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Seymour Howard Stone Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 5016
Abstract
A group of nearly 200 personal letters from the 1880s and 90s written home to Delaware by a young man named Seymour Howard Stone. Many are from the San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado, where Stone was trying to establish a farm.
Dates:
1884-1895
Stanley Weston Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSSP 10062
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of Stanley Weston, sportswriter and owner of The Ring Magazine. The bulk of the collection is a series of subject files assembled by Weston on over two thousand boxers and boxing-related subjects. Also included is an incomplete run of clippings on boxers from the 1950s. Weston’s papers also include research files on various sports, articles he authored, and magazine covers he designed. Finally, also...
Dates:
1883 - 2003
Strunsky-Walling Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509
Abstract
A collection of personal papers of the "millionaire socialists" Anna Strunsky Walling and William English Walling and their family, mostly dating from the 1920s and 30s. Included are more than 500 letters to, from, and between Strunsky-Walling family members, and two diaries of Anna Strunsky Walling.
Dates:
1906-1967; Majority of material found in ( 1925-1937)
Sydney Hobart Ball and Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 0513
Scope and Contents
The collection documents both the personal life and the professional activities of Sydney Hobart Ball. It includes more than 1,600 of Ball's letters, mainly written to family members while on mining trips around the world, as well as over 1,000 photos taken by Ball during these trips. There are also reports, articles and notes written by Ball on mining, as well as maps of places he visited. Also present in the collection is correspondence belonging to Ball's wife Mary, and to his daughters...
Dates:
1885 – 1991; Majority of material found in 1905 – 1949
The Vandeleur, Gweedore, Coolgreany, Coolroe, and Clongorey evictions photograph album
Item
Identifier: MSE/IR 7904-1
Scope and Contents
One partially-filled photograph album consisting of 31 18 x 25 cm black and white reproduction photo prints taken by an unnamed photographer. Photos depict scenes of late 19th century Irish tenant evictions. Each has been captioned by hand in ink. The first 20 photos document scenes from the Vandeleur evictions which took place in Kilrush, County Clare. The remainder document scenes of evictions in other Irish counties. Plates depict: Soldiers and R.I.C. officers in camp; Group...
Dates:
1888 - 1900
Thomas W. Cridler Louisiana Purchase Exposition Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 0510
Abstract
A collection including more than 2,500 pieces of correspondence to and from Thomas W. Cridler, mostly relating to his role as European Commissioner for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (the St. Louis World's Fair) held in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904. Some of Cridler's correspondence is with fair administrators and U.S. diplomatic figures; some is with representatives of European nations targeted for inclusion. Also in the collection are smaller accumulations of other types of fair-related...
Dates:
1898-1911; Majority of material found in 1901-1904
T.W. Ingersoll Sportsman’s Series Stereoview Cards Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSSP 7013
Scope and Contents
100 chromolithographed stereoscopic cards, in original box. Subjects include 82 hunting, fishing, hiking and camping scenes from locations across North America, as well as 18 scenes of Native American camp life, including images of Ojibwa, Siksika, and Lakota people. Many of the images document scenes in Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana, and the Pacific Northwest. Cards bear extended descriptions on the reverse.The cards are numbered 401 to 500, with copyright dates...
Dates:
1898-1905
Vladimir Lifshits, Asya Genkina, and Lev Loseff Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSE/REE 0016
Abstract
The papers consist of letters, manuscripts, and phototgraphs, as well as book and journal publications, related to Lifshits, Genkina, and Loseff. The collection also includes material of Irina Kichanova-Lifshits, Boris Semenov, and Mikahil Eremin.
Dates:
1890s-2009; Majority of material found within ( 1940-1990)
Wicker Buydden Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 10034
Scope and Contents
This collection centers on the familial correspondence of Clifford Wicker Buydden, Wade James Buydden, Rachel Reno Wicker, and other members of the Wicker and Buydden families in the early twentieth century. Over a third of the collection is devoted to courtship correspondence between Clifford Wicker Buydden and Wade James Buydden. Of particular note within the collection are Clifford’s manuscript on health and food, Wade’s college application materials, Wade’s letters from Masonic...
Dates:
1898 - 1919; Majority of material found within 1901 - 1909
William Combs Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5011
Abstract
9 Civil War letters written by Union private William Combs, during his service in Co. C, 14th New Hampshire Infantry. Also present is a ferrotype portrait of Combs in uniform.
Dates:
1862-1865
William Judson Howe Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 1015
Abstract
The Civil War letters, wartime manuscripts and postwar family papers of William Judson Howe (1838-1925) of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, who served in Company C of the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry from 1862 to 1865.
Dates:
1857-1993; Majority of material found in 1861-1865
William Pfaff Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 10026
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of journalist William Pfaff. Pfaff’s professional materials include his writings from each stage of the writing process, such as research notes, drafts, proofs, and published materials. The collection also contains conference materials and speeches, financial records, and materials from Pfaff’s work at the Hudson Institute, a non-profit research center on public policy. Also included are Pfaff’s personal papers which consist of...
Dates:
1942-2015; Majority of material found in 1965-2015