfield Scott House, Glenclyffe, Gettysburg, Kean’s Neck
Box 3: St. Mark’s School, Steam Engine
Box 4: New York Buildings, Van Nest House, Newport, R.I.
Series 18: Journals, Diaries, and Albums
Subseries: Journals
Box 1: Lucinetta (Halsted) Kean’s day journal, 1870-1890
Box 2: John Kean’s (1852) day journal, 1880-1900
Box 3: Elizabeth d’Hauteville Kean’s day journal, 1880-1890
Box 4: Mary Alice (Barney) Kean’s day journal 1930-1950
Subseries: Diaries
Box 1: Lucinetta Halsted Kean’s diary, 1880-1890
Box 2: Elizabeth d’Hauteville Kean’s diary, 1890-1900
Box 3: John Kean’s (1888) appointment book, 1930-1940
Box 4: Mary Alice (Barney) Kean’s appointment book, 1950-1955
Subseries: Albums
Box 1: Christine (Kean) Griffin’s flower press book, 1849
Box 2: Katherine Taylor (Winthrop) Kean’s newspaper scrapbook, 1880s
Box 3: Elizabeth d’Hauteville Kean’s flower press book, 1890s
Box 4: Lucinetta Halsted Kean’s newspaper album, 1890s
Box 5: Mary Alice (Barney) Kean’s honeymoon scrapbook, 1925