Papers, 1695-1981 (bulk 1826-1981).

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Papers, 1695-1981 (bulk 1826-1981).

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Papers of John Olmsted (1811-1890) of Spencertown, New York City and Yonkers, N.Y., including family correspondence, business records, diaries and reminiscences; his son William Davenport of Buffalo, N.Y., including correspondence, business records, bills and receipts; his grandsons George and John of Buffalo, including reports and other records of the Cliff Electrical Distributing Company (1911-1912) and Aragain Corporation (1930-1942); his great-grandson John, Jr., consisting of test pilot training and flight test reports from the Airplane Division of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Buffalo, 1935-1950; and his great-grand- daughter Elizabeth Warren, including genealogical research on the Olmsted, Niles, Davenport, Warren and other families, and records of her travel on the Alaska Highway 1946-1961. Also account books and correspondence of the Niles family of Spencertown, N.Y., 1797-1883, and family photographs, 1865-1901.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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