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:
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894.
Inclusive Dates:
1861- 1861
Abstract:
Papers of the American author and educator. Father of U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935), and inventor of the hand stereoscope. Signed holograph poem, "Army Hymn."
Type of Material:
Poems.
Subject:
Authors.
Educators.
Inventors.
Politics, government and public administration
Authors, American.
Educators -- United States.
Inventors -- United States.
Creator:
United States. Office of Price Stabilization.
Inclusive Dates:
1944- 1953
Abstract:
Lists of stores and industries in the Syracuse area, and some correspondence,
1944, 1952, and 1953; also published material.
Type of Material:
Administrative regulations.
Correspondence.
Lists.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Progress reports.
Public records.
Regulations (executive records)
Subject:
Price regulation.
Business and Industry
Politics, government and public administration
Commodity control -- Syracuse (N.Y.)
Commodity control -- United States.
Price regulation -- Syracuse (N.Y.)
Price regulation -- United States.