Creator:
Becker, Ronald G.
Inclusive Dates:
1836- 1960
Abstract:
More than one thousand photographs of 19th century sideshows and circuses, most by photographer Charles Eisenmann or his successor Frank Wendt, the remainder by unknown photographers. Most of the photographs depict the physical abnormalities of humans and animals featured at these shows. Subjects include P.T. Barnum, the P.T. Barnum Firm (Barnum and Bailey Circus), and Tom Thumb. Also included are Becker's research notes, an 1865-1868 run of The New York Clipper (forerunner of Billboard Magazine), and various print (broadsides and posters) and non-print circus memorabilia.
Type of Material:
Advertising fliers.
Albumen prints.
Broadsides (notices)
Cabinet photographs.
Cartes-de-visite.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Ephemera.
Gelatin silver prints.
Notes (documents)
Pamphlets.
Photographs.
Posters.
Salted paper prints.
Subject:
New York clipper.
Photographers.
Photography
Abnormalities, Human -- Photographs.
Advertising, Circus.
Amusement parks -- Photographs.
Animals -- Abnormalities -- Photographs.
Broadsides -- 19th century.
Cabinet photographs.
Carte de visite photographs.
Circus -- Collectibles.
Circus animals -- Photographs.
Circus performers -- United States -- Photographs.
Deformities, Artificial -- Photographs.
Dwarfs -- Portraits.
Freak shows -- Photographs.
Giants -- Portraits.
Photography of the grotesque -- United States.
Portrait photography.
Posters -- 19th century.
Printed ephemera.
Conjoined twins -- Portraits.
Creator:
Johnson, Charles F., 1887-1959.
Inclusive Dates:
1899- 1959
Abstract:
Papers of the American business executive. Collection includes
Correspondence, including notices and memorandums to workers and staff (1918-1959);
manuscripts (1934-1956); material relating to the George F. Johnson, Jr., Memorial
Fund (1948-1951); photographs and photograph albums (1899-1958); plaques (1935-1957);
clippings of the Workers' Pages from the Binghamton Sun (1948-1956); petitions signed
by the workers (1946-1956); clippings, press releases, articles, advertisements, and
brochures (1916-1959); and scrapbooks (1947-1957).
Type of Material:
Advertising fliers.
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Memorandums.
Minutes (administrative records)
Notes (documents)
Pamphlets.
Petitions.
Photographs.
Plaques (flat objects)
Press releases.
Publications.
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
Binghamton sun (Binghamton, N.Y. : Daily)
Chief executive officers.
Executives.
Business and Industry
New York State
Chief executive officers -- New York (State)
Employee morale.
Industries, New York (State) -- Endicott.
Executives, New York (State)
Footwear industry -- New York (State)
Shoe industry -- Employees.
Shoe industry -- New York (State)
Creator:
Lieberman, Elias, 1883-1969.
Inclusive Dates:
1916- 1966
Abstract:
Papers of the American poet, educator. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia. Winner of the James Joyce Award, 1966. Biographical material, correspondence (1918-1963), memorabilia, and writings, which includes poems (1916-1966) both by Lieberman and by others. Also included is a manuscript by James Huneker that may be a book review. Correspondents include William S. Braithwaite, the Century Company, Charles Scribner's Sons, Maria Catarina Lombard, James H. McCormick, Piney Woods Country Life School, Karl Schmidt, Samuel Shipman, James S. Taylor, University of Buffalo's Lockwood Memorial Library, University of Kentucky's Margaret I. King Library, and Stephen S. Wise.
Type of Material:
Advertising fliers.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Poems.
Programs (documents)
Subject:
Educators.
Poets.
Literature -- American Poetry
American literature -- 20th century.
American literature -- Jewish authors.
American poetry -- 20th century.
Educators -- United States.
Jews, American.
Poets, American -- 20th century.
Russian Americans.