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.
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:
Oliphant, Laurence, 1829-1888.
Inclusive Dates:
1863- 1867
Abstract:
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.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York State
Religion and philosophy
Authors, English -- 19th century.
Utopian socialism -- New York (State)
Creator:
Onondaga Salt Company.
Inclusive Dates:
1863- 1869
Abstract:
Miscellaneous financial material from the Salt Company of Ononondaga, in Syracuse, New York.
Type of Material:
Receipts (financial records)
Price lists.
Subject:
Syracuse (New York) -- History.
Business and Industry
New York State
Salt industry and trade -- United States.
Salt industry and trade -- New York (State)
Creator:
O'Donnell, Thomas C. (Thomas Clay), 1881-1962.
Inclusive Dates:
1900- 1962
Abstract:
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.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Notebooks.
Photographs.
Poems.
Scrapbooks.
Scripts (documents)
Subject:
Authors.
Editors.
Literature -- American Fiction
Literature -- American Poetry
Literature -- Children's
New York State
American literature -- 20th century.
Authors, American.
Folklore -- New York (State)
Periodical editors -- United States.
Creator:
Odell, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Barker), 1854-1926.
Inclusive Dates:
1901- 1922
Abstract:
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.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
New York (State) -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
Governors.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Governors -- New York (State)
Tuberculosis -- Hospitals -- New York (State)
Tuberculosis -- Hospitals -- Public opinion.
Creator:
Oak Street Methodist Church (Binghamton, N.Y.)
Inclusive Dates:
1913- 1976
Abstract:
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).
Type of Material:
Church registers.
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Reports.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Religious life and customs.
Church and clergy
New York State
Church records and registers -- New York (State) -- Binghamton.
Methodist Church -- New York (State) -- Binghamton.
Methodists -- New York (State) -- Binghamton.
Methodists -- United States.
Creator:
Oberlander, Alexander.
Inclusive Dates:
1925- 1933
Abstract:
Approximately 900 pieces relating to the Lutheran Church in Central New York, collected by Alexander Oberlander of Syracuse.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Church records.
Reports.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Church history.
Clergy.
Church and clergy
New York State
Religion and philosophy
Creator:
O'Neill, Edward G.
Inclusive Dates:
1931- 1944
Abstract:
Correspondence, manuscripts and published material of the New York attorney, assistant attorney general, and special prosecutor.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Radio scripts.
Subject:
Lawyers.
Special prosecutors.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Lawyers -- New York (State)
Creator:
O'Connor, Frank D.
Inclusive Dates:
1966- 1966
Abstract:
Press releases relating to the American lawyer and politician.
Type of Material:
Press releases.
Subject:
Lawyers.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Legislators -- New York (State)
Public prosecutors -- New York (State)