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David B. Hill Papers, 1885-1910

Title: David B. Hill Papers 1885-1910

New York State Governor, 1885-1891; U.S. Senator, 1891-1897. Collection contains incoming and outgoing correspondence (chiefly political), legal papers and memorabilia.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear ft.

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/h/hill_db.htm View

Kernan family. Kernan family papers, 1776-1922.

Title: Kernan family papers, 1776-1922.

Letters, clippings, speeches, and miscellaneous items relating to the activities of the Kernan family of Utica, including letters to Francis Kernan referring to his election as U.S. representative (1862), as Democratic candidate for governor (1872), U.S. Senator (1875-1881), to the presidential campaigns (1864-1892), the currency question (1877-1878), the tariff (1888-1889), state and national Democratic party politics (1862-1892). Papers on the development of transportation include correspondence of John D. Kernan, Railroad Commissioner (1883-1887); miscellaneous material relating to the Utica & Black River R.R. (1883-1890); Flint & Pere Marquette R.R. Company (1883); Guatemala R.R. (1885); Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company (1886); Gloversville Railroad plan (1889); Utica, Clinton, Binghamton R.R. Company (1901); the proposed improvement of the Erie, Oswego, and Champlain canals (1900); and the plan to build canals on the Chenango and Susquehanna Rivers (1905). Miscellaneous correspondence relates to the effects of the Embargo (1808-1809); political and military events during the War of 1812 (1812-1815); Democratic party politics (1832-1834), account of draft riots, (1863); and manners and morals during the Civil War. Also, included are genealogical records of the Hyde, Butler, Avery, and Clapp families.

ArchivalResource: 517 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63936588 View

Alexander Clarence Flick papers, ca. 1830-1938, 1928-1938

Title: Alexander Clarence Flick papers ca. 1830-1938 1928-1938

The papers of historian Alexander Clarence Flick consist of correspondence, research notes, and printed matter relating to his biography of Samuel J. Tilden. The correspondence contains letters of inquiry to other scholars, and 19th century letters referring to Tilden and political events from the 1870s to the 1890s. Research notes and printed matter, ca. 1838-1930, include manuscript fragments, historical materials, publications, and clippings relating to Tilden's political career.

ArchivalResource: 1.67 linear feet; 2 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1031 View

Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004

Title: Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits. ca.1852-ca.2004.

Photographs of individuals associated with Harvard University: faculty, students, administrators, staff, honorees, and habitués of Harvard Square. For those whose lives pre-date the era of photography, the contents of the folders are often photographic reproductions of other image types, such as etchings, paintings, or drawings. In a few cases, the images themselves may be original etchings or sketches.

ArchivalResource: 50 cubic ft.; 20,000 photographs; 10,000 folders.

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hua04006/catalog View

Augustus Mendon Lord collection, Lord (Augustus Mendon) collection, (bulk 1876-1908), 1778-1908

Title: Augustus Mendon Lord collection Lord (Augustus Mendon) collection (bulk 1876-1908) 1778-1908

The Augustus Mendon Lord collection includes correspondence, documents, and autographs of prominent figures from the period 1778 through 1908. The bulk of the correspondence pertains to American politicians, particularly members of Congress, and dates from 1876 through 1908. However, the collection also contains autographs and documents from American and European military, scientific, literary, and artistic figures.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet (1 clamshell box)

http://library.brown.edu/riamco/render.php?eadid=US-RPB-mslord&view=title View

Devereux family. Devereux family papers, 1800-1950.

Title: Devereux family papers, 1800-1950.

Correspondence, reports, surveys, clippings, account books, maps, deeds, and other records relating to lands owned, developed, and exchanged by Nicholas Devereux in New York State. These papers include references to to the Erie Railroad, the Rossie Lead Mining Company, the Bank of Ellicottville, James Le Ray de Chaumont, Nicholas Devereux and Company, Devereux Land Office, Ellicottville Land Office, the Holland Land Company, and to the establishment of a shoe factory and other commercial enterprises in Utica, New York. Family correspondence (c. 1800-1880) refers to the development of business in Utica, New York and the surrounding area, and to such subjects as the suffering of Catholics in Ireland, De Witt Clinton, the trial of General William Hull, Aaron Burr, the building of the Appian Way, banking affairs in Albany, New York, reactions to the War of 1812, the policies of James Madison, landlord problems in Chenango County, charitable work, Catholicism, and Nicholas Devereux's founding of the American College in Rome. Major correspondents include Benjamin C. Butler, James Clapp, John Devereux, Mary D. Devereux, Francis Kernan, Cornelia Pierrepont, William C. Pierrepont, the Butler family, Clapp family, William M. Morris, and Edward A. Wetmore.

ArchivalResource: 4.1 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63934101 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216640 View