The papers include correspondence to and from Morgan, manuscripts of articles and speeches, manuscript notebooks and travel diaries, and the manuscripts of several of his books. Correspondents include Henry Adams, Adolph F. Bandelier, Charles Darwin, Joseph Henry, Francis Parkman, and Herbert Spencer.

Additional papers of Marian E. White concerning her research, teaching and participation in departmental activities in the Department of Anthropology. Materials include research proposals, documentation of salvage efforts, and course materials such as copies of exams, syllabi, and student evaluation. This collection supplements 22/9F/422, Marian E. White papers.

A collection of documents including deeds, leases, agreements, and land titles relating to transactions in upstate and Western New York. Includes records relating to Albany, Monroe County and the Pulteney Purchase.

The Oliver Phelps Papers are comprised of one box containing correspondence written by Samuel Street (1753-1815), a merchant trader and land speculator who supplied goods to the British stationed at Fort Niagara during the Revolutionary War. In addition to Oliver Phelps, Street's correspondents include General Israel Chapin (1740-1795), George Washington's aide-de-camp and first agent for Indian Affairs in Western New York, and Reverend Samuel Kirkland (1741-1808), missionary and liason between New York State and the Iroquois in land negotiations following the Revolutionary War and founder of the Hamilton-Oneida Academy, which was to become Hamilton College. The correspondence largely concern relations with the Native Americans and land settlements. One bill for goods, issued to Chapin by Street and Colonel John Butler (of Butler's Rangers), is housed in the last folder.

Raphael Lemkin, an international lawyer, initiated the use of the term "genocide," and succeeded in persuading the United Nations to adopt the Genocide Convention in 1948. Documents include personal correspondence and artifacts; correspondence, documentation, clippings, and articles regarding the United Nations adoption of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment on the Crime of Genocide treaty; and source material for the unfinished manuscript,History of Genocide. Collection includes photographs, identity cards, articles, papers, essays, clippings, magazines, research materials, term papers, posters, United Nations materials, and microfilm.

Correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and drawings of Culin. The collection contains information on the early days of football, the games of the American Indian, and games in Hawaii, India, and Malaya. The correspondence in the collection consists of only a few letters dealing primarily with Culin's work on Hawaiian games.

This collection documents the career of Vera Connolly, journalist, editor, and fiction author, through her drafts, notes, and correspondence. Connolly's articles, published in popular magazines such as Good Housekeeping,Colliers, and Woman's Day, ranged in topic from financial advice for married women to juvenile delinquency, prison reform, sweatshops, and poor living conditions on Indian reservations.

Collection contains the political, personal, and family papers of William Henry Seward, U.S. Secretary of State, 1861-1869.