Collection of signed letters from notable individuals ranging from King Charles II to J. Robert Oppenheimer. Collection also includes two printed leaves (four pages) from the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX (ca. 1473) and a print of an illustration of the siege of Yorktown (ca. 1862).

Letter from the American author to Reverend Mansfield French; includes clipping and original poem on the "Freedmen's Jubilee" in Charleston, South Carolina, 19 Mar 1863.

Papers of the American professor and adult literacy specialist. Drafts, correspondence, published material, most related to the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL). More than half concerns NIFL's "Equipped for the Future" program.

Letters to Col. L. J. Macy in Pulaski, New York, in his capacity as head of the New York Division of the Sons of Veterans. Several are on the letterhead of the West Shore Railroad or the New York Central & Hudson River R.R. Co.

Material relating to the Evans, Ellicott, and Spalding families of western New York, some of whom were Quakers. Members of these families were involved with the Holland Land Company, the Erie Canal, agriculture, and the temperance and anti-slavery movements. Correspondence (1804-1887) primarily of David E. Evans and his son, Ellicott Evans; legal and financial papers, including contracts, deeds, and wills; and 9 diary volumes (1832-1884) of Lyman A. Spalding of Lockport; photographs, and clippings.

Typewritten, signed letter from Rev. S. Parkes Cadman to Mrs. Frederick Fuhrer, apologizing for his inability to visit Gloversville, NY.

Papers of the New York City law firm, specializing in transportation law as it relates to commercial aviation. Collection includes accident reports, associated case files, Civil Aernonautics Board hearings materials, correspondence, memoranda, press releases, research and technical information, clippings, depositions, and exhibits entered as evidence. Also, material related to Stuart M. Speiser's lobbying efforts to obtain revision of the 1929 Warsaw Convention on international aviation, specifically his efforts to demonstrate the need for unlimited liability of carriers in international crashes.

Materials related to Spencer D. Parratt's time as a professor at Syracuse University

Papers of the American zoologist, naturalist, ornithologist; Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

Galley proofs, drafts, and some correspondence of the American printing company. Customers include the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Frick Collection, among others.