Broome County (N.Y.)
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
Local History Newspaper collection
Josiah T. Newcomb papers
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.
Orton Family papers
John Phillips and Beverly Jean Lyon letters
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.
Rose Family papers
Documents and letters pertaining to a family of prominent landowners in Broome County and northern Pennsylvania during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Louisa Russell Family letters
Seward, Orrin D. account book, 1838 - 1862
William W. Sisson certificates
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.
Stuart, John A. account book, 1885 - 1900
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.
Dorothy L. Titchener papers
This collection includes news clippings, speech transcripts, letters from public officials, certificates of appreciation, &c. documenting Dorothy L. Titchener's service on the Binghamton Housing Authority from 1953 until 1972. Also present are some clippings of her earlier activities as a playwright and author, and which document her role in other Binghamton-area civic and philanthropic organizations.