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1.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Inclusive Dates:
1786-1834
Abstract:
Formerly the George Deneale Papers. Correspondence and legal papers of three American attorneys from Alexandria, Virginia in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Papers include warrants, property seizures, and property inventories.
Type of Material:
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Estate inventories.
Estate records.
Legal documents.
Summonses.
Warrants.
Subject:
Alexandria (Va.) -- History.
Politics, government and public administration
Lawyers -- Virginia.

Creator:
Inclusive Dates:
1811-1927
Abstract:
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.)
Type of Material:
Advertisements.
Book catalogs.
Broadsides (notices)
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Forms (documents)
Indentures.
Letterheads.
Posters.
Pamphlets.
Sales catalogs.
Subject:
New York (State)
Business and Industry
New York State
Publishing, printing and book arts
Booksellers and bookselling -- New York (State)
Freemasonry.
Printers -- New York (State)
Printing -- Specimens.
Printing industry -- New York (State)
Publishers and publishing-- New York (State)

3.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Ackerman, Forrest J
Inclusive Dates:
1884-2009
Abstract:
Papers of the American science fiction author, editor, agent, collector and fan. Biographical material, Ackerman Agency records, correspondence, Famous Monsters files, fanzines, financial material, legal material, memorabilia, Perry Rhodan files, photographs, printed material, recordings of varous types, and writings by Ackerman, his wife Wendayne, and others
Type of Material:
Address books.
Advertisements.
Audiocassettes.
Badges.
Bibliographies.
Business cards.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Calendars (documents)
Booksellers' catalogs.
Civil court records.
Comic books.
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Character toys.
Drawings (visual works)
DVDs.
Fanzines.
Film stills.
Floppy disks.
Galley proofs.
Genealogies (histories)
Indexes (reference sources)
Interviews.
Invitations.
Itineraries.
Layouts (printed matter)
Legal documents.
Limited editions.
Lists (document genres)
Magazines (periodicals)
Manuscripts for publication.
Newsletters.
Notes (documents)
Obituaries.
Permissions.
Phonograph records.
Photograph albums.
Photographs.
Poetry.
Postage stamps.
Posters.
Programs (documents)
Reviews (documents)
Sales catalogs.
Scrapbooks.
Screenplays.
Scripts (documents)
Short stories.
Sound recordings.
Speeches (documents)
Tape reels.
Tax records.
U-matic.
VHS.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Videocassettes.
Visitors' books.
Subject:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Famous monsters of filmland.
Metropolis (Motion picture : 1927)
Perry Rhodan (New York, N.Y.)
Playboy (Chicago, Ill.)
Spacemen.
Voice of the imagination.
Literary agents.
Authors.
Editors.
Novelists.
Science fiction
Popular culture
Radio, television, film
Amateur films.
Authors, American.
Cinematography -- Special effects.
Editors -- United States.
Esperanto -- Study and Teaching.
Esperanto -- Societies, etc.
Fantasy fiction, American.
Fan magazines.
Fan mail.
Film festivals.
Horror films.
Lesbian pulp fiction.
Lesbians in literature.
Literary agents.
Monsters in mass media.
Monsters in motion pictures.
Motion pictures.
Novelists, American.
Science fiction -- History and criticism.
Science fiction -- Periodicals.
Science fiction -- Societies, etc.
Science fiction conventions.
Science fiction fans.
Science fiction, American.
Science in popular culture.
Space flight -- Fiction.
Space flight in art.
Vampires -- Fiction.

4.

Collection Title:
Creator:
American Chicle Company.
Inclusive Dates:
1889-1964
Abstract:
Files and published material of the American gum and confectionery manufacturer.
Type of Material:
Advertisements.
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Journals (accounts)
Ledgers (account books)
Legal documents.
Legal files.
Minutes (administrative records)
Patents.
Reports.
Subject:
Business and Industry
Candy industry -- Accounting.
Candy industry -- United States -- History.
Chewing gum -- United States -- History.
Chicle industry -- Mexico.
Confectionery -- United States -- History.

5.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Approach magazine.
Inclusive Dates:
1913-1968
Abstract:
American literary journal. Collection contains editorial files, correspondence with authors and contributors, copies of other "little magazines," indexes to APPROACH, more. List of names given in subject headings below is not comprehensive.
Type of Material:
Advertisements.
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Drafts (documents)
Magazines (periodicals)
Manuscripts for publication.
Reviews (documents)
Subject:
Literature -- American Fiction
Literature -- American Poetry
Publishing, printing and book arts
Radicalism
American literature -- 20th century -- Periodicals.
American poetry -- 20th century -- Periodicals.
American literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals.
Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals.
Poetry, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals.

6.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981.
Inclusive Dates:
1921-2001
Abstract:
Papers of the Modernist architect and designer, includes architectural drawings, photographs and slides, project files, writings, correspondence and other materials related to every phase of Marcel Breuer's career.
Type of Material:
Architectural drawings (visual works)
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Change orders.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Detail drawings (drawings)
Exhibition catalogs.
Exterior perspectives.
Interior perspectives.
Lantern slides.
Manuscripts for publication.
Memorabilia.
Photographs.
Schematic drawings.
Sketches.
Slides (photographs)
Specifications.
Topographic surveys.
Writings (documents)
Subject:
Architects.
Architects
Architects -- United States.
Architectural design.
Architectural drawing -- United States -- 20th century.
Architectural firms.
Architectural practice.
Architecture -- United States.
Architecture -- Designs and plans.
Architecture, American.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture, Industrial.
Architecture -- United States -- 20th century.
Bauhaus -- History.
Church architecture -- United States.
Furniture design -- United States.
Furniture designers.

7.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.
Inclusive Dates:
1855-1891
Abstract:
British explorer of India and Africa, world traveler, orientalist, author, linguist, translator of The Arabian nights. Collection includes correspondence (1855-1891); contracts with publishers; and essays by Burton. Correspondence includes letters from Lady Burton (Isabel Arundell), including some to Algernon Charles Swinburne, and letters by Burton regarding Africa and the Orient.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Essays.
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
Africa -- Discovery and exploration.
Authors.
Explorers.
Translators.
Literature -- British
Authors and publishers -- Contracts and specifications.
Explorers.
Translators.

Creator:
Dave Salmon, Inc.
Inclusive Dates:
1945-1957
Abstract:
Dave Salmon Inc. was a promoter of fine arts performances in Syracuse, NY. The scrapbook contains programs and tickets for plays, operas, concerts, lectures, and variety performances in the 1940s and 1950s. There are also a few pages of correspondence and draft advertising copy, and a few photographs.
Type of Material:
Theater programs.
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Admission tickets.
Photographs.
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.) Social life and customs.
Promoters.
New York State
Dance and theatre
Concert programs -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Nineteen forties.
Nineteen fifties.
Popular culture -- New York (State) -- Syracuse
Theater programs, New York (State), Syracuse.

Creator:
E.P. Dutton (Firm)
Inclusive Dates:
1852-1969
Abstract:
American publishing firm, founded 1852. Papers include those of founder Edward P. Dutton, John Macrae, and the company's business records, inclucing correspondence, letter books, photographs, clippings, publishers' catalogs, authors' scrapbooks, general files, legal files, financial material, production records, and publicity files.
Type of Material:
Annual reports.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Letter books.
Newsletters.
Photographs.
Press releases.
Publishers' catalogs.
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
Publishers.
Business and Industry
Literature -- American Fiction
Publishing, printing and book arts
Authors and publishers.
Publishers and publishing -- United States.

10.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Galloway, Leon J.
Inclusive Dates:
1711-1962
Abstract:
Collection created by Leon Galloway of Hicksville, New York, presumably based on his personal interests. Correspondence of military members of the Confederate States of America and Civil War currency. Contracts, land surveys, photo albums, and books about the Hicksite Quakers. Correspondence of the Saunders family.
Type of Material:
Photographs.
Photograph albums.
Paper money.
Autograph albums.
Correspondence.
Postage stamps.
Contracts.
Land surveys.
Marriage certificates.
Wills.
Manuscripts (documents)
War bonds.
Engravings (prints)
Subject:
United States -- Church history -- 19th century.
Lincoln's Inn Fields (London, England)
Hicksville (N.Y.)
Oyster Bay (N.Y.)
Jericho (Nassau County, N.Y.)
Westbury (Nassau County, N.Y.)
Religion and philosophy
Civil War (U.S.)
Hicksites -- United States -- History.
Confederate States of America.
Society of Friends.
Quakers.

11.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Grant, U. S. (Ulysses S.), 1881-1968
Inclusive Dates:
1850-1937
Abstract:
Bulk of collection consists of advertisements, blueprints, bids and other material relating to architectural projects; a few articles on conditions in Russia by Princess Cantacuzene (Julia Dent Grant, sister of Ulysses), including one about her escape from Russia.
Type of Material:
Advertisements.
Contracts.
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Subject:
Russia -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936.
Civil engineers.
Architects
Civil engineering -- Contracts and specifications.
Civil engineering -- United States.
Civil engineering -- United States -- California.
Civil engineering -- United States -- Washington (D.C.)
Civil engineers -- United States.
Military engineering -- Philippines.
Military engineers -- United States.
Public works -- Washington (D.C.)

12.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Grove Press.
Inclusive Dates:
1948-1998
Abstract:
Papers of the American publishing house founded by Barney Rosset. Collection contains a small amount of personal correspondence from owner Barney Rossett, but the majority consists of files relating to the company's production of books, Evergreen Review magazine, films and record albums. For any given title, this may include contracts, correspondence, legal records, photographs, publicity material, reviews, royalty statements, and production records. Notable authors represented in the collection include Emmanuelle Arsan, Alan Ayckbourn, Imamu Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones), Samuel Beckett, Eric Berne, Paul Bowles, James Broughton, William S. Burroughs, Marguerite Duras, Wallace Fowlie, Robert Frank, Jean Genet, Allen Ginsberg, Maurice Girodias, Witold Gombrowicz, Juan Goytisolo, Nat Hentoff, André Hodeir, Eugène Ionesco, Jack Kerouac, D.H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, Pablo Neruda, Frank O'Hara, Charles Olson, Joe Orton, Harold Pinter, George Reavey, John Rechy, Kenneth Rexroth, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Michael Rumaker, Hubert Selby, Gilbert Sorrentino, Amos Tutuola, Parker Tyler, Tomi Ungerer, Alan Watts, and others. There are extensive legal records and clippings files relating to the censorship trials surrounding the American publication of D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover and Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer.
Type of Material:
16mm (photographic film size)
Audiotapes.
Book reviews.
Books.
Catalogs (documents)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Film stills.
Financial statements.
Galley proofs.
Legal files.
Manuscripts for publication.
Motion pictures (visual works)
Negatives (photographs)
Phonograph records.
Photographs.
Publishers' catalogs.
Royalty statements.
Scrapbooks.
Slides (photographs)
Subject:
Evergreen review.
Authors.
Editors.
Publishers.
Business and Industry
Literature -- American Fiction
Literature -- American Poetry
Publishing, printing and book arts
Radicalism
American poetry -- 20th century.
Authors, American.
Authors, French.
Authors and publishers.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Avant-garde cinema.
Beat generation -- Poetry.
Censorship -- United States -- Cases.
Censorship -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Obscenity (Law) -- United States.
Literature, Experimental.
Periodicals -- Publishing -- United States.
Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

13.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Hart, Henry J.
Inclusive Dates:
1869-1928
Abstract:
Material relating to real estate and investments in central New York
Type of Material:
Contracts.
Property records.
Account books.
Correspondences.
Tax returns.
Checks (bank checks)
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
Real estate agent.
New York State
Business and Industry
Real estate business -- New York (State)
Property.

14.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Hellmich, Edward J.
Inclusive Dates:
1953-1958
Abstract:
Photographs, company documents, memorabilia and artifacts relating to Edward J. Hellmich, co-founder of The Branchell Company and Hellmich Manufacturing Corp, which designed, manufactured, and sold melamine dinnerware
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Contracts.
Legal documents.
Photographs.
Subject:
Puerto Rico.
Zimmer, Gregory R., 1947 -- Melmac dinnerware.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Flatware -- Specimens.
Melamine.
Plastics -- History.
Plastics -- Marketing.
Plastics industry and trade.
Plastic tableware.
Plastic tableware -- Specimens.

15.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Henry, Ralph Coolidge
Inclusive Dates:
1940-1952
Abstract:
Correspondence, subject files and architectural plans for Henry projects and clients, such as Colby Junior College, Pine Manor, Boston, Philips Andover Academy, and the Nevada St. School in Newton, Massachusetts. Henry worked with landscape architect Guy Lowell.
Type of Material:
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Photographs.
Sketches.
Tracings.
Subject:
Architects.
Architects
Architectural contracts.
Architecture -- Specifications.
Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Architectural drawing -- United States -- 20th century.
Dwellings -- Design and construction.
Housing -- Design and construction.
Schools -- Design and construction.

16.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Hill, Stephen, fl. 1810-1898.
Inclusive Dates:
1810-1898
Abstract:
Legal and financial documents of a nineteenth-century resident of Madison County, New York.
Type of Material:
Deeds.
Indentures.
Receipts (financial records)
Correspondence.
Mortgages.
Stock certificates.
Financial statements.
Contracts.
Subject:
Fenner (N.Y. : Town) -- History.
Madison County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York State

Creator:
Hyatt family.Mayor family.
Inclusive Dates:
-
Abstract:
Correspondence, incoming and outgoing; certificates; contracts; family trees; notebooks; notes, books; magazines; and pamphlets. Material pulled from the papers of various members of the Hyatt and Mayor families, especially those of Audella Hyatt and Harriet Hyatt Mayor.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Genealogies (histories)
Birth certificates.
Marriage certificates.
Contracts.
Notebooks.
Notes (documents)
Books.
Magazines (periodicals)
Pamphlets.
Maps (documents)
Photographs.
Negatives (photographs)
Postcards.
Subject:
Genealogy.

18.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Kent, Norman, 1903-1972.
Inclusive Dates:
1920-1971
Abstract:
The papers of the American printmaker, watercolorist, and editor of American Artist include correspondence, artwork, writings, and memorabilia.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Bankbooks.
Calendars (documents)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Drafts (documents)
Drawings (visual works)
Exhibition catalogs.
Inventories.
Manuscripts for publication.
Minutes (administrative records)
Notebooks.
Photographs.
Reviews (documents)
Woodcuts (prints)
Subject:
American artist.
Artists.
Editors.
Printmakers.
Watercolorists.
Wood-engravers.
Art -- Illustrators
Art -- Painters
Art -- Societies, etc.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Art publishing -- United States.
Artists -- United States.
Block printing -- United States -- 20th century.
Graphic arts -- United States.
Illustrators -- United States.
Painting, American -- 20th century.
Periodical editors -- United States.
Printmakers, United States.
Sculpture, American -- 20th century.
Watercolor painting, American -- 20th century.
Watercolorists -- United States.
Wood-engraving -- United States -- 20th century.

19.

Collection Title:
Creator:
McGinley, Phyllis, 1905-1978
Inclusive Dates:
1897-1978
Abstract:
The Phyllis McGinley Papers comprise personal and business correspondence, writings, and memorabilia. Spanning 1897 to 1978, the collection reflects not only the professional career of the American humorist and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, but also the wide scope of her audience. Writings include, for any given title, any combination of work sheets, manuscripts, production records, and published versions for McGinley's books, essays, interviews, lyrics, poetry, reviews, scripts, speeches and stories. Memorabilia consists primarily of financial, legal, and printed materials, photographs and scrapbooks.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Calendars (documents)
Check stubs.
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Drafts (documents)
Essays.
Galley proofs.
Interviews.
Notebooks.
Juvenilia.
Librettos (documents for music)
Manuscripts for publication.
Memorabilia.
Musical scores.
Photographs.
Poems.
Reviews (documents)
Scrapbooks.
Scripts (documents)
Speeches (documents)
Workbooks.
Subject:
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Educators.
Humorists.
Lyricists.
Poets.
Women Authors
Literature -- Children's
Literature -- American Poetry
Literature -- American Fiction
Abortion -- Law and legislation -- New York (State)
American literature -- Irish American authors.
American poetry -- 20th century.
American poetry -- Women authors.
Children's literature.
Humorists, American.
Humorous poetry -- United States.
Irish American women.
Irish Americans.
Lyricists -- United States.
Poets, American.
Women authors, American.
Women poets, American.

20.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Milton, J. Elet.
Inclusive Dates:
1848-1958
Abstract:
Correspondence, financial records, and legal papers from the Brewerton, NY historian
Type of Material:
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Ledgers (account books)
Legal documents.
Microfilms.
Subject:
Brewerton (N.Y.) -- History.
New York State
Railroads -- United States.
Bridges -- United States.