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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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Prospect Hill Cemetery Records, 1854

1 Vol.
Prospect Hill Cemetery was founded in 1854. This collection contains records of burial plots in this cemetery located in Guilderland, New York.
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Richard Falk Papers, Undated

13 cubic ft.
Richard Falk was a conductor from Albany, NY who worked in New York City.
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Richard Varick DeWitt Papers, 1862

1 Volume
The collection consists of a journal kept by an Albany resident on a journey across England and western Europe in 1862.
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Richard Woodhull Papers, 1806-1819

1 Vol.
Account book kept by Nathan H. White in the vicinity of Newburgh, New York.
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Rochester Central Power Corporation Records, 1928

1 Vol.
Includes bylaws, stock certificates, and other documents pertaining to the Rochester Central Power Corporation. The New York Central Railroad is described in the volume as the principal owner of the Mohawk Valley Company, which in turn owned all "outstanding common stock" of the Rochester Gas and Electric Company.
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Sabra W. Vought Papers, 1924

0.25 cubic ft.
This collection contains the manuscript "The Story of the Mohawk Valley,"(1924); addresses on history; (undated); and two articles on school libraries, (undated). Sabra W. Vought was supervisor of school libraries in Albany, New York.
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Saltus and Company Records, 1825-1835

2 Vol.
Day book kept by a New York City firm selling varieties of iron and steel bars; nails, hoops, and other iron products; and coal and salt to customers around New York State. Includes many entries for Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, the Troy Iron and Nail Factory, and companies in Albany and Syracuse.
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Sangerfield and Marshall Agricultural Society Records, 1857-1883

1 Vol.
Includes board minutes and bylaws of the agricultural society of the Central New York towns of Sangerfield and Marshall; the group usually met in the neighboring town of Waterville.
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Severyn Bruyn Papers, 1800

1 Vol.
This collection is a notebook from a student reading law in 1800.
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Sharon Springs, New York Union Free School District No. 1 Records, 1884-1899

1 Vol.
Includes minutes and other records of the trustees of the Board of Education of the Union Free School No. 1, town of Sharon Springs, New York.
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