Creator:
American Locomotive Company.
Inclusive Dates:
1872- 1969
Abstract:
The American Locomotive Company was incorporated in 1901,
the result of the merger of the Schenectady Locomotive Engine Manufactory with seven small companies. In 1955
it became Alco Products, Inc. and was acquired in 1964 by the Worthington Corporation. In addition to steam and
diesel engines and generators, the American Locomotive Company also manufactured high quality steel and military
tanks, with unsuccessful ventures in automobile manufacture (1905-1913) and the production of nuclear energy
(1954-1962). Collection contains advertising and publicity, correspondence, financial records (annual reports,
ledgers, etc.), technical drawings and technical manuals, maps, news clippings, personnel records, photographs,
sketches and drawings, and more.
Type of Material:
35mm (photographic film size)
Advertisements.
Annual reports.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Deeds.
Financial records.
Ledgers (account books)
Long-playing records.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Maps (documents)
News releases.
Pamphlets.
Personnel records.
Phonograph records.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Sound recordings.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Business.
Transportation.
Business and Industry
New York State
Business.
Diesel locomotives -- Design and construction.
Diesel locomotives -- Maintenance and repair -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Diesel motor.
Locomotive industry -- United States.
Locomotive industry -- Management.
Locomotive works -- United States.
Locomotives -- Design and construction.
Locomotives -- Maintenance and repair -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Nuclear energy.
Nuclear locomotives.
Tanks (Military science) -- Photographs.
Manufacturers -- United States.
Creator:
Smith, Chester Allen, 1884-
Inclusive Dates:
1792- 1970
Abstract:
Papers of the American author, Peekskill civic leader and Methodist Church activist. Collection contains personal and business papers, correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, family material, and clippings.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Deeds.
Diaries.
Photographs.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Peekskill (N.Y.)
Authors.
Methodists -- United States.
Creator:
Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900.
Inclusive Dates:
1797- 1904
Abstract:
Papers of the American railroad magnate and capitalist, whose financial interests included steamship, manufacturing, construction, and land companies. Philanthropist, trustee of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and supporter of Tuskegee Institute. Collection includes incoming correspondence (1856-1904); letterpress copybooks (1868-1901); legal and financial (including real estate) records (1797-1901); amd personal papers (1862-1901). Notable among the real estate records are documents relating to the furnishing and household expenses of Huntington's San Francisco residence, and records relating to the design, construction, decoration, furnishing, and maintenance of Huntington's palatial home on 57th St. in New York City.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Bills of sale.
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Daybooks.
Deeds.
Ledgers (account books)
Letterpress copybooks.
Maps (documents)
Mortgages.
Photographs.
Receipts (financial records)
Stock certificates.
Subject:
United States -- History -- 1865-1898.
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Capitalists and financiers.
Entrepreneurs.
Philanthropists.
Railroads
Business and Industry
California, History, 1850-1950.
Capitalists and financiers, United States.
Ciphers.
Entrepreneurship.
Palaces -- United States.
Philanthropists -- United States.
Railroad law -- United States.
Railroads -- California.
Railroads -- History.
Railroads -- Freight -- Rates.
Railroads -- United States.
Railroads and state -- United States.
Upper class -- United States.
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.