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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Armstrong-Dunn Collection, 1819-1886, Undated

.2 cubic ft.
This collection contains 19th century correspondence and financial records created by the Armstrong and Dunn families of Johnsburg in Warren County, New York. There is more material from the Dunn family than that of the Armstrongs, especially from John Dunn.
1 result in this collection

Auburn Woolen Company Records, 1847-1851

1 Vol.
Records of the Auburn Woolen Company include 120 certificates of capital stock.
1 result in this collection

Berlin and East Sudbury Stage Company Records, 1828-1832

1 Vol.
19th century accounting records for a Vermont stage company.
1 result in this collection

B.L. Crosby Papers, 1887-1888

.10 cubic ft.
This collection contains a photograph album depicting the buidling of Nebraska City's (Nebraska) pontoon bridge spanning the Missouri River in 1887 and 1888.
1 result in this collection

Boston and Maine Railroad Company Records, 1889-1904

4 Vol.
This collection includes late 19th and early 20th century accident reports of the Boston and Maine Railroad.
1 result in this collection

Bridge Line Historical Society Collection, 1870-2024

37.5 cubic ft.
The collection consist of the Bridge Line Historical Society's newsletter, as well as original maps, drawings, and related material documenting the Delaware & Hudson Railway, a railroad that operated in the northeastern United States.
1 result in this collection

Caleb S. Hallowell Papers, 1843

1 Vol.
Caleb S. Hallowell was an educator from Alexandria, Virginia. This collection contains a journal that documents Hallowell's journey from Washington D.C. to Niagara Falls, New York.
1 result in this collection

Captain C. W. Chadwick Papers, 1873-1888

0.1 cubic ft.
This collection contains the business records and correspondence of a late 19th century Maine sea captain.
1 result in this collection

Chapin, Day, and Ely Lumber Mill Records, 1774-1789

1 Vol.
The financial and business records of a late 18th century Springfield, Massachusetts lumber mill.
1 result in this collection

Charles Fisher Papers, 1831-1841

1 Vol.
This collection contains tax assessments and petitions pertaining to School District No. 6 of Cumberland, Rhode Island.
1 result in this collection