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Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2018-001
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of letters received by Louisa Russell (1841 - 1913) of Hooper, Town of Union, Broome County, New York between 1861 and 1866. Correspondents include her brother James Russell, cousins Carrie, Lydia, and Daniel Russell of St. Joseph County, Indiana, and cousins Sarah and Chester McKinney of Litchfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The collection also includes one letter written by Louisa Russell to her sister-in-law, Louisa Chauncey Russell, and two letters...
Dates:
1861 - 1866
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2011-003
Abstract
Vera Beaudin Saeedpour started the Kurdish Heritage Foundation, Kurdish Library and Kurdish Museum all out of her home in Brooklyn, NY in the early 1980s. The Vera Beaudin Saeedpour Kurdish Library and Museum Collection was donated to Binghamton University Libraries in February 2011. The evolution of the library/museum is evident through her correspondences with politicians, universities, Kurdish friends, writers, and people of all different backgrounds. The collection contains more than...
Dates:
1977 - 2010
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2020-004
Abstract
This collection includes two diaries (for 1879 and 1881) of Jacob Van Gorder Shappee (1840 - 1917) of Elmira, New York, as well as the treasurer's book for the Elmira chapter of the Order of United Friends covering the years 1889 to 1891, and two photographs of young men camping.
Dates:
1879 - 1891
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2017-005
Abstract
This collection contains four certificates regarding the membership and achievements of William Worth Sisson (1849 - 1937), a Binghamton businessman, with local orders of Masonic and Mecca Temples.
Dates:
1886 - 1917
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2005-002
Abstract
The diary of Hiram L. Slaght (1829 - 1910) of Seneca County, New York from January 11 to November 5, 1864, covering his period of service in Company M, 50th New York Volunteer Engineers.
Dates:
1864
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2021-001
Abstract
This collection includes manuscript items which take up no more than one folder, in a variety of formats. Items are organized alphabetically by author. See each item for additional information.
Dates:
1804 - 1982
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2004-004
Abstract
The collection comprises two medical documents and forty-five letters written by Ingraham P. Smith (1844 - 1918), a resident of Middlefield, Otsego County, New York and a soldier in Company G, 121st New York Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. The 1861 - 1865 letters were penned to his mother and sister. A letter written by his brother Jerry, of the 51st New York Volunteer Infantry, is also included in the collection. This collection has been digitized and is accessible from the ...
Dates:
1861 - 1865
Collection
Identifier: BUA-0028
Abstract
The Linda Robinson Sokolowski student print collection contains student prints from Linda Robinson Sokolowski’s printmaking classes at Binghamton University. A majority of these prints are included in her 2021 book, What’s The Problem? Enigmas for the Visual Arts Studio, and were included to show how her methods of artistic problem-solving can energize art students.
Dates:
1970 - 2008
Collection
Identifier: BUA-0030
Abstract
The William V. Spanos papers contain professional records of William V. Spanos, along with a small amount of material from Spanos' student years. William Vaios Spanos (1924–2017) was a Heideggerian literary critic, a Distinguished Professor of English and comparative literature at Binghamton University, and co-founder and editor of the critical journal boundary 2. The collection cover's Spanos's years teaching at Binghamton University, his scholarship, in...
Dates:
1949 - 2017
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2023-006
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence and memorabilia from John Spencer’s time as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mysore, India from 1966 to 1968, mostly in the form of his letters home to his family in Vestal, New York. The collection also includes various letters received by Spencer from fellow Peace Corps volunteers and others he met while in India, as well as material related to the artistic career of Vijay Sindhur, an artist Spencer met as a Peace Corps volunteer.
Dates:
1966 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1968
