Creator:
Wilson, Celestia.
Inclusive Dates:
1847- 1849
Abstract:
Letters from Ms. Wilson in Syracuse to her friend Caroline Stewart. The first letter mentions having heard a sermon from Rev. Samuel J. May.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York State
Women Authors
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
Creator:
Sedgwick, C. B. (Charles Baldwin), 1815-1883.
Inclusive Dates:
1814- 1891
Abstract:
Papers of the
New York State lawyer, U.S. Congressman (1859-1863),
abolitionist, born near Pompey, N.Y. Correspondence (1847-1891);
genealogical material; legal and financial records
(1814-1879); writings (1837-1884), including essays, speeches, and
published letters; and memorabilia. Largely family
correspondence with additional letters of Louis Agassiz, Samuel
Bowles, Salmon P. Chase, F.J. Child, James Freeman Clarke,
Roscoe Conkling, George W. Curtis, John A. Dahlgren, Richard H.
Dana, H.L. Dawes, Daniel S. Dickinson, J.T. Fields, John M.
Forbes, John C. Frémont, William Lloyd Garrison, George W. Geddes,
George F. Hoar, John Jay, Thomas Starr King, Samuel J.
May, Robert B. Minturn, Levi P. Morton, Charles Eliot Norton,
Elizabeth P. Peabody, Wendell Phillips, William H. Seward,
Gerrit Smith, Israel Washburn, R.S. Watson, Andrew D. White, and
others.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Essays.
Genealogies (histories)
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
New York (State) -- History.
Syracuse (N.Y.), History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Abolitionists.
Lawyers.
Social reformers.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Civil War (U.S.)
Abolitionists -- United States.
Lawyers -- New York (State)
Slavery -- United States -- Anti-slavery movements.
Social reformers -- United States.
Creator:
Meriam, Ebenezer, 1794-1864.
Inclusive Dates:
1852- 1858
Abstract:
12 letters to Ebenezer Meriam,
pamphleteer and philanthropist, concerning his support for the schools for Oneida and
Onondaga Nation children in Central New York
Type of Material:
Letters (correspondence)
Subject:
Educators.
Philanthropists.
New York State
Education, New York (State)
Indian children, North America.
Indians of North America, Cultural assimilation, New York (State)
Indians of North America, Education, Law and legislation.
Indians of North America, History, 19th century.
Indians, Treatment of, North America.
Oneida Indians, Education.
Onondaga Indians, Education.
Philanthropists, New York (State)
Creator:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874.
Inclusive Dates:
1762- 1962
Abstract:
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.
Type of Material:
Agreements.
Bank statements.
Bonds (negotiable instruments)
Broadsides (notices)
Check stubs.
Correspondence.
Deeds.
Estate records.
Indentures.
Judicial records.
Land registers.
Land surveys.
Maps (documents)
Pamphlets.
Sermons.
Summonses.
Warrant books.
Wills.
Subject:
Madison County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
Peterboro (N.Y.) -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Abolitionists.
Social reformers.
Business and Industry
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Abolitionists -- United States.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Social reformers -- United States.
Temperance.
Women -- Suffrage -- United States.
Creator:
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880.
Inclusive Dates:
1856- 1856
Abstract:
Two letters from Lucretia Mott, American feminist and anti-slavery
activist, to Samuel J. May, also a proponent of abolition and of women's rights.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Activism and social reform
Abolitionists -- United States.
Feminists -- United States.
Women's rights -- United States.
Creator:
May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society
Inclusive Dates:
1830- 1952
Abstract:
Records of May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society in Syracuse, NY. Collection includes letters, photographs, newsletters, printed matter, audiotapes, brochures, Order of Worship handouts, etc.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Legal files.
Programs (documents)
Sermons.
Photographs.
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Church and clergy
Unitarian churches -- History.
Unitarian churches -- 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)