Collections : [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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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.
Delmar Progress Club Records, 1902-2021 15.61 cubic ft.
The Delmar Progress Club Records document the day-to-day operations and communitiy activities of this Bethlehem-N.Y. based organization founded in 1901.
Dorothy L. Sweeney Papers, 1941-2004 0.66 cubic ft.
Sweeney, Dorothy L., 1923-
Dorothy (nee Langley) Sweeney graduated from St. Mary's Institute in Amsterdam, New York in 1941. After graduation, Sweeney accepted an office position at General Electric in Schenectady. In her off hours she spent time at WGY, GE's AM radio station, where her brother Edward Langley acted and wrote for the station's dramatic productions. She later worked at WGY and in radio in New York City. Sweeney provided sound effects for several programs and her scripts from this work form the bulk of this collection.
Geof Huth Papers, 1960-2006 60.7 cubic ft.
The majority of these papers focus on Geof Huth's artistic activities: his creation of artworks, his involvement in the fields of visual and experimental poetry, his productions as a micropublisher, and his work as an active blogger in the worldwide network of online poets. They also document his personal life and professional career in archives and records management.
Glen M. Trotiner Papers, 1940-2022 12.3 cubic ft.
Trotiner, Glen M., 1956-2022
This collection contains the papers of Glen M. Trotiner.
This collection contains records of locomotive engines built between 1861 and 1921 and used by the Great Western Railway.
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.
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.
This collection contains a hand-corrected typescript of a novel later published in 1983, Tdische Anstsse.