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1.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Van Sinderen, Adrian, 1887-1963.
Inclusive Dates:
1919-1963
Abstract:
Papers of the American corporation executive, philanthropist, author. Collection includes manuscript books, essays, and speeches; notebooks. Also, annual reports and other publications of the American Horse Shows Association and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.
Type of Material:
Annual reports.
Essays.
Manuscripts for publication.
Notebooks.
Subject:
Authors.
Philanthropists.
Publishing, printing and book arts
Authors, American.
Philanthropists -- United States.
Upper class -- United States.

2.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Huntington, Anna Hyatt, 1876-1973
Inclusive Dates:
1887-1973
Abstract:
Papers of the American sculptor, specializing in equestrian figures and animals. Correspondence, 1887-1965; diaries, 1925-1958; articles; exhibition catalogs; financial and legal material; manuscripts; and photographs.
Type of Material:
16mm (photographic film size)
Address books.
Annual reports.
Articles.
Awards.
Bank statements.
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Calendars (documents)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Exhibition catalogs.
Minutes (administrative records)
Photographs.
Poems.
Posters.
Press releases.
Scrapbooks.
Slides (photographs)
Studbooks.
Subject:
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Artists.
Sculptors.
Art -- Sculptors
Animal sculptors -- United States.
Animals in art.
Art -- Collectors and collecting.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Art museums.
Art patronage.
Bronze sculpture, American.
Scottish deerhound.
Dog breeders.
Endowments.
Equestrian statues.
Hispanists, United States.
Monuments.
Public art.
Public sculpture.
Sculptors -- United States.
Sculpture, American -- 20th century.
Sculpture gardens.
Upper class -- United States.
Women -- Biography.
Women and animals.
Women art patrons.
Women artists -- United States.
Women philanthropists.
Women sculptors -- United States.

3.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Huntington, Archer M. (Archer Milton), 1870-1955
Inclusive Dates:
1919-1957
Abstract:
Papers of the American philanthropist, poet. Correspondence; secretarial daybooks, 1922-1957; manuscripts; legal and financial papers. Organizational correspondence includes that of the Academy of American Poets, American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Geographical Society, American Museum of Natural History, American Numismatic Society, Brookgreen Gardens, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Hispanic Society of America, Mariners' Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of the American Indian, National Academy of Design, National Arts Club, National Sculpture Society, New-York Historical Society, New York Zoological Society, and Yale University.
Type of Material:
Architectural drawings (visual works)
Bank statements.
Correspondence.
Subject:
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Philanthropists.
Poets.
Literature -- American Poetry
Art -- Sculptors
Animal sculptors -- United States.
Animals in art.
Art -- Collectors and collecting.
Art, American.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Art museums.
Art patronage.
Bronze sculpture, American.
Endowments.
Hispanists -- United States.
Monuments.
Philanthropists -- United States.
Public art.
Public sculpture.
Sculptors -- United States.
Sculpture, American.
Sculpture, American -- 20th centur.y
Sculpture gardens.
Upper class -- United States.

4.

Collection Title:
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.

5.

Collection Title:
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1854-1934
Abstract:
American newspaper publisher. Collection includes correspondence, manuscripts and printed material.
Type of Material:
Certificates.
Correspondence.
Programs (documents)
Receipts (financial records)
Memorabilia.
Subject:
Journalism
Publishing, printing and book arts
Newspaper publishing -- United States.
Newspapers -- United States.
Upper class -- Social life and customs.
Upper class -- United States.

6.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932.
Inclusive Dates:
1883-1932
Abstract:
American mineralogist, gemologist, Vice-President of Tiffany's, member and officer of numerous scientific societies, and author of books and articles on gems. Collection contains correspondence, clippings and photographs.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Subject:
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Scientists.
Science and medicine
Mineralogists -- United States.
Scientists -- United States.
Upper class -- United States.

Creator:
Mayor, Harriet H. (Harriet Hyatt), 1868-1960.
Inclusive Dates:
1881-1962
Abstract:
Correspondence (1892-1960); diaries, genealogical materials, notebooks, photographs, printed material, including articles and clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and sketchbooks. Correspondence includes that of Adelaide Cole Chase, Clara Carter Hyatt Coad, Anna Hyatt and Archer M. Huntington, Audella Hyatt, and Alfred G. Mayor.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Genealogies (histories)
Notebooks.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Sketchbooks.
Sketches.
Subject:
Artists.
Painters.
Sculptors.
Art, American.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Painters -- United States.
Sculptors -- United States.
Upper class -- United States.
Women artists -- United States.
Women painters -- United States.
Women sculptors -- United States.

8.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Rose, Heloise Durant.
Inclusive Dates:
1873-1945
Abstract:
Papers of the American author, lecturer, founder of the Dante League of America. Incoming personal and business correspondence, much of it in connection with the Dante League in particular and the promotion of the arts in general.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
United States -- Intellectual life.
United States -- Social life and customs.
Authors.
Women Authors
Upper class -- United States.

9.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Osborne family.
Inclusive Dates:
1786-1925
Abstract:
Encompasses the records of three generations of the Osborne family of Auburn, N.Y. Thomas Mott Osborne, son of businessman David Munson Osborne, was associated with Democratic politics, philanthropy, and social reform, especially prison reform. He was a trustee and later president of the George Junior Republic in Freeville, New York. In 1913, he was appointed chairman of the New York State Commission on Prison Reform. His third son, Lithgow, served in the foreign service in Germany from 1914-1917, and later in Havana, Copenhagen, and Norway. He subsequently left government service to pursue a career in newspaper publishing with the Auburn Citizen-Advertiser. Collection includes correspondence (1812-1968); speeches (1895-1945); legal and financial papers (1786-1962); organizational records (1813-1967); memorabilia (1845-1965); diaries (1843-1946), and other material.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Financial records.
Letter books.
Photographs.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Auburn, N.Y. -- History.
Cayuga County (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
New York (State) -- History.
New York (State) -- Officials and employees.
New York (State) -- Politics and government.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1913-1921.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Prison reformers.
Social reformers.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Civil War (U.S.)
Capital punishment.
Genealogy.
Philanthropists -- United States.
Prison reformers -- United States.
Prison wardens -- New York (State)
Prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- New York (State)
Social reformers -- United States.
Suffragists -- United States.
Upper class -- United States.
Women's rights.