MSS 66

Syle, Edward Winter, 1816-1890
Papers of Edward W. Syle, 1758-1890

 

 

Gallaudet University Archives.

 

 

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Gallaudet University Archives
Call No.: MSS 66
Creator:
Title: Papers of Edward W. Syle, 1758-1890
Quantity: 14.5 Linear Feet (29 document boxes)
Abstract:
Note: This document last updated 2006 January 10.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information: The Dr. Rev. Edward W. Syle collection was given to the Gallaudet University Archives by Herbert Syle III in 1994.
Processed by: Colleen Crisp. 1996 August 20.  
Processing Note:
Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open to the public with no restrictions. Photocopies may be made for scholarly research.

 

 

Related Material in the Archives

 

Manuscripts

·         Collection, 1832-1975. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: MSS 65


Scrapbooks

·         Picture Clippings Scrapbook on the Deaf.  Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Scrapbook Album 15

 

Biographical Sketch

            Dr. Rev. Edward W. Syle, father of Rev. Henry Winter Syle, was born in England in the year 1816.

Edward Syle was ordained to the priesthood around the 1830's and was also a Sunday School teacher. He met and married Jane Davis, whose brother, Henry Winter Davis, was a senator from Baltimore, Maryland. Edward Syle joined the missionary to Shanghai, China, where his son, Rev. Henry Winter Syle was born. He was a professor of History and Moral Theology at the Imperial University in Japan. He was also involved in missionary to Japan. He and his wife, Jane, had five children, only the oldest‑Henry Winter Syle and the youngest‑Louis Dupont Syle, survived. Jane Davis Syle died around 1859 and Dr. Rev. Edward W. Syle married Rebecca Washington, who was the cousin of Jane Davis Syle. Rebecca Washington's family was the descendants of George Washington. She had four children. Dr. Rev. Edward W. Syle died in October 1890, just 9 months after his son, Henry Winter Syle, died.


 

 

Scope and Content

The collection of Dr. Rev. Edward W. Syle consists of correspondence, bills and receipts, booklets, articles, land deed, Chinese language papers, account books, and newspaper clippings. The collection mainly consists of correspondence of church members and family members from 1761‑1890. The collection is broken up into ten series: general correspondence, outgoing letters, family papers, Jane Davis Syle, Elizabeth B. Winter, Rebecca Washington Syle, subject files, publications, financial records, and descendants of Syle Family. The bulk of the collection consists of general correspondence of people who were involved with the church and family members. The most interesting series in the collection is the Descendants of Syle Family. There are some letters that were written by some family members of George Washington. There are also some leases that were from the 1760's. Also included in this series is the land deed in Maryland from 1793.

Series Descriptions and Folder Lists

Series I: General Correspondence, Boxes 1-13
Series II: Outgoing Letters, Box 14
Series III: Family Papers, Box 15
Series IV: Jane Davis Syle, Box 16
Series V: Elizabeth B. Winter, Box 17
Series VI: Rebecca Washington Syle, Boxes 18-19
Series VII: Subject Files, Boxes 20-24
Series VIII: Publications, Boxes 25-27
Series IX: Financial Records, Box 28
Series X: Descendants of Syle Family, Box 29

 

Box

Folder

Title of Folder

Date

1

1

 "A"

1848‑1884

1

2

Alexander, Judith B.

1853‑1860

1

3

Alicia

1834‑1843

1

4

Allis, Oscar H.

1884

1

5

Alt, W. G.

1859‑1869

1

6

"B"

1842‑1883

1

7

Bache, Mrs.

1839‑1843

1

8

Baldwin, Katie

1861‑1866

1

9

Mrs. Barbor from Eliza Murray Barbor

1834

1

10

Bartlett, David Ely

1854‑1862

1

11

Bartlett, Fanny P.

1854‑1865

1

12

Bedell, Bishop

1864‑1869

1

13

Berridge, R.

1836‑1865

1

14

Biddle, Elizabeth N.

1857‑1875

1

15

Biddle, Jason

1881‑1884

2

1

Blake, A.

1844‑1853

2

2

Bolton, Rev. J.

1865‑1867

2

3

Bolton, Nanette

1866‑1867

2

4

Bond, L. Montgomery

1854‑1855

2

5

Bonney, Samuel W.

1840‑1848

2

6

Boone, Bishop

1845‑1880

2

7

Boone, Thomas

1860‑1880

2

8

Bradley, Joseph N.

1862‑1864

2

9

Bridgman, Eliza

1863‑1871

2

10

Brown, S . R.

1854‑1889

2

11

Browne, Mary A.

1855‑1859

2

12

Bull, Isaac M.

1845‑1847

2

13

Burbridge, Jane

1843

2

14

Burdon, Bishop

1869‑1875

2

15

Butt, Henry

1848‑1851

2

16

"C"

1837‑1884

2

17

Carpenter, S .

1847‑1850

2

18

Carrington, C.

1845‑1857

2

19

Chai, Wong Kong

1853‑1877

2

20

Chuds, Virginia

1853‑1860

2

21

Cobbold, Rose H.

1849‑1857

2

22

Conover, Mary A.

1866‑1881

2

23

Cooper, C . J .

1879‑1882

3

1

Cope, Herbert

1874‑1875

3

2

Crocker, N.B.

1845‑1860

3

3

Culberston, M.S.

1848‑1850

3

4

Culter, B. C.

1854‑1861

3

5

Cunningham, Edward

1847‑1875

3

6

"D"

1835‑1883

3

7

Davis, Henry Winter

1862

3

8

Davis, Nancy M.

1856‑1867

3

9

Day, Martha W.

1862‑1863

3

10

Dealtry, Dr.

1842‑1843

3

11

Dean, Nillian

1846‑1853

3

12

Denison, Samuel D.

1853‑1865

3

13

Dickinson, T.H.

1857‑1859

3

14

Doremus, Mrs.

1860‑1869

3

15

Downe, E.N.

1845‑1851

3

16

Dupont, S.M.

1861‑1882

3

17

"E"

1849‑1883

3

18

Elliott, C.

1848‑1853

3

19

Ewing, Annie Washington

1874

3

20

Ewing, J.A.

1879‑1884

3

21

Euturishe, James

1845‑1854

3

22

"F"

1853‑1884

3

23

Fair, William Allan

1882

3

24

Feltwell, William V.

1865‑1866

4

1

Fitzgerald, Elizabeth

1868‑1869

4

2

"G"

1852‑1882

4

3

Gallaudet, Thomas

1881

4

4

Gassaway, S . G .

1837‑1854

4

5

Goddard, J.

1852‑1857

4

6

Graff, Elizabeth N.

1843‑1844

4

7

Graffen, Robert

1848‑1860

4

8

Gray, Elizabeth M.

1842-1854

4

9

Gray, Richard

1843‑1877

4

10

Grisby

1875‑1878

4

11

"H"

1841‑1884

4

12

"H"

1841‑1884

4

13

Hamao, A.

1870‑1880

4

14

Hard, Laura

1857‑1862

4

15

Hare, Dr.

1854

4

16

Harris, Helen

1836‑1844

4

17

Harris, John A.

1860‑1883

4

18

Harris, N. Surge

1843‑1883

5

1

Harris, Stephen John

1835‑1836

5

2

Hayes, A.A. Jr.

1867‑1873

5

3

Hening, M. D.

1861‑1862

5

4

Hepburn, Clara

1854‑1873

5

5

Hinds, Dr.

1843‑1849

5

6

Hobson, Harriett

1864

5

7

Hoking, A. C.

1867‑1884

5

8

Holland, Henry

1836‑1862

5

9

Howell, W. G.

1860‑1880

5

10

Hubbard, John P.

1854‑1884

5

11

Hudson, Thomas H.

1845‑1850

5

12

Huline, Miss

1854‑1862

5

13

"I"

1877‑1880

5

14

Irving, Pierce P.

1844‑1854

5

15

Irving, William

1847‑1848

5

16

Ives, R.H.

1853‑1862

5

17

"J"

1845‑1884

6

1

James, Frank S.

1872‑1875

6

2

Jamieson, A.

1861‑1863

6

3

Jones, Alice May

1852‑1876

6

4

Jones, E.G.

1864‑1876

6

5

"K"

1842‑1884

6

6

Keith, Caroline P.

1853‑1862

6

7

Killian, Rosa

1838‑1861

6

8

"L"

1841‑1890

6

9

Liggins, John

1854‑1867

6

10

Lockhart, W.

1846‑1890

6

11

Lord, E . C .

1856‑1860

6

12

Lothrop, Henry A.

1852-1857

6

13

Lowder, John

1848

6

14

"M"

1834‑1890

6

15

Marriott, Edward

1868-1877