Collection of material related to printers, publishers, and booksellers in New York State, including both printed (broadsides, catalogs, forms, etc.) and non-printed material (correspondence, invoices, etc.)

Abarbanell, Lina, 1879-1963.

Signed photograph from the German-American Jewish opera singer, and theater programs from performances in Broadway and in London

Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000

Original prints of Baskin's engravings and other printed works from the Gehenna Press, founded by Baskin in 1941.

Becker, Ronald G.

More than one thousand photographs of 19th century sideshows and circuses, most by photographer Charles Eisenmann or his successor Frank Wendt, the remainder by unknown photographers. Most of the photographs depict the physical abnormalities of humans and animals featured at these shows. Subjects include P.T. Barnum, the P.T. Barnum Firm (Barnum and Bailey Circus), and Tom Thumb. Also included are Becker's research notes, an 1865-1868 run of The New York Clipper (forerunner of Billboard Magazine), and various print (broadsides and posters) and non-print circus memorabilia.

DePol, John, 1913-2004.

Biographical material, correspondence, exhibition materials, lecture and workshop materials, artwork, and equipment of renowned American wood engraver, John DePol.

Dutton, Asa.

Personal items, printed material, and student memorabilia

Franklin Automobile Company.

Material relating to the H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company in Syracuse, New York.

Grabhorn Press.

Prospectuses, subscription and order cards, catalogs and publication announcement relating to fine press editions published by Grabhorn.

Gridley, Chauncey.

Democratic-Republican party handbill, signed by supporters of Governor Morgan Lewis of New York (Lewisites, or "Quids") against the faction led by DeWitt Clinton.

Johnson, George F., 1857-1948.

Papers of the American industrialist, business executive. President of Endicott-Johnson Corporation. Finding aid includes a personal recollection from his daughter, Lillian Johnson Sweet. Correspondence, incoming and outgoing (1900-1945); financial records (1892-1938); articles and speeches (1920-1967); pamphlets, broadsides and posters (1910-1953); blueprints, scrapbooks, photographs, and other material relating to Endicott-Johnson Corporation and Johnson's philosophy of industrial democracy and labor-management relations.

Kamin, Martin.

Papers of the Polish-American publisher and bookseller, primarily in the areas of dance and drama. Collection includes autographs, correspondence, photographs, printed material, and miscellaneous papers.

Kitemaug Press.

Miniature books, broadsides, miscellaneous sheets and other items printed by the Kitemaug Press of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Also information about Frank Anderson, owner/printer at Kitemaug and Librarian at Wofford College.

McKinley, William Brown, 1856-1926.

Papers of the American legislator. McKinley was the Republican U.S. Representative(1905-1913; 1915-1920) and Senator (1920-1926) from Illinois. Collection includes correspondence, financial records, pamphlets, petitions, photographs, press releases, scrapbooks, and speeches, mostly relating to McKinley's roll as director of William H. Taft's renomination campaign prior to the Presidential election of 1912.

McMahon, John Daniel.

Incoming and outgoing correspondence with New York State lawyer, politican and legislator John Daniel McMahon. Much of it concerns Democratic Party politics and activities.

Myers, Carl E.

Printed material relating to the ballooning exploits of Carl E. and Mary "Carlotta" Myers.

Rampant Lions Press.

Printed items from Rampant Lions Press in England

Republican Party (N.Y.)

Political broadside entitled "To the Republicans of Onondaga County," cautioning voters against dissension within the party and warning them of "spurious tickets" purporting to be those of Republican candidates but actually of Whigs.

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874.

Papers of the social reformer and philanthropist from Peterboro, New York. Business, family and general correspondence; business and land records; writings; and maps. Notable correspondents include Susan B. Anthony, John Jacob Astor, Henry Ward Beecher, Antoinette Blackwell, Caleb Calkins, Lydia Maria Child, Cassius Clay, Alfred Conkling, Roscoe Conkling, Charles A. Dana, Paulina W. Davis, Edward C. Delavan, Frederick Douglass, Albert G. Finney, Sarah Grimke, Elizabeth Cady and Henry B. Stanton, Louis Tappan, Sojourner Truth, and Theodore Weld.

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874.

Circulars, speeches, sermons, and tracts which deal with such topics as abolition, suffrage, temperance, transportation, and the postal system.

St. Dominic's Press

Miscellaneous printed items from the Sussex, England press. Collection includes broadsheet, short history of the press, Christmas list of published books, sample book of papers.