Creator:
Miller, Nathan L., 1868-1953.
Inclusive Dates:
1902- 1958
Abstract:
Papers of the New York Governor (1921 to 1922), attorney, General Counsel of U.S. Steel Corporation.
Collection contains correspondence, both incoming and outgoing (1902-1958); legal briefs;
writings (1922-1953); and memorabilia including family photographs and scrapbooks of political cartoons and clippings
(1921-1922). Correspondents include Roger Blough, Calvin Coolidge, Richard Coughlin, Charles Crandall, Frederick Crane,
Thomas E. Dewey, John Foster Dulles, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Benjamin Fairless, James A. Farley, Livingstone Farrand,
James W. Fawcett, Haley Fiske, Edgar Allen Forbes, George A. Glynn, Will H. Hays, Christian Herter, Richmond Hobson,
Herbert Hoover, Charles Evans Hughes, Cordell Hull, Alfred Landon, Herbert Lehman, Irving Lehman, Clayton Lusk, Albert
Mann, J.P. Morgan, Irving Olds, Joseph Proskauer, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Flem Sampson, Alfred E.
Smith, Edward R. Stettinius, Henry Stoddard, William H. Taft, Myron Taylor, Arthur Vandenberg, Paul Vernon, Enders
Voorhees, Carl Vrooman, William Wadhams, Wilbur Wakeman, John Weeks, Everett Wheeler, Horace White, and Wendell Willkie.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Politics and government, 1865-1950.
Attorneys.
Governors.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Governors -- New York (State)
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.