Creator:
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
Inclusive Dates:
1956- 2006
Abstract:
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.
Type of Material:
Book reviews.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Manuscripts for publication.
Periodicals.
Photographs.
Poems.
Scripts (documents)
Subject:
Dramatists.
Novelists.
Poets.
Authors.
Women Authors
Literature -- American Poetry
Literature -- American Fiction
Literature -- Children's
American literature -- Women authors.
American poetry -- Women authors.
Dramatists, American.
Novelists, American -- 20th century.
Poetry, Modern -- 20th century.
Poets, American -- 20th century.
American fiction -- Women authors.
Women authors -- 20th century.
Women dramatists, American.
Women novelists, American.
Women poets -- United States.
Women poets, American.
Creator:
Oneida Community.
Inclusive Dates:
1811- 1900
Abstract:
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.
Type of Material:
Architectural plans.
Autograph albums.
Birth registers.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Death registers.
Diaries.
Financial records.
Genealogies (histories)
Inventories.
Ledgers (account books)
Legal documents.
Maps (documents)
Membership lists.
Minute books.
Periodicals.
Photographs.
Reminiscences.
Sales records.
Scrapbooks.
Sketches.
Stereographs.
Subject:
Activism and social reform
New York State
Religion and Philosophy
Christian communities -- United States.
Collective settlements -- United States.
Eugenics -- United States.
Perfection -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Utopias.
Creator:
Osborne, Charles Devens.
Inclusive Dates:
Abstract:
Mayor of Auburn, New York; son of prison reformer Thomas Mott Osborne. Collection includes correspondence, clippings, diaries, memorabilia, artwork, printed material and much more.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Photographs.
Paintings (visual works)
Subject:
New York (State) -- History.
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.