Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964

Programs and other printed material relating to musical, theatrical and dance performances as well as political events, collected by American writer and photographer Carl Van Vechten.

Dutton, Asa.

Personal items, printed material, and student memorabilia

Watson, William, 1917-2006.

Bill Watson and his wife Marie were long-time "artists in residence" for Paradise Press, a small private press owned by Hal Leader in Buffalo, New York. The collection includes printed material from Paradise Press as well as a few items from Watson's previous press, Wm. J. Keller, Inc., a small amount of biographical material, an essay by Watson on Unitarian Universalism, and two books.

Myers, Carl E.

Printed material relating to the ballooning exploits of Carl E. and Mary "Carlotta" Myers.

Gridley, Chauncey.

Democratic-Republican party handbill, signed by supporters of Governor Morgan Lewis of New York (Lewisites, or "Quids") against the faction led by DeWitt Clinton.

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American type designer and printer. Collection includes specimen sheets, broadsides, metal type, and portraits of Goudy

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Records of Fairfield Academy and Fairfield Medical College, Herkimer County, New York, and the personal papers of Dr. William Mather, Alonzo C. Mather, Albert B. Watkins, and other families and individuals connected with the school and town.

Franklin Automobile Company.

Material relating to the H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company in Syracuse, New York.

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Correspondence, printed material, writings, bibliographies relating to the American type designer and printer.

Johnson, George F., 1857-1948.

Papers of the American industrialist, business executive. President of Endicott-Johnson Corporation. Finding aid includes a personal recollection from his daughter, Lillian Johnson Sweet. Correspondence, incoming and outgoing (1900-1945); financial records (1892-1938); articles and speeches (1920-1967); pamphlets, broadsides and posters (1910-1953); blueprints, scrapbooks, photographs, and other material relating to Endicott-Johnson Corporation and Johnson's philosophy of industrial democracy and labor-management relations.

Wilson, George Wellington, 1870-1946.

Papers of the New York businessman and manager of fundraising events for Butler Lodge 504 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, South Butler, N.Y. Collection includes correspondence, financial records, photographs, broadsides and advertisements, reflecting Wilson's management of fraternal organization fund-raising events which included fairs, plays, minstrel shows, and various entertainments for the lodge.

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874.

Circulars, speeches, sermons, and tracts which deal with such topics as abolition, suffrage, temperance, transportation, and the postal system.

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874.

Papers of the social reformer and philanthropist from Peterboro, New York. Business, family and general correspondence; business and land records; writings; and maps. Notable correspondents include Susan B. Anthony, John Jacob Astor, Henry Ward Beecher, Antoinette Blackwell, Caleb Calkins, Lydia Maria Child, Cassius Clay, Alfred Conkling, Roscoe Conkling, Charles A. Dana, Paulina W. Davis, Edward C. Delavan, Frederick Douglass, Albert G. Finney, Sarah Grimke, Elizabeth Cady and Henry B. Stanton, Louis Tappan, Sojourner Truth, and Theodore Weld.

Grabhorn Press.

Prospectuses, subscription and order cards, catalogs and publication announcement relating to fine press editions published by Grabhorn.

Yellin, Herb.

Correspondence, memorabilia and printed material relating to Yellin's Lord John Press and to author Joyce Carol Oates, several of whose short works were printed by Yellin

McMahon, John Daniel.

Incoming and outgoing correspondence with New York State lawyer, politican and legislator John Daniel McMahon. Much of it concerns Democratic Party politics and activities.

DePol, John, 1913-2004.

Biographical material, correspondence, exhibition materials, lecture and workshop materials, artwork, and equipment of renowned American wood engraver, John DePol.

Kitemaug Press.

Miniature books, broadsides, miscellaneous sheets and other items printed by the Kitemaug Press of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Also information about Frank Anderson, owner/printer at Kitemaug and Librarian at Wofford College.

Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000

Original prints of Baskin's engravings and other printed works from the Gehenna Press, founded by Baskin in 1941.

Abarbanell, Lina, 1879-1963.

Signed photograph from the German-American Jewish opera singer, and theater programs from performances in Broadway and in London