Oak Street Methodist Church (Binghamton, N.Y.)

Methodist church in Binghamton, New York; in existence 1891-1976. Collection includes attendance records (1971), material pertaining to church history (1913-1974), reports (1968-1976), correspondence (1966-76), and financial records (1966-1976).

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-

The papers of the American novelist, playwright, poet, short story writer, and author span 1956-1998 and include correspondence; a journal; typescript and holograph manuscripts for essays, novels, plays, and poems; periodicals; photographs; publicity; and reviews.

Oberlander, Alexander.

Approximately 900 pieces relating to the Lutheran Church in Central New York, collected by Alexander Oberlander of Syracuse.

O'Brien, Minna G.

Letter from Minna O'Brien, at The British Institute of Florence, to Mrs. Walter E. Peck. Letter discusses Florence, sculpture, the poet Shelley, and a recent "small revolution" involving bombs, machine guns and soldiers.

O'Connor, William Douglas, 1832-1889.

Letter from William Douglas O'Connor, Assistant General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service, to Charles J. Folger, Secretary of the Treasury, objecting to the proposed transfer of the U.S. Life-Saving Service from the Treasury Department to the Department of the Navy.

O'Connor, William Van, 1915-1966.

Papers of the American literary critic, editor, educator, author. Collection contains correspondence (1943-1967) and writings (1960-1966). Correspondents include Kingsley Amis, Caroline Gordon, Lewis Mumford, Karl Jay Shapiro, Allen Tate, Lionel Trilling, Robert Penn Warren, and others. Writings include typescripts of books, plays, and an untitled and unfinished collection of literary reminiscences.

Odell, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Barker), 1854-1926.

Papers of the New York State Governor, 1901-1904. Both incoming and outgoing correspondence, three items of which concern the selection of Ray Brook as the proposed site of the State Hospital for consumptives. Correspondence with Horatio Collins King, Anson G. McCook, John G. McCullough, Nathan L. Miller, Henry Codman Potter, and others.

O'Donnell, Thomas C. (Thomas Clay), 1881-1962.

Papers of the American editor, author of books on upstate New York folklore and children's literature. Correspondence, incoming and outgoing (1900-1962); notebooks (1920-1957); scrapbooks; manuscript books, essays, lectures, plays, and poems, as well as research material; published articles, books, and plays; and memorabilia, including photographs. Correspondents include Conrad Aiken, C.W. Anderson, Richard Atwater, Marjorie Barrows, Henry Bedford-Jones, Maxwell Bodenheim, Padraic Colum, Albert B. Corey, Homer Croy, James W. Earp, Walter D. Edmonds, and Vincent Starrett.

Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.

One letter from the German-born French composer composer, to a friend in Paris.

Oliphant, Laurence, 1829-1888.

One letter from the British journalist, satirist and adventurer to "My dear Mr. Ruxton," regarding Oliphant's having joined one of Thomas Lake Harris' religious communities in New York.

Olson, Oscar Thomas, 1887-

Papers of the American clergyman, Cleveland Methodist minister. Correspondence, incoming and outgoing (1917-1959); manuscript addresses, essays, prayers, sermons (1911-1961); photographs; and printed material, including articles, booklets, newsletters, reports, sermons (1918-1961), and other printed items relating to the Epworth-Euclid Methodist Church of Cleveland (1934-1959).

Oneida Community.

Community and personal records, biographical materials, and memorabilia pertaining to the Perfectionist community established by John Humphrey Noyes in Madison County, New York, its predecessor community in Putney, Vermont, and its branch communities in Wallingford, Connecticut and Brooklyn, New York, and the successor joint stock organization, Oneida Community, Ltd.

O'Neill, Edward G.

Correspondence, manuscripts and published material of the New York attorney, assistant attorney general, and special prosecutor.

Osborne, Charles Devens.

Mayor of Auburn, New York; son of prison reformer Thomas Mott Osborne. Collection includes correspondence, clippings, diaries, memorabilia, artwork, printed material and much more.

Osborne family.

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.

O'Sheel, Shaemas, 1886-1954.

Letters from the Irish-American poet and critic to artist and illustrator Art Young. Mentions O'Sheel's relationship to the Communist Party, including his falling out and subsequent exile from the pages of New Masses.

Oursler, Will, 1913-1985.

Papers of the American author, journalist, novelist; pseudonyms Gale Gallagher, Nick Marino. Correspondence, research material, manuscript drafts and revisions for essays, plays, stories, novels; and published material, including articles by and about Oursler.