Bank of the United States (1816-1836)

Bill in the amount of $1,136 for the transfer of five enslaved persons, three male and 2 female, to Edward R. Pinckney. Signed by Joseph Johnson, president of the bank's office in Charleston, South Carolina.

Cragin, Charles H. (Charles Hartwell), 1817-1887.

Papers of the American genealogist, physician; collection includes correspondence, principally of family members; bills, writings, and printed material

Sakolski, Aaron M. (Aaron Morton), 1880-1955.

Assorted historical material collected by Syracuse University alumnus Aaron Sakolski. Collection includes Confederate money, a patent for land in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and other items.

Huntington, Arabella Duval, 1850 or 51-1924.

Papers of the American philanthropist and collector. Her first husband was financier Collis P. Huntington; her second husband, Henry E. Huntington. Correspondence (1892-1923); inventories of paintings, jewelry, and real estate; bills and receipts from art dealers, galleries and stores, including Joseph Duveen, J. Seligmann, and Tiffany & Co.

Spencer, Hezekiah.

Papers of the Connecticut fur trader. Collection includes correspondence (1817-1863), incoming, with some outgoing, encompasses over 1000 letters about the regional, national, and international fur trade; financial records (1777-1861), including account books, bills and receipts, and ledger sheets; and legal documents (1827-1861).

Green family.

Papers of the Green family of Massachusetts, New York, and South Carolina. Correspondence (1786-1889) of Timothy Ruggles Green, Mary Ruggles Green, other Green family members, and Asa Danforth; legal and financial documents (1774-1861) of Mary Martin Green, Timothy Green, Timothy Ruggles Green, including records of land transactions (1774-1840) in Connecticut, Georgia and New York State, with particular reference to the area surrounding Onondaga Lake.

Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987

Papers of the American author, dramatist, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, short story writer. Correspondence, financial records, writings, notes, telegrams, manuscripts, and memorabilia, spanning the seven years of the author's professional and personal relationship with photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White.

Spilman, Raymond, 1911-

Papers of the American industrial designer. Business records and financial and legal materials relating to Spilman's company, Raymond Spilman Industrial Design; and personal papers.

Chaffee, Edmund Bigelow,1887-1936.

Papers of the American clergyman, educator. Chaffee was a Presbyterian minister in New York City. Correspondence, letters to magazines to which Chaffee contributed, notes, sermons, scrapbooks, diaries, and published material. Sermons (1914-1936) include such topics as religion, specifically Christianity, and its relationship to politics, labor, technocracy, war, pacifism, communism, and socialism.

Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900.

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.

Smith, Peter, 1768-1837.

Papers of the New York State merchant and landowner; father of Gerrit Smith. Collection contains correspondence (1791-1837); financial papers (1771-1850) relating to various business enterprises; business and land papers (1767-1850); legal documents (1772-1840); and writings, including a journal of a trip from Albany to Johnstown in 1822. Notable correspondents include John Jacob Astor, Daniel Cady, William E. Dodge, Abraham Herring, Elbert Herring, Thomas Herring, Samuel Hoard, Nehemiah Huntington, Elisha Kane, John Kiersted, William Laight, William Lamont, Robert Lenox, John Lincklaen, Samuel McNeil, Morris S. Miller, Stephen Parkhurst, Samuel H. Payne, Jonas Platt, Harmon Pumpelly, Zebulon Shipherd, Gerrit Smith, Ezra Stiles, David Tomlinson, Lawrence Vrooman, Nathan Ward, and Elisha Williams.

Sherrod, Robert Lee, 1909-1994.

Papers of the American journalist, editor, war correspondent. Correspondence, incoming and outgoing (1926-1963); typescript manuscripts for articles, books, interviews, press copy, radio scripts, and speeches; notebooks (1935-1950); photographs (1910-1963); scrapbooks; and printed material. Notable correspondents include James Agee, Claude Auchinleck, Hanson Baldwin, Omar Bradley, James F. Byrnes, Mark W. Clark, James Forrestal, Ford C. Frick, Martha Gellhorn, Raymond Henle, John F. Kennedy, Henry Luce, Joseph W. Martin, Mary Margaret McBride, William C. Menninger, Carl Mydans, Richard L. Neuberger, Chester W. Nimitz, Roger Pineau, Arthur W. Radford, Sam Rayburn, Haru M. Reischauer, James Roosevelt, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Eric Sevareid, David M. Shoup, Holland M. Smith, Time, Inc., Harry S. Truman, Frank W. Wead, and Walter Winchell.

Frishmuth, Harriet Whitney, 1880-1980

Papers of the American sculptor, including original artwork and reproductions, correspondence and memorabilia as well as some family history of both Frishmuth and her longtime companion Ruth Talcott.