Creator:
Abell, Alexander G.
Inclusive Dates:
1843- 1867
Abstract:
American author, biographer; correspondence received by Abell in response to his mail canvassing for subscribers to his Life of John Tyler (1843)
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Authors.
Biographers.
Biography
Politics, government and public administration
Biographers -- United States.
Booksellers and bookselling.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Creator:
Actors' Equity Association.
Inclusive Dates:
1919- 1928
Abstract:
Correspondence of actors, actresses, directors, producers, and playwrights, including that of Heywood Broun, Richard Carle, Sheldon Cheney, Ernest H. Culbertson, Dudley Digges, Kenneth MacGown, Josephine A. Meyer, Channing Pollock, Arthur Richman, Joseph Santley, Blanche Yurka, and others.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Radio, television, film
Popular culture
Dance and theatre
Theater -- United States.
Labor unions -- Actors -- United States.
Creator:
Aker, George F.
Inclusive Dates:
1957- 1985
Abstract:
Consists primarily of correspondence with some printed material, reflecting this educator’s professional career. The papers are arranged chronologically under the following associations and institutions with which Aker was affiliated: Adult Education Association of the U.S.A. (1957-1975), Canadian Association for Adult Education (1964-1970), Florida Adult Education Association (1958-1970), Florida State University (1958-1985), Illinois Adult Education Association (1950s-1960s), National Association for Public School Adult Education (1963-1970), and National Seminar on Adult Education Research (1961-1968).
Correspondents whose letters are of significant depth and/or duration include Félix Adam, Sam Roy Allen, Ray Ast, Roger W. Axford, Edgar J. Boone, Alexander N. Charters, James H. Fling, Andrew Hendrickson, Cyril O. Houle, Joseph L. Jacques, Eugene I. Johnson, J.R. Kidd, Malcolm S. Knowles, Burton W. Kreitlow, Huey B. Long, Robert A. Luke, Howard Y. McClusky, Jules Pagano, Robert E. Sharer, Robert E. Snyder, and Wilson B. Thiede.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Educators.
Adult education
Adult education -- Research.
Adult education -- United States.
Older people -- Education.
Educators -- United States.
Creator:
Alexander, Hartley Burr, 1873-1939
Inclusive Dates:
1925- 1925
Abstract:
2-page holograph letter, signed
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Religion and Philosophy
Creator:
American Society of Newspaper Editors.
Inclusive Dates:
1964- 1966
Abstract:
The records relate entirely to the organization's 1966 annual meeting in Montreal, Canada.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Journalism
Journalism, Societies, etc.
Newspaper editors, United States, Societies, etc.
Creator:
Ames, Nathan P., 1803-1847
Inclusive Dates:
1834- 1834
Abstract:
Two holograph letters to Nathan P. Ames concerning orders placed with his company, Ames Manufacturing, in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Industrialists.
Business and Industry
Government contractors, United States
Industrialists, United States
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.
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:
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973
Inclusive Dates:
1931- 1950
Abstract:
Letters (primarily incoming), either to, by or about Auden. Most are from Saxe Commins, his editor, or other Random House people.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
The Enchaféd Flood
Authors.
Poets.
Literature -- British
Creator:
Bache, A. D.(Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
Inclusive Dates:
1848- 1860
Abstract:
Papers of the American physicist, Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, 1843-1867. Grandson of Benjamin Franklin. Eight outgoing letters, including five to explorer and physicist I.I. Hayes; with one each to explorer Charles Wilkes and politician Millard Fillmore.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Physicists.
Scientists.
Science and medicine
Physicists, United States.
Scientists, Correspondence.
Creator:
Baird, Spencer Fullerton,1823-1887.
Inclusive Dates:
1858- 1882
Abstract:
Papers of the American zoologist, naturalist, ornithologist; Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Zoologists.
Scientists.
Science and medicine
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.
Natural history museums -- United States.
Zoological museums -- United States.
Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation.
Zoologists -- United States.
Zoology -- Arctic regions.
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.
Creator:
Barker, Eric Wilson.
Inclusive Dates:
1930- 1968
Abstract:
Papers of the American poet (1905-1973). Correspondence, manuscripts, and published material.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Poets.
Literature -- American Poetry
Poets, American -- 20th century.
American poetry -- 20th century.
Creator:
Barnes, James, -1865.
Inclusive Dates:
1862- 1865
Abstract:
Papers of the Civil War soldier of the 146th Regiment, New York State Volunteers. Chiefly correspondence to his wife, Catherine Barnes (1862-1865). Other correspondents to Mrs. Barnes are William T. Tull, chaplain at the Washington Street Hospital and Arthur B. Johnson.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Soldiers.
Civil War (U.S.)
Soldiers -- New York.
Creator:
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891.
Inclusive Dates:
1876- 1880
Abstract:
Letter and postcard from American showman and circus entrepreneur P. T. Barnum.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Bridgeport (Conn.)
Politics, government and public administration
Entertainers -- United States.
Mayors -- United States.
Creator:
Baugh, Lancelot.
Inclusive Dates:
1785- 1785
Abstract:
Letter from Lt. Gen. Lancelot Baugh to an unidentified recipient, written from Dublin.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Soldiers.
Military history
Creator:
Beauchamp, William Martin
Inclusive Dates:
1923- 1923
Abstract:
letter to a Mr. Spraker discussing
archaeological finds of Native American material
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Palatine Bridge (N.Y.) -- History.
Mohawk River Valley (N.Y.) -- History.
Fort Plain (N.Y.) -- History.
New York State
Historians
Anthropology -- History.
Indians of North America.
Iroquois Indians.
Creator:
Benjamin, William H.
Inclusive Dates:
1935- 1936
Abstract:
Papers of the American publisher of the
National Farm News, a publication devoted to the interests of the American farmer; includes incoming correspondence from congressmen, senators, and governors concerning a campaign by the
National Farm News for rural road development.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
National farm news.
Publishers.
Publishing, printing and book arts
Agriculture and politics -- United States.
Farm roads -- United States.
Farmers -- Political activity.
Publishers and publishing -- United States.
Rural roads -- United States.
Creator:
Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833.
Inclusive Dates:
1786- 1819
Abstract:
Papers of the Congressman, jurist, and New York State Attorney General; includes outgoing letters to Samuel Bayard, Samuel M. Hopkins, Nicholas Low, William S. Shaw, and a single incoming item from John Jay.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Lawyers.
Attorneys general -- New York (State)
Justice, Administration of -- New York (State)
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Creator:
Blanchard, Isaac.
Inclusive Dates:
1843- 1843
Abstract:
Letter from Isaac Blanchard, Millerite,
to Mary Elizabeth Chase of Hopkinton, New Hampshire,
regarding the biblical basis for the second coming of Christ in approximately 1843.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Religion and philosophy
New York State
Adventists -- History -- 19th century.
Millennialism -- History of doctrines -- 19th century.
Millerite movement.
Second Advent.