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1.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Simmons, Albert W.
Inclusive Dates:
1878-1902
Abstract:
Letters and documents pertaining to Albert W. Simmons, resident of Auburn, NY, and his attempts (later his widow's attempts) to get a pension for his military service.
Type of Material:
Affidavits.
Correspondence.
Legal documents.
Petitions.
Subject:
Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- History.
Soldiers.
Military history
New York State
Military pensions -- New York (State)
Military pensions -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

2.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Stembel, Roger Nelson, 1810-1900.
Inclusive Dates:
1866-1866
Abstract:
Day book of the steamer USS Canandaigua, under Captain R. N. Stembel, USN.
Type of Material:
Ships' logs.
Subject:
Ship captains.
New York State

Creator:
Special Collections Research Center
Inclusive Dates:
1816-1900
Abstract:
Collection of catalogs, trade cards, merchants' scrip, letterhead, photographs, and other ephemera from businesses in and around Syracuse, New York. Towns represented include Elbridge. Syracuse, Marcellus, Litchfield, Morristown, Scipio, and others. Also includes records and ledgers from some businesses, including L. C. Smith Typewriter (forerunner of Smith-Corona).
Type of Material:
Advertisements.
Brochures.
Correspondence.
Fliers (printed matter)
Letterheads.
Printed ephemera.
Receipts (financial records)
Scrip.
Trade cards.
Trade catalogs.
Subject:
Elbridge (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Utica (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Cayuga County (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Boyd's Syracuse Guide.
Commercial businesses.
New York State
Business and Industry
Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- History.
Commercial catalogs.
Liquor laws -- New York (State)
License system -- New York (State)
Retail trade -- Law and legislation -- New York (State)

4.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Sedgwick, C. B. (Charles Baldwin), 1815-1883.
Inclusive Dates:
1814-1891
Abstract:
Papers of the New York State lawyer, U.S. Congressman (1859-1863), abolitionist, born near Pompey, N.Y. Correspondence (1847-1891); genealogical material; legal and financial records (1814-1879); writings (1837-1884), including essays, speeches, and published letters; and memorabilia. Largely family correspondence with additional letters of Louis Agassiz, Samuel Bowles, Salmon P. Chase, F.J. Child, James Freeman Clarke, Roscoe Conkling, George W. Curtis, John A. Dahlgren, Richard H. Dana, H.L. Dawes, Daniel S. Dickinson, J.T. Fields, John M. Forbes, John C. Frémont, William Lloyd Garrison, George W. Geddes, George F. Hoar, John Jay, Thomas Starr King, Samuel J. May, Robert B. Minturn, Levi P. Morton, Charles Eliot Norton, Elizabeth P. Peabody, Wendell Phillips, William H. Seward, Gerrit Smith, Israel Washburn, R.S. Watson, Andrew D. White, and others.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Essays.
Genealogies (histories)
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
New York (State) -- History.
Syracuse (N.Y.), History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Abolitionists.
Lawyers.
Social reformers.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Civil War (U.S.)
Abolitionists -- United States.
Lawyers -- New York (State)
Slavery -- United States -- Anti-slavery movements.
Social reformers -- United States.

5.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Snyder, Charles R.
Inclusive Dates:
1811-1937
Abstract:
American lawyer, apparently specializing in railroads and utilities. Collection includes correspondence, corporate records, letterbooks, more.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Letter books.
Subject:
Lawyers.
New York State
Railroads
Lawyers -- United States.
Public utilities -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Railroad law -- United States.

6.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Stewart, E. W.
Inclusive Dates:
1840-1841
Abstract:
Manuscript diary of lawyer from Camden, New York, containing his opinions on many subjects
Type of Material:
Diaries.
Subject:
Camden (N.Y.) -- History.
Lawyers.
New York State
Courts -- United States -- History.
Law -- United States -- History.
Lawyers -- 19th century -- New York (State)
Slavery -- America.

7.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Schilder, Edgar F.
Inclusive Dates:
1909-1950
Abstract:
Over 1,000 pieces of original cartoon artwork including material from the Syracuse Post-Standard, comic strips, original artwork by other cartoonists, biographical material, photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, proofs, posters, and a scrapbook.
Type of Material:
Cartoons (humorous images)
Comic strips.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Editorial cartoons.
Photographs.
Posters.
Proofs (printed matter)
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Oneida Lake (N.Y.) -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Post-standard (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Cartoonists.
Art -- Cartoonists
New York State
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States.
Caricatures and cartoons -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Cartoonists -- United States.
Cartoonists -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Fishing -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Editorial cartoons -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Editorial cartoons -- United States.
Rationing -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Taxation -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Sports -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Inflation -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Liberty bonds -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Vacations -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Victory gardens -- Caricatures and cartoons.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Caricatures and cartoons.
World politics -- 1900-1945 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Nature conservation -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Winter -- Caricatures and Cartoons.

8.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Smith, Francis.
Inclusive Dates:
1852-1852
Abstract:
Letter from Francis Smith to Lewis Bradley, concerning Bradley's sketch of Oswego used to create a published bird's-eye view of the city.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Oswego (N.Y.) -- 1850-1860.
Printers -- New York (State)
New York State
Publishing, printing and book arts
Bird's-eye view prints.

Creator:
Shapley, George A.
Inclusive Dates:
1925-1946
Abstract:
Incoming correspondence addressed to the Reverend George A. Shapley in various localities of upstate New York in the period between 1925 and 1946
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Letters of appointment.
Subject:
Church and clergy
New York State
Catholic Church -- Clergy -- New York (State)

Creator:
Strong, George Washington, 1783-1855.
Inclusive Dates:
1809-1844
Abstract:
New York attorney. Collection contains legal documents from his Manhattan practice spanning nearly 40 years.
Type of Material:
Affidavits.
Bail bonds.
Briefs (legal documents)
Claims.
Legal instruments.
Mortgages.
Submittals.
Subject:
New York (State) -- History
Lawyers.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Law -- New York (State)
Lawyers -- New York (State) -- History.
Lawyers -- United States -- History.
Practice of law -- United States -- History.

11.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Special Collections Research Center
Inclusive Dates:
1832-1874
Abstract:
Collection of material to, from, or about Gerrit Smith, American social reformer and philanthropist from Peterboro, New York. Collection created by Special Collections Research Center through purchase and donation.
Type of Material:
Ballots.
Correspondence.
Indentures.
Subject:
Madison County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
Activism and social reform
New York State
Abolitionists -- United States.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Social reformers -- United States.

Creator:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874.
Inclusive Dates:
1793-1906
Abstract:
Circulars, speeches, sermons, and tracts which deal with such topics as abolition, suffrage, temperance, transportation, and the postal system.
Type of Material:
Broadsides (notices)
Pamphlets.
Subject:
Madison County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
Peterboro (N.Y.) -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Abolitionists.
Social reformers.
Business and Industry
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Abolitionists -- United States.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Social reformers -- United States.
Temperance.
Women -- Suffrage -- United States.

13.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874.
Inclusive Dates:
1762-1962
Abstract:
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.
Type of Material:
Agreements.
Bank statements.
Bonds (negotiable instruments)
Broadsides (notices)
Check stubs.
Correspondence.
Deeds.
Estate records.
Indentures.
Judicial records.
Land registers.
Land surveys.
Maps (documents)
Pamphlets.
Sermons.
Summonses.
Warrant books.
Wills.
Subject:
Madison County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
Peterboro (N.Y.) -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Abolitionists.
Social reformers.
Business and Industry
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Abolitionists -- United States.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Social reformers -- United States.
Temperance.
Women -- Suffrage -- United States.

Creator:
Smith, Gilbert T.
Inclusive Dates:
1776-1958
Abstract:
Research files compiled by Gilbert T. Smith, relating to Methodist minister James Dempster. All modern photocopies, no original material.
Type of Material:
Bibliographies.
Church records.
Essays.
Research notes.
Subject:
Biography
Religion and philosophy
Church and clergy
New York State
Clergy -- United States.
Methodists -- New York (State)
Methodists -- United States.

15.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Smith, Gregg.
Inclusive Dates:
1950-2018
Abstract:
American composer and choral conductor and founder of the award-winning choral group The Gregg Smith Singers. Collection includes handwritten and annotated original scores, parts, reductions, drafts, and compositional sketches; published music; correspondence, date books, programs, and memorabilia; and a few audio recordings.
Type of Material:
Audiocassettes.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Compact discs.
Floppy discs.
Librettos (documents for music)
Programs (documents)
Scores (documents for music)
Sound recordings.
Subject:
Earth requiem.
Jazz mass for Saint Peter's.
Composers.
Conductors.
Music
New York State
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices)
Composers -- United States.
Choral conductors -- United States.
Choral music -- United States.
Folk music -- United States.

Creator:
Stringer, Helen.
Inclusive Dates:
1943-1945
Abstract:
World War II correspondence between Helen Stringer and her husband Sydney, a Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, stationed in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Transcriptions (documents)
Pins (jewelry)
Subject:
Military history
New York State
Science and medicine
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- New York -- Syracuse.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care.

17.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Smith, Henry Didama.
Inclusive Dates:
1895-1961
Abstract:
American Presbyterian minister, Syracuse University alumnus. Correspondence, clippings, and a number of sermons and lectures.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Sermons.
Typescripts.
Subject:
Clergy.
Church and clergy
New York State
Presbyterian Church -- Clergy.
Presbyterian Church -- New York (State) -- History.

18.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Sawyer, John.
Inclusive Dates:
1820-1901
Abstract:
Correspondence, authorizations to preach in Methodist Episcopal Church, other documents.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Clergy.
Church and clergy
New York State
Clergy -- United States.

19.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Sand, Leonard B.
Inclusive Dates:
1967-1967
Abstract:
Papers of the American lawyer. Correspondence, press releases, speeches, and other material relating to Sand's participation in the 1967 New York State Constitutional Convention.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Press releases.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
New York (State) -- Politics and government, 1951-
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Constitutional conventions -- New York (State)

Creator:
Squair, Lyall D.
Inclusive Dates:
1909-1909
Abstract:
Advertising posters (24) for various products, intended for posting in streetcars. Products include Sanitol toothpaste, Beech-Nut peanut butter, Crisco, Pillsbury, Zett's Bavarian beer, more.
Type of Material:
Advertisements.
Car cards.
Posters.
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
Advertising.
Art -- Illustrators
Business and Industry
New York State
Advertising -- Alcoholic beverages.
Advertising -- Beer.
Advertising -- Clothing and dress.
Advertising -- Cosmetics.
Advertising -- Food.
Advertising -- United States -- History.
Advertising -- Milk.
Advertising -- Shoes.
Advertising -- Soap.
Advertising -- Toothpaste.
Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- History.
Cable cars (Streetcars)
Commercial art -- 20th century.
Electric railroads -- Cars.