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Collection Title:
Creator:
Arkell, W. J. (William J.), 1856-1930.
Inclusive Dates:
1881-1894
Abstract:
Papers of the American publisher, journalist. One commemorative menu, rest is business and personal correspondence, largely in connection with the Judge, a weekly magazine of wit and humor which began publication in 1881 in New York. Correspondents include August Belmont, James G. Blaine, George W. Childs, Charles A. Dana, Chauncey M. Depew, Joseph W. Drexel, Stephen B. Elkins, Joseph B. Foraker, George Jay Gould, David B. Hill, Collis P. Huntington, Robert Ingersoll, Levi P. Morton, John C. New, Bill Nye, William W. Phelps, Thomas B. Reed, Whitelaw Reid, Samuel Sloan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and William Kissam Vanderbilt.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
The Judge (New York, N.Y.)
Journalists.
Publishers.
Journalism
Publishing, printing and book arts
Journalism -- United States.
Journalists -- United Statese.
Publishers and publishing -- United States.

2.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891.
Inclusive Dates:
1844-1881
Abstract:
Papers of the American historian, diplomat. Bancroft served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under James K. Polk, and later as U.S. minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), to Prussia (1867-1871), and to the German Empire (1871-1874). Consists of correspondence, chiefly outgoing; includes recommendations for appointments, letters of introduction, responses to social invitations, and acknowledgements of receipt of books, historical documents, and various other items. Correspondents include A.D. Bache, John H. Campbell, G.W. Childs, Joel Munsell, Ambrose Sevier, Edward H. Wright, and Hendrick B. Wright.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Diplomats.
Historians.
Historians
Politics, government and public administration
Diplomats, United States.
Historians, United States.

3.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891.
Inclusive Dates:
1843-1917
Abstract:
The Benson John Lossing Collection is an assortment of correspondence, drawings, writings, and memorabilia relating to the 19th century historian, illustrator, and editor of The American Historical Review (1813-1891). Predominantly correspondence, the collection centers around Lossing's information gathering for his popularizations of American history, while it also illuminates the early publishing industry in the United States.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Manuscripts for publication.
Memorabilia.
Subject:
Correspondents.
Artists.
Editors.
Historians.
Illustrators.
Art -- Illustrators
Historians
Publishing, printing and book arts
Artists -- United States.
Editors -- United States.
Historians -- United States.
History publishing -- United States.
Illustrators -- United States.
Publishers and publishing -- United States.

4.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Morton, Levi P. (Levi Parsons), 1824-1920.
Inclusive Dates:
1860-1912
Abstract:
Papers of the Congressman from New York, United States minister to France, Vice-President of the United States, and Republican governor of New York State. Collection contains mostly incoming correspondence from clergymen, educators, financiers, journalists, and politicians. Some letters are addressed to Morton's executive secretary, Ashley W. Cole.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (State) -- History -- 1865-
New York (State) -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- To 1898.
Governors.
Politicians.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Governors -- New York (State)
Patronage, Political -- New York (State)