The John E. Wyman Collection consists primarily of material relating to the early history of New York and some material relating to Connecticut. The collection includes a variety of manuscripts (1695-1917; bulk 1750-1840) collected and organized by John E. Wyman of Fonda, N.Y. The New York State Historical Association purchased the collection from the Wyman family in 1950. With the manuscripts, NYSHA acquired a calendar, probably compiled by John Wyman, which includes transcriptions and/or descriptions of more than 1,000 of the 1,100 plus documents originally in the collection.

Contains manuscript documents relating to the establishment and management of the Johnstown Cheese Factory, Fulton County, NY, including subscription lists with the names and signatures of over twenty local cheese/milk producers who purchased shares, leases for property leased for the company’s factory, articles of agreement/bylaws and statutes instituted for the governance of the enterprise, annual reports, and other related documents. The materials contain a wealth of information and statistics relating to a NY State cheese/milk cooperative enterprise.

Items relating to Judge Alden Chester and family of Westford and Schenevus, Otsego County, NY. Includes business correspondence, postcards, material pertaining to the Irving Society of Westford Literary Institute of Westford, NY; business cards, tintypes, and materials related to an illustrated talk by Arthur Chester, on "Our Civil War."

Research material collected by Katherine C. Grier (1953- ) and drafts, for a catalog essay, Celebrations in Wood: The Sculpture of John Scholl 1827-1916, which accompanied an exhibition at the William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, PA, November 1979-March 1980; and her Cooperstown Graduate Program, Cooperstown, NY, thesis, Celebrations in Wood: The Carvings of John Scholl (1827-1916), 1980.

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 assorted legal instruments pertaining to the Niles and Taber families Otsego County, NY and others: Allen, Bull, Comstock, Gile, Mack, Miller, Latimer, Lyon, Heaton, Sleeper, Reed, Tickner Thayer, Thomas, and Smith.

This collection documents the youth and young adulthood of Lucy Medora Walker, 1848-1916 of East Springfield, Otsego County, NY throughcCorrespondence from friends and family, diaries, school papers, programs, and photographs. Topics of discussion in correspondence and diaries include household chores, school, hop harvesting, and church.

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.