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1.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Osborne family.
Inclusive Dates:
1786-1925
Abstract:
Encompasses the records of three generations of the Osborne family of Auburn, N.Y. Thomas Mott Osborne, son of businessman David Munson Osborne, was associated with Democratic politics, philanthropy, and social reform, especially prison reform. He was a trustee and later president of the George Junior Republic in Freeville, New York. In 1913, he was appointed chairman of the New York State Commission on Prison Reform. His third son, Lithgow, served in the foreign service in Germany from 1914-1917, and later in Havana, Copenhagen, and Norway. He subsequently left government service to pursue a career in newspaper publishing with the Auburn Citizen-Advertiser. Collection includes correspondence (1812-1968); speeches (1895-1945); legal and financial papers (1786-1962); organizational records (1813-1967); memorabilia (1845-1965); diaries (1843-1946), and other material.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Financial records.
Letter books.
Photographs.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Auburn, N.Y. -- History.
Cayuga County (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
New York (State) -- History.
New York (State) -- Officials and employees.
New York (State) -- Politics and government.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1913-1921.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Prison reformers.
Social reformers.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Civil War (U.S.)
Capital punishment.
Genealogy.
Philanthropists -- United States.
Prison reformers -- United States.
Prison wardens -- New York (State)
Prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- New York (State)
Social reformers -- United States.
Suffragists -- United States.
Upper class -- United States.
Women's rights.

2.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857.
Inclusive Dates:
1821-1857
Abstract:
Papers of the U.S. Senator (1831-1833); New York State Governor (1833-1838); U.S. Secretary of War under James K. Polk (1845-1849); U.S. Secretary of State under Franklin Pierce (1853-1857). Incoming and outgoing letters concerning a wide variety of subjects such as the establishment of the State Geological Survey (G. W. Boyd, T. A. Conrad, John Delafield, Lardner Vanuxem); the use of volunteers for military service during the 1845-1848 war with Mexico (Silas Wright), the settlement of the New York-New Jersey boundary dispute (Andrew Jackson), the appropriation of public funds (Levi Woodbury, William C. Bouck), and the establishment of a State institution for the mentally handicapped (James B. Richards).
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
New York (State) -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
United States -- History -- 1815-1861.
Governors.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Governors -- New York (State)
Military service, Voluntary.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.

3.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879.
Inclusive Dates:
1831-1879
Abstract:
Papers of the Army officer; U.S. Senator (1845-1849); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. During the Civil War, President Lincoln commissioned Dix a major-general, and ordered him to take charge of the Alexandria and Arlington Department, then reassigned him to the Department of Maryland. Dix later served as commander of the Department of the East. After the Civil War, Dix was named Minister to France (1866-1869), and following his return to the U.S., the life-long Democrat became the Republican Party nominee and the successful candidate for the Governorship of New York State (1873-1875). Includes more than 130 items of outgoing correspondence, more than half of which were written to Edwards Pierrepont between 1861 and 1877. Subjects include the Civil War, Reconstruction, New York State and national politics, and French politics and foreign relations preceding the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Baltimore (Md.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
France -- Foreign relations -- United States.
France -- Foreign relations -- 1852-1870.
France -- Politics and government -- 1852-1870.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
New York (State) -- History -- 1865-
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
United States -- Foreign relations -- France.
United States -- History -- 1815-1861 -- Sources.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
United States -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Sources.
United States -- History, Military.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877.
Diplomats.
Governors.
Statesmen.
Military history
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Civil War (U.S.)
Finance, Public -- United States.
Governors -- New York (State)
Political parties -- New York (State)
Political prisoners -- United States.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

4.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Sheehan, William F. (William Francis), 1859-1917.
Inclusive Dates:
1891-1910
Abstract:
American politician, lieutenant governor of New York. Collection consists primarily of correspondence.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Politics and government.
Legislators.
Legislators -- United States.
Lieutenant governors -- New York (State)

5.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Dapping, William O.
Inclusive Dates:
1897-1968
Abstract:
American journalist, editor. Collection includes correspondence, photographs, printed material, scrapbooks, memorabilia.
Type of Material:
Administrative records.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Manuscripts for publication.
Minutes (administrative records)
Newsletters.
Photographs.
Printing plates.
Programs (documents)
Scrapbooks.
Specifications.
Subject:
Auburn (N.Y.)
Finger Lakes (N.Y.)
Journalists.
Journalism
New York State
Conservation -- New York (State)
Journalism -- New York (State)
Journalists -- New York (State)
Radio broadcasting--New York (State)

6.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Sulzer, William, 1863-1941.
Inclusive Dates:
1898-1941
Abstract:
Papers of the New York State governor (1913), congressional representative (1895-1913), lawyer. Collection includes mostly outgoing letters, a few of which (Eugene Brewster, Everett Wheeler) refer to Tammany Hall and the impeachment proceedings against the then-Governor. Also a group of 11 incoming letters is in connection with a dinner given by Sulzer in honor of Perry Belmont.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (State), History, 1865-
New York (State), Politics and government, 1865-1950.
Governors.
Legislators.
Politicians.
Politics, government and public administration
New York State
Governors, New York (State)
Legislators, United States.
Political parties, New York (State), History, Sources.

7.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Bronston, Jack E.
Inclusive Dates:
1967-1967
Abstract:
New York State Senator.
Type of Material:
Form letters.
Reports.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Politics and government.
Lawyers.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Legislators -- New York (State)