Binghamton (N.Y.)
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Fannie Fern Eaton Bentley scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2006-001
Overview
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.
Dates:
1864 - 1918
William S. Chittenden papers
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2017-004
Overview
This collection houses several personal documents belonging to William Sisson Chittenden (1908 - 1991), grandson of William Worth Sisson, and prominent banker in Binghamton, N.Y.
Dates:
1942 - 1958
Daniel S. Dickinson Statue papers
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-1979-001
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...
Dates:
1922 - 1924
Joseph E. Frederick papers and photographs
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2014-002
Overview
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 Johnson City, NY, native Joseph E. Frederick, who worked as a chemical technician for the United States Army. See the ...
Dates:
1941 - 1948
Stanley H. Hill papers
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-1985-001
Overview
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, NY. A spreadsheet listing nearly 1,200 newspaper articles and reviews written by Hill is also included.
Dates:
1949 - 1971
Rabbi Jacob Hurwitz sermons
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2017-001
Overview
This collection contains photocopies of manuscripts of Rabbi Jacob Hurwitz's sermons for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and other Jewish holy days from 1956 to 1981. These sermons were given at Temple Israel in Vestal, NY.
Dates:
1956 - 1981
Local History Newsletter collection
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2018-002
Overview
This artifical 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
Josiah T. Newcomb papers
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-1985-003
Overview
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
William W. Sisson certificates
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2017-005
Overview
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