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Broome County (N.Y.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

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

Seward, Orrin D. account book, 1838 - 1862

 Item — Manuscripts Box 1
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 / Local History Manuscripts and Ephemera collection / Manuscripts

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

Stuart, John A. account book, 1885 - 1900

 Item — Manuscripts Box 1
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 / Local History Manuscripts and Ephemera collection / Manuscripts

Dorothy L. Titchener papers

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-1977-005
Abstract

This collection includes news clippings, speech transcripts, letters from public officials, certificates of appreciation, and similar materials 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.

Dates: 1932 - 1982
Found in: Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections

Washburn, Charles E. letter to Mariana Washburn, April 24, 1850

 Item — Manuscripts Box 1
Scope and Contents Letter from Charles E. Washburn in Binghamton to his wife Mariana A. Washburn in Homer, Cortland County, April 24, 1850. Washburn begins his letter "Very briefly, I must write, chiefly to ask your decision again in respect to 'help.'" He offers various scenarios for hiring domestic laborers in the short term until Caroline, currently in the employ of a Mrs. Humphreys, can be engaged in three or four months' time. "Shall I engage the young African till then? Or shall I secure Irish help, to...
Dates: April 24, 1850
Found in: Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections / Local History Manuscripts and Ephemera collection / Manuscripts

YWCA of Binghamton and Broome County, New York records

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2014-004
Abstract

This collection includes administrative and other records of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Binghamton and Broome County, New York. Records include meeting minutes, membership books, annual reports, and correspondence, and well as documention of various YWCA programs and initiatives.

Dates: 1892 - 2012
Found in: Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections

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