This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Research Library at the Nantucket Historical Association. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the internet.
Summary
Reginald T. Fitz-Randolph served as trial justice of the Nantucket District Court from 1910 until his death in 1934. This collection includes correspondence, receipts, deeds, land plats, wills, and other legal documents regarding Judge Reginald T. Fitz-Randolph’s cases and clients.
Collection Details
- Collection Number:
- MS591
- Title:
- Reginald T. Fitz-Randolph Papers
- Date(s):
- 1837–1929, Bulk 1925–1928
- Creator:
- Fitz-Randolph, Reginald T., 1884–1934.
- Repository:
- Nantucket Historical Association
- Language:
- Material is in English.
Information for Users
Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation: [identification of item], in the Reginald T. Fitz-Randolph Papers, Nantucket Historical Association.
Acquisitions Information:
Gift of Sally & Peter Nash in 2012 (Acc. RL2012.129).
Sensitive Materials Statement:Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual’s private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Nantucket Historical Association assumes no responsibility.
Related Collections
- Folder 283 Reginald T. Fitz-Randolph (12/26/1884 - 1934) District Court, MS335 Edouard A. Stackpole Collection, Nantucket Historical Association.
- P22544 Group of unidentified men on Main Street, PH165 Photographic Prints Collection, Nantucket Historical Association.
Subject Headings
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Personal Name
- Fitz-Randolph, Reginald T., 1884–1934.
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Topical Term
- Correspondence.
- Land deeds--Massachusetts--Nantucket.
- Judges – Massachusetts -- Nantucket.
Biographical Information
Reginald T. Fitz-Randolph was born in 1884 in Nebraska. He spent two years at Boston University and graduated from the University of Maine Law School. He practiced law in Boston, then was appointed trial justice of the Nantucket District Court in 1910. He died in 1934.
Scope and Content
This collection includes correspondence, receipts, deeds, land plats, wills, and other legal documents regarding Judge Reginald T. Fitz-Randolph’s cases and clients. There is a small file of Judge Fitz-Randolph’s personal correspondence and receipts included as well. Most of the collection retains the original file names with unfiled papers grouped by the first letter of the correspondent’s or client’s last name.
Contents
Folder 1 Abajian, 1927
Folder 2 Alexander, J. Herbet, 1927
Folder 3 Allo, Victor, 1927
Folder 4 American Surety, 1927–1928
Folder 5 Anderson, Alfred, 1921–1928
Folder 6 Anderson, Olaf, 1927–1928
Folder 7 Ashley, Joshua, 1927–1928
Folder 8 Athaido, 1927
Folder 9 Austin, Charles W., 1927
Folder 10 Ayers, Lester C., 1927–1928
Folder 11 Unsorted As, 1927
Folder 12 Barney, 1859–1890, 1927
Folder 13 Barrett, William, 1922–1923
Folder 14 Bokum, Norris H., 1927
Folder 15 Bosworth, 1927–1929
Folder 16 Burgess Land Court, 1920, 1923
Folder 17 Burnell vs. Dunham, 1927–1928
Folder 18 Unsorted Bs, 1927–1928
OPF-591/1 Unsorted Bs, 1927–1928
Folder 19 Cadrain, J.M., 1925–1927
Folder 20 Chamberlain, 1926–1927
OPF-591/2 Chamberlain, 1915
Folder 21 Clisby, 1925–1926
Folder 22 Collins, 1927
Folder 23 Comstock, Josephine W., 1837–1928
OPF-591/3 Comstock, Josephine W., 1837
Folder 24 Connell, Phillip, 1927
Folder 25 Cook, Earle, 1928
Folder 26 Cook-Mitchell Farm, 1927
Folder 27 Cook-Reed, 1926
Folder 28 Cook vs. Watres, 1927
Folder 29 Unsorted Cs, 1927–1928
OPF-591/4 Unsorted Cs, 1922
Folder 30 Dalziel, Emily Key, 1929–1927
Folder 31 Deering, 1925–1927
OPF-591/5 Deering, 1924
Folder 32 Dickson, Henrietta, 1922–1927
Folder 33 Dunham, 1926
Folder 34 Dustin, Alton, 1927–1928
Folder 35 Unsorted Ds, 1926–1927
Folder 36 Early, C.P., 1927
Folder 37 Edwards, Rupert B., 1927
Folder 38 Eldridge, Helen M., 1927–1928
OPF-591/6 Eldridge, Helen M., 1927
Folder 39 Esau, Weston, 1927–1928
Folder 40 Fitz-Randolph personal, 1898–1928
OPF-591/7 Fitz-Randolph personal, circa 1922
Folder 41 Folger, Horace, 1924–1925
Folder 42 Unsorted Fs, 1926–1928
Folder 43 Gray, David, 1925
Folder 44 Unsorted Gs, 1927–1928
Folder 45 Hallowell, 1927–1928
Folder 46 Hand vs. Meyer, 1920–1925
Folder 47 Harps, Ella B. Land Court, 1923
Folder 48 Harris, Edwards, 1925–1928
Folder 49 Hawkins, 1921–1927
Folder 50 Hayward, 1924–1930
Folder 51 Hoster, Carl J., 1927
Folder 52 Hunnewell, 1926
Folder 53 Hussey, Martha, 1927–1928
Folder 54 Unsorted Hs, 1913–1928
Folder 55 Unsorted Is, 1927–1928
Folder 56 Johnson, Joseph, 1928
Folder 57 Unsorted Js, 1927–1928
Folder 58 Keller, 1925–1928
OPF-591/8 Keller, 1925
Folder 59 Unsorted Ks, 1927
Folder 60 Land Court Miscellaneous, 1927
Folder 61 Larkin, 1927
Folder 62 Louis, Geo, 1925
Folder 63 Unsorted Ls, 1926–1928
OPF-591/9 Unsorted Ls, 1926
Folder 64 Manville, Rollin C. Land Court, 1925
Folder 65 Martin, 1925–1927
Folder 66 Meyer, Frederick, 1920–1927
Folder 67 Mitchell, 1927–1928
Folder 68 Morse, 1921–1927
OPF-591/10 Morse, 1925–1926
Folder 69 Unsorted Ms, 1925–1928
OPF-591/11 Unsorted Ms, 1924
Folder 70 Nantucket Yacht Club, 1926
Folder 71 Norton, B.V., 1925–1927
OPF-591/12 Norton, B.V., 1885
Folder 72 Norton, George E., 1926–1927
Folder 73 Unsorted Ns, 1927–1928
Folder 74 Pack, Randolph G., 1927
Folder 75 Pennrock, Christine, 1927
Folder 76 Penrose, Charles B., 1918–1927
Folder 77 Pollack, Walter G., 1927
Folder 78 Unsorted Ps, 1927–1928
Folder 79 Reed, Albert A., 1927
Folder 80 Ring, John C., 1927
Folder 81 Robb, 1928
Folder 82 Robinson, Ella C. land contract petition, 1905–1923
Folder 83 Robinson, Patrick, 1927
Folder 84 Rose, Robert, 1927
Folder 85 Russell, B.F.W., 1927
Folder 86 Unsorted Rs, 1927–1928
Folder 87 Sankaty Head, 1926–1928
Folder 88 Sarg, Tony, 1927
Folder 89 Sawyer, Manuel, 1926
Folder 90 Scott, 1927
Folder 91 Seal Press advertisement, 1928
Folder 92 Siasconset Golf Association, 1926
Folder 93 Small, Reuben C., 1928
Folder 94 Smith, Albert E. Land Court, 1928
OPF-591/13 Smith, Albert E. Land Court, 1928
Folder 95 Snow Estate, 1927
Folder 96 Swallow Electrical, 1927–1928
Folder 97 Unsorted Ss, 1925–1928
OPF-591/14 Terry, John, 1924
Folder 98 Titus, E.K. Land Court, 1917–1923
Folder 99 Unsorted Ts, 1927–1928
OPF-591/15 Unsorted Ts, 1926
Folder 100 Unsorted Us, 1926–1927
Folder 101 Vanderveer, Jane Glover, 1928
Folder 102 Wade, Margaret E. Land Court, 1922–1924
Folder 103 Wallace, 1927
OPF-591/16 Wallace, 1927
Folder 104 Webster, 1928
Folder 105 Welch, Lawrence R. Land Court, 1922–1923
Folder 106 Whitcorn, B., 1927
OPF-591/17 Whitcorn, B., 1927
Folder 107 Willard Estate, 1926–1927
Folder 108 Wood, 1927–1928
Folder 109 Unsorted Ws, 1927–1928
Folder 110 Yerxa, 1920
Items Separated
- Oversize paper folders (OPF-591/1–17)
Processing Information
Processed by Cindy Li, Thomas Perich, and Ashley Miller, June 2022. Finding aid by Ashley Miller, June 2022.