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Local History Newsletter collection

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2018-002
Abstract

This artificial collection contains newsletters distributed by local organizations, service oriented agencies, historical societies, school districts, libraries, and businesses in Broome County and surrounding localities. The newsletters reflect a wide variety of interests, such as political, social, health, and environmental concerns and issues, as well as arts, education, historical accounts, and religion. They include calendars of events, available services, and informative articles.

Dates: 1927 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2004
Found in: Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections

Local History Newspaper collection

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2013-002
Abstract

This collection contains newspaper issues from Binghamton and the surrounding area. Most are small runs or scattered issues, but we do have extensive holdings of "The Reporter" (the newspaper of the Jewish Federation of Broome County), "The Music Press," and the "Labor-Community Reporter."

Dates: 1862 - 2025; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2025
Found in: Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections

Martin Bros. Circus collection

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2018-004
Abstract The collection contains correspondence, bills, receipts, broadsides, and business advertisements pertaining to Martin Bros. Circus, located in Castle Creek, Broome County, New York. The circus was owned and operated by Clayton Hawkes and Carroll Miller. Its tent shows toured upstate New York beginning in the 1930s, with the company's winter quarters in Castle Creek. Clayton Hawkes and his wife Madge also ran other circus shows, including Clayton's Combined, Bogart and Hawkes, and the Great...
Dates: 1934 - 1961
Found in: Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections

Randall McGuire papers

 Collection
Identifier: BUA-0039
Abstract

The Randall H. McGuire papers are a focused selection of McGuire's professional work, focusing his time at Binghamton University and his projects about Broome County. Randall H. McGuire is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Binghamton University, and an archaeologist, known for his theoretical contributions to Marxist archaeology.

Dates: 1971 - 2025
Found in: Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections

Josiah T. Newcomb papers

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-1985-003
Abstract

This collection includes correspondence, photographs, business and local history research files, maps and other materials of Josiah T. Newcomb (1911 - 1981), director of the Binghamton University Library from 1953 to 1971 and Broome County Historian.

Dates: 1926 - 1984
Found in: Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections

Orton Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2018-003
Abstract The collection consists of personal documents of Dr. John G. Orton, his daughter Helen D. Orton, and his grandson Orton Spaulding Barnes. Documents include two indentures, dated December 7, 1897 and July 11, 1898 with Dr. Orton as guarantor of the promissory note payments; detailed account of work completed on Dr. Orton’s house and accompanying bill, November 1, 1875; Memorandum written by Dr. Orton and dated October 7, 1920 to be read in connection with his will; copy of will of Helen D....
Dates: 1875 - 1930
Found in: Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections

John Phillips and Beverly Jean Lyon letters

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-1995-001
Abstract

The John Lewis Phillips and Beverly Jean Lyon letters include roughly 150 pieces of correspondence written by Binghamton-area fiances during WWII while John was serving on the USS Blue Ridge.

Dates: 1944 - 1945
Found in: Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections

Rose Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-1985-002
Scope and Contents

Documents and letters pertaining to a family of prominent landowners in Broome County and northern Pennsylvania during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Dates: 1785 - 1912; Majority of material found within 1806 - 1870
Found in: Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections

Louisa Russell Family letters

 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
Found in: Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections

William W. Sisson certificates

 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
Found in: Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections

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