Lindin, Carl Olof Eric, 1869-1942.

Carl Eric Lindin was a Swedish-American artist; Vilhelm Ekelund a Swedish poet. Collection contains Lindin's translations into English of several works by Ekelund and two articles about him. Also included are a few photographs of Ekelund.

Osborne, Charles Devens.

Mayor of Auburn, New York; son of prison reformer Thomas Mott Osborne. Collection includes correspondence, clippings, diaries, memorabilia, artwork, printed material and much more.

Smith, Chester Allen, 1884-

Papers of the American author, Peekskill civic leader and Methodist Church activist. Collection contains personal and business papers, correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, family material, and clippings.

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Letters, programs, photographs, posters, and other ephemera about and from towns and villages in Central New York. Includes clippings and printed material about Hill Top House (Pompey, N.Y.).

Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900.

Papers of the American railroad magnate and capitalist, whose financial interests included steamship, manufacturing, construction, and land companies. Philanthropist, trustee of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and supporter of Tuskegee Institute. Collection includes incoming correspondence (1856-1904); letterpress copybooks (1868-1901); legal and financial (including real estate) records (1797-1901); amd personal papers (1862-1901). Notable among the real estate records are documents relating to the furnishing and household expenses of Huntington's San Francisco residence, and records relating to the design, construction, decoration, furnishing, and maintenance of Huntington's palatial home on 57th St. in New York City.

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Ribbons, campaign literature, posters, photographs, clippings, etc. relating to x years of American campaigns

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Collection of ephemera relating to transportation in and around central New York (Erie Canal, railroads, etc)

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Miscellaneous printed material and correspondence relating to cultural life in Central New York. Theatres, clubs, musical performances, academic commencements, local politics, sporting events, etc.

Cobb family.

Several generations of an important New England family. Clippings, correspondence, subject file, manuscripts, printed material, journals, photos, scrapbooks, books, artifacts, sermons, articles, correspondence, diaries, calendars, notebooks, more.

Cragin, Charles H. (Charles Hartwell), 1817-1887.

Papers of the American genealogist, physician; collection includes correspondence, principally of family members; bills, writings, and printed material

Robertson, Constance Noyes.

Papers of the American novelist and author of books about the Oneida Community. Granddaughter of Oneida Community founder John Humphrey Noyes. Collection contains correspondence (1931-1972); manuscript articles and novels; research notes and drafts of articles, novels, speeches, stories; and memorabilia, including clippings, photographs, and reviews of her books. Some of the material relates to the Oneida Community and John Humphrey Noyes. Correspondence includes single letters of Carl Carmer and Alexander Wilder.

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Five letters written by the English novelist. Recipients include Wilkie Collins, Anthony Trollope, others; one regards the education of children.

Sims, C.N., (Charles N.), 1835-1908.

The Charles N. Sims Collection contains personal and professional correspondence, photographs, sermons, lectures and other items relating to Sims' time as Chancellor of Syracuse University.

Nelson, Claud D.

Papers of the American Methodist minister, ecumenical leader (1889-1967). Collection contains correspondence (1907-1967); book manuscript, articles, book reviews, clippings, pamphlets; and memorabilia, including awards, photographs, and a scrapbook of sermons by Nelson's father and others.

Cartes de visite.

Cartes de visite of the 19th century including albumen prints, platinotypes, tintypes and several lithographs. Included are works by American, European, and Asian photographers: Abdullah Freres, E. & H.T. Anthony, Brady National Photographic Art Gallery, J.H. Bufford, Alexander Gardner, London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, William E. Marshall, Mora, A. Sachtler, and Napoleon Sarony. Subjects include celebrities, family portraits, indigenous peoples, soldiers, and travel photos from America, Europe, China, Japan, and the Malay Pennisula.

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Two tintypes of individuals in Civil War uniforms, who may be women

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Correspondence and memorabilia to, from, and about soldiers (Civil War through Korea)

Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909.

Collection of correspondence addressed to the American author, novelist, poet. Incoming letters from archbishop of St. Louis Peter Richard Kenrick, landscape and figure painter John La Farge, and American artist F.D. Millet. The bulk of the letters (1875-1900) is from Millet, many originating from the various American and European cities in which he worked as a painter and interior designer. A friend of Henry Adams, Henry James, Mark Twain, and a number of minor figures, Millet, in a series of 36 multi-paged letters which are of a highly personal nature, illuminates the contemporary American artistic and literary scene. The letters also contain many references to both Stoddard’s and Millet’s work.

Stork, Charles Wharton, 1881-

Papers of the American poet, playwright, novelist, editor of Contemporary Verse, 1917-1925, translator of Scandinavian verse, educator. Collection includes correspondence, mostly in connection with Contemporary Verse; and writings, in manuscript and published versions, including essays, novels, plays, and poems; photographs; and extensive family and literary correspondence (1899-1970).

Page, Charlotte Browning, 1868-1950.

Papers of the American teacher. Collection includes correspondence (1878-1941), household records, genealogical material, photographs, and a postcard scrapbook.