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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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Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

New York Archives Conference (NYAC) Records, 1975-2021

1.8 cubic ft.
This collection documents the annual meetings and conferences of the New York Archives Conference (NYAC) and its predecessor organization, the Lake Ontario Archives Conference (LOAC).
1 result in this collection
Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

New York Canals Collection, 1828-1883

.17 cubic ft.
Collection contains a variety of 19th century materials related to several New York State canals.
1 result in this collection
Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

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
Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company. Old Colony System Records, 1882-1890

1 cubic ft.
This collection includes a register for the South Duxbury Station dated 1882-1883; four freight registers, 1883-1890; and a record book with description of locomotive engines and a register of employees, undated, for this railroad company.
1 result in this collection
Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company Records, 1849-1926

0.25 cubic ft.
The New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company (NH) operated from 1872-1968. This collection records names, builders, repairs, renumbering, and dates of service of New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company locomotive engines since.
1 result in this collection
Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

Nine Partners General Store Records, 1767-1776

2 Vol.
Day books kept by the proprietor(s) of a general store selling dry goods and products from the West Indies in the Hudson Valley of New York and Connecticut. The store may have been located in the Nine Partners Tract, in the vicinity of what is now Hyde Park, New York.
1 result in this collection
Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

Oseola (Ship) Records, 1842-1843

1 Vol.
Log book kept by Arthur Child, master of the Oseola merchant ship, on voyages between New Orleans, Liverpool, and Le Havre.
1 result in this collection
Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

Peyton B. Locker Business Papers, 1920-1951

.82 cubic ft.
The collection contains the business records of Peyton B. Locker from his time in the petroleum, gas, and mining business.
1 result in this collection
Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

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
Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

Pierson Day Papers, 1810-1816

1 Vol.
This collection includes a diary and business records kept by an early 19th century farmer and rural laborer in Passaic County, New Jersey.
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