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:
Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857.
Inclusive Dates:
1821- 1857
Abstract:
Papers of the U.S. Senator (1831-1833); New York State Governor (1833-1838); U.S. Secretary of War under James K. Polk (1845-1849); U.S. Secretary of State under Franklin Pierce (1853-1857). Incoming and outgoing letters concerning a wide variety of subjects such as the establishment of the State Geological Survey (G. W. Boyd, T. A. Conrad, John Delafield, Lardner Vanuxem); the use of volunteers for military service during the 1845-1848 war with Mexico (Silas Wright), the settlement of the New York-New Jersey boundary dispute (Andrew Jackson), the appropriation of public funds (Levi Woodbury, William C. Bouck), and the establishment of a State institution for the mentally handicapped (James B. Richards).
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
New York (State) -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
United States -- History -- 1815-1861.
Governors.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Governors -- New York (State)
Military service, Voluntary.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.