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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

Daniel Hawks Papers, 1930-1951

1.0 cubic ft.
Daniel Hawks was an attorney from Cortland Village, Cortland County, New York. This collection contains letters, financial accounts, deeds, and other legal documents, as well as copies of minutes, calendars, and other court records of the Cortland County Court.
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Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

Edwin Robert Van Kleeck Papers, 1946-1965

3 cubic ft.
Collection consists of correspondence concerning Van Kleeck genealogy, 1946-1965; correspondence with Kenneth Hasbrouck on history and education, 1951-1956; and printed materials on New York State and Albany history, 1950-1965.
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Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

Fred R. Brown Papers, 1882-1966

8 cubic ft.
Methodist missionary and science teacher in the Kiansi Province of China from 1910 to 1931. He and his wife, a fellow missionary, later settled in DeWitt, New York.
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Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

Freligh Family Papers, 1773-1955

0.9 cubic ft.
This collection documents the activities of the members of the Freligh family who lived primarily in the Niskayuna area during the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
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Gonzalo Torrente Ballester Papers, 1954-1964

0.4 cubic ft.
This collection contains manuscripts and a journal written by the Spanish novelist Gonzalo Torrente Balleste.
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Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

Great Western Railway Records, Undated

6 Vol.
This collection contains records of locomotive engines built between 1861 and 1921 and used by the Great Western Railway.
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Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

Gregory Maguire Papers, 1929-2022

16.4 cubic ft.
The Gregory Maguire Papers are a collection of materials from the American novelist. He is the author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Out of Oz, and several dozen other novels for adults and children.
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Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

Harry E. Schultz, Jr. Papers, 1913-2000

4.21 cubic ft.
The collection contains a significant amount of material pertaining to the Delaware and Hudson Railroad (D&H) where Harry E. Schultz, Jr. was employed as a civil engineer for more than 40 years.
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Herbert Kessler Papers, Undated

1 Vol.
This collection contains a hand-corrected typescript of a novel later published in 1983, Tdische Anstsse.
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Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

Herbert Sartori Papers, 1915-1969

2 cubic ft.
Manuscript and typescript volume of poetry and several letters written in German by a writer in New York State.
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