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Cash books, ledgers, registers and other records of the Bank of Binghamton (1852 - 1865) and the City National Bank of Binghamton (1865 - 1955). See the Scope and Content note for detailed contents. The material is in 204 individual volumes. See the catalog record for additional information.

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This collection comprises a scrapbook created by Fannie Fern Eaton Bentley using a daybook formerly used at a grocery store. The clippings pasted by Bentley are mainly from the Binghamton Press, and most date from the early twentieth century.

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This collection houses several personal documents belonging to William Sisson Chittenden (1908 - 1991), grandson of William Worth Sisson, and prominent banker in Binghamton, Broome County, New York.

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This collection contains forty-one (41) picture postcards of the Binghamton, New York area. Those dated range from 1906 through 1995. All have been digitized and are available via the Library's website.

Abstract This collection documents the 1922 - 1924 process of commissioning, constructing, and installing a statue of Daniel S. Dickinson in front of the Broome County Court House in Binghamton, New York. The correspondence is primarily between architect John H. Duncan, sculptor Allen G. Newman, and Charles F. Tupper, on behalf of the Exempt Firemen's Assocation. Also included are Charles Monroe Dickinson's speech given at the dedication ceremony, and newspaper clippings and photographs relating to...

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This collection includes news clippings, photographs, and memorabilia from the estate of Dr. Leopold Eckler (1898 - 1984), longtime general manager of Ansco, a major photographic firm based in Binghamton. A majority of the material concerns Eckler's time at the company, though some earlier and later materials are present.

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This collection includes two diaries kept by Dr. Edward Irving Ford (1825 - 1908) of Binghamton, Broome County, New York, for the years 1863 and 1866. The 1863 diary records Ford's activities in Binghamton and then his service as an army surgeon in various locations. The 1866 diary records his final month in hospital service, his journey back to Binghamton and various other travels, and his purchase of a drug store in Binghamton.

Abstract This collection consists primarily of WWII photographs created by the photographic division of the United States Army Signal Corps. Photographs cover events in the European and Pacific theaters during WWII, as well as the subsequent Nuremberg trials and Potsdam Conference. A small portion of the collection are WWII service records and ephemera of Broome County, New York, native Joseph E. Frederick, who worked as a chemical technician for the United States Army. See the ...

Abstract Records of Herizon (Changing Herizons, Inc.), a lesbian social club active in Binghamton, New York from 1975 to 1991 with the purpose of providing a lesbian and women-centered social space for events, local and national activism on issues such as violence against women and gays and lesbians, and developing resources and community building for lesbians and women, as well as promoting arts and music events for and by lesbians and women. This collection also includes documents from the...

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This collection contains letters received, photographs, and drafts of reviews belonging to and written by Stanley H. Hill (1908 - 1972), a newspaper critic actively engaged in his local community of Binghamton, Broome County, New York. A spreadsheet listing nearly 1,200 newspaper articles and reviews written by Hill is also included.