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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Hudson Valley Writers Guild Records, 1983-1998

2.0 cubic ft.
This collection documents the establishment and first quarter century of activities of the Hudson Valley Writers Guild.
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Humphry Nichols Papers, 1844-1847

1 Vol.
The collection contains an account book from a farmer from the vicinity of Waterbury, Connecticut.
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Irina Kunina Aleksander Papers, 1937-1978

1.25 cubic ft.
The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and manuscripts which reflect Irina Aleksander's association with a number of literary notables such as Anaïs Nin, Miroslav Krlea, Marijan and Zora Matkovi, Lon Pierre-Quint, Claude Aveline, and Evgenii Zamiatin.
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Israel Thompson Papers, 1800-1810

1 Vol.
Day book kept by the proprietor of a general store in Stonington, Vermont.
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James Colfax Papers, 1808-1813

1 Vol.
This collection includes shipping and related records from a dock operator in New York City in the early 19th century.
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James Sullivan Papers, Undated

1 Vol.
James Sullivan was the principal of the Boy's High School in Brooklyn, New York, 1907-1916. The collection contains photographs compiled by Sullivan of the interiors of high school libraries in Albany, Buffalo, and New York City from 1916-1929. In 1940 the Department of Librarianship at the New York State College for Teachers (a predecessor of the Information Science program at the University at Albany) added photographs of high school libraries in Albany, Elmira, Glens Falls, and Malverne, as well as several school libraries in Detroit, Michigan.
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James Sullivan was the principal of the Boy's High School in Brooklyn, New York, 1907-1916. The collection contains photographs compiled by Sullivan of the interiors of high school libraries in Albany, Buffalo, and New York City from 1916-1929. In 1940 the Department of Librarianship at the New York State College for Teachers (a predecessor of the Information Science program at the University at Albany) added photographs of high school libraries in Albany, Elmira, Glens Falls, and Malverne, as well as several school libraries in Detroit, Michigan.

Jennie D. Lindquist Papers, 1937-1978

2 cubic ft.
The Jennie D. Lindquist papers document the professional life of Lindquist, an editor, author, lecturer, and librarian. The collection is cheifly composed of copies of personal correspondances, printed materials, transcripts from her radio program, and an advanced publisher's copy of her book.
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Jesse Eddy Papers, 1834-1859

1 cubic ft.
This collection contains the account book of a late 19th century wagon maker from Rhode Island.
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J.H. and J.B. Norwood Papers, 1866-1880

2 Vol.
J.H. Norwood and J.B. Norwood were physicians in Preston Hollow, New York. This collection contains their day books.
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Joachim Frank Papers, 1953-2016

10 cubic ft.
The Joachim Frank Papers document Frank's artistic pursuits and accomplishments.
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