Partridge, Bellamy, 1877-1960.

American author and popular historian. Collection includes books, printed material, correspondence, one audiocassette.

Pandya, A. J.

Papers of the Indian attorney, author, and political reformer

Phelps, Oliver, 1749-1809.

Account books and papers relating to the Phelps and Gorham Purchase in the Genesee Valley area of New York and Pennsylvania.

Plummer, Charles Henry.

Papers and correspondence of the clergyman and temperance reformer.

Peck, George,1797-1876.

Papers of the American Methodist Episcopal clergyman, author, and President of Cazenovia Seminary, a Methodist-supported school in Madison County, New York. Collection includes correspondence (1793-1878); financial records (1823-1876); an autbiographical essay; diaries (1852-1875); notebooks (1856-1868); sermons; and personal memorabilia, including clippings, financial records, and photographs.

Pike, James, 1777-1842.

Papers of the American educator, author. James Pike was a New England school teacher and compiler of textbooks. He wrote The Columbian Orthographer (1806) and The Little Reader (1814). Collection includes correspondence (1805-09); diaries (1793-1811); legal papers (1809-1849); school and teaching records (1798-1807); and an undated draft of a constitution for a 'School for Young Ladies.'

Porter, David D. (David Dixon), 1813-1891.

Papers of the American naval officer. Correspondence (1806-1890), 35 outgoing letters, and a number of third party letters which illuninate Porter's promotion of the use of the Fowler Wheel as a propulsion system on torpedo boats. Also, an engraved portrait of Porter, and one of his father, David Porter (1780-1843).

Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860.

Approximately 45 letters to and from the American author and Secretary of the Navy.

Platt, Samuel.

Letters sent to Samuel Platt of Plattsburgh, New York from his family members, friends, and acquaintances.

Pinder, Nathan.

Letters, mostly incoming, of the British clergyman and academic.

Protestant Churchman.

Correspondence to the editor(s) of The Protestant Churchman, a 19th century weekly publication

Parsons, Alfred, 1847-1920.

Photocopy of an undated letter sent by the English novelist Thomas Hardy to illustrator Alfred Parsons.

Peabody, Robert S. (Robert Singleton), 1837-

Letter from Singleton Peabody , nephew of noted philanthropist George Peabody (1795-1869), to his fiancee, Maggie (Margaret Augusta Goddard). The letter concerns a fishing trip in the Thousand Islands area of New York.

Plymouth Congregational Church (Syracuse, N.Y.)

Meeting minutes for board of trustees, church society record books, church reports, Ecclesiastical Society material, and published material relating to Plymouth Congregational Church in Syracuse, New York. The majority of the collection is either microfilm or photocopies.

Priest, Josiah Addison, b. ca. 1822.

Papers of the American clergyman. Letters from the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church and from European missions.

Porter family

Correspondence, photographs, journals, clippings, etc. relating to the Porter family of Skaneateles and Lockport, New York, primarily Stanley Porter and Benjamin H. Porter, who served in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Other family members represented include his parents, James and Sarah, and his siblings Seth and Laura. At one time known as the Mensing-Braun Collection of Civil War Material.

Pattie, C. D.

Papers of the Civil War soldier. Letters from C. D. Pattie (or Pattee) to his wife, Lydia, describing life in camps and his disillusionment with the army; also correspondence between other individuals possibly, but not definitely, related to Pattie.

Pruyn, John V. L. (John VanSchaick Lansing), 1811-1877.

Correspondence (incoming only) to the American attorney, politician and philanthropist and his wife.

Pike, James A. (James Albert), 1913-1969.

Papers of the American clergyman, lawyer, Episcopal bishop, who wrote and spoke on the church and social problems, Christian and legal ethics, pastoral psychology, psychical research, and spiritualism. Collection includes correspondence (family letters, personal, and business correspondence); notebooks; professional records relating to Pike's legal career and ecclesiastical appointments as Dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and Fifth Bishop of California, among others; writings (manuscript and/or typescript articles and essays, book reviews, books, interviews, sermons, and speeches); and memorabilia (awards, financial and legal records, photographs, and scrapbooks).

Phillips, Harvey L.

Correspondence.