Overview The papers of Lamont Montgomery Bowers (1847-1941), inventor, businessman, manufacturer, were acquired by the State University of New York at Binghamton by gift of Janet B. Bothwell, granddaughter of L.M. Bowers. The collection consists of business and personal correspondence, business records relating to Bowerss career in Binghamton and Broome County, New York industry, civic affairs and finance. L.M. Bowers was also a real-estate developer and land agent in Nebraska, manager for and...

Overview This collection includes personal and professional correspondence of Charles Monroe Dickinson and his second wife, Alice Bond Minard Dickinson Balog, as well as legal and financial papers of the Dickinson and Minard families and newspaper clippings which document their activities. One box contains manuscripts, typescripts, and clippings of Charles M. Dickinson's poetry. Note: papers concerning Charles M. Dickinson's diplomatic career are primarily located in the collection at the Library of...

Overview 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 the...

Overview E. Herman Hespelt (1886-1961) was born in Binghamton. He received an A.B. from Cornell (1910), an A.M. from Cornell (1917) and a Ph.D. from Cornell (1925). From 1911-1916, he spent time in the Philippine Islands serving the Philippine Bureau of Education. After earning his doctorate, he taught at New York University (1926-1952).

Scope and Contents The Byres H. Gitchell Collection consists of correspondence, newspaper articles, publications and documents largely relating to Gitchells service in the United States Department of War and his time as chairman of the Dress Code Authority, under the National Recovery Administration.

Overview Berthold Held was born in Moravia on November 20, 1868. He worked with Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) in the early 20th century as an actor, manager and director for choral and mass scenes. . In 1901, Held together with Reinhardt and several other theater colleagues founded the Schall und Rauch (Sound and Smoke) Kabarett theater in Berlin. In 1906, he became head of Reinhardt's Acting School when Reinhardt took over direction of the Deutches Theater in Berlin.

Overview This collection contains pieces of correspondence, photographs, and drafts of reviews belonging to and written by Stanley H. Hill, a newspaper critic actively engaged in his local community of Binghamton, NY. An addendum to this finding aid includes a record of almost 1,200 newspaper articles and reviews written by Hill that have since been removed from the collection.

Overview The Graham Hodges Collection contains correspondence, newspaper articles, and documents pertaining the $500 million bond issue referendum for financing New York State prisons and consequent campaigns for and it in 1981-1982.

Overview Correspondence of the Irish-American short story writer and her literary colleagues.

Scope and Contents This collection mainly consists of orders for MacDonalds merchandise and bills to the company. Also included are samples of MacDonalds products (see “Copies of MacDonalds Farmers Almanac” and “MacDonalds Medicines”), some of Jeremiahs diplomas and certificates (see “Diplomas, Degrees, and Certificates of Jeremiah MacDonald”), and some family photographs (see “Photographs and Postcards”). It is not definitely known how the State University of New York at Binghamton acuired the collection. It is...