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This material was used in the research of St. Lawrence University student Sadie O'Neill Talmadge ('01) performed as part of a University Fellowship in the summer of 1999. The project sought to identify the commercial photographers who provided services in a six county area of the North Country before "amateur" picture taking became common. SLU Curator of Special Collections Mark McMurray was Ms. Talmadge's faculty mentor for the project.

The Central America Peace Project was a grass roots organization formed in 1984 by citizens of Northern New York concerned with the escalating threat to peace, the systematic denial of human and economic rights, and the ever-increasing US military intervention in Central America.

Included in the collection are notes, printed materials, fliers, brochures, newspaper publications, propaganda, and correspondence pertaining to Central American Aid and the CAPP 1980-1990. While most of the materials in the collection are in English some of the content of the collection is in Spanish.

The collection consists of an article "Through Soviet Russia from Moscow to its Limit", various articles about Charles and Andrew (Charles' brother) Tuck, newspaper clippings, and wills of Andrew Tuck, Charles Tuck, and Ethel Pinder Tuck. The collection was donated to St. Lawrence University by Howard Deans in 1993.

This collection of approximately 100 items written between 1818 and 1855 consists of records of the land business of James Moon of Middletown, Pennsylvania, who owned part of Great Lot 4 of Macomb's Purchase in Philadelphia which he sold through his relatives and agents, Daniel, Joseph, and Moses Child. Included in the papers are maps of the lots belonging to Moon, descriptions of each lot, accounts of the payments by buyers, and correspondence between Moon and the Childs. Also included are maps and lists made in 1942 and 1943 of the lots in that area and their early owners.

Late 19th century [?] manuscript of children's Christmas stories signed by L. Fidelia Woolley Gillette and Florence L. Gillette.

The collection consists of business and personal correspondence of the Ripley family including the correspondence of Charles Shepard (Ripley's son-in-law) and his connection with the American Line Steamship Company. The correspondence in this collection gives an account of a man who was financially unsuccessful in his business attempts. These papers give a good picture of the life of the common man in UpstateNew York in the early 1800's. Also included is an article titled "The Ripley Papers" by Atwood Manley.

Civil War diary of an unknown soldier. The diary covers August 1, 1864 - May 31, 1865.

The collection consists of approximately 30 small booklets organized by year in which brief diary entries or daily expenses are written. Also included are approximately 150 mostly hand-written letters to Cable from family and friends as well as papers relating to her work as a teacher. One primary correspondent is a cousin, Emma Howe, who resides in California.

The contents of the collection includes correspondence, business-related documents, photographs and other paper ephemera of several generations of the Clark family. The contents are largely unprocessed but have been placed in archival folders and boxes organized by type of material.

This collection contains exhibition catalogues, photo booklet of Lake Champlain, several articles and brochures and a map of French and English grants on Lake Champlain.