Gilded Age Collections
The Gilded Age collections illuminate the lives of some of the period's leading political figures and the activities of its social and political organizations. Hayes' cabinet is represented by the papers of Secretary of State William Evarts, Secretary of Treasury John Sherman, Secretary of War George McCrary, and Naval Secretary R. W. Thompson. Other prominent politicians represented in the collection include Supreme Court Justice Stanley Matthews, diplomat Edwin Stoughton, Civil War financier Jay Cooke, and Massachusetts legislator William Claflin. Historical materials from authors Benson J. Lossing and William Dean Howells, journalist Mary Clemmer Ames, ToledoBlade editor Robinson Locke, editorial cartoonist Thomas Nast, Harper's editor George W. Curtis, and General George Crook offer insights into the nation's political and social thought during the Gilded Age.
Collections with a link have a digitized finding aid. Those with no link do not, contact Julie Mayle ([email protected]) for additional information.
For more information please contact Curator of Manuscripts Nan Card ([email protected])
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AMES, AZEL |
GA 58 |
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GA-4 |
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ANGELL, J. B. (MICHIGAN HISTORICAL COLLECTION) |
GA MF |
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ARTHUR, CHESTER A. (PRESIDENTIAL PAPERS) |
GA MF |
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BELDEN, ANNE |
GA 67 |
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GA-5 |
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PAPERS, 1861 - 1883. Correspondence, consisting mainly of letters of recommendation pertaining to government positions held by Rezin J. Bennett. |
GA-6 |
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BOURKE, JOHN G. |
GA MF |
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PAPERS,1862-1904. Ledger kept by Boutwell from 1876 to 1902, containing newspaper clippings of Boutwell's speeches, printed articles annonated by Boutwell, and handwritten drafts of speeches; also photocopies of correspondence with Rutherford B. Hayes, William Claflin, and John Sherman. |
GA-73 |
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BRISTOW, BENJAMIN H. |
GA 54 |
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BRISTOW, BENJAMIN H. (LC) |
GA MF |
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BRUCE, ROBERT V. |
GA 51 |
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BRYANT, JOHN E. SEE: BULLOCK, RUFUS... |
GA MF |
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BULLOCK, RUFUS/FARROW, HENRY/KIMBALL, H. I./BRYANT, JOHN E. |
GA MF |
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CARTER, ROBERT DEXTER |
GA 40 |
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CARY, EDWARD |
GA 7 |
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CENTENNIAL DIARY |
GA 55 |
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1816-1889. PAPERS, 1874-1880. Miscellaneous legal, political, and personal correspondence. |
GA-8 |
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CHANDLER, WILLIAM E. (LC) |
GA MF |
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CLAFLIN, WILLIAM (GOVERNOR) AND MARY BUCKLIN PAPERS,PHOTOGRAPHS.1753 - 1907. Business, political, literary, personal, and religious correspondence received by Governor William and Mary Bucklin Claflin; drafts of speeches; documents; photographs, 9,000 items |
GA-9 |
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CLARK, HENRY S. |
GA 55 |
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91ST OVI, PAPERS, 1862-1881. Primarily Civil War correspondence of Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Coates, 91st OVI to his wife in Adams Co., Ohio; miscellaneous post-war correspondence to his wife and a series of letters from Coate's son, Joseph, to his parents during his Kenyon College years (1876-1880). |
GA-10 |
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COBB, LYMAN, JR. |
GA 11 |
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PAPERS & PHOTOGRAPHS, 1876 - 1929. Family correspondence and 18 photographs of the family cottage on Ballast Island in Lake Erie, dtd.1888 |
GA -76 |
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COMLY, JAMES M. |
GA 53 |
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GA-72 |
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CONGER, ARTHUR L. |
GA 12 |
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GA-71 |
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PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, 1864-1890. Papers and photographs, 1864-1887; original correspondence, 1864-1887; U.S. Army letter copy books with Crook's correspondence & reports, 1871-1890. |
GA-13 |
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CURRY, J. L. M. (PEABODY COLLEGE) SEE: GREEN, SAMUEL A. |
GA MF |
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CURTIS, GEORGE WILLIAM |
GA 2 |
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CURTIS, HENRY BARNES |
GA MF |
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1831-1901. Family correspondence of Rollin Mallory Daggett, 1837-1895. |
GA-14 |
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DELANO, COLUMBUS (OHS) |
GA MF |
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1858-1931. MEMOIR, 1896. |
GA-52 |
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DOUGLASS, ANDREW E. |
GA 15 |
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ELECTION OF 1876 SEE ALSO: GREAT CAMPAIGN (WISC. HIST. SOC.) |
GA MF |
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PAPERS, 1873 - 1894. More than 1,000 pieces of correspondence, the bulk of which is incoming correspondence. Correspondents include John J. Astor, Henry Ward Beecher, James G. Blaine, George William Curtis, Cyrus W. Field, Collis P. Huntington, John Jay, James Russell Lowell, Thomas A. Scott, Benjamin Silliman, Morrison R. Waite, and Sam Ward. Correspondence also exists for Evarts family members. |
GA-3 |
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FISH, HAMILTON |
GA MF |
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GA-1, GA-70 |
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GA-69 |
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PAPERS, 1866-1895. Misc. correspondence by friends, colleagues, and Civil War comrades, reflecting Force's interest in the Civil War, military organizations, and veteran reunions.The addenda to this collection consists of more than 180 pieces of correspondence written between 1856 and 1894, most of which are letters written from family members to Manning Force. |
GA-75 |
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G. A. R. SEE: GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC |
GA 19 |
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GARFIELD, JAMES A. (LC) |
GA MF |
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GARFIELD, JAMES A. (OHS) |
GA MF |
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GLENN, JAMES KNOX |
GA 16 |
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GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC |
GA 19 |
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GREAT CAMPAIGN (WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY) |
GA MF |
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HALE, EDWARD EVERETT (N.Y. STATE LIBRARY) |
GA MF |
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HALSTEAD, MURAT |
GA 60 |
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HALSTEAD, MURAT (HENLEY COLLECTION) |
GA MF |
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HARNEY FAMILY |
GA 59 |
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HARNEY, WILLIAM WALLACE |
GA 59 |
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HARRINGTON, PURNELL F. |
GA 17 |
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HART, WILBUR A. |
GA 18 |
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HILL/NILES FAMILIES |
GA 61 |
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HOAR, GEORGE FRISBIE |
GA MF |
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1837-1920. PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, 1815-1958. Correspondence of W.D. Howells (1857-1918) with family, friends, R.B. Hayes; correspondence of Elinor Mead Howells, W.D. Howells, II, Annie Howells Frechette. Photographs, manuscripts, and Howells genealogy. |
GA-20 |
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HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN (LETTERS TO RBH) |
GA MF |
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GA-21 |
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KEIFER, JOSEPH WARREN (LC) |
GA MF |
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KEY, DAVID M. (UNIV. OF NORTH CAROLINA) |
GA MF |
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PAPERS, 1826 - 1947. Approximately 500 pieces of family correspondence of John Jay Knox, Sr. of Oneida County, New York and his children and their families, of which the bulk of the correspondence was written from the 1830s to the 1880s. |
GA-22 |
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Little, John, 1837 - 1900. Papers 1875 - 1898. Ohio Attorney General, Mayor of Xenia, Ohio, Greene Co., Ohio Prosecuting Attorney, Ohio Attorney General ,U. S. Congressman. Bulk of the collection focuses on the House of Representatives investigation of purchase of U.S. Senate seat by Henry B. Payne and the Venzuelan Claims Commission. |
GA-23 |
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PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, 1851-1920. Business, family, political correspondence by David Ross & Robinson Locke. Theatrical reviews, "Petroleum V. Nasby" manuscripts, memorabilia. Arranged chronologically in 6 scrapbooks by Robinson Locke. |
GA-24 |
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PAPERS, 1846 - 1902. Family correspondence of Ohioan Commodore Thomas H. Looker, grandson of Ohio Governor Othniel Looker. |
GA-25 |
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PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, ARTWORK, 1790 - 1998. Business and family correspondence; diaries; photographs;artwork; and research articles, books, and pamphlets pertaining to Lossing's publications. |
GA-28 |
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LOYAL LEGION, MILITARY ORDER OF SEE: MILITARY ORDER OF... |
GA 62 |
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LYMAN, LT. COL. THEODORE LT. COL. THEODORE LYMAN (1833 - 1897. Correspondence;Army of the Potomac. 1863 - 1865. mf. 5 rolls |
GA-MF |
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M.O.L.L.U.S. SEE: MILITARY ORDER OF LOYAL LEGION... |
GA 62 |
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MACVEAGH, ISAAC WAYNE |
GA MF |
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MARBLE, MANTON M. (LC) |
GA MF |
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PAPERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, 1803 - 1932. Briefs, addresses, arguments, memoranda, speeches, court opinions, family correspondence, biographies, manuscripts, photographs, and printed material by and about Supreme Court Justice Stanley Matthews. |
GA-30 |
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MATTHEWS, STANLEY T. (CHASE TO MATTHEWS) |
GA MF |
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MATTHEWS, STANLEY T. (CIVIL WAR) |
GA MF |
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PAPERS & LITHOGRAPHS, 1824 - 1936. Correspondence of George W. McCrary, Secretary of War during the Hayes Administation (1877-1879), 126 items. |
GA-26 |
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MCCRARY, GEORGE W. (JACKSON CO. HIST. SOC.) |
GA MF |
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PAPERS, 1861-1906. White House Telegrams, 1898-1902; Item-level description of McKinley correspondence, documents & speeches in 15 Hayes Center Manuscript Collections. |
GA-29 |
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MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION |
GA 62 |
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MONTGOMERY, BENJAMIN F. |
GA 29 |
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MORROW, JAY JOHNSON |
GA 31 |
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MYERS, CLARENCE E. |
GA 32 |
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PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, DRAWINGS, 1860-1902. Correspondence, diary (1860-1861), literary manuscripts, scrapbook, sketches, caricatures, clippings, photographs, the bulk of which is related to Nast's career as an artist. |
GA-33 |
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NAST, THOMAS (SCRAPBOOK) |
GA MF |
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NATIONAL ASYLUM FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS |
GA 34 |
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NILES/HILL FAMILIES |
GA 61 |
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NOBLE, WARREN P. |
GA 35 |
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O'NEIL, CHARLES F. REAR ADMIRAL PAPERS & PHOTOGRAPHS: 1870 - 1871, 1897 - 1899. Rear Admiral Charles F. O'Neil, b. 1842 d. 1927, 365 letters received by O'Neil while serving as the Chief of the Ordnance Bureau of the U.S. Navy, concerning coastal installation sites, ordnance design, construction of magazines, requests for promotions, recommendations, and bids on ordnance and vessels. Album, dtd, 1870-1871 with 18 images (mostly tintypes) of O'Neil's wife, Mary Caroline Frothingham O'Neil and son Richard Frothingham O'Neil. |
GA-37 |
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GA-36 |
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PARKE, ALBERT H. |
GA 38 |
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GA-39 |
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PHELPS/DAGGET FAMILIES |
GA 14 |
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PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION |
GA 40 |
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PLATT FAMILY |
GA 27 |
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PLATT FAMILY (OHS MSS) |
GA MF |
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RAILROAD STRIKE OF 1877 |
GA 51 |
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RAMSEY, ALEXANDER (MINN. HIST. SOC.) |
GA MF |
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PAPERS, 1865-1892. Business records of the J.P. Reynolds & Co. Escutcheons for Military & Naval Service. |
GA-42 |
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PAPERS, 1872-1953. Articles re: human disease or treatment; medical supply & medical school catalogs; advertisements from pharmaceutical, surgical supply, & medical equipment companies. |
GA-50 |
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PAPERS, 1830 - 1922, Family, business, and legal papers,correspondence,maps of William King Rogers, lawyer and private secretary to President Rutherford B. Hayes (1877 - 1881), including materials on the Chiriqui Improvement Co., land development in Hastings and Duluth, Minnesota, mining in Arizona Territory, and railroad interests in Northern Mexico. |
GA-41 |
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ROGERS, WILLIAM KING (LC) |
GA MF |
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ROSECRANS, WILLIAM S. (UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA) |
GA MF |
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SCHENCK, ROBERT C. (MIAMI UNIV.) |
GA MF |
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SCOTT, ANNIE TRESSLER |
GA 43 |
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1823-1900. PAPERS, MICROFILM, SCRAPBOOKS, 1846-1900. Original and photocopies of political correspondence. Photocopies of speeches and scrapbooks containing news clippings and printed material re: Sherman political career, Ohio Republican Party activities, US Treasury Dept. business, political appointments, disputed election of Rutherford B. Hayes. |
GA-44 |
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SHERMAN, JOHN (LC) |
GA MF |
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PAPERS, 1854 - 1887. Civil War correspondence, business papers,inc. correspondence re: the Bellefontaine & Indianapolis Railroad, ledgers, and daybooks of Alvah Stone Skilton, Monroeville, Ohio |
GA-45 |
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SLATER, JOHN F. |
GA MF |
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SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY |
GA 65 |
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SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (IND. HIST. SOC.) |
GA MF |
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SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (OHS) |
GA MF |
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SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION |
GA MF |
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SPANISH AMERICAN WAR, 160TH INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY PHOTOGRAPHS, 1898-1899. Twenty albumen prints of the 160th Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish American War. |
GA-PH-10 |
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SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR RECORD BOOK |
GA 46 |
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SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR SCRAPBOOK |
GA 68 |
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GA-1, GA-70 |
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PAPERS & PHOTGRAPHS, 1830 - 1945. Correspondence mainly involving the development of the Chiriqui Improvement Co. Also includes minutes, stock certificates, agreements, maps, contracts, and briefs. This collection also contains more than 500 pieces of business and family correspondence. |
GA-47 |
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TILDEN, SAMUEL J. (NY PUBLIC LIBRARY) |
GA MF |
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PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS 1855 to 1901. Business and political correspondence, papers, diaries, and photographs relating to Sidney S. Warner. . |
GA-66 |
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WATSON, GEORGE |
GA 49 |
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WHITE, ANDREW D. (CORNELL) |
GA MF |
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GA-74 |
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WOOD, JAMES A. |
GA 48 |
For more information please contact Curator of Manuscripts Nan Card ([email protected])