Zephaniah Clark family papers, 1841-1850 6 Volumes
Account books, ledgers and journal of various members of the Clark family of Albion, N.Y.
Account books, ledgers and journal of various members of the Clark family of Albion, N.Y.
The Young Women's Christian Association of Rochester and Monroe County Collection is comprised of six series:
This collection consists of three series: New York State Campaigns, Conference Programs, and Published Materials. The first series includes by-laws for both the Woman Suffrage Party of Monroe County as well as the Women's City Club of Rochester, New York. Conference Programs includes national and international conference calls and programs from the first decades of the twentieth century. The third series, Published Materials include pamphlets encouraging women and men to campaign for woman's suffrage during the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century. There are a number of articles published by the National American Woman's Suffrage Association and similar organizations sharing with readers the state of the campaign. There are also a number of printed ephemera documents in support and in opposition to woman's suffrage, as well as celebrations of the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.
This collection is comprised of one series: Print Material. Print Material includes original clippings and copies of newspaper articles from Rochester newspapers like the Democratic and Chronicle as well as national publications like the New York Times. These articles range in date from 1852-2011. This series also includes programs and pamphlets containing event announcements, book publication announcements, as well as postcards and commemorative printed materials. There are also two plays written by Arlene Brent Fanale as well as papers given by Richard S. Gilbert in 2001 titled, "The Religion of Susan B. Anthony," and a second paper by an unnamed presenter titled, "Anthony and Douglass: Friends and Allies," delivered in 2006. There are three photographs taken at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., two of a bust of Susan B. Anthony, and the third capturing a deck of playing cards sold in the gift shop. Finally, there are two video tapes titled, "Great American for Children": Susan B. Anthony and Seneca Reflections: Celebrating 150 Years of Women's Rights, and one record album titled, The Mother of Us All: An Opera.
These papers are concerned primarily with the club from the time of its disbandment in the fall of 1930 to the final disposition of its property in 1935. Included in the collection are business letters, bills and statements, treasurer's reports, bank statements and cancelled checks, four bank books, a check book, and a financial ledger which includes a list of the members of the club.
This collection includes approximately 1,200 postcards written to the journal, including 14 written and signed by Alice Stone Blackwell. The postcards include the names and addresses of those who subscribed or contacted the Journal. The postcards also include comments about the suffrage and women's rights movement.
The Willson H. Coates Papers include materials from Coates's time as a professor at the University of Rochester and as a consultant and visiting professor at other institutions. The collection also contains materials relating to his civic and political activities, including his work with the National War Labor Board and the Police Advisory Board. Also included are personal papers, items relating to his work with various learned societies and journals, scholarly projects, notebooks, and assorted publications.
The Willis Britton Papers contains two series: Personal Papers and Business Materials. Personal Papers include photographs, maps, legal documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and genealogical material relating to his business affairs and family. Business Materials documents the developing of W.N. Britton Reality Company.
The Chapin Family Papers consist of 117 letters and 4 items of memorabilia. It is primarily correspondence to Harrison Lyon Chapin (1878-1955) and/or his younger brother Louis Chapin from their immediate family, including their father William Wisner Chapin (1851-1928), mother Elizabeth Gale (Lyon) Chapin (1852-1937, brother, sisters and grandmother.
The collection consists of letters written by Moncrieff, with 3 receipts for money received from R. W. Elliston and C. R. Elliston. The principal correspondents are Robert William Elliston, James Winston, a business associate of Elliston's, and Charles Molloy Westmacott, proprietor and editor of The Age. The letters concern the writing and production of Moncrieff's plays, especially Giovanni in Ireland and an adaptation of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute, the selling of Moncrieff's copyrights to plays, publicity for the plays, Moncrieff's litigation with Joseph Glossop, his monetary troubles, and his relations with Elliston and Winston, the managers of Drury Lane.