Creator:
Barck, Oscar Theodore, Jr., 1902-1993.
Inclusive Dates:
1670- 1949
Abstract:
Collection of printed engravings, bank
drafts, receipts, correspondence, newspapers, and road commissions from the Revolutionary
War period (1775-1783) and beyond focusing on New York State.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Checks (bank checks)
Correspondence.
Deeds.
Engravings (prints)
Financial records.
Indentures.
Lithographs.
Military commissions.
Newspapers.
Paper money.
Prints (visual works)
Receipts (financial records)
Wills.
Subject:
New York (State)
United States -- History.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Literature -- American Fiction
Historians
Authors, American -- Pictorial representations.
Banking.
Generals.
Local transit.
Transportation.
Creator:
Osborne family.
Inclusive Dates:
1786- 1925
Abstract:
Encompasses the records of three
generations of the Osborne family of Auburn, N.Y. Thomas Mott Osborne, son of
businessman David Munson Osborne, was associated with Democratic politics, philanthropy,
and social reform, especially prison reform. He was a trustee and later president of the
George Junior Republic in Freeville, New York. In 1913, he was appointed chairman of the
New York State Commission on Prison Reform. His third son, Lithgow, served in the
foreign service in Germany from 1914-1917, and later in Havana, Copenhagen, and Norway.
He subsequently left government service to pursue a career in newspaper publishing with
the Auburn Citizen-Advertiser. Collection includes correspondence (1812-1968); speeches
(1895-1945); legal and financial papers (1786-1962); organizational records (1813-1967);
memorabilia (1845-1965); diaries (1843-1946), and other material.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Financial records.
Letter books.
Photographs.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Auburn, N.Y. -- History.
Cayuga County (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
New York (State) -- History.
New York (State) -- Officials and employees.
New York (State) -- Politics and government.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1913-1921.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Prison reformers.
Social reformers.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Civil War (U.S.)
Capital punishment.
Genealogy.
Philanthropists -- United States.
Prison reformers -- United States.
Prison wardens -- New York (State)
Prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- New York (State)
Social reformers -- United States.
Suffragists -- United States.
Upper class -- United States.
Women's rights.
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1790- 1900
Abstract:
Folder of manuscript and printed material chronicling the early development and history of Onondaga County, N.Y.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Indentures.
Receipts (financial records)
Subject:
Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- History.
Onondaga Salt Springs (Syracuse, N.Y.) -- History.
New York State