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Timothy Shaler Williams papers, 1876-1930

Title: Timothy Shaler Williams papers 1876-1930

Timothy Shaler Williams (1862-1930) was an American journalist, railroad official and political figure. After working for a New York City newspaper from 1884 to 1889, he was private secretary to New York governors David H. Hill and Roswell P. Flower. In 1895 he joined the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company and served as president from 1911 until his retirement. He also was an amateur historian interested in U. S. colonial history. Collection consists of correspondence, political and government materials, business records, and personal papers of Williams. Bulk of the collection is correspondence, 1877-1929, concerning political, business and personal matters, and includes seventeen volumes of letters written while Williams was secretary to Governors Hill and Flower. Political and government papers contain speeches, legislative bills, copies of party platforms, and biographical papers of Hill, Flower and Manton Marble. Business records relate to ownership of newspapers and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. Personal papers include clippings, ephemera, scrapbooks, and Williams's notes on Cotton Mather, New England witchcraft, Tangier Smith, and Long Island.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear feet (17 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3344 View

Winter, Edwin W. (Edwin Wheeling), 1845-1930. Edwin W. Winter papers, 1870-1923.

Title: Edwin W. Winter papers, 1870-1923.

Correspondence and related papers of this railroad official in Wisconsin, St. Paul, and New York, largely documenting his years as assistant president and general manager of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway Company (1880-1896), as president of the Northern Pacific Railway Company (1896-1897), and as president of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (1903-1911).

ArchivalResource: 1.25 cu. ft. (3 boxes, incl. 5 v.; 17 oversize items).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122416447 View

Edwin W. Winter papers., 1870-1923.

Title: Edwin W. Winter papers. 1870-1923.

Correspondence and related papers of this railroad officialin Wisconsin, St. Paul, and New York, largely documenting his years as assistantpresident and general manager of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and OmahaRailway Company (1880-1896), as president of the Northern Pacific Railway Company(1896-1897), and as president of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company(1903-1911).

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http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/P1451.xml View

Henry Cruse Murphy papers, 1853-1882

Title: Henry Cruse Murphy papers 1853-1882

Henry Cruse Murphy (1810-1882) was an American lawyer, politician and historian. His papers consist mainly of correspondence with various lawyers, jurists, and statesmen; and correspondence with members of the board of the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway Company pertaining to company business

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 folder)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/13659 View