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Broome County (N.Y.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

John B. and Kate Smith Livernoche letters

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2023-002
Abstract

Letters received by John B. Livernoche (1848 - 1917) and Kate Smith Livernoche (1850 - 1908), with one note received by their daughter Laura. There is some unrelated material in the final folder. John and Kate moved to Binghamton, New York in 1871, where John worked as a shoemaker.

Dates: 1867 - 1931

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

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

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

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

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

Noyes family letterbook, 1899 - 1909

 Item — Manuscripts Box 1
Scope and Contents Star Brand Letter Copying book used by Joseph P. Noyes (1838 - 1900) and his sons Joseph K. Noyes (1868 - 1926) and Thomas McKechnie Noyes (1878 - 1930) of Binghamton, New York. Contains retained typescript copies of their outgoing correspondence from 1898 to 1909. Some of the early correspondence in the volume pertains to Noyes's acquisition of an Oakman "horseless carriage" automobile, one the first in Broome County. The Noyes family ran a comb factory located in Binghamton, and some of...
Dates: 1899 - 1909

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

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

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