Pike, James, 1777-1842.

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.'

Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870.

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.

Elsegood, Joseph I.

Holograph journal of the Rev. Joseph Elsegood, Methodist minister and circuit rider in Pennsylvania.

McEntee, Jervis, 1829-1891

Personal journal of the American Hudson River School artist

Brown, John, 1821-1895.

Papers of the farmer and soldier, free soil advocate, son of abolitionist John Brown (1800-1859). 13 combination diary/account books (1856-1895), and 3 letters of his father to family members.

Husted, James.

Diary of a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Bannister, Henry S.

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.

Foster, Joseph C., fl. 1863.

Diary of a Civil War soldier in the Union army. Also includes one photograph of a young woman.

Fraser, James Earle, 1876-1953

Papers of the American sculptors, medalists. Correspondence (1878-1967), with A. Stirling Calder, Jay N. Darling, Daniel Chester French, Charles Dana Gibson, Cass Gilbert, Robert Henri, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Lee Lawrie, Eleanor Roosevelt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Lorado Taft, and others; approximately 200 letters of Edwin Arlington Robinson (1913-1934); business records (1913-1967) contain contracts, bills, receipts, and other financial and legal papers; designs and reproductions include sketches, blueprints, and photographs of work through various stages, including some by artists other than the Frasers; memorabilia (1872-1967) includes films, photographs, ephemera, and printed materials; writings (1897-1964) include articles, books, and notes by Fraser and others, notably Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Bingham, J. G.

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.

Custard, Jeremiah S., 1862-1931.

Papers of the Methodist clergyman. Papers include diaries and pastoral records (1879-1931), including sermons; personal and church financial records (1899-1929); and a biographical sketch and genealogy by Mary and George Custard, 1976.

Martin, Jerry.

Photocopy of a diary kept by Martin describing his personal life and social activities in Tioga and Whitesboro, Texas.

McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949

Papers of the American political cartoonist and war correspondent including over 600 original cartoons, writings, biographical material, published material and a scrapbook of clippings from World War I.

McMorran, John Burch.

The John Burch McMorran Collection contains materials documenting McMorran’s personal and professional life.

Burden, Jean.

Papers of the American poet, author, poetry editor for Yankee magazine. Born 1914. Correspondence, manuscript and published articles, poems, and memoirs; and memorabilia, including photographs.

Rood, John, 1902-1974.

Papers of the American sculptor, editor of Manuscript (periodical). Collection includes correspondence (1937-1962); exhibition catalogs, and other printed material, including clippings and reviews; photographs, scrapbooks which include material on the John and Dorothy Rood Art Collection; and travel diaries.

Tagliabue, John, 1923-

Papers of the American poet. Correspondence (1945-1991); journals (1952-1990); notebooks; holograph and typescript poems; articles and reviews.

Wheat, John Potter.

American painter. Collection contains artwork (original and photographs), correspondence, printed material and biographical material, including a diary from Vietnam in late 1968.

Wieners, John, 1934-2002.

Papers of the American poet. Incoming and out going correspondence (1956-1964); manuscripts and galley proofs for Ace of Pentacles; typescript poems and short stories; a diary dated 1955-1956; a notebook containing holograph poems; and newspaper clippings and articles about avant-garde writers. Correspondents include James Broughton, James F. Carr, Cid Corman, Gregory Corso, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Archibald MacLeish, W.S. Merwin, Marianne Moore, Philip Whalen, and Jonathan Williams.

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-

The papers of the American novelist, playwright, poet, short story writer, and author span 1956-1998 and include correspondence; a journal; typescript and holograph manuscripts for essays, novels, plays, and poems; periodicals; photographs; publicity; and reviews.