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Platt, Chester C. Chester C. Platt papers, 1869-1934.

Title: Chester C. Platt papers, 1869-1934.

Included are carbon copies of a series of articles written by Platt for the BATAVIA TIMES called Human Behavior, which covered a variety of subjects from politics to travel; also included are editorials, articles submitted to other newspapers, speeches, correspondence, and other documents pertaining to Platt's numerous interests. The political correspondence contains interesting Sulzer letters and some from Franklin D. Roosevelt, then Secretary of the Navy. The drugstore correspondence gives a picture of a small town druggist struggling to pay his bills; prices of articles and statements of accounts are included. Newspapers include letters pertaining to the three papers with which Platt was associated. The local history series contains documents concerning the Ithaca Unitarian Church, a suit brought against the Forest City Printing Company, some early letters, and accounts. Also, miscellaneous pamphlets, broadsides, and correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 8 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63934093 View

Sulzer, William, 1863-1941. Sulzer, William, papers, 1911-1918.

Title: Sulzer, William, papers, 1911-1918.

Correspondence, news clippings, and legislative reviews in the William Sulzer Papers (1911-1918, bulk 1912) document Sulzer's activities on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and his interest in political consequences from the sinking of the ship Titanic (April, 1912). Approximately sixty letters, telegrams and reports from business men and politicians concern Sulzer's lobbying in support of [House of Representatives] H.R. 20044 (1912), a bill introduced by Sulzer for the reform and improvement of the United States Foreign Service. Ten letters and five news clippings concern American legislative responses to the Titanic disaster. Approximately thirty letters and news clippings concern various bills under review by the Foreign Affairs Committee. A memorandum of February 8, 1918 recounts conversations with Generals Kerr and MaCain at the War department, concerning an ROTC [Reserve Officers Training Corps] program at Washington and Lee University.

ArchivalResource: 2 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/128164236 View

New York (State). Governor. Appointment correspondence files, 1883-1936.

Title: Appointment correspondence files, 1883-1936.

This series documents the governor's power to appoint or nominate for appointment certain officials as authorized by the State Constitution and numerous legislative acts.

ArchivalResource: 248.9 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122574488 View

Richard John Levy and Sally Waldman Sweet collection, 1766-1935

Title: Richard John Levy and Sally Waldman Sweet collection 1766-1935

The Richard John Levy and Sally Waldman Sweet Collection contains letters and documents signed by prominent political figures, military leaders, authors and scientists. The date span of the collection is from 1766-1935. Notable individuals include Susan B. Anthony, Robert Browning, Henry Clay, Charles Darwin, George Gissing, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, James Monroe, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington, Daniel Webster and Woodrow Wilson.

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http://archives.nypl.org/mss/4809 View

Morris Werner papers, 1920-1981, 1940-1950

Title: Morris Werner papers 1920-1981 1940-1950

Morris Robert Werner (1897-1981) was an American journalist and writer in the fields of history, biography and current events. He was a sales agent for chemical dyes in China and then became a foreign correspondent for a British newspaper and for the Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune. His literary work included writing articles for various American periodicals, a biography of Fiorello H. La Guardia, and his autobiography. Collection consists of correspondence, writings of Werner, photographs, and printed matter. Bulk of the papers is correspondence, 1920-1981, with friends, family, colleagues, editors, and publishers. Most letters relate to Werner's literary contributions to various periodicals, his work as a foreign correspondent, and his books, especially his unpublished biography of La Guardia. Also included are historical manuscript letters collected by Werner. Writings contain typescripts, 1920-1966, of articles by Werner, of his biography of La Guardia, of his autobiography, of his diaries, 1920, 1935-1943, and of book reviews. Photographs are of Werner and his family and friends. Printed matter includes clippings of articles and copies of magazines and journals containing articles by Werner.

ArchivalResource: 3.4 linear feet (9 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3289 View

Barnhill, John Basil. Papers, 1891-1925.

Title: Papers, 1891-1925.

Correspondence, articles, essays, and speeches, part being fragments, drafts, and notes written on the versos of other papers; requests for anti-socialist literature responding to an advertisement; 2 scrapbooks of clippings; a paper on Lt. Col. R.S. Barnhill; and documents.

ArchivalResource: 180 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34366724 View

Creelman, James, 1859-1915. Papers, 1890-1915.

Title: Papers, 1890-1915.

Extensive professional and personal correspondence. Much on Spanish-American War (Santiago, Manila Bay, treaty negotiations). Includes some manuscripts of his writings, clippings of some earlier writings. Some material included in his book, On the great highway (1901). Correspondents include many prominent politicians, jurists, journalists.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17194941 View

Otto Kinkeldey papers, 1902-1966.

Title: Otto Kinkeldey papers, 1902-1966.

Professional papers include correspondence pertaining to his professorship and librarianship at Cornell and as a visiting professor elsewhere. Personal papers include correspondence with friends and family in Germany.

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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/xml/dlxs/RMA01000.xml View

Sulzer, William, 1863-1941. Scrapbooks, 1906-1936.

Title: Scrapbooks, 1906-1936.

Political correspondence and leaflets concerning Sulzer. Topics include New York City, Sulzer's Alaska mining interests and the Freemasons. Correspondents include Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Ford, Arthur Brisbane, Herbert Hoover, John Dewey, James A. Farley, Senator Key Pittman, Lithgow Osborne, George W. Morris and Harold L. Ickes.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes. (14 volumes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122687722 View

William Sulzer papers, ca. 1906-1931

Title: William Sulzer papers ca. 1906-1931

Lawyer, state legislator, U.S. representative, and governor of New York. Materials removed from two scrapbooks include correspondence (mostly letters received), ca. 1906-1931, largely concerned with Sulzer's mining interests in the West and Alaska; also, clippings, programs, invitations, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 box

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2927 View

Correspondence and compositions collected by The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 1878-1923.

Title: Correspondence and compositions collected by The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 1878-1923.

Correspondence and compositions of American president Theodore Roosevelt.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes, 10 v. (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/trc00014/catalog View

Sulzer, William, 1863-1941. [Letter] 1912 April 12, Washington, D.C. [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / W. Sulzer.

Title: [Letter] 1912 April 12, Washington, D.C. [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / W. Sulzer. 1912.

Just received statement regarding the pension bill of Mrs. Sherman which he will file with the Committee.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. on 1 leaf ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45045353 View

Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932. Papers of George Frederick Kunz, 1783-1928.

Title: Papers of George Frederick Kunz, 1783-1928.

Correspondence, notes, clippings, typescripts of articles, illuminated Russian land papers, and other material such as certificates, broadsides, and membership announcements relating to Kunz's career as a gemmologist. Pertains primarily to his trip to Russia (1892-1893) and is chiefly concerned with mineralogy. Other items, including ca. 50 letters, concern an article Kunz wrote on the geography, tunnels, and bridges of the Hudson River. Correspondents include Robert Grier Cooke, James F. Fielder, McDougall Hawkes, Henry B. Kummel, William G. McAdoo, Arthur J. O'Keefe, and William Sulzer.

ArchivalResource: 750 items.2 containers plus 1 oversize.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79449030 View

Maxwell, William Henry, 1852-1920. William Henry Maxwell papers, 1913-1914.

Title: William Henry Maxwell papers, 1913-1914.

Photocopy of ALS (3 June 1913) and typewritten transcript of letter (29 April 1914) from Maxwell to William Sulzer concerning educational legislation in New York State.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/740281912 View

Autograph File, S, 1556-1996.

Title: Autograph File, S, 1556-1996.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 15.5 boxes (7.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01442/catalog View

Werner, M. R. (Morris Robert), 1897-1981. Morris Werner papers, 1920-1981, bulk(1940-1950)

Title: Morris Werner papers, 1920-1981, bulk(1940-1950)

Collection consists of correspondence, writings of Werner, photographs, and printed matter.

ArchivalResource: 3.4 linear feet (9 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/144652439 View

Chester C. Platt papers, 1869-1934.

Title: Chester C. Platt papers, 1869-1934.

Copies of a series of articles written by Platt for the Batavia Times called Human Behavior, which covered a variety of subjects from politics to travel; also included are editorials, articles submitted to other newspapers, speeches, correspondence, and other documents pertaining to Platt's numerous interests. The political correspondents include William Sulzer and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Documents pertaining to the operation of a drugstore. Newspapers include letters pertaining to the three papers with which Platt was associated. Historical documents concerning the Ithaca Unitarian Church, a suit brought against the Forest City Printing Company, some early letters, and accounts. Also, miscellaneous pamphlets, broadsides, and correspondence.

ArchivalResource:

http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/xml/dlxs/RMM00195.xml View

Sulzer, William, 1863-1941. Scrapbook, 1933.

Title: Scrapbook, 1933.

Contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, political pamphlets, speeches, and telegrams glued into scrapbook. Materials primarily date from 1933 with a few as early as 1914.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/213386458 View