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Gleed, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1856-1920. Charles Sumner Gleed papers, 1872-1928 (bulk 1880-1920).

Title: Charles Sumner Gleed papers, 1872-1928 (bulk 1880-1920).

Correspondence, financial & other business records, speeches & articles, clippings, and other items reflecting the diversity of his interests, including newspapers & journalism, including ownership of the Kansas City journal (Mo.); the telephone & telegraph, especially the Missouri & Kansas Telephone Co., later Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. (now AT & T) and the Piersen Telegraph Transmission Co.; real estate & irrigation; the Republican Party; banking & finance, including the Farmers' Loan & Trust Company of Kansas; and railroads, especially the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. Correspondents include Frederick Funston and John J. Ingalls.

ArchivalResource: 23 ft. (55 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49695270 View

Pach Brothers Portrait Photograph Collection, 1867-1947, undated (bulk 1880-1940)

Title: Pach Brothers Portrait Photograph Collection 1867-1947, undated (bulk 1880-1940)

Portrait collection including photographs of nationally prominent people and socially prominent New Yorkers.

ArchivalResource: 4.86 Linear feet; (9 boxes)

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/pach/pach.html View

Vail, Theodore N., 1845-1920. Papers, 1962.

Title: Papers, 1962.

Brief biography and anecdotes concerning a former president of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. (1907-1920).

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145771501 View

Eliot, John, 1604-1690. Autograph letters signed : Roxbury (Boston, Mass.), to Rev. Jonathan Hammer of Barnstaple, 1652-1657.

Title: Autograph letters signed : Roxbury (Boston, Mass.), to Rev. Jonathan Hammer of Barnstaple, 1652-1657.

Consists of four signed autograph letters (ca. 2,800 words) by John Eliot to Rev. Jonathan Hanmer of Barnstaple, England, giving the history and the object of his work among the Indians. Together with an original invoice of linen and canvas goods shipped to John Eliot for the Indians (dated 1653). All bound with the facsimiles of the letters and invoice issued under the title "John Eliot and the Indians, 1652-1657."

ArchivalResource: 5 items (11 p.) : paper ; 35 x 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54750108 View

Albert Sidney Burleson Papers, 1845-1943, (bulk 1902-1943)

Title: Albert Sidney Burleson Papers 1845-1943 (bulk 1902-1943)

United States representative from Texas, postmaster general in Woodrow Wilson's cabinet, and Democratic Party leader. Correspondence, memoranda, printed matter, scrapbooks, and articles relating chiefly to Burleson’s career in politics and government, including letters to and from Woodrow Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 13,000 items; 37 containers; 9 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010052 View

Hale, George S. (George Silsbee), 1825-1897. Documents in the case of Western Union Telegraph Co. vs. American Bell Telephone Co., 1892.

Title: Documents in the case of Western Union Telegraph Co. vs. American Bell Telephone Co., 1892.

Three documents in a lawsuit relating to the profits of American Bell Telephone Company. Contains (1) an affidavit of John E. Hudson, attorney for the defense, (2) the defendant's motion as to the form of the final decree, signed by defense attorney William G. Russell, and (3) four copies of the final decree. One copy of the final decree is signed by John Lowell, defense attorney. The affadavit includes references to the testimony of William H. Forbes, Samuel M. Taylor, and Theodore N. Vail.

ArchivalResource: [14] leaves; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/236227659 View

Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period

Title: Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period

Letters from various correspondents to American editor and diplomat Walter Hines Page concerning his editorial work and his interest in education in the South.

ArchivalResource: 24 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01471/catalog View

Douthwaite, Lesley. From Taj Mahal to Town Hall : a history of the Vail Mansion / a talk by Lesley Douthwate at the annual meeting of the Friends of the Library on Thursday, April 17, 1997.

Title: From Taj Mahal to Town Hall : a history of the Vail Mansion / a talk by Lesley Douthwate at the annual meeting of the Friends of the Library on Thursday, April 17, 1997. 1997.

ArchivalResource: 13 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36896289 View

Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937,. Letters to Albert Bigelow Paine, 1875-1934 (bulk 1891-1934).

Title: Letters to Albert Bigelow Paine, 1875-1934 (bulk 1891-1934).

ArchivalResource: 2,083 pieces.28 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122445998 View

Righter, Stephen Ward. Telegraph-Vail box, 1918.

Title: Telegraph-Vail box, 1918.

Manuscript extracts compiled by researcher S[tephen] Ward Righter of West Orange, New Jersey, from the Smithsonian Vail collection of manuscript materials referring to the early development of the telegraph. Presented to Theodore N. Vail of New York City in 1918 as part of his preparations for a genealogy of the family of inventor Alfred Vail. Includes an index and cover letter prepared by Righter.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (ca. 500 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58779807 View