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1.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Street and Smith Publications.
Inclusive Dates:
1864-1972
Abstract:
Papers of the American publishing company, specializing in popular literature. Collection includes internal records, manuscripts, radio scripts, books and periodicals of the publishing company. Radio scripts include material for Doc Savage, Chick Carter-Boy Detective, Nick Carter and The Shadow. There are also 16mm films of one episode of The Shadow.
Type of Material:
16mm (photographic film size)
Books.
Card files.
Comics.
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Watercolors (paintings)
Periodicals.
Pulps (documents)
Radio scripts.
Sketches.
Vouchers (sales records)
Subject:
Chick Carter boy detective (Radio program)
Doc Savage.
Doc Savage (Radio program)
New Nick Carter weekly.
Nick Carter (Radio program)
Nick Carter weekly.
Shadow (Radio program)
Shadow comics.
Shadow magazine.
Yellow kid.
Publishers.
Business and Industry
Popular culture
Literature -- American Fiction
Publishing, printing and book arts
Science fiction
Adventure stories, American -- Periodicals.
Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States.
Dime novels -- Specimens.
Detective and mystery stories, American -- Periodicals.
Periodicals -- Publishing.
Popular culture -- United States.
Popular literature -- Publishing.
Publishers and publishing -- United States.
Radio serials.
Romance fiction, American -- Periodicals.
Science fiction, American -- Periodicals.
Western stories -- Periodicals.

2.

Collection Title:
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1940-1942
Abstract:
Artifical collection created to hold supplementary material relating to Street & Smith Publishers. Contains printed material.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Comics.
Subject:
Shadow (Radio program)
Shadow comics.
Art -- Cartoonists
Popular culture
Publishing, printing and book arts
Adventure stories, American -- Periodicals.
Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States.
Popular culture -- United States.
Publishers and publishing -- United States.
Radio serials.

Creator:
Galaxy Publishing Corporation
Inclusive Dates:
1960-1969
Abstract:
Manuscripts for periodicals (Galaxy magazine, International science fiction, Worlds of fantasy, Worlds of if), novels, and short stories published by Galaxy Publishing Corporation. Contributing authors include Isaac Asimov, Samuel Delaney, Philip K. Dick, and others. Also, correspondence, production records, financial and legal documents, periodicals, and illustrations
Type of Material:
Book reviews.
Manuscripts for publication.
Periodicals.
Subject:
Galaxy magazine
Galaxy science fiction
International science fiction
Worlds of fantasy
Worlds of if
Publishers.
Science fiction
Publishing, printing and book arts
Business and Industry
Literature -- American Fiction
Fantasy fiction -- Periodicals
Periodicals -- Publishing
Publishers and publishing -- United States
Science fiction -- Periodicals

Creator:
Cutler, John L.
Inclusive Dates:
1925-1938
Abstract:
Research notes for a book about dime novel author Gilbert Patten, aka Burt L. Standish. Collection includes notes, photographs, printed material, essays, correspondence.
Type of Material:
Bibliographies.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Genealogies (histories)
Manuscripts for publication.
Photographs.
Research notes.
Subject:
Tip top weekly.
Authors.
Biographers.
Literature -- American Fiction
Dime novels -- History and criticism.

5.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Pratt, Fletcher, 1897-1956.
Inclusive Dates:
1935-1955
Abstract:
Correspondence, manuscripts of the American military, naval, and science fiction novelist.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Research notes.
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
Authors.
Literature -- American Fiction
Military history
Science fiction
American literature -- 20th century.
Authors, American.
Military art and science in literature.
Military history in literature.
Novelists, American.
Science fiction, American.

6.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Outcault, Richard Felton, 1863-1928
Inclusive Dates:
1923-1923
Abstract:
1 original Sunday cartoon from the newspaper comic strip Buster Brown.
Type of Material:
Cartoons (humorous images)
Subject:
Buster Brown (comic strip)
Cartoonists.
Art -- Cartoonists
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States.
Cartoonists -- United States.
Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States.

7.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Van Buren, Raeburn, 1891-1987
Inclusive Dates:
1954-1968
Abstract:
Original daily cartoons from the comic strip Abbie an' Slats.
Type of Material:
Cartoons (humorous images)
Subject:
Abbie an' Slats (comic strip)
Cartoonists.
Art -- Cartoonists
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States.
Cartoonists -- United States.
Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States.

8.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Greene, Vernon Van Atta.
Inclusive Dates:
1922-1966
Abstract:
Proofs and tear sheets from a wide variety of comic strips, original drawings, sketches, correspondence, biographical material, published material and taped interviews.
Type of Material:
Audiocassettes.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Cartoons (humorous images)
Photographs.
Subject:
Cartoonists.
Art -- Cartoonists
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States.
Cartoonists -- United States.
Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States.
Crime scenes -- Pictorial works.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pictorial works.

Creator:
Syracuse University.
Inclusive Dates:
1916-2016
Abstract:
Programs, yearbooks, and other materials related to the men's basketball team at Syracuse University
Type of Material:
Programs (documents)
School yearbooks.
Commemorative plaques.
Subject:
Basketball coaches.
Higher education.
University Archives
Syracuse University -- Athletics
Syracuse University -- History
Basketball.
Basketball -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Basketball players.
Basketball teams.

Creator:
Bonn, Thomas L.
Inclusive Dates:
1971-1981
Abstract:
Interviews with publishers, art directors, editors, and others from American publishing houses.
Type of Material:
Interviews.
CD-ROMs.
Subject:
Publishers and publishing.
Business and Industry
Publishing, printing and book arts
Book industries and trade -- United States -- History.
Book jackets -- United States -- Design.
Commercial art.
Illustration of books -- United States.
Paperbacks -- Publishing -- United States -- History.
Publishers and publishing -- Interviews.
Illustrators -- Interviews.

11.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Drago, Harry Sinclair, 1888-1979.
Inclusive Dates:
1926-1968
Abstract:
Papers of the American novelist and short story writer who specialized in historical fiction set in the Southwestern States. Collection includes correspondence (1925-1967); typescript books and stories; and published material by and about Drago.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
Southwestern States, Fiction.
Authors.
Novelists.
Literature -- American Fiction
Authors, American.
Novelists, American.

12.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Ackerman, Forrest J
Inclusive Dates:
1884-2009
Abstract:
Papers of the American science fiction author, editor, agent, collector and fan. Biographical material, Ackerman Agency records, correspondence, Famous Monsters files, fanzines, financial material, legal material, memorabilia, Perry Rhodan files, photographs, printed material, recordings of varous types, and writings by Ackerman, his wife Wendayne, and others
Type of Material:
Address books.
Advertisements.
Audiocassettes.
Badges.
Bibliographies.
Business cards.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Calendars (documents)
Booksellers' catalogs.
Civil court records.
Comic books.
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Character toys.
Drawings (visual works)
DVDs.
Fanzines.
Film stills.
Floppy disks.
Galley proofs.
Genealogies (histories)
Indexes (reference sources)
Interviews.
Invitations.
Itineraries.
Layouts (printed matter)
Legal documents.
Limited editions.
Lists (document genres)
Magazines (periodicals)
Manuscripts for publication.
Newsletters.
Notes (documents)
Obituaries.
Permissions.
Phonograph records.
Photograph albums.
Photographs.
Poetry.
Postage stamps.
Posters.
Programs (documents)
Reviews (documents)
Sales catalogs.
Scrapbooks.
Screenplays.
Scripts (documents)
Short stories.
Sound recordings.
Speeches (documents)
Tape reels.
Tax records.
U-matic.
VHS.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Videocassettes.
Visitors' books.
Subject:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Famous monsters of filmland.
Metropolis (Motion picture : 1927)
Perry Rhodan (New York, N.Y.)
Playboy (Chicago, Ill.)
Spacemen.
Voice of the imagination.
Literary agents.
Authors.
Editors.
Novelists.
Science fiction
Popular culture
Radio, television, film
Amateur films.
Authors, American.
Cinematography -- Special effects.
Editors -- United States.
Esperanto -- Study and Teaching.
Esperanto -- Societies, etc.
Fantasy fiction, American.
Fan magazines.
Fan mail.
Film festivals.
Horror films.
Lesbian pulp fiction.
Lesbians in literature.
Literary agents.
Monsters in mass media.
Monsters in motion pictures.
Motion pictures.
Novelists, American.
Science fiction -- History and criticism.
Science fiction -- Periodicals.
Science fiction -- Societies, etc.
Science fiction conventions.
Science fiction fans.
Science fiction, American.
Science in popular culture.
Space flight -- Fiction.
Space flight in art.
Vampires -- Fiction.

13.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Lowndes, Robert W.
Inclusive Dates:
1923-1996
Abstract:
Correspondence, printed material and memorabilia of the American science fiction author, editor and fan.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Essays.
Manuscripts for publication.
Memorabilia.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Zines.
Subject:
Believer's worlds.
Fantasy Commentator.
Mystery of the third mine.
Warhoon.
Authors.
Editors.
Science fiction
Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Societies, etc.
Science fiction, American.
Science fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Science fiction fans.
Zines.

Creator:
Frederick Fell Publishers, Inc.
Inclusive Dates:
1930-1967
Abstract:
Papers of the American publishing firm, including correspondence (1944-1966); general files, typescript manuscripts, production records, promotional material, books, and newspaper clippings.
Type of Material:
Books.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
Publishers.
Publishing, printing and book arts
Publishers and publishing -- United States.

15.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Gernsback, Hugo, 1884-1967
Inclusive Dates:
1890-1995
Abstract:
Correspondence, memorabilia, writings, and publications of the Luxembourg-American author, editor, publisher, and entrepreneur in the fields of amateur radio, electronics, and science fiction.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Biographical sketches.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Color transparencies.
Correspondence.
Cylinders (sound recordings)
Drafts (documents)
Editorials.
Lantern slides.
Manuscripts for publication.
Negatives (photographs)
Negative prints.
Patents.
Periodicals.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Luxembourg.
United States -- Popular culture.
Air wonder stories.
Amazing stories.
Electrical experimenter.
Everyday science and mechanics.
Forecast.
Know yourself.
Modern electrics.
Popular electronics.
Radio amateur news.
Radio & television.
Radio news.
Radio-craft.
Radio-electronics.
Science and invention.
Science fiction plus.
Science wonder stories.
Sexology.
Short wave and television.
Short wave craft.
Technocracy review.
Television news.
Utopia Sonderband.
Wonder stories.
The experimenter's library.
The radio tinker's library.
Radio-craft library.
Authors.
Editors.
Inventors.
Publishers.
Business and Industry
Literature -- American Fiction
Publishing, printing and book arts
Popular culture
Radio, television, film
Science fiction
Automobiles -- Radio equipment.
Authors, American.
Editors -- United States.
Electronic apparatus and appliances -- Photographs.
Electronics -- Amateurs' manuals.
Electronics -- Periodicals.
Luxembourg Americans.
Military art and science.
Periodical editors.
Periodicals -- Publishing.
Popular literature -- United States.
Publishers and publishing -- United States.
Radio -- Amateurs' manuals.
Radio -- History.
Radio -- Periodicals.
Radio broadcasting -- Social aspects.
Radio broadcasting -- History.
Radio control.
Science fiction -- Illustration.
Science fiction -- Periodicals.
Science publishing.
Sexuality -- Periodicals.
Shortwave radio -- Periodicals.
Space flight.
Technical writing.
Technological innovations.
Technology -- Periodicals.
Television -- History.
Television -- Periodicals.

16.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Gould, John Fleming
Inclusive Dates:
1925-1965
Abstract:
Tear sheets, posters, etc. from the American artist
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Posters.
Tear sheets.
Scrapbooks.
Sketches.
Subject:
Artists.
Illustrators.
Painters.
Art -- Illustrators
Art -- Painters
Popular culture
Adventure stories, American -- Periodicals.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Artists -- United States.
Commercial art.
Detective and mystery stories, American -- Periodicals.
Illustrators -- United States.
Painters -- United States.
Painting, American.
Popular culture -- United States.
Popular literature -- United States.
Pulp literature, American -- Illustrations.
Science fiction, American -- Periodicals.
Spy stories -- Periodicals.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Periodicals.
Western stories -- Periodicals.

Creator:
L. C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Co.
Inclusive Dates:
1890-1904
Abstract:
The collection consists of business correspondence and a few items of printed material of mostly promotional nature.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Advertisements.
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
Business and Industry
New York State
Typewriter industry.
Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- History.

18.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Special Collections Research Center
Inclusive Dates:
1832-1874
Abstract:
Collection of material to, from, or about Gerrit Smith, American social reformer and philanthropist from Peterboro, New York. Collection created by Special Collections Research Center through purchase and donation.
Type of Material:
Ballots.
Correspondence.
Indentures.
Subject:
Madison County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
Activism and social reform
New York State
Abolitionists -- United States.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Social reformers -- United States.

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.

20.

Collection Title:
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.