This collection is comprised of facsimiles of portions of the Cyril Clemens Collection owned by the Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford, Connecticut. The collection contains correspondence between Mark Twain and family, friends and contemporaries. The collection also contains the correspondence of Cyril Clemens, primarily in regard to his interest in Mark Twain and his position as founder and president of the International Mark Twain Society and editor of the Mark Twain Quarterly/Mark Twain Journal.

Daniel Evan Button (1917-2009) was a Republican politician elected as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. After his landslide win for the 1966 election, Button once again ran and was re-elected to his seat on the House of Representatives as a representative of New York. He ran for a third term in 1970, but was ultimately defeated. This collection contains newspaper articles, letters, speeches, documents, photographs, and published works in his memory.

Daniel P. O'Connell (1885-1977) was a leader of the Albany County Democratic party for over fifty years. This collection contains documents relating to his personal and family life, such as correspondence, invoices and receipts, and other miscellaneous documents.

Dibblee & Brown operated from the early 1820s to 1838 in Albany, New York. Located at the corner of State and Dock Streets, Dibblee & Brown were merchants, and commission and forwarding agents. They owned sloops, towboats, and canal boats, and chartered sloops and steamboats to transport goods and commodities on the Hudson River and Erie Canal. Partners included Allen Brown (1768-1852) and Henry Dibblee (1778-1840), while Silas and Stanton Brown managed the business in New York City. Elias Brown, son of Allen Brown and his wife Nancy, was a Hudson River pilot and captain of the steamboat North America.

The Lathrop sisters, Dorothy Pulis Lathrop (1891-1980) and Gertrude Katherine Lathrop, (1896-1986) were from Albany, New York. Dorothy was a writer and illustrator of children’s books, while Gertrude was a sculptor, particularly of small animals. Their mother, Ida F. Pulis Lathrop, was a portrait, still life, and landscape artist. The Dorothy and Gertrude Lathrop Papers include correspondence, book lists, clippings, photographs and books to, from, and about Dorothy and Gertrude Lathrop.

Elisha Dorr (1764-1843), was born to Matthew and Elizabeth (Palmer) Dorr in Lyme, Connecticut. He was the first member of the Dorr family to reside in Albany, New York, where he arrived as a young man and dealt in the fur trade. Dorr was also involved with the First Presbyterian Church, alongside his wife, Elizabeth Brouer (1776-1837). This collection contains correspondence, legal documents, clippings, and receipts.

This is a created collection incorporated by the staff of the Albany Institute of History & Art. The collection consists primarily of deeds with some additional legal documents and other materials.

Edward Pierre Buyck (1888-1960) was a Belgian artist who immigrated to the United States and was active in the Slingerlands, New York, area. Buyck was known for painting portraits of prominent politicians, race horses, landscapes, and historical settings. In 1920, he married Mary Williard Vine, who was a landscape artist and interior designer. Much of Buyck’s work was lost during a fire in his studio in 1940. The collection contains biographical material, correspondence, exhibition catalogs, and scrapbooks. The donation also contained some items which have been separated and are housed in the Curatorial Department.

Edwin Corning (1883-1934) was born in Albany, New York, and was one of the sons of Erastus and Mary Parker Corning. In 1908, he married Louise Maxwell, and together they had four children: Erastus II (1909-1983), Louise (1911-1954), Harriet (1916-1966), and Edwin Jr. (1919-1964). Edwin Corning served as Lt. Governor of New York from 1927-1928. This collection contains correspondence.

Erastus Corning 2nd (1909-1983), was a member of the New York State Assembly, the New York State Senate, and was served as the Mayor of Albany, New York, from 1942-1983. This collection contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other personal and political materials.