Creator:
Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin), 1786-1870.
Inclusive Dates:
1826- 1838
Abstract:
Papers of the American legislator, author. Outgoing letters concerning: recommendations for appointments (Samuel Southard, Enos Throop); a response to a speaking invitation (George Van Ness Lothrop); and a pamphlet sent to James Madison about the language of the Constitution.
Type of Material:
Letters (correspondence)
Subject:
Legislators.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Legislators -- United States.
Creator:
Van Buren, John, 1810-1866.
Inclusive Dates:
1831- 1831
Abstract:
American attorney and politician, New York Attorney General. Collection consists of a single document, addressed to Enos T. Throop, governor of New York, giving some legal opinions.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Legal documents.
Subject:
Lawyers.
Politics, government and public administration
New York State
Lawyers -- New York (State)
Creator:
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862.
Inclusive Dates:
1832- 1840
Abstract:
President of the United States, 1837-1841. Collection contains two land grants and a handwritten letter, all with Van Buren's signature.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Land grants.
Subject:
Mississippi -- History.
Politics, government and public administration
Land grants -- Mississippi.
Presidents -- United States.
Creator:
Vogel, Herbert D., 1900-1984.
Inclusive Dates:
1928- 1981
Abstract:
An engineer and brigadier general, Vogel was director of the Tennessee Valley Authority and engineer adviser to the World Bank. Collection includes correspondence, memorabilia, writings, and other items.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Photographs.
Press releases.
Scrapbooks.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Hydraulic engineers.
Politics, government and public administration
Science and medicine
Hydraulic engineers -- United States.
Water resources development -- United States -- History.
Creator:
Vernon, Mabel.
Inclusive Dates:
1933- 1947
Abstract:
Papers of the American suffragist, feminist, pacifist (1883-1975). Collection includes incoming correspondence to Mabel Vernon in her capacity as a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and campaign director of its committee, the People's Mandate to Governments to End War (later re-named the People's Mandate Committee for Inter-American Peace and Cooperation. Notable correspondents include Grace Abbott, Jane Addams, Frank Aydelotte, Irene Bailey, Newton Baker, Pearl S. Buck, Rafael Calderón Guardia, Samuel P. Cadman, Arthur Capper, Carrie Catt, Raymond Clapper, Jacqueline Cochran, Josephus Daniels, Norman H. Davis, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Abraham Flexner, Zona Gale, Virginia Gildersleeve, Meta Glass, Frank Graham, Inez Irwin, Alfred Landon, Sinclair Lewis, Clare Boothe Luce, Gabriela Mistral, Caroline O'Day, Ruth Owen, Galo Plaza Lasso, Nelson Rockefeller, Leo Rowe, Laurence Steinhardt, Lowell Thomas, M. Carey Thomas, Oswald Villard, Lillian Wald, Wendell Willkie, Mary Woolley, and William Ziff.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Feminists.
Pacifists.
Social reformers.
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Feminists -- United States.
Pacifism.
Pacif ists -- United States.
Pacifists -- Political activity.
Social reformers -- United States.
Creator:
Van Devander, Charles.
Inclusive Dates:
1956- 1958
Abstract:
Papers of Charles Van Devander, former journalist and Executive Assistant to Governor Averell Harriman. Contains press releases from the New York State Governor's Office, and some correspondence.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Politics and government,
New York (State) -- History.
Governors.
Press secretaries.
Journalism
New York State
Politics, government and public administration