Creator:
Dodson, John E., 1857-1931
Inclusive Dates:
1857- 1931
Abstract:
A letter likely written by the English actor and vaudeville performer.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (N.Y.) -- History.
Actors.
New York State
Dance and theatre
Vaudeville -- New York (State) -- New York.
Creator:
Milton, J. Elet.
Inclusive Dates:
1848- 1958
Abstract:
Correspondence, financial records, and legal papers from the Brewerton, NY historian
Type of Material:
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Ledgers (account books)
Legal documents.
Microfilms.
Subject:
Brewerton (N.Y.) -- History.
New York State
Railroads -- United States.
Bridges -- United States.
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:
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.
Creator:
Flanagan, James H., Jr.
Inclusive Dates:
1874- 1935
Abstract:
James Flanagan was a New York politician and businessman; he was active in the local Democratic Party, served as Supervisor for the town of Vienna and as Treasurer for Oneida County, and was Assistant Superintendent of Public Works for the Middle Division of the New York State Canals. The collection contains photographs (mostly personal in nature), correspondence, maps, and financial and legal documents relating primarily to his work with the town of Vienna and with the Canal system.
Type of Material:
Maps (documents)
Books.
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Reports.
Ephemera.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Oneida County (N.Y.) -- Politics and government.
Vienna (N.Y. : Town) -- Politics and government.
Politicians.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Business enterprises -- New York (State)
Democratic Party (N.Y.)
New York State Canal System (N.Y.)
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:
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:
Bannister, Henry S.
Inclusive Dates:
1861- 1958
Abstract:
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.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Deeds.
Diaries.
Genealogies (histories)
Photographs.
Receipts (financial records)
Research notes.
Subject:
Biographers.
Printers.
Publishers.
Publishing, printing and book arts
New York State
Biographers -- United States.
Printers -- United States.
Printers -- New York (State) -- Albany.
Publishers and publishing -- United States.
Publishers and publishing -- New York (State) -- Albany.
Creator:
Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879.
Inclusive Dates:
1831- 1879
Abstract:
Papers of the Army officer; U.S. Senator (1845-1849); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. During the Civil War, President Lincoln commissioned Dix a major-general, and ordered him to take charge of the Alexandria and Arlington Department, then reassigned him to the Department of Maryland. Dix later served as commander of the Department of the East. After the Civil War, Dix was named Minister to France (1866-1869), and following his return to the U.S., the life-long Democrat became the Republican Party nominee and the successful candidate for the Governorship of New York State (1873-1875). Includes more than 130 items of outgoing correspondence, more than half of which were written to Edwards Pierrepont between 1861 and 1877. Subjects include the Civil War, Reconstruction, New York State and national politics, and French politics and foreign relations preceding the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Baltimore (Md.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
France -- Foreign relations -- United States.
France -- Foreign relations -- 1852-1870.
France -- Politics and government -- 1852-1870.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
New York (State) -- History -- 1865-
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
United States -- Foreign relations -- France.
United States -- History -- 1815-1861 -- Sources.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
United States -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Sources.
United States -- History, Military.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877.
Diplomats.
Governors.
Statesmen.
Military history
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Civil War (U.S.)
Finance, Public -- United States.
Governors -- New York (State)
Political parties -- New York (State)
Political prisoners -- United States.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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:
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:
Archbold, John Dana
Inclusive Dates:
1929- 1962
Abstract:
John Dana Archbold (1910-1993), philanthropist and trustee emeritus of Syracuse University. The contents consist of personal and business correspondence, as well as research notes and manuscripts on Archbold family genealogy and the life and career of John Dana's maternal grandfather, John Dustin Archbold (1848-1916.)
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Ledgers (account books)
Manuscripts for publication.
Patents.
Research notes.
Subject:
Businessmen.
Business and Industry
New York State
Science and medicine
Business -- New York (State)
Patent laws and legislation -- United States.
Diesel motors -- Drawings.
Marine diesel motors.
Marine engineering.
Photography -- Printing processes -- Patents.
New business enterprises -- Finance.
Patent law and legislation.
Archbold family -- Genealogy
Petroleum industry and trade -- United States.
Cooking, American.
Rotary combustion engines.
Creator:
Quint, John D.
Inclusive Dates:
1943- 1947
Abstract:
Correspondence and printed material
related to Quint's service in World War II
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Postcards.
Subject:
New York (State)
Military history
New York State
Soldiers -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
Creator:
McMahon, John Daniel.
Inclusive Dates:
1880- 1934
Abstract:
Incoming and outgoing correspondence
with New York State lawyer, politican and legislator John Daniel McMahon. Much of it
concerns Democratic Party politics and activities.
Type of Material:
Broadsides (notices)
Correspondence.
Legal documents.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Utica (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Lawyers.
Politicians.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Democratic Party (N.Y.)
Creator:
Vrooman, John J.
Inclusive Dates:
1926- 1960
Abstract:
Papers of the American historian, novelist, president of the Schenectady
County Historical Society (1884-1963). Correspondence, research,
book manuscripts, book reviews, lectures, clippings, and photographs of
New York State landmarks.
Type of Material:
Book reviews.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Lectures.
Manuscripts for publication.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
Mohawk River Valley (N.Y.) -- History -- Fiction.
New York (State) -- History.
New York (State) -- History -- Pictorial views.
Schenectady (N.Y.) -- History -- Fiction.
Authors.
Historians.
Novelists.
Historians
Literature -- American Fiction
New York State
Authors, American.
Historians -- United States.
Historic buildings -- New York (State)
Historic sites -- New York (State)
Novelists, American.
Creator:
Van Buren, John, 1810-1866.
Inclusive Dates:
1831- 1831
Abstract:
American attorney and politician, New York Attorney General. Collection consists of a single document, addressed to Enos T. Throop, governor of New York, giving some legal opinions.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Legal documents.
Subject:
Lawyers.
Politics, government and public administration
New York State
Lawyers -- New York (State)
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:
Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869.
Inclusive Dates:
1839- 1839
Abstract:
Letter from the American army officer to A.G. Moore, Esq.
Accompanied by sales slip and letter documenting its purchase by Charles Devens Osborne in 1950.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
United States -- History, Military.
Soldiers.
Military history
New York State
Civil War (U.S.)
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.