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Barney, Hiram. Letterbooks of Hiram Barney, 1861-1877.

Title: Letterbooks of Hiram Barney, 1861-1877.

Two letterbooks containing Barney's business and private letters written between 1861 and 1877. Correspondents include Capt. James H. Barker of Keokuk, Iowa, D.W. Kilbourne, Horatio Seymour, H. J. Reid, Elijah G. Barney, George Harrington, Erastus Corning, and others. The first letterbook (HM 70911) covers the period from July 20, 186 to Jan. 23, 1871. The second letterbook is a letterpress book (Henry Anstice & Co., Stationers) that contains letters written between Feb. 5, 1871, Feb. 5 and Apr. 27, 1877. Also included is a copy of the 1861 Tariff (Mar. 13, 1861), with pasted Circular Instructions to Collectors and other Officers of the Customs (Mar. 21, 1861) and with notes by Hiram Barney and notes and reports from various customs officers (1861) (HM 70910). The group also contains a carte-de-visite photograph of Hiram Barney (Brady's National Photographc Portrait Galleries), inscribed to Mrs. Buell and books from Barney's library, including the following: Bruce, Hamilton. The warehouse manual, and general custom house guide .. (New York, 1862) and The Charter and Constitution of the Athenaeum Association, with a list of the Members. (New York, 1864). Also included are photocopies of letters addressed to Maginel Wright Barney (1922), documents related to Barney's estate, and miscellaneous items concerning Barney's son Hiram Barney, Jr.

ArchivalResource: 3 letterbooks; also photographs, printed materials, and ephemera.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310982683 View

War Posters Collection, 1913-1945

Title: War Posters Collection 1913-1945

Posters from World War I and World War II. Majority are American but there are a few from Canada, France and England. Subjects include recruitment, fund-raising (war chest, savings bonds, chocolate fund), civil defense, and more. Organizations represented include the Red Cross; U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps; American Expeditionary Force; various relief committees; more.

ArchivalResource: 261 items

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/w/war_posters.htm View

Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Title: Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Contracts (with associated materials) of the Houghton Mifflin Company publishing house of Boston, Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (48 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00239/catalog View

Barney, Maginel Wright : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

Title: Barney, Maginel Wright : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral items.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/199432409 View

American war posters from the First World War, circa 1914-circa 1919, bulk 1917-1919

Title: American war posters from the First World War circa 1914-circa 1919 bulk 1917-1919

American war posters, handbills, and broadsides created during the era of the First World War.

ArchivalResource: 428 prints (posters) ; chiefly lithographs ; various sizes.

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