Creator:
Archbold, John Dana
Inclusive Dates:
1929- 1962
Abstract:
John Dana Archbold (1910-1993), philanthropist and trustee emeritus of Syracuse University. The contents consist of personal and business correspondence, as well as research notes and manuscripts on Archbold family genealogy and the life and career of John Dana's maternal grandfather, John Dustin Archbold (1848-1916.)
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Ledgers (account books)
Manuscripts for publication.
Patents.
Research notes.
Subject:
Businessmen.
Business and Industry
New York State
Science and medicine
Business -- New York (State)
Patent laws and legislation -- United States.
Diesel motors -- Drawings.
Marine diesel motors.
Marine engineering.
Photography -- Printing processes -- Patents.
New business enterprises -- Finance.
Patent law and legislation.
Archbold family -- Genealogy
Petroleum industry and trade -- United States.
Cooking, American.
Rotary combustion engines.
Creator:
Bannister, Henry S.
Inclusive Dates:
1861- 1958
Abstract:
Papers of the American printer and antiquarian, founder of Albany, New York,
firm which bore his name. Collection includes Munsell family genealogy,
letter to William Leete Stone, letters about Munsell, invoices and receipts,
photographic portraits, and biographer David S. Edelstein's research on the
life and work of Joel Munsell.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Deeds.
Diaries.
Genealogies (histories)
Photographs.
Receipts (financial records)
Research notes.
Subject:
Biographers.
Printers.
Publishers.
Publishing, printing and book arts
New York State
Biographers -- United States.
Printers -- United States.
Printers -- New York (State) -- Albany.
Publishers and publishing -- United States.
Publishers and publishing -- New York (State) -- Albany.
Creator:
Bingham, J. G.
Inclusive Dates:
1876- 1876
Abstract:
Diary of a trip by a Cortland County, N.Y. resident to the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia and to Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and New York City. Includes descriptions of exhibits and artifacts at the fair.
Type of Material:
Diaries.
Subject:
New York State
Travelers -- Diaries.
Creator:
Bronston, Jack E.
Inclusive Dates:
1967- 1967
Abstract:
New York State Senator.
Type of Material:
Form letters.
Reports.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Politics and government.
Lawyers.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Legislators -- New York (State)
Creator:
Bull, John Margetts.
Inclusive Dates:
1849- 1877
Abstract:
Biographical material and writings (speeches, reviews, essays, sermons, etc) of the American clergyman.
Type of Material:
Book reviews.
Essays.
Lectures.
Notes (documents)
Sermons.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Manners and customs.
Clergy.
Church and clergy
New York State
Clergy -- United States.
Methodist Church -- Clergy.
Creator:
Clark, John A.
Inclusive Dates:
1841- 1841
Abstract:
Letter from John A. Clark of Syracuse, New York to Reverend W. W. Nind in Lowville, New York, concerning the activities of the local community and church
Type of Material:
Letters (correspondence)
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- 19th century.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Religion and Philosophy
New York State
Church history, New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Creator:
Commins, Jedediah D.
Inclusive Dates:
1808- 1829
Abstract:
Papers, mostly financial, illustrating the business activities of Jedediah Commins (Commins) in Central New York.
Type of Material:
Agreements.
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Ledgers (account books)
Legal instruments.
Promises to pay.
Receipts (financial records)
Subject:
Lima (N.Y.) -- History.
Lima (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Livonia (N.Y.) -- History.
Business and Industry
New York State
Business enterprises -- Lima (N.Y.) -- 19th century.
Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- 19th century.
Slavery -- United States -- History.
Creator:
Curtis, Jessie K.
Inclusive Dates:
1893- 1893
Abstract:
Manuscript on Shakespeare.
Type of Material:
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
Authors.
Literature -- British
Women Authors
New York State
Shakespeare criticism.
Creator:
Daboll, John.
Inclusive Dates:
1812- 1812
Abstract:
Manuscript letter, signed, dated 30 July 1812 from John and Patty Daboll of Aurelius, N.Y., to Richardson Miner of Colraine, Mass., describing the settlement of the region around the Central New York towns of Aurelius, Auburn, and Union Springs in significant detail.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Auburn (N.Y.) -- History.
Aurelius (N.Y.) -- History.
Union Springs (N.Y.) -- History.
New York State
Creator:
Deferiet, James.
Inclusive Dates:
1830- 1830
Abstract:
Letter from Deferiet to Juston Butterfield of Watertown, N.Y.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Watertown (N.Y.) -- History.
New York State
Business and Industry
Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- Watertown.
Creator:
Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879.
Inclusive Dates:
1831- 1879
Abstract:
Papers of the Army officer; U.S. Senator (1845-1849); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. During the Civil War, President Lincoln commissioned Dix a major-general, and ordered him to take charge of the Alexandria and Arlington Department, then reassigned him to the Department of Maryland. Dix later served as commander of the Department of the East. After the Civil War, Dix was named Minister to France (1866-1869), and following his return to the U.S., the life-long Democrat became the Republican Party nominee and the successful candidate for the Governorship of New York State (1873-1875). Includes more than 130 items of outgoing correspondence, more than half of which were written to Edwards Pierrepont between 1861 and 1877. Subjects include the Civil War, Reconstruction, New York State and national politics, and French politics and foreign relations preceding the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Baltimore (Md.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
France -- Foreign relations -- United States.
France -- Foreign relations -- 1852-1870.
France -- Politics and government -- 1852-1870.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
New York (State) -- History -- 1865-
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
United States -- Foreign relations -- France.
United States -- History -- 1815-1861 -- Sources.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
United States -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Sources.
United States -- History, Military.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877.
Diplomats.
Governors.
Statesmen.
Military history
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Civil War (U.S.)
Finance, Public -- United States.
Governors -- New York (State)
Political parties -- New York (State)
Political prisoners -- United States.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Creator:
Dodson, John E., 1857-1931
Inclusive Dates:
1857- 1931
Abstract:
A letter likely written by the English actor and vaudeville performer.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (N.Y.) -- History.
Actors.
New York State
Dance and theatre
Vaudeville -- New York (State) -- New York.
Creator:
Duvall, John C.
Inclusive Dates:
1960- 1960
Abstract:
Sociohistorical autobiography, focusing on everyday life and customs in Syracuse, New York in the pre-World War I era.
Type of Material:
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y) -- Biography.
Syracuse (N.Y) -- History.
Syracuse (N.Y) -- Social conditions.
Syracuse (N.Y) -- Social life and customs.
New York State
Cities and towns -- New York (State) -- History.
Social history -- 20th century -- Anecdotes.
Creator:
Flanagan, James H., Jr.
Inclusive Dates:
1874- 1935
Abstract:
James Flanagan was a New York politician and businessman; he was active in the local Democratic Party, served as Supervisor for the town of Vienna and as Treasurer for Oneida County, and was Assistant Superintendent of Public Works for the Middle Division of the New York State Canals. The collection contains photographs (mostly personal in nature), correspondence, maps, and financial and legal documents relating primarily to his work with the town of Vienna and with the Canal system.
Type of Material:
Maps (documents)
Books.
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Reports.
Ephemera.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Oneida County (N.Y.) -- Politics and government.
Vienna (N.Y. : Town) -- Politics and government.
Politicians.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Business enterprises -- New York (State)
Democratic Party (N.Y.)
New York State Canal System (N.Y.)
Creator:
Forman, Joshua, 1777-1849
Inclusive Dates:
1821- 1821
Abstract:
Two letters sent to the Joshua Forman, a nineteenth-century politician and businessman, and one of the founders of Syracuse.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Industries.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
Politicians.
Lawyers.
Businessmen.
Business and Industry
New York State
Salt industry and trade -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Creator:
Husted, James.
Inclusive Dates:
1861- 1861
Abstract:
Diary of a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Type of Material:
Diaries.
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
United States -- History, Military -- To 1900 -- Sources.
Soldiers.
New York State
Civil War (U.S.)
Soldiers -- Diaries.
Soldiers -- United States.
Creator:
Jamesville School, Jamesville (N.Y.)
Inclusive Dates:
1911- 1913
Abstract:
Three photographs of students at Jamesville School in Jamesville, New York.
Type of Material:
Photographs.
Subject:
Jamesville (N.Y.) -- History.
Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York State
School children -- New York (State)
School children -- Pictorial works.
Creator:
McEntee, Jervis, 1829-1891
Inclusive Dates:
1844- 1845
Abstract:
Personal journal of the American Hudson River School artist
Type of Material:
Diaries.
Subject:
Painters.
Art -- Painters
New York State
Hudson River school of landscape painting.
Landscape painting, American -- 19th century.
Clinton Liberal Institute.
Creator:
McMahon, John Daniel.
Inclusive Dates:
1880- 1934
Abstract:
Incoming and outgoing correspondence
with New York State lawyer, politican and legislator John Daniel McMahon. Much of it
concerns Democratic Party politics and activities.
Type of Material:
Broadsides (notices)
Correspondence.
Legal documents.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Utica (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Lawyers.
Politicians.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Democratic Party (N.Y.)
Creator:
McMorran, J. Burch, 1899-
Inclusive Dates:
1959- 1967
Abstract:
New York State Commissioner of Transportation. Collection contains speeches, remarks, annual reports, biographical material, and a photograph.
Type of Material:
Annual reports.
Photographs.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
New York (State) -- Public works.
Civil engineers.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Civil engineers -- New York (State)
Civil engineers -- United States.
Roads -- New York (State)
Transportation -- New York (State)