Collections : [Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts]

Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

Manuscripts, records, and papers primarily related to businesses and people of New York and New England.
Chiefly 19th-century New York and New England local history manuscripts and business records, primarily for craftsmen and railroads; papers of children's book writer and illustrator Marcia J. Brown and two original manuscripts by Maud and Miska Petersham; papers of Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy; papers of Anthony Ashley Cooper, the 19th century social reformer; and papers of Benito Perez Galdos, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Evengi Zamyatin, and other writers.

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Delmar Progress Club Records, 1902-2021

15.61 cubic ft.
The Delmar Progress Club Records document the day-to-day operations and communitiy activities of this Bethlehem-N.Y. based organization founded in 1901.
1 result in this collection

Kendall and Hamlin School District No. 8 Records, 1838-1920

1 Vol.
Includes board minutes and reports for the Kendall and Hamlin School District No. 8, located in the area of Morton, Monroe County, New York.
1 result in this collection

New Haven and West Haven Horse Railroad Company Records, 1865-1894

3 cubic ft.
This collection contains minutes of stockholders' meetings of a horsecar operator based in New Haven, Connecticut.
1 result in this collection

New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company Records, 1854-1867

1 Vol.
Founded in 1852 in New York City, the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company was a company that preluded the first trans-Atlantic cable. This collection contains the minutes of meetings of this company's "corporators," including Peter Cooper, Cyrus W. Field, Frederick N. Gisborne, Moses Taylor, and others.
1 result in this collection

Phoenix Insurance Company of New York Records, 1807-1838

1 Vol.
This collection includes minutes of board meetings, lists of stockholders, inventory of property, and other records of a New York City company specializing in maritime insurance.
1 result in this collection