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1.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Phillips, Wilbur C., 1880-
Inclusive Dates:
-
Abstract:
Book ms. for Adventuring for Democracy, published by the Social Unit Press, New York, 1940.
Type of Material:
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
Adventuring for democracy.
Authors.
Literature -- American Fiction
Activism and social reform
Authors, American.
Community life.
Social service -- United States.

Creator:
Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir, 1865-1940.
Inclusive Dates:
-
Abstract:
Papers of the English physician and author. Missionary to Labrador and Newfoundland who initiated child welfare work and built several hospitals and orphanages. Signed pen and ink sketch, "A Christmas Dinner in Labrador."
Type of Material:
Drawings (visual works)
Subject:
Authors.
Physicians.
Science and medicine
Authors, English.
Missionaries, Medical.

3.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Dibble, Willard Lee.
Inclusive Dates:
-
Abstract:
Glass negatives, slides, two cameras, miscellaneous processing equipment, related news articles.
Type of Material:
 
Subject:
 

Creator:
Chapman, William Gerard, 1877-1945.
Inclusive Dates:
-
Abstract:
American author and journalist, Collection contains correspondence with authors Harold Channing Wire and Vingie Roe.
Type of Material:
 
Subject:
Authors.
Journalism
Literature -- American Fiction
Authors -- United States.
Literary agents -- United States.

5.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Moran, William P., fl. 1834-1917.
Inclusive Dates:
-
Abstract:
Correspondence and printed material of the American government official.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Politics, government and public administration

6.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
Inclusive Dates:
-
Abstract:
Humorous sketch about a restaurant serving "transcendental cuisine"
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Novelists.
Literature -- American Fiction
Literature -- American Poetry
Radicalism
Novelists, American.
Poets, American.
Restaurants -- Humor.

7.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Wynkoop family.
Inclusive Dates:
1684-1930
Abstract:
Papers of a Kingston, New York family include correspondence (1740-1930); account books (1768-1770); a daybook (1758-1779); ledgers (1776, 1791-1808); journals, diaries, family Bibles, legal papers (1753-1804), and memorabilia. The bulk of the collection consists of business records of Cornelius Wynkoop and his sons, Cornelius C. Wynkoop and John C. Wynkoop.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Briefs (legal documents)
Bibles.
Correspondence.
Daybooks.
Genealogies (histories)
Ledgers (account books)
Notebooks.
Subject:
Kingston (N.Y.) -- History.
New York (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
Ulster County (N.Y.) -- History.
United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
Business and Industry
New York State
Cabala.
Dutch -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources.
Dutch Americans -- Commerce -- New York (State)

8.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Manson, William.
Inclusive Dates:
1773-1784
Abstract:
Logs kept by Captain William Manson, of the Simon Taylor, an English ship in the Caribbean, and the Arundel, sailing from Philadelphia to Spain and Russia.
Type of Material:
Ships' logs.
Subject:
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century.
Ship captains.

Creator:
Sumner, William H. (William Hyslop), 1780-1861.
Inclusive Dates:
1782-1855
Abstract:
Incoming correspondence of the Massachusetts lawyer, justice of the peace and adjutant general in the Massachusetts militia. Also included are a few letters addressed to his father, Increase Sumner, and a few official documents.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Massachusetts. -- Adjutant General's Office.
Massachusetts -- History -- 19th century.
Lawyers.
Legislators.
Lawyers -- Massachusetts.
Legislators -- Massachusetts.

10.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Washington family.
Inclusive Dates:
1787-1925
Abstract:
Collection consists of business records, correspondence, financial material, and legal records.
Type of Material:
Business records.
Correspondence.
Deeds.
Financial records.
Invoices.
Legal documents.
Receipts (financial records)
Subject:
Virginia -- History.

11.

Collection Title:
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1790-1810
Abstract:
Unsigned undated manuscript, on the "advantages of a female education."
Type of Material:
Essays.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Activism and social reform
Women Authors
Women -- Education.
Women's rights.

12.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Burn, William.
Inclusive Dates:
1797-1799
Abstract:
Letters from a British Army officer in India to James Miller, his stockbroker and friend, in Calcutta.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Military history

Creator:
Woestina Dutch Reformed Church (Rotterdam, N.Y.)
Inclusive Dates:
1800-1893
Abstract:
Microfilm, xeroxed materials, bound volume, relating to the Woestina Dutch Reformed Church in Rotterdam, New York.
Type of Material:
Baptismal registers.
Church records.
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Indentures.
Membership lists.
Minutes (administrative records)
Microfilms.
Photocopies.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Church history.
Rotterdam (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Church and clergy
New York State
Church records and registers -- New York (State)
Reformed Church in America -- History.

14.

Collection Title:
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1804-1846
Abstract:
Account books for a 19th c. wool carding mill in Castleton, Vermont.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Subject:
Castleton (Vt.) -- History.
Wool industry -- Vermont.
Wool-carding.

Creator:
United Methodist Church. Wyoming Conference.
Inclusive Dates:
1806-1979
Abstract:
Business files (minutes, financial records, hearing records, circuit records, school and missionary society records of individual churches of the Conference); correspondence; memorabilia; and printed material.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Financial reports.
Minutes (administrative records)
Photoprints.
Subject:
Clergy.
Church and clergy
New York State
Religion and philosophy

16.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Ashton, William
Inclusive Dates:
1808-1808
Abstract:
Letter from Captain Henry Harvey of the brig Little George, to William Ashton, receipt for Ashton's wages, payable by the firm of Swartout, Dumont & Co.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Sailors.

Creator:
Washington Benevolent Society (Newburyport, Mass.)
Inclusive Dates:
1815-1815
Abstract:
Membership certificate in the Newburyport Washington Benevolent Society, in the name of a Frederick Page and signed by chapter president W.B. Banister.
Type of Material:
Membership certificates.
Subject:
Political clubs -- United States.

18.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Mathewson, Welcome, fl. 1815.
Inclusive Dates:
1815-1846
Abstract:
Account book of Welcome Mathewson, gunsmith, of Burrillville, Rhode Island.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Subject:
Burrillville (R.I. : Town) -- Commerce.
Burrillville (R.I. : Town) -- History.
Tinkers.
Business and Industry
Business enterprises -- Rhode Island.

Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1816-1830
Abstract:
Account book for a farm in Worcester, Massachusetts; also includes clippings of useful agricultural information (e.g. creating a cheap poultry house).
Type of Material:
Account books.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Subject:
Worcester (Mass.) -- History.
Farmers.
Agriculture -- Massachusetts.
Farm life -- New England.
Farmers -- Massachusetts.

20.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Hunter, William, fl. 1817-1825.
Inclusive Dates:
1817-1825
Abstract:
Account books, correspondence, and notes of the commanding officer of the USS Franklin.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Correspondence.
Logs (records)
Receipts (financial records)
Subject:
Sailors.
Military history
Franklin (Ship of the line)
United States. Navy -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.