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Broome County (N.Y.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

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 Newsletter collection

Local History Newspaper collection

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2013-002
Abstract This collection contains newspapers from various organizations, newspaper businesses, service oriented agencies, historical societies, school districts, libraries, and businesses in Broome County and surrounding localities. The newspapers are arranged alphabetically by title and date from 1862 to the present, with the majority of the collection dating from the 1990s to the present time. See the ...
Dates: 1862 - 2023; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2023
Found in: Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections / Local History Newspaper collection

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 / Josiah T. Newcomb papers

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 / Orton Family papers

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 / John Phillips and Beverly Jean Lyon letters

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 in 1806-1870
Found in: Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections / Rose Family papers

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 / Louisa Russell Family letters

Seward, Orrin D. account book, 1838 - 1862

 File — Box 1
Identifier: id40024
Scope and Contents Account book of Orrin D. Seward (1798 - 1857), with later additions. Accounts run from June 1838 through April 1862, and include payments to Seward for sawing wood and other carpentry-related tasks, including framing houses, constructing coffins, repairing wagons and sleighs, etc. Credits are also given, and range widely from plowing to labor to household goods. Entries written after Orrin Seward's death may have been written by his widow or one of his sons.Following the account...
Dates: 1838 - 1862
Found in: Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections / BUSC-2021-001, Small Manuscripts collection / Box 1

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 / William W. Sisson certificates

Stuart, John A. account book, 1885 - 1900

 File — Box 1
Identifier: id40024
Scope and Contents

Account book of John A. Stuart of Conklin, Broome County, New York for 1885 through 1900. Records daily household and farm expenses. Stuart (about 1814 - 1903) was born in Scotland; his entry in the 1900 federal census indicates that he emigrated from Scotland in 1852. By 1855 he was farming in Conklin, and remained there until his death. He is buried in Corbettsville Cemetery, Conklin.

Dates: 1885 - 1900
Found in: Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections / BUSC-2021-001, Small Manuscripts collection / Box 1

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