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Buffalo - Buffalo Public Library
(26A1)
for streets, and papers concerning banks, business, corporations, cemeteries, churches, clubs, courts, elections, Indians, marriages, medicine, military affairs, politics, schools, and other matters dealing with early Buffalo.
There are 150 volumes and approximately 150,000 pieces. All holdings have been arranged, except recent accessions; and work on the latter is progressing as rapidly as possible. All accessions have been catalogued on 1,650 index cards (3 x 5) which cite persons, places, dates, subjects, and cross-reference in- formation. Persons engaged in research may have access to the material upon application to the director and under supervision. There is no photostatic department, but arrangements may bo made for the copying of manuscripts.
See: Buffalo Historical Society Publications, 1879 --; Rough List of Manuscripts in the Library of the Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, 1910), 55 pp., reprinted from Buffalo Historical Society Publications, XIV.
26. BUFFALO. - BUFFALO PUBLIC LIBRARY, Lafayette Square.
Librarian, Alexander Galt. Hours: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., weekdays; 2 p.m. - 9 p.m., Sundays.
History and Purpose. - Founded in 1836 for the ad- vancement of literature and science, it was made a public library in 1897. Its collections deal largely with local history from 1812 to date, but include material of general interest from all parts of the world, some dating back to the 16th century. Manu- scripts are not purchased, sold, or exchanged, but gifts are ac- cepted. It is housed in a three-story, steel, red brick, and sandstone building, constructed in 1886. This building is fire- proof and has adequate space for manuscripts.
Holdings
A. The GLUCK Collection, 1644-1897, 650 pieces com-
prising:
1. Original manuscripts of prominent writers, in- cluding Louisa M. ALCOTT, Samuel L. CLEMENS, James F. COOPER, Charles DICKENS, Ralph W. EMERSON, William E. GLADSTONE, Horace GREELEY, Joel C. HARRIS, Bret HARTE, Oliver W. HOLMES, William D. HOWELLS, Washington IRVING, Henry JAMES, John KEATS, Charles LAMB, Henry W. LONGFELLOW, James R. LOWELL, Edward G. E. BULWER-LYTTON, Francis PARKMAN, Louise de la RAME (OUIDA), Dante Gabriel ROSSETTI, Sir Walter SCOTT, Harriet B. STOWE, Walt WHITMAN, John G. WHITTIER, and William WORDSWORTH.
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Buffalo - Buffalo Public Library
(26A2 - 26D)
2. Letters from prominent persons, including Susan B. ANTHONY, Honore de BALZAC, Charlotte BRONTE, Robert and Elizabeth B. BROWNING, Edmund BURKE, Robert BURNS, Aaron BURR, Lord BYRON, Grover CLEVELAND, Henry CLAY, Jefferson DAVIS, Alexander DUMAS, George ELIOT, Benjamin FRANKLIN, Ulysses S. GRANT, Alexander HAMILTON, Nathaniel and Julian HAWTHORNE, Joseph JEFFERSON, Thomas JEFFERSON, Abraham LINCOLN, Thomas MACAULAT, Edgar A. POE, John RUSKIN, Percy B. SHELLEY, Charles SUMNER, Alfred TENNYSON, Anthony TROLLOPE, George WASHINGTON, and Daniel WEBSTER.
3. Autograph material and commissions, some bearing signatures of Andrew JACKSON, Sir Francis BACON, François VILLON, and 14 early New York State Governors.
B. The BARRY letters, 1839-86, 50 items. Letters to General William F. BARRY containing military data of the period and including many names prominently identified with the U. S. Army. Collection includes: a letter from Governor John Lee CARROLL, of Maryland, thanking U. S. troops for assistance during the B. & O. R. R. riots, 1877; an order from General U. S. GRANT assigning BARRY to the command of the District of Ontario during the Fenion troubles, 1866; letter from Major General NAPIER (British army) relating to Fenian disturbances, 1866; and letter from Gen. W. T. SHERMAN relative to assembling troops in Washington at the time of the disputed election of HAYES, 1876.
c. The NORTON Collection, 1752-1861, 31 items, including letters from John Q. ADAMS, V. G. AUDUBON, Henry W. BEECHER, Henry CLAY, DeWitt CLINTON, Ralph W. EMERSON, Millard FILLMORE, Charles SUMNER, Martin VAN BUREN, and Daniel WEBSTER.
D. Miscellaneous data, 150 items, including songs and poems in Arabic and Turkish, 768 A. D .; ancient Hebrew ritual; portion of the Hebrew Bible, 16th century; philosophy of Mong TSE, in Chinese, B. C. 371 to 288; Turkish firman, with woodcut of a sailing vossol; ancient castern manuscript on 93 papyrus reeds; a portion of the Scriptures in the Tamoul or Malabarick language; papal bull land grant, 1465; early French documents, orders and receipts, including orders issued and signed by Kings Louis XIV and Louis XV; illuminated manuscript of the Psalter in Latin, 15th century; original manuscript of the Message to Garcia, by Elbert HUBBARD, with accompanying letter by the author; letters and manuscripts of John Howard
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Buffalo - D'Youville College Library
(26El - 27B)
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PAYNE, Sir Francis BACON, Grover CLEVELAND, Artemus WARD, Robert Louis STEVENSON, Franklin D. ROOSEVELT, Theodore DREISER, Henry CLAY, Daniel WEBSTER, John Q. ADAMS, DeWitt CLINTON, Andrew JACKSON, Samuel CLEMENS (Mark TWAIN), Francis PARKMAN, Ulysses S. GRANT, Minnie M. FISKE, Henry IRVING, E. H. SOUTHERN, Edwin BOOTH, and Henry Ward BEECHER.
E. Autograph collection:
1. letters and documents, 1812-23, 1 v., containing 209 items bearing signatures of many world famous personages of the period.
2. autographed photographs, 1900-1938, 60 pieces, principally of stage and operatic stars.
There are approximately 1,250 items, 95 percent of which are alphabetically arranged by authors and subjects. About 60 por- cont are catalogued on 500 catalogue cards, citing author, subject, date, city or place, cabinet location, and drawer number. The material is accessible to students, researchers, and writers, but may be used only under supervision. The librarian will furnish photostatic copies, the price varying according to size.
See: Descriptive Catalog of the Gluck Collection of Manu- scripts and Autographs in the Buffalo Public Library. (Buffalo, 1899).
Avenue. 27. BUFFALO. - D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE LIBRARY, 320 Portor Librarian, Sister St. Ruth. Hours: 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., daily.
History and Purpose. ~ D'Youville College was found- od in 1908 to provide young women with a liberal education. It has no policy regarding the purchase, sale, or exchange of manuscripts, but gifts and deposits are accepted. The library is housed in a five-story, brick, fireproof building, erected in 1908, with limited space for the storage of records.
Holdings
A. Scrapbook of Rt. Rev. John TIMON, Bishop of the Dio- cese of Buffalo (1847-67), 1847-65, 1 v., con- taining accounts of Fund for Poorhouse (1860), record of collections to pay debt on cathedral (1860), extracts from the private journal of Bishop TIMON (1847), Decree of Synod (1859), and correspondence, including letters to the Bishop concerning the Fenian Brotherhood (1865).
B. "De Introd. Biblica, anno '91-92. W. Turner. Coll. Americano, " 1 v. (in Latin) by Rt. Rev. William TURNER, Bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo, 1919-36.
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Buffalo - Grosvenor Library
(270 - 28A1)
C. Letters to Rev. Edgar WADHAMS, first Bishop of Ogdensburg, 1842-65, 38 items, relating to Catholicism, conversion, church activities, and personal affairs. Correspondents include Henry MCVICKER, C. WALWORTH, Revs. Charles PLATT, E. A. NICHOLS, A. CHARBOULT, John B. GIBSON, and William ADAMS, and others.
Two volumes and 38 letters, unarranged and uncatalogued, accessible upon application to the librarian. Photostat service at standard rates.
28. BUFFALO. - GROSVENOR LIBRARY, Franklin and Edward
Streets. Acting librarian, Joseph Bradford Rounds. Hours: 9 a.m. - 10 p.m., weekdays; 2 p.m. - 6 p.m., Sunday.
History and Purpose. ~ Founded in 1859 to serve as a reference library for the free use of the public. It specializes in materials relating to history, genealogy, travel, music (includ- ing American songs), costumo, architecture, literature, and medi- cine. Manuscripts are acquired through purchase, gifts, and deposit, and are never sold or exchanged. The library is housed in a one- story, fireproof, brick, steel, and red freestone building, erected in 1895, with a three-story, fireproof addition affording adequate space for the storage and consultation of manuscripts.
Holdings
A. Church Records, comprising:
1. Records of the Genesee Conference of the Method- ist Episcopal Church (Rev. Glezeon FILLMORE collection), including: Stewards' reports, 1818, 1826, 1844; report of committee appointed to consider the establishment of a seminary in the village of Cazenovia, July 1822; report of the Trustees of the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima to the Genesee Annual Conference, Sept. 14, 1844; committee reports on academics, the Bible cause, Conference records, financial status of churches, members, necessity cases, parsonages, slavery, Sunday schools, temperance, and other matters; recommendations to the Quarterly Conference of many persons as trav- eling preachers; correspondence relating to the organization of the American Bible Society; certificate of incorporation, constitution, subscription lists, and other papers of the Genesee Conference Historical Society, 1898- 1901; memorials from Lyons, Medina, Ridgeway, and Warsaw protesting against secret societies,
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Buffalo - Grosvenor Library
(28A2 - 28A8)
1843, 1845; record of opposition of ministers to the election of James G. BLAINE, 1884; diary of Rev. FILLMORE, 1842-46, including rec- ord of courses of study for the Genesee Confer- ence, lists of examining committees, and copy of extract from his father's family bible, giving genealogy, 1701-1866; Journal of the East Genesee Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1848-76, 2 v., and Minutes of the Genesee Annual Conference of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, 1848-97, 3 v.
2. Records of the Presbyterian Federation, includ- ing: Niagara Presbytery records, 1815-59, 1881-1907, 7 v., treasurer's account book, 1881; records of meetings of the Buffalo City Presbytery (Synod of Buffalo), 1829-1910, 8 v., the Angelica Presbytery, 1828-56, 2 v., and the Genesee Valley Presbytery, 1858-86, 3 v., register of the Congregational Church at Tuscarora Reservation, Niagara County; and diary of Rev. H. J. CHADSEY, 1915.
3. Records of the East Hamburg Quakers, 1767-1930, 2 v. (photostatic copies), including miscel- laneous data on members (names of parents, date of birth, date received into Society, date disowned, date removed, date of death, and remarks), certificates issued to members on moving to another locality, marriage cer- tificates, and minutes of monthly meetings.
4. Records of the Baptist Church of Reading, N. Y., 1833-51 (typewritten copy).
5. Extracts from diary of Rev. Abel HASKELL, includ- ing: list of members of the Baptist Church at Victory, Cayuga County, 1846-48, and at Middlesex, Yates County, 1838-46; and other data noted during his pastorate at the Geneva Baptist Church, 1848-51, and the Penfield Baptist Church, 1860-65.
6. Records of the Second Church of Reading, N. Y., 1809-39, comprising membership list and min- utes of meetings.
7. Records of the First Church of Bloomfield, Pres- bytery of Ontario, 1 v., comprising Articles of Faith and Covenant, records of membership (1815-46), baptisms (1822-39), dismissals (1823-44), and deaths (1822-40), minutes of meetings (1822-39), and subscription lists for the benefit of foreign missions.
8. Records of the Second Presbyterian Church of West Bloomfield, 1830-43, 1 v., including Ar- ticles of Faith and Covenant, list of original members set off from the parent church and
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Buffalo - Grosvenor Library
(28A9 - 28C)
members to 1843, and records of baptisms, 1831-38.
9. Baptismal records of St. John's Episcopal Church, Buffalo, 1850-54.
10. Records of North Church, Portsmouth, N. Y., 1796-1836, 1 v., citing baptisms, marriages, and deaths.
11. Miscellaneous materials, including: Fall record of the First Dutch Reformed Church of Roches- ter, Ulster County, N. Y., as kept by the Deacons, with Treasurer's Accounts in two ear- ly church books, 1746-57, compiled by Louise H. ZIMM, 1938; records of the First Presbyter- ian Church of Penfield, N. Y., 1804, compiled by Mrs. William C. CLARK; records of the First Presbyterian Church of Buffalo, 1812-29, com- piled by Charles J. NORTH; record of persons set off as the Second Presbyterian Church of West Bloomfield; partial list of records of. St. Stephen's Church, New Hartford, Oneida County, N. Y., compiled by the Abigail FILL- MORE Chapter, D. A. R., 1940; baptismal, mar- riage, and death records of the First Church of Springfield, Mass., 1736-1809, copied by Ella May LEWIS, 1938; records of baptisms, marriages, deaths, and church admissions, kept by Joseph MURDOCK, pastor of the Fifth Church of Norwich, Conn., 1739-1824 (typewritten copy); Ms. volume relating to the services of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States during the Civil War, Feb. 22, 1864; and other data.
B. Cemetery Records, consisting largely of records of tombstone inscriptions in cemeteries of Chemung, Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming, and Yates counties, New York. Compilers include the Abigail FILLMORE Chapter, D. A. R., Buffalo, the Buffalo Genealogical Society, Mrs. Theta Hakes BROWN, Mrs. Louis JONES, Mrs. Godfrey MORGAN, Mrs. James E. WILSON, Mrs. A. B. YATES, and others, c. Genealogical Records. Large collection of data on the following families: ADAMS, ALLEN, AMES, BABCOCK, BACHELDER, BACON, BAKER, BALDWIN, BARBER, BARON, BARTOO, BATES, BEEBE, BLAKESLEE, BLANCHARD, BREWSTER, BROWN, BROWNE, BURROUGHS, CAREW, CHILDS, COLE, CONKLING, COOKE, CORWIN, CROCKESON, CROFT, CROUCH, CURTIS, DANIELS, DEAN, DRAKE, ELLIS, FALES, FANNING, FARNUM, FERRIS, FLETCHER, FORT, FREEMAN, FRIZZELL, GERRITSEN, GILBERT, GOODRICH, GRACE, GRAVES, GROSVENOR, HAIGHT, HAKES, HARNDEN, HARRIS, HASBROUCK, HAVENS, HAWLEY, HAYDEN, HICKS (HIX), HOLMES, HOPKINS, HORTON, HOWLANDER,
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Buffalo - Grosvenor Library
(28D - 28F)
HOYSRADT, HULBURT, HUNT, ISHAM, JOLLS, KENNEDY, KENNEY, KING, LAMB, LAPHAM, LONG, MACNAUGHTON, MAXON, MAXWELL, MERRILL, MILBURN, MILLER, MONROE, MORRIS, MORSE, MUMFORD, MUNN, NEVIN, NEWELL, NEWMAN, NORTON, OSBORNE, OWEN, PARKER, PEAKES, PIERCE, PRATT, PRENTICE, RANDOLPH, RANSOM, REES, RELYEA, RIGGS, ROBINSON, RUSSELL, SALISBURY, SARGENT, SCHUSTER, SEELEY, SEVERANCE, SHARPE, SHELDON, SHEPARD, SILVERNAIL, SKEELE, SKINNER, SMITH, STARRETT, STEDMAN, STREVER, THOMSON (THOMPSON), VAIL, VAN SKIVER, WALDO, WALLIS (WALLACE), WAY, WELLS, WHITEHEAD, WILDER, WILSON, WINEGAR, WINSLOW, WINTHROP, and others. Many indexes for quick reference have been compiled by the Grosvenor Library Genealogy Department, the Michigan Genealogical Society, the Syracuse Public Library, the Wyoming Historical and Gen -. ealogical Society and others.
D. Other Vital Records of: Barton, Bridgeport, Greens- boro, Hardwick, Morgan, Pomfret, and Shelburne, Vermont; Newton, Stamford, and Stoneington, Connecticut; Weare and Portsmouth, New Hampshire; and Bourbon, Carter, Clark, Fleming, Henderson and Trimble counties, Kentucky. Mostly typo- written copios, compiled by Alison B. HITCHCOCK, Louise R. ALLEN, Annie Walker Burns BELL, and others. Also records of marriage and death noticos in Kingston, N. Y., 1820-30, compiled by Louise Hasbrouck ZIMM, and record of Genesee County marriages performed by William S. COE, Justice of the Peace at Corfu, N. Y., 1856-65. abstracts of wills of
E. Surrogate Records, including:
the counties of Columbia (1786-1822), Delaware (1834-47), Monroe (1821-41), Oneida (1798-1859), Schoharie (1848-63), Warren (1813-50), and Wash- ington (1825-50); copies of letters of adminis- tration of Delaware County, 1797-1875, 4 v .; iidoxos of wills of the counties of Chenango (1797-1850), Delaware (1797-1885), and Otsego (1792-1875, 2 v.); copies of letters of adminis- tration, wills and guardianship papers in the Surrogate's Office, City Hall, Buffalo, 1808-19; copies and indexes of probate records in Grafton, Hillsboro, Rockingham, and Strafford counties, New Hampshire, 1753-1800; and abstracts of wills of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1722-1816. Most of these records have been compiled by Gertrude A. BARBER, and some by Frances Ware WALLACE and others.
F. Military Records, including: mustor roll of Lancas- ter (Mass.) militia in colonial sorvice, Apr. 16, 1770 (photostat); abstracts of pension papers of
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Buffalo - Grosvenor Library
(28G1 - 28G10)
soldiers of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and Indian Wars, who settled in Kentucky, compiled by Annie Walker Burns BELL; list of soldiers in the Revolutionary War (discovered in the subvaults of the old Federal Building, Boston); record of Massachusetts soldiers of the Revolutionary War whose applications for pensions were rejected; records of inscriptions on tomb- stones of soldiers of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812; Joseph WILSON papers (6), 1824- 26, 1840-45, relating to his service in the Now. Hampshire stato militia; Buffalo mustor roll, 1865 (typowritten copy); and military communica- tions from Prince Edward (father of Queen Vic- toria) and Queen Anne of Great Britain.
G. Other holdings include:
Arithmetic book of Hugh SMITH, 1762.
2. Record of James SMITH'S Third Journey to the Western Country, Sept. 1 - Nov. 12, 1797 (copied from a typed copy in the possession of the Pennsylvania State College Library, 1935).
3. Dr. Bryant BURWELL collection, 1818-52, 15 v., comprising: journal of tour in England and Scotland, July-Doc. 1818, 1 v .; record of in- toresting cases in practice, 1826, 1 v .; notos on medical lectures in Philadelphia, 1826-27, 1840-41, 5 v .; account of cholera epidemic of 1832, 1 v .; catalogue of Dr. BURWELL'S library, 1836, 1 v .; diagnoses of diseases, 1841-42, 2 v .; case histories, 1843-44, 1852, 2 v .; ex- pense account during college years, 1 v .; and Philadelphia clinical notes, 1841-42, 1. v. 4. JOHNSON letters, 1831-46, 12 items, relating to personal affairs, anti-slavery, and Whig poli- tics. Correspondents include: Arthur, Austin, Betsey, Harriet, and Homer JOHNSON, and A., Henry H., and Ira HOPKINS.
5. Mrs. Jesse KETCHUM'S receipt book, 1341.
6. Records of the Anti-Slavery Society of West Aurora, 1842, 1 v., comprising constitution, records of members, and minutes of meetings. 7. Diary of Charles Ira FONDA on an overland jour- ney to California in 1850, citing oxperiences in the Gold Country (typewritten copy of orig- inal in the Pennsylvania State College Library). 8. Papers of J. F. BLAIR, Jofforson Collogo, 1857-58; comprising notes on astronomy, essays, and pooms. 9. Diary of Jacob BIEBIGHANSER on a visit to North America, 1862, 1 v. (in Gorman).
10. C. W. MOULTON papers, 1866-98, 240 pieces, con- sisting largely of letters to MOULTON as
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Buffalo ~ Grosvenor Library
(28G11 - 28G18)
publisher of the Magazine of Poetry.
11. Letters to W. GRAHAM, 1878-86, including data on poems, plays, and art.
12. Authors' letters (27) to Rev. George BAINTON, 1887-89, discussing methods of work and the style of writing.
13. Records of the Society for Beautifying Buffalo, 1898-1910, 1 v., including records of organi- zation, correspondence, and minutes of meetings.
14. Records of the Harmonic Club, Buffalo, N. Y., 1877-78, 48 items, including constitution, dues book, applications for membership, secre- tary's reports, correspondence, and receipts. 15. Minutes of the Buffalo Musical Association, 1885-97, 1 v.
16. Journals of a theatrical booking company, 1886- 1903, 4 v.
17. Journal of C. Harvey HORTON, of Buffalo, 1896- 1928, 1 v., citing expenditures, bills payable, receipts, and deposits.
18. Miscellaneous materials, including: Rev. C. W. EVEREST collection of poems, sermons, essays, and other data; ELSON collection of music sheets and books; literary school exercises of Howard L. WILSON, Buffalo Central High School, 1898-99, relating to poets and poetry; Charlotte FORBES' album, 1930, containing poems, prose, and sonnets; Evelyn S. ALLEN'S manuscripts on old London, Ireland in the 17th century, Chinese religion, the acquisi- tion of additional states and territories by the United States after the Revolutionary War, and the formation of the great land companies and speculations in the first period of Amer- ican colonization; Mrs. George CLINTON, Jr.'s radio talks (10) on the architecture of Buffalo churches, 1938; index of the 1850 census of Buffalo, compiled by the Work Projects Adminis- tration, 1939-40, under the auspices of the Grosvenor Library (typewritten copy); index of the 1855 census of Niagara County; several Latin, French, and German documents; Swedish documents (17th and 18th centuries), including royal decrees, patents, commissions, bills of salo, proclamations, edicts by the burgomaster of Stockholm, and other papers; autograph letters of Daniel WEBSTER, Millard FILLMORE, Abraham LINCOLN, Jefferson DAVIS, William KETCHUM, John G. WEBER, and others; and agree- ments, articles of apprenticeship, autograph material, certifications of freedom of a negro (1804-1811), letters, orders, poems, receipts,
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Buffalo - University of Buffalo: Lockwood Memorial Library (29 - 30) Caledonia - Big Springs Historical Society
records of sales of negro slaves, ship clearance papers, Spanish patent of nobility, and other data.
There are 310 volumes and approximately 32,300 pieces, all of which have been arranged, and some 20 percent catalogued, by author and subject. The material is available to users upon application to the librarian and under supervision. Photostatic copies of manuscripts are furnished at $0.50 por pago (14" x 18"). Sec: Grosvenor Library Bulletin , 1918 -.
29. BUFFALO. - UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO: LOCKWOOD MEMORIAL LIBRARY, 3425 Main Street. Director of Libraries, Charles David Abbott. Hours during academic year: 8 a.m. - 10 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday; vacation hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Saturday; summer session hours: 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., weekdays, and 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Saturday.
History and Purpose. - Founded in 1846 to provide reference and research materials for the students and faculty of the University of Buffalo. It has no fields of specialization and no policies as to the purchase, sale, or exchange of manuscripts; but gifts and conditional deposits are welcomed. It is housed in a three-story, fireproof, limostone building, erected in 1935, with ample space for the storage and use of records.
Holdings
Collection of Modern Poetry, 1888-1941, 1,850 items, comprising first drafts, rewrites, corrections, and final drafts of poems by some 280 contemporary Amer- ican and English poets, including many of the most celebrated of the 20th century.
There are 1,850 items, entirely arranged (by author) and catalogued. Materials are accessible to qualified students of English literature by permission of the custodian. Photostatic copies may be obtained at current rates.
30. CALEDONIA. - BIG SPRINGS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Vice President, Mr. F. F. Keith. Hours: By appointment only.
History and Purpose. - Organized in 1936 to collect and preserve materials of historical interest. Manuscripts are acquired through gifts and loans, and are not bought, sold, or ex- changed. At present the Society's holdings are kept in the homes.
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Caledonia - Big Springs Historical Society
(30A - 30G)
of members. The Society is striving, however, to acquire a build- ing in which to house and exhibit its manuscripts and other collec- tions.
Holdings
A. Philip GARBUTT papers, 1819-78, 100 v. and 275 pieces, relating to his general store near Caledonia. Include account books, cashbooks, ledgers, daybooks, contracts, correspondence, bills of lading, and other business records. Also John W. GARBUTT papers (7), 1866-68, com- prising internal revenue licenses to carry on business and manufacturing.
B. Scottsville and Le Roy Railroad papers, 1836-38, 200 items, including surveyor's map, account sheets, pay rolls, contracts for grading and other work, copy of charter, list of subscribers to stock, minutes of meetings of Board of Direc- tors, and other documents.
c. Papers relating to the Erie and Genesee Valley Canals, 1840-78, 125 items, comprising shipping bills and other data.
D. Early Railroad and Express Company papers, 1849-75, 50 items, including bills of lading, correspond- ence, rate bills, and other papers.
E. MCDONALD papers, 1812-34, 10 items, including part- nership agreement between Alexander MCDONALD and his son, Donald (1814), the latter's naturali- zation papers (1812), promissory note (1823), release of dower (1832), early deeds (5), and last will and testament of Alexander MCDONALD (1834).
F. Dr. R. J. MENZIE papers, 1872-1911, 19 v., citing professional calls, operations, and fees charged by Dr. MENZIE, physician and surgeon in Caledonia.
G. Miscellaneous materials, including receipts for tuition and work at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, 1840-41, autograph record of Peter SHEFFER, 1825, agreement of George SHEFFER with the Scottsville and Le Roy Railroad to furnish rails and other supplies, 1836, stock certificates, and other data.
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