Creator:
Lavitt, Seymour.
Inclusive Dates:
Abstract:
Collection consists of copies of the "Fundamentals
of Plastics" resource materials; slides from "Injection Molding" and "Fundamentals" (two lectures given by
Lavitt); correspondence about Plastics Fair, 1992-1993; and brochures of Plastics Design/Development
Associates; film.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Slides (photographs)
Brochures.
Subject:
Authors.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Plastics industry and trade.
Plastics -- Study and teaching.
Creator:
White, Stanford, 1853-1906.
Inclusive Dates:
Abstract:
American architect. Collection contains one letter from White, regarding an outstanding bill.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Architects.
Architects
Architects -- United States.
Creator:
Feinstone, Sol, 1888-1980.
Inclusive Dates:
1473- 1950
Abstract:
Collection of signed letters from notable individuals ranging from King Charles II to J. Robert Oppenheimer. Collection also includes two printed leaves (four pages) from the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX (ca. 1473) and a print of an illustration of the siege of Yorktown (ca. 1862).
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Collectors and collecting.
Autographs -- Collectors and collecting.
Collectors and collecting.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Creator:
Spire, Nancy Woodson.
Inclusive Dates:
1667- 1799
Abstract:
Collection of letters, journals, account books and other documents dating from or relating to the American Revolution. Also includes material relating to the Fisher,
Rapalje and Wilkins families in New York State.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Affidavits.
Agreements.
Correspondence.
Indentures.
Loyalty oaths.
Memoirs.
Petitions.
Summonses.
Warrants.
Subject:
Brooklyn (New York, NY) -- History.
Cayuga County (NY) -- History.
New York (NY) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New York (NY) -- History -- 1775-1865.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1755- 1857
Abstract:
Miscellaneous material pertaining to commercial activity in Salem, Massachusetts in the late 18th and early 19th century.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Correspondence.
Receipts (financial records)
Subject:
Salem (Mass.) -- Commerce.
Salem (Mass.) -- History.
Business and Industry
Merchants -- Massachusetts.
Shipping -- Massachusetts.
Creator:
Stone family.
Inclusive Dates:
1789- 1855
Abstract:
Letter to Stone from his godson requesting books, 1789; copy of Asaph Stone's will, 1853; legal correspondence of William, Frederick, and Michael Stone, attorneys; and an 1836 letter from Michael Stone to Mary E. Jenks of Boston. Also receipts and legal papers.
Type of Material:
Letters (correspondence)
Correspondence.
Wills.
Receipts (financial records)
Subject:
None
Genealogy.
Creator:
Spalding family.
Inclusive Dates:
1796- 1901
Abstract:
Material relating to the Evans, Ellicott, and Spalding families of western New York, some of whom were Quakers. Members of these families were involved with the Holland Land Company, the Erie Canal, agriculture, and the temperance and anti-slavery movements. Correspondence (1804-1887) primarily of David E. Evans and his son, Ellicott Evans; legal and financial papers, including contracts, deeds, and wills; and 9 diary volumes (1832-1884) of Lyman A. Spalding of Lockport; photographs, and clippings.
Type of Material:
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Deeds.
Diaries.
Wills.
Subject:
New York (State) -- History.
Erie County (N.Y.)
Lockport (N.Y.)
Niagara County (N.Y.)
New York State
Activism and social reform
Creator:
Forman, Samuel S., 1763-1860.
Inclusive Dates:
1800- 1800
Abstract:
Letter from Cazenovia merchant Samuel Forman, friend and business partner of John Lincklaen.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Cazenovia (N.Y.) -- History.
New York State
Land tenure -- New York (State)
Creator:
Smallwood, W. M. (William Martin), 1873-1949.
Inclusive Dates:
1801- 1887
Abstract:
Correspondence and publications of various nineteenth-century naturalists and scientists, primarily Amos Eaton.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Books.
Deeds.
Lecture notes.
Subject:
Troy (N.Y.) -- History.
Naturalists.
Scientists.
Educators.
Science and medicine
New York State
Naturalists -- Correspondence.
Creator:
Hill, Stephen, fl. 1810-1898.
Inclusive Dates:
1810- 1898
Abstract:
Legal and financial documents of a nineteenth-century resident of Madison County, New York.
Type of Material:
Deeds.
Indentures.
Receipts (financial records)
Correspondence.
Mortgages.
Stock certificates.
Financial statements.
Contracts.
Subject:
Fenner (N.Y. : Town) -- History.
Madison County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York State
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1812- 1885
Abstract:
Letters of officers including
J.M. Nicholson, Captain of the U.S. Frigate Potomac; H. Paulding Lt. of the Schooner Shark to Commodore Daniel Patterson enclosing
monthly crew reports, 1834-35; and I. Percival, Captain of the U.S. Frigate Constitution, to
I.Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy, requesting additional vessels for shallow water duty,
1844; also other reports and miscellany.
Type of Material:
Public records.
Correspondence.
Subject:
Military history
Ships -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1817- 1817
Abstract:
Letter regarding the seizure of the schooner Laura of Genesee for smuggling.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Genesee River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Seizure of vessels and cargoes -- United States.
Smuggling -- New York (State)
Tax collection -- New York (State)
Creator:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871.
Inclusive Dates:
1832- 1899
Abstract:
19th century Unitarian minister, social and educational reformer.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
Clergymen.
Church and clergy
Activism and social reform
Antislavery movements.
Fugitive slaves -- New York (State)
Creator:
Platt, Samuel.
Inclusive Dates:
1834- 1842
Abstract:
Letters sent to Samuel Platt of Plattsburgh, New York from his family members, friends, and acquaintances.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Plattsburgh (N.Y.) -- History.
Saint Albans (Vt.) -- History
Burlington (Vt.) -- History.
New York State
Families -- New York (State) -- Plattsburgh.
Creator:
Bradford, S. S.
Inclusive Dates:
1836- 1836
Abstract:
A single letter from S. S. Bradford of Homer, New York to Mr Ben Johnson of Ithaca, asking Mr Johnson to speak to the Homer Anti-Slavery Society.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Homer (N.Y. : Town) -- History -- 19th century.
New York State
Activism and social reform
Abolitionists -- United States.
Antislavery movements -- New York (State) -- Homer.
Political activists -- United States.
Creator:
Treat, Samuel, 1815-1902.
Inclusive Dates:
1839- 1839
Abstract:
Letters of the American jurist and founder of Washington University and its law school. "A rich and amusing description of life and adventures in the Genesee Valley in the late 1830's, and a good character sketch of its author."
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Geneseo (N.Y.) -- History.
Lawyers.
New York State
Lawyers -- United States.
Creator:
Streaker family.
Inclusive Dates:
1850- 1931
Abstract:
750 letters.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Creator:
Baird, Spencer Fullerton,1823-1887.
Inclusive Dates:
1858- 1882
Abstract:
Papers of the American zoologist, naturalist, ornithologist; Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Zoologists.
Scientists.
Science and medicine
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.
Natural history museums -- United States.
Zoological museums -- United States.
Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation.
Zoologists -- United States.
Zoology -- Arctic regions.
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1859- 1949
Abstract:
Contains published material and a small
amount of miscellany about the American poet and musician. Some letters by Lanier
himself.
Type of Material:
Books.
Correspondence.
Printing plates.
Sheet music.
Subject:
Georgia -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Biographers.
Literature -- American Poetry
Music
American poetry -- 19th century.
American poetry -- Southern States.
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1860- 1867
Abstract:
A collection of orders, receipts, billheads, and correspondence from pharmacists and medical suppliers in Syracuse, New York during the mid-1800s.
Type of Material:
Billheads.
Correspondence.
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
Business and Industry
New York State
Science and medicine
Merchants -- Syracuse (N.Y.)
Pharmacists -- Syracuse (N.Y.)
Physicians -- Syracuse (N.Y.)