The Coye papers represent the numerous challenges and issues that arose in Oswego County, New York, prior to the American Civil War. The correspondence among friends and relatives across the United States and western territories reflect the many important events of the era. A few of the letters discuss the Gold Rush in Colorado and the hardships of frontier life in the Iowa territory. The main focus of the letters center upon school life in Oswego County during the middle 19th century. Mentions abolitionism in New York.

The diary covers the period between June and August of 1891. Mentions the many summer activities and events of a young lady’s life in central New York during the late 19th century.

The school copybook contains a letter written to a friend and essays written in English and in German discussing the benefits of commerce, the value of education, politeness, science, truth and truthfulness.

The collection consists of material dealing with the histories of fire making, the production of matches, match companies and biographies of their founders, and of the Diamond Match Company. The most important items held in the collection are Brown’s correspondence and notes regarding research on numerous American match companies from their early origins to the 1970’s.

The legal papers consist of court records, reports, and notes on the numerous cases which Powers Fillmore litigated between 1869 and the middle 1880’s. The legal records include documents relevant to the proceedings of the circuit, county, district, and State Supreme Courts of New York State. Earlier documented cases from the 1830’s and 1850’s are present within the collection.

This collection was produced by the Minetto Elementary School during the bicentennial of the United States. It includes materials put together by students at the school for a class project. It contains the class projects, background articles, and interviews with elderly Minetto citizens.

The records consist of manifests to Wawarsing, New York, a majority emanating from the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad. The dates included are from January to April of 1914.

The collection contains correspondence, organizational documents, background papers and newspaper clippings of the activities of the association. The collection also consists of original artifacts, photographs, and ephemera from the school.

The diary consists of one bound diary. The more significant entries in the diary include, his daily activities as both a farmer and logger, his brief descriptions of the War of 1812, particularly the invasion of Fort Ontario (May 1814), and his travels to other parts of central New York.

The bonds represented in the collection were granted to aid the Oswego Midland Railroad Company, the Lake Shore Railroad Company, and the Syracuse, Phoenix, and Oswego Railroad Company. Numerous towns and cities participated in issuing these bonds including: Oswego, Richland, Sandy Creek, Schroeppel, Hannibal and Constantia. The most impressive part of this collection are the fine imprints of the bonds.