Contains items from the Borthwick, Smith, and Strong Families including correspondence, diaries, family histories, financial papers, land records, a school notebook, and a manuscript cookbook. Additional material includes two woman's diaries, land records, a history of the Bushnell Family, and Hattie E. Kurtz's school notebook. Of unusual interest is a black & white photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken by Matthew Brady in Washington, DC in 1864.

This collection of church records consists of financial records and account books, 1895- 1968; minute books of business, Board of Trustee, and Thimble Club meetings, 1904-1948; and land records (primarily land indentures and burial plot deeds) that document church holdings, 1848-1943. Also included are two pencil sketches of the church by "W.C."

Circus materials include programs, periodicals, clippings, articles, route books, broadsides / posters, and photographs. Also includes a typed account by Richard C. Ellsworth of travelling with a circus in 1902, visiting Ithaca and Elmira, New York; Williamsport, Lock Haven, DuBois, and Butler, Pennsylvania; and Wheeling, West Virginia.

Personal and business papers of members of these related families, especially Charles Bush Collins, Lyman R. Lyon, Clinton L. Merriam, Charles C. Merriam and his wife Florence Lyon Merriam. Includes letters, diaries, military commissions, wills, inventories, cash accounts, deeds, and field books relating to their large land holdings in Lewis County, N.Y., their lumber business, and their involvement in politics. Also contains a large number of household bills of the Lyon family.

This collection focuses on Cooperstown, NY and consists of notes, photographs, and lists identifying people in photographs but the photographs are missing. Series 1 is a timeline (1792-1919) that lists significant Cooperstown events. Series 2 consists of notes on various topics and people of Cooperstown. Series 3 consists primarily of annotated group photographs and lists of people.

Contains correspondence, manuscripts, research material, and photos created or collected by Everett Lee Millard who researched and wrote about John H. I. Browere and his life masks of historic figures.

These papers of Fordyce w. Ames and his son, Frederick L. Ames primarily consist of business records of the father who was a farmer and the son who was a printer. Included are correspondence; farm, household, and insurance account books; bills and receipts; a Typographical Union membership certificate and working card for F. L. Ames, and a surveyor's report of a parcel of land in Tromp Township, DeRuyter, Madison County, NY.

Contains material related to the Fuller Family's genealogy, 1620-1948 including the volume “Fuller Family Book of Origins” traced by Eliza Morehouse Smith with genealogies of the Fuller, Smith, Macomber, Worthington-Dorrance, Wells-Perkins-Smith, Pomeroy, Standish, and Cooper families; research material, correspondence, clippings, a family register of the Macomber family; and a map of Taunton.

Contains business records and other materials created or collected by owners of the Hickory Grove Inn, Otsego County, NY prior to 2015 including Marie Green Coupier. Business records include financial records and four reservation logs, 1979-1983. These annual logs record dining room reservations for individual parties, groups, and events. Also contains Hickory Grove Inn-related material such as advertising, clippings, ephemera, letterhead, menus, photographs, items removed from a scrapbook, and guest book pages for an event celebrating "Jim and Polly's retirement from the Inn," October 1985. The Research Material folder contains numerous copies and some originals of brochures, post cards, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to Cooperstown and The Hickory Grove Inn in particular. It is unclear who collected this material.

This collection focuses on New Lisbon, Otsego County, NY and includes labeled photographs and slides of buildings (primarily houses and mills), gravestones, street scenes, residents taken in Garrattsville, Laurens, New Lisbon, and Morris and copious research notes on New Lisbon, and Grasshopper, an Oneida chieftain. Material concerning Mitla C. Parmelee and Elizabeth Pope and correspondence addressed to John Maine or Mayne, Gilbertsville from various men in New Lisbon or Garrattsville, and to Jonathan R. Neff of Garrattsville concerning financial matters are also included.

Collection includes the following printed material about Cooperstown, NY: The Scenic Tour; A Year in Cooperstown; Hotel Bon Air; Mt. Otsego Observatory; Souvenir of Cooperstown and Otsego Lake; Subscriptions to assist in enlarging and improving Christ Church, 1864; timetable Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley RR Co, 1900; Cooperstown Coterie, 1888; and A Man Who Lived for Men: Alfred Corning Clark. Francis U. Johnston’s papers include a bankbook, account book, and checks; University of the State of New York College of Physicians and Surgeons matriculation tickets, class passes, and session passes; medical notes; Memoir of the Late Francis U. Johnston, M.D. by Richard L. Morris, M.D., 1858; and sympathy card on the death of Francis U. Johnston, M. D. from the Richmond County Medical Society, 1892. Indenture between Miles Benjamin to Elizabeth Cooker, Fourth and Water Streets, Cooperstown, NY, 1822; Obligation to Miles Benjamin from Robert Campbell and Henry Scott, Cooperstown, NY 1827; Indenture between Miles and Elizabeth Benjamin and Robert Campbell, Fourth and Water Streets, Cooperstown, NY, 1827; and Judgement between Henry Scott and Miles Benjamin, Fourth and Water Streets, Cooperstown, NY, 1829. Photographic copies of the Casley House, Johnstone House, and other homes on Mill Street, River Street, and Estli Avenues, Cooperstown, NY. Invitations to Clark family weddings, correspondence and telegrams to Henry Scott, By-laws of New-York Hospital, 1820, and photograph of the "Johnstone" Farm and the "F.U. Johnstone" and family, Otsego Lake, NY.

Contains the business records and record books of the Lakewood Cemetery from 1875-1955, bulk 1875-1907 and the cemetery keeper's daybooks, 1880-1915.

Consists of land records (deeds, indentures, leases, and mortgages) associated with Ebenezer and his son Charles S. Landers for parcels in Afton, Bainbridge, Jericho, and South Bainbridge, Chenango County, NY. Among the other names included on these documents are: Sarah C. Landers, Margaret C. Landers, Arthur L. Fisher, Marshall Hill, Devillo Church, George Bliss, and Peter Betts. A scrapbook entitled "Landers Family Records - line of Thomas Landers of Lenox, MA," contains original Landers family correspondence and receipts, 1781-1846; newspaper clippings; photographs; and a color copy of the Landers family shield.

Contains the papers of two Cooperstown, Otsego County, NY families, the Armine H. and J. Stokes Gazley family papers (1883-1989) and the Ross and Margaret B. Young family papers (1932-1959) and the 1847-1885 ledger of an unidentified farmer and barrel maker, probably from the Cooperstown area. Series 1 contains Gazley family papers relating to Armine H. Gazley, Cooperstown, Otsego County, NY, including a 1883 marriage certificate between Gazley and Mary H. Wood, invoice for A. H. Gazley, boat builder, the verso of which is a 1919 land survey along Mill Street; correspondence concerning a 1896 grant for underwater lands in Otsego Lake, Cooperstown, NY; and an account book documenting his work on boats for Chenango Camp, Otsego Lake Transit, McGown's Camp, and several individuals. And relating to his son, J. Stokes Gazley and his estate including Gazley's 1903 diary, correspondence, obituaries, funeral guest book, Native Sons of Cooperstown membership lists, and estate records relating to the auction and real estate transactions. Series 2 contains 1936 invoices to Mrs. R. W. (Maude) Ellsworth, 32 Chestnut Street, Cooperstown, NY from Edward Ryan, plumbing and heating; A. John Weddugson, Afton, NY; and K. B. Welch, painter and paper hanger. Series 3 contains papers of Ross and Margaret Young including bills and invoices for household expenses; records pertaining to the 1932 construction of an Aladdin House; and transaction records concerning land occupied by the Fenimore Camps and John Wood's Quarry. Also included are two Cherry Valley, NY commencement programs, a Cooperstown Union School Regents Certificate for Ida M. Neal, an embroidery punch card, and photographs, one of which is of Ross Young in an automobile shop. Series 4 contains the 1847-1885 ledger of an unidentified farmer and barrel maker, probably from the Cooperstown area, whose products included hops, hides, butter firkins, barrel hoops, meat casks, and potash, vinegar, and cabbage barrels.

Letters from Marjorie Jackson (1926-1953); typescript of autobiography; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, 1917, which deal with her wartime experiences; World War I photographs (many identified); miscellaneous programs, clippings, and photographs; notes for speeches for Women's Club, Cooperstown, 1940's; pen and ink sketches by Cockett; and letters, manuscripts and clippings regarding her books and pamphlets.

Includes correspondence, speeches and writings, and family photographs. The writings include "Memories of a Congressman's Widow," which describes Clarke's entry into politics.

This collection of 654 color photographic slides taken between 1973-1976 documents the vernacular architecture of rural and small town central New York State.

Contains correspondence to Spicer, as an individual, tradesman, and in his capacity as Justice of the Peace, from various writers; also family letters to Spicer's sisters, brothers and mother. Related items pertaining to Spicer such as business receipts and an account notebook are also included.

This collection contains printed material, photo albums (scrapbooks), glass plate negatives, blueprints, and drawings of Colonial-era and reproductions of hand forged wrought iron hardware. The types of hardware described and illustrated include: andirons, bolts, brackets, cranes, door knockers, escutcheons, fire backs, fireplace accessories, handles, hasks, hinges, hold backs, knockers, lanterns, latches, lighting fixtures, locks, medals, mud scrapers, oven doors, padlock, pump irons, sconces, shutter hardware, signs, skimmers, stands, strap hinges, trummel irons, wall irons, weathervanes, and wood baskets.

Contains images of sites of significance to the history of New York State. The images are all mounted on sturdy card stock and labeled with town, date, description, and source, if appropriate. Media include: prints; lithographs; post cards; b&w sepia-toned, and hand colored photographs; and stereoscopic view cards.

Consists of material relating to the Thomas P. Parker family of Lenox, Madison County, NY from 1850-1901. Primarily financial in nature, the material documents the family's involvement in the hops industry, Parker's involvement in peddling and farm machinery sales, and the personal expenses of the family. Also included is an account book of Paul Gifford, Fairhaven, MA that documents his finances in 1826. Five multicolored hop tickets marked H. R. Ingalls or Mrs. T. P. Parker can also be found here.

This collection contains material accumulated by Pauline A. Bennett during her trip to the Far East in 1921 with John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and his party; newspaper clippings, correspondence, catalogs, and b/w photographs.

Papers and photos from collections of Raymond H. and Harriet Rogers.

Contains the financial records of Samuel Campbell throughout his career as a lawyer in New York City and into his retirement in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, NY as well as an account book of a dressmaking business. Series 1 contains the financial records of Samuel Campbell throughout his career as a lawyer in New York City and into his retirement in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, NY. Apparently in tandem with his legal profession, he owned and managed rental properties in the City. These cash, expense, and receipt books reflect financial activity of both businesses as well as domestic expenses. Series 2 contains the account book and diary of an unknown person with a dressmaking and millinery business. In addition to records of fabric, notions, and garment sales, and "lost time," it also documents dates of illnesses and deaths of 6 children, notes on the treatment of cancer, consumption and arthritis, and dates and names of boarders. Also in this series are [William Thomas] Gilbert's records of building maintenance expenses and rental income. Collection includes cash books, account books, ledgers, court ledgers, and cancelled checks from Cherry Valley, New York.

Contains the original copy of the 1,108 page manuscript for "They Meet Again: 'The Re-Unions' of the New York State Volunteers' 114th Regiment, 'The Chenango Unit' by Norwich, NY City Historian, Patricia F. Scott. Reunions numbers 1 (1873) - 46 (1918) are documented.

The heart of the collection documents Thomas D. Burrall's career as an inventor. Present are eight U. S. Patent Certificates, complete with much technological detail and, in four cases, drawings for a clover seed cleaning and hulling machine, 1923; a thrashing and winnowing machine for wheat or small grain, 1830; a cook stove, 1835; a threshing machine, 1832/1837; a reaping and mowing machine, 1856; and a corn shredder, 1863, for which a metal scale model and an advertising card are also included. In four cases, the patent certificates are signed by historic figures: James Monroe, John Q. Adams, or Andrew Jackson. Three diplomas, from Union College, Schenectady, NY and Yale, New Haven, CT, document Burrall's academic career. An 1850 listing of Yale graduates show that Burrall's was an old Yale family with graduates in 1771, 1781, and 1826. Also present is Burrall's appointment as an attorney in New York in 1810 and two books owned by Burrall: Cowper's poems and the biography of a Litchfield, CT missionary. Also included is ancillary material on a Burrall family ancestor, John Howell Wells: a Wells' family tree, an 1837 public land sale document to Margaret Mott, Ontario County, NY, two Rev War-period appointments, and an indenture of Apprenticeship between two Geneva, Ontario County, NY men.

Contains a sales kit for the Wetmore, Hanes, and Sugden Company’s line of Christmas cards mounted on 27 pages of heavy, brown card stock. The colorful cards are printed with winter or religious scenes and Christmas and New Year greetings and include envelopes. Printing techniques include steel die stamped (some with mother of pearl backgrounds), metal seal steel die stamped, off-set, and color toned. One card sample is hand colored. Many envelopes, inside envelopes, and card holders are lined with printed tissue linings and some with linings designed to match the card.

Seemingly unrelated collection of papers of the "ancestors of William Brandt," Clinton, Oneida County, NY including stock certificates, property tax receipts, Erie Canal Navigation Company way-bill and two other papers, accounts, pension papers, tax documents, legal notes, letter, lottery ticket, Jenny Lind concert program, ms copies of two addresses, and Kirkland, Oneida County, NY School District # 6 bills. Names mentioned include J. M. Doolittle, Richard R. Lansing, Ebenezer Bacon, Clive Mather, Hannah Flandars, and Thomas Dean.