Creator:
Mezirow, Jack, 1923-2014
Inclusive Dates:
Abstract:
Files of Dr. Jack Mezirow, adult educator, including personal letters, article drafts, book draft and articles he was collecting for his own writings.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Adult education
Adult education -- United States.
Creator:
Syracuse University. -- Library. -- Special Collections Research Center.
Inclusive Dates:
Abstract:
Correspondence, memorabilia, printed material, etc. pertaining to James Luther Adams, acquired by Special Collections Research Center separately from the James Luther Adams Papers, through purchase or gift.
Type of Material:
Sound recordings.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
Theologians.
Ethicists.
Activism and social reform
Church and clergy
Religion and Philosophy
Church and state -- Germany.
Church and state -- United States.
Religion and ethics.
Religion and state -- Germany.
Religion and state -- United States.
Theology -- Study and teaching.
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
Abstract:
Correspondence and printed material
Type of Material:
Advertisements.
Cartoons (humorous images)
Correspondence.
Subject:
They'll do it every time.
Art -- Cartoonists
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Cartoonists -- California.
Cartoonists -- United States.
Creator:
Farrar, John Chipman, 1896-1974
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Abstract:
A letter sent while Chipman was editor of The Bookman.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (N.Y.) -- History.
Bookman (New York, N.Y.).
Editors.
Publishing, printing and book arts
Publishers and publishing -- Correspondence.
Creator:
Weber, Jacob, fl. 1770-1795.
Inclusive Dates:
1770- 1889
Abstract:
Letters to and from Weber and several other men,
relating to family and business affairs in Canajoharie and German Flatts, New York.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Photocopies.
Subject:
Canajoharie (N.Y.) -- History.
German Flats (N.Y.) -- History.
New York State
Creator:
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
Inclusive Dates:
1770- 1770
Abstract:
Letter written by the American founding father to a lawyer in New London, Connecticut.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Boston (Mass.) -- History.
New London (Conn.) -- History.
Politicians.
Politics, government and public administration
Creator:
Campbell, John.
Inclusive Dates:
1775- 1775
Abstract:
Letter written by a British man living in the Caribbean during the beginning of the American Revolution.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Virgin Islands of the United States -- History -- 1775-1783.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Virgin Islands of the United States -- Saint Croix -- History.
Creator:
Pike, James, 1777-1842.
Inclusive Dates:
1793- 1842
Abstract:
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.'
Type of Material:
Commonplace books.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Subject:
Authors.
Educators.
Book industries and trade -- New England.
Commonplace-books.
Education -- Women.
Educators -- Diaries.
Educators -- United States.
English language -- Orthography and spelling.
Latin language -- Study and teaching.
Publishers and publishing -- New England.
Creator:
Wells, John, 1770-1823.
Inclusive Dates:
1803- 1823
Abstract:
Papers of the New York State lawyer. Letters concerning land sales and legal actions in New York State.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Lawyers.
New York State
Lawyers -- New York (State)
Lawyers -- United States.
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:
Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857.
Inclusive Dates:
1810- 1855
Abstract:
Incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Irish politician and author, mostly on personal and financial topics.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
West Molesey (England) -- History.
Quarterly review (London, England).
Politicians.
Authors.
Critics.
Politics, government and public administration
Politicians -- Great Britain -- Correspondence.
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:
Monroe, James, 1758-1831.
Inclusive Dates:
1814- 1820
Abstract:
Two letters written by President James Monroe.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Presidents.
Politicians.
Politics, government and public administration
United States -- Foreign relations -- Spain.
Mexico -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1810-1821.
Filibusters.
Creator:
Sawyer, John.
Inclusive Dates:
1820- 1901
Abstract:
Correspondence, authorizations to preach in Methodist Episcopal Church, other documents.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Clergy.
Church and clergy
New York State
Clergy -- United States.
Creator:
Mennons, John, d. 1843.
Inclusive Dates:
1821- 1830
Abstract:
Letters from printer and publisher John Mennons of Greenock, Scotland, to James Lawson of New York, regarding Mennon's publication of American literature in Scotland.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Publishers and publishing.
Literature -- American Fiction
Literature -- American Poetry
Publishing, printing and book arts
American literature -- Publishing -- Scotland.
Authors and publishers -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century.
Literature publishing -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century.
Printers -- Scotland.
Publishers and publishing -- Scotland.
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:
Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870.
Inclusive Dates:
1823- 1945
Abstract:
Papers of the U.S. naval officer, established ordnance system.
Collection includes correspondence (1836-1905); 13 diaries (1834-1870);
notebooks, memoranda, articles, and other papers relating to Dahlgren's
naval career, including his pioneer work in naval ordnance, and the
development of the Dahlgren gun. Includes a diary of his wife, Madeleine
Vinton Dahlgren, and a Civil War journal of an unidentified person.
Correspondence includes that of Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, Percival
Drayton, Andrew H. Foote, R.B. Forbes, R.P. Parrott, Henry Augustus Wise,
and others.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Subject:
United States -- History, Naval.
Admirals.
Military history
Civil War (U.S.)
Naval art and science.
Naval gunnery.
Ordnance, Naval.
Creator:
Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860.
Inclusive Dates:
1827- 1843
Abstract:
Approximately 45 letters to and from the American author and Secretary of the Navy.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (State) -- History.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
American literature -- New York (State)
Creator:
Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866.
Inclusive Dates:
1828- 1828
Abstract:
Letter from the American historian to a Dr. Lieber, mentioning a "Lexicon" and the willingness of Judge Story and Mr. Everett to contribute to it.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Authors.
Literature -- American Fiction
Historians
American literature --19th century.
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.