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1.
Creator:
Adams and Wistar
Inclusive Dates:
1785-1793
Abstract:
Letterbook containing copies of 100 or so business letters from the firm of Adams and Wistar in Philadelphia, Thomas Wistar (1764-1851) senior partner
Type of Material:
Letter books.
Subject:
Businessmen -- Pennsylvania -- 18th century.
Merchants -- Pennsylvania -- 18th century.
Subject Strengths:
Business and Industry
2.
Creator:
Delafield, Richard, 1798-1873.
Inclusive Dates:
1846-1849
Abstract:
Major General, U.S. Army; Superintendent of U.S. Military Academy, West Point; Chief of Engineers, 1864. Collection contains one volume, a letterbook belonging to Delafield while in command of engineers in New York City. Majority of letters are addressed to Joseph G. Totten, then Chief of Army Engineers.
Type of Material:
Letter books.
Subject:
Military engineering.
Military engineers -- United States.
Subject Strengths:
Military history
New York State
3.
Creator:
Kuni, Charles, Jr.
Inclusive Dates:
1887-1892
Abstract:
Letter book of the Philadelphia lawyer, containing copies of his outgoing letters relating to the legal affairs of his clients and to personal affairs
Type of Material:
Letter books.
Subject:
Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Subject Strengths:
 
4.
Creator:
Thatcher, Henry Knox, 1806-1880.
Inclusive Dates:
1867-1868
Abstract:
Letterbook of an American naval officer.
Type of Material:
Letter books.
Subject:
Armed Forces -- Officers.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States.
Subject Strengths:
Military history
Civil War (U.S.)
5.
Creator:
United States Army. -- Artillery Regiment, 1st. -- Battery I.
Inclusive Dates:
1870-1874
Abstract:
Letter book for Battery I of the 1st U.S. Artillery; letters are dated from Fort Wood, New York Harbor; Key West Barracks, Key West, Florida; Camp Dallas, Florida; Camp Whiting, Florida; and possibly other locations.
Type of Material:
Letter books.
Subject:
Military bases -- Florida.
Military bases -- New York (State)
Subject Strengths:
Military history
6.
Creator:
Chard, Thornton.
Inclusive Dates:
1907-1916
Abstract:
Papers of the American architect. Chard's business correspondence (in 10 letter books) with clients.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Letter books.
Subject:
Architects -- United States.
Architectural practice -- United States.
Subject Strengths:
Architects
7.
Collection Title:
Creator:
Snyder, Charles R.
Inclusive Dates:
1811-1937
Abstract:
American lawyer, apparently specializing in railroads and utilities. Collection includes correspondence, corporate records, letterbooks, more.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Letter books.
Subject:
Lawyers -- United States.
Public utilities -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Railroad law -- United States.
Subject Strengths:
New York State
Railroads
8.
Creator:
Brooks, George Sprague, b. 1895.
Inclusive Dates:
1918-1920
Abstract:
Memorabilia from Brooks' months as an American soldier and student at the University of Poitiers. Brooks was one of 249 American soldiers -- both officers and enlisted men -- who briefly attended the University of Poitiers (halfway between Paris and Bordeaux) as full-time students in 1919 after having fought on the Western Front. All but one item date from 1918-1920.
Type of Material:
Letter books.
Playbills.
Ephemera.
Diplomas.
Menus.
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Correspondence.
Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence.
Soldiers -- Education, Non-military -- France.
Universities and colleges -- France -- Poitiers.
Subject Strengths:
Literature -- American Fiction
Military history
9.
Collection Title:
Creator:
Bennett, Murray.
Inclusive Dates:
1842-1965
Abstract:
Papers of the American stage actor, director, poet. Incoming correspondence (1875, 1909-1961), letter books, Bennett's subject file, theater programs, photographs, manuscript poems, and clippings. Includes correspondence of Charles E. Herring, Archibald Rutledge, Sybil Thorndike, and Estelle Winwood, and others.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Letter books.
Photographs.
Poems.
Programs (documents)
Subject:
Actors -- United States.
Poets, American.
Subject Strengths:
Popular culture
Radio, television, film
10.
Creator:
E. E. Hilliard and Company.
Inclusive Dates:
1835-1947
Abstract:
Records of a Connecticut textile firm, including material on its branch operations, Charter Oak Company and Eagle Mill Company; correspondence and letter books (1843-1905); financial records, including bills and receipts, cash books, checkbooks, and time sheets (1837-1939); legal papers, including incorporation papers, 1893; references to a strike, 1934; and ledgers (1857-1937).
Type of Material:
Cashbooks.
Checkbooks.
Correspondence.
Ledgers (account books)
Letter books.
Receipts (financial records)
Sample books.
Time sheets.
Subject:
Manufacturing industries -- Accounting.
Textile industry -- United States.
Textile workers -- Connecticut.
Manufactures -- United States.
Subject Strengths:
Business and Industry
11.
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:
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.
Subject Strengths:
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Civil War (U.S.)
12.
Creator:
E.P. Dutton (Firm)
Inclusive Dates:
1852-1969
Abstract:
American publishing firm, founded 1852. Papers include those of founder Edward P. Dutton, John Macrae, and the company's business records, inclucing correspondence, letter books, photographs, clippings, publishers' catalogs, authors' scrapbooks, general files, legal files, financial material, production records, and publicity files.
Type of Material:
Annual reports.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Letter books.
Newsletters.
Photographs.
Press releases.
Publishers' catalogs.
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
Authors and publishers.
Publishers and publishing -- United States.
Subject Strengths:
Business and Industry
Literature -- American Fiction
Publishing, printing and book arts