Creator:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874.
Inclusive Dates:
1762- 1962
Abstract:
Papers of the social reformer and philanthropist from Peterboro, New York. Business, family and general correspondence; business and land records; writings; and maps. Notable correspondents include Susan B.
Anthony, John Jacob Astor, Henry Ward Beecher, Antoinette Blackwell, Caleb Calkins, Lydia Maria Child, Cassius Clay,
Alfred Conkling, Roscoe Conkling, Charles A. Dana, Paulina W. Davis, Edward C. Delavan, Frederick
Douglass, Albert G. Finney, Sarah Grimke, Elizabeth Cady and Henry B. Stanton,
Louis Tappan, Sojourner Truth, and Theodore Weld.
Type of Material:
Agreements.
Bank statements.
Bonds (negotiable instruments)
Broadsides (notices)
Check stubs.
Correspondence.
Deeds.
Estate records.
Indentures.
Judicial records.
Land registers.
Land surveys.
Maps (documents)
Pamphlets.
Sermons.
Summonses.
Warrant books.
Wills.
Subject:
Madison County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
Peterboro (N.Y.) -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Abolitionists.
Social reformers.
Business and Industry
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Abolitionists -- United States.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Social reformers -- United States.
Temperance.
Women -- Suffrage -- United States.
Creator:
Green family.
Inclusive Dates:
1774- 1889
Abstract:
Papers of the Green family of Massachusetts, New York, and South Carolina. Correspondence (1786-1889) of Timothy Ruggles Green, Mary Ruggles Green, other Green family members, and Asa Danforth; legal and financial documents (1774-1861) of Mary Martin Green, Timothy Green, Timothy Ruggles Green, including records of land transactions (1774-1840) in Connecticut, Georgia and New York State, with particular reference to the area surrounding Onondaga Lake.
Type of Material:
Bankbooks.
Bills of sale.
Correspondence.
Deeds.
Promissory notes.
Wills.
Subject:
Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- History.
Business and Industry
New York State
Real property, Exchange of -- Connecticut.
Real property, Exchange of -- Georgia.
Real property, Exchange of -- New York (State)
Creator:
Smith, Gilbert T.
Inclusive Dates:
1776- 1958
Abstract:
Research files compiled by Gilbert T. Smith, relating to Methodist minister James Dempster. All modern photocopies, no original material.
Type of Material:
Bibliographies.
Church records.
Essays.
Research notes.
Subject:
Biography
Religion and philosophy
Church and clergy
New York State
Clergy -- United States.
Methodists -- New York (State)
Methodists -- United States.
Creator:
Peck, George,1797-1876.
Inclusive Dates:
1793- 1878
Abstract:
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.
Type of Material:
Autobiographies (literary works)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Financial records.
Notebooks.
Photographs.
Sermons.
Subject:
Authors.
Clergy.
Educators.
Church and clergy
New York State
Clergy -- United States.
Clergy as authors.
Educators -- United States.
Methodists -- United States.
Creator:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874.
Inclusive Dates:
1793- 1906
Abstract:
Circulars, speeches, sermons, and tracts which deal with such topics as abolition, suffrage, temperance, transportation, and the postal system.
Type of Material:
Broadsides (notices)
Pamphlets.
Subject:
Madison County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
Peterboro (N.Y.) -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Abolitionists.
Social reformers.
Business and Industry
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Abolitionists -- United States.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Social reformers -- United States.
Temperance.
Women -- Suffrage -- United States.
Creator:
Strong, George Washington, 1783-1855.
Inclusive Dates:
1809- 1844
Abstract:
New York attorney. Collection contains legal documents from his
Manhattan practice spanning nearly 40 years.
Type of Material:
Affidavits.
Bail bonds.
Briefs (legal documents)
Claims.
Legal instruments.
Mortgages.
Submittals.
Subject:
New York (State) -- History
Lawyers.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Law -- New York (State)
Lawyers -- New York (State) -- History.
Lawyers -- United States -- History.
Practice of law -- United States -- History.
Creator:
Glenville (N.Y. : Town)
Inclusive Dates:
1820- 1892
Abstract:
Town records from Glenville, a town in Schenectady County, New York. Includes meeting minutes and account books for various town boards and officers.
Type of Material:
Municipal records.
Financial records.
Minutes (administrative records)
Microfilms.
Subject:
Glenville (N.Y. : Town) -- History.
Schenectady County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Municipal government -- New York (State)
School boards--New York (State)
Creator:
Tibbits, George, 1763-1849.
Inclusive Dates:
1822- 1822
Abstract:
Letter from George Tibbits of Troy, New York to Elisha Tibbits of New York City, concerning the purchase of land from the Holland Land Company and from the Seneca Indians
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Troy (N.Y.) -- History.
Business and Industry
New York State
Land use -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century.
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:
Special Collections Research Center
Inclusive Dates:
1832- 1874
Abstract:
Collection of material to, from, or about
Gerrit Smith, American social reformer and philanthropist from Peterboro, New York.
Collection created by Special Collections Research Center through purchase and donation.
Type of Material:
Ballots.
Correspondence.
Indentures.
Subject:
Madison County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
Activism and social reform
New York State
Abolitionists -- United States.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Social reformers -- United States.
Creator:
Methodist Episcopal Church (Groton, N.Y.)
Inclusive Dates:
1835- 1965
Abstract:
Papers of the the Methodist Episcopal
Churches of Groton (1836-1966) and Peruville (1835-1964) in New York State. Collection
includes Groton church record books (1879-1938); Board minute books (1915-1965); Ladies
Aid Guild record book (1913-1916); Sunday School record book (1906-1907); quarterly
conference minute books (1888-1940); and Peruville church record book (1835-1920).
Type of Material:
Church registers.
Minute books.
Subject:
Tompkins County (N.Y.)
Church and clergy
New York State
Church records and registers -- New York (State) -- Groton.
Church records and registers -- New York (State) -- Peruville.
Church records and registers -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County.
Methodists -- New York (State) -- Groton.
Methodists -- New York (State) -- Peruville.
Creator:
Brinkerhoff, George H.
Inclusive Dates:
1839- 1867
Abstract:
Account book of the Cayuga County resident.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Subject:
Cayuga County (N.Y.)
Niles (N.Y.)
New York State
Account books -- New York (State) -- Cayuga County.
Creator:
Page, George M., fl. 1845-1854.
Inclusive Dates:
1845- 1854
Abstract:
Three account books kept by George M. Page of Earlville, Madison County, New York.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Subject:
Earlville (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
New York (State) -- History -- 19th century.
Grocers.
Merchants.
Business and Industry
New York State
Erie Canal (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Erie Canal (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
Creator:
Hares, George S. G.
Inclusive Dates:
1849- 1960
Abstract:
Manuscripts, sermons, correspondence, financial papers, diaries, scrapbooks of
the American clergyman and family members.
Type of Material:
Church records.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Financial records.
Scrapbooks.
Sermons.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Corning -- History.
Steuben County (N.Y.) -- History.
Clergy.
Church and clergy
New York State
Clergy -- New York (State)
Creator:
Miller, Gerrit Smith, 1845-1937.
Inclusive Dates:
1869- 1913
Abstract:
New York politician and dairy farmer; grandson of New York reformer, philanthropist and abolitionist Gerrit Smith. Collection contains correspondence, financial material, dairy business and herd records, miscellany.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Receipts (financial records)
Subject:
Dairy farmers.
Legislators.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Dairy farming -- New York (State)
Dairy farmers -- New York (State)
Legislators -- New York (State)
Creator:
Grace Episcopal Church (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Inclusive Dates:
1870- 1966
Abstract:
Papers of the Established by the Diocese of Central New York in 1870; in 1876 moved into a limestone edifice, which survives with minor changes. Vestry minutes (1870-1966); correspondence (1890-1966), some dealing with civil rights activities in the 1960s; parish registers (1871-1946); published material and miscellany (1889-1966).
Type of Material:
Church registers.
Correspondence.
Minutes (administrative records)
Subject:
Church and clergy
New York State
Church records and registers, New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Civil rights -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Episcopal Church -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Episcopalians -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Creator:
Weeks, Gardner B.
Inclusive Dates:
1881- 1886
Abstract:
Syracuse (New York) businessman. Scrapbook (news clippings, letters, programs, brochures, prospectuses, circulars, more) relating to Weeks' business and to the Weeks family in general.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Memorabilia.
Programs (documents)
Prospectuses.
Scrapbooks.
Trade catalogs.
Subject:
New York (State) -- History.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
Businessmen.
Business and Industry
New York State
Agricultural machinery.
Dairy plants -- Equipment and supplies.
Haying equipment.
Mining corporations.
Creator:
Johnson, George F., 1857-1948.
Inclusive Dates:
1882- 1956
Abstract:
Papers of the American industrialist, business
executive. President of Endicott-Johnson Corporation. Finding aid includes a
personal recollection from his daughter, Lillian Johnson Sweet. Correspondence,
incoming and outgoing (1900-1945); financial records (1892-1938); articles and
speeches (1920-1967); pamphlets, broadsides and posters (1910-1953); blueprints,
scrapbooks, photographs, and other material relating to Endicott-Johnson Corporation
and Johnson's philosophy of industrial democracy and labor-management
relations.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Broadsides (notices)
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Pamphlets.
Photographs.
Posters.
Scrapbooks.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Endicott (N.Y.) -- Industries.
Executives.
Industrialists.
Business and Industry
New York State
Executives -- New York (State)
Footwear industry -- New York (State)
Industrial relations -- United States.
Industrialists -- United States.
Shoe industry -- Employees.
Shoe industry -- New York (State)
Manufactures -- United States.
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1884- 1927
Abstract:
Printed material and manuscript items related to the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization for Civil War veterans.
Type of Material:
Autobiographies (literary works)
Circulars (fliers)
Newsletters.
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Societies and clubs.
Veterans.
Civil War (U.S.)
New York State
Fraternal organizations -- United States.
Veterans -- Societies and clubs.
Creator:
Good Will Congregational Church (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Inclusive Dates:
1885- 1947
Abstract:
Church records (baptismal records, financial documents, correspondence)
and memorabilia (church history, photographs, scrapbooks)
Type of Material:
Baptismal registers.
Church records.
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Minutes (administrative records)
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Religious life and customs.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Church and clergy
New York State
Congregational churches -- New York (State) -- History.