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This collection contains signatures, letter and images of several notable Americans of the 19th and early 20th century. Many of the items are marked “presented by H. B. Taylor”, although we have no information on who Mr. Taylor was. The collection also includes a document signed by Louis XVI, king of France.

This collection consists of photographs, photo albums and diaries belonging to a Mrs. H.J. Phelps from Newton Center, MA. The diary entries chronicle the every day happenings in Mrs. Phelps' life. The majority of the photos are both dated and described. One of the photograph albums consists entirely of formal portrait photos while the other album is of candid and landscape shots. An undated, but quite old, copy of the King James Bible is also part of the collection.

The collection contains about 50 letters and other correspondence, mostly concerning news involving family and friends and other every day subjects. Some of the letters are in original envelopes, but some are lacking envelopes. At least three of the letters to Maggie Hallen are from other young ladies in St. Lawrence County looking hoping to work for her dressmaking business. Other correspondence includes invoices from merchants for sewing supplies, etc. Also included are tax collection receipts from the St. Lawrence County Treasurers office, as well as bank deposit receipts.

This collection consists of about 150 maps of neighborhoods, projects, developments and individual properties Mr. Horton surveyed primarily in the 1920s – 1960s.  Locations of the surveys include the town and village of Massena, and the towns and villages of Nicholville, Fort Covington, Norfolk, Winthrop, Brasher, Helena, Lawrence, Hogansburg, Brushton, Bombay, Madrid, Malone and Waddington, including surveys of lands for power transmission lines developed in early to mid-20th century.. Also included in the collection are a number of drawings related to individual study Mr.

This collection consists of an unpublished memoir written by Dr. Henry Payne shortly before his death describing various situations and experiences in the Civil War. The manuscript is typed and is 43 pages. It is written in diary style with most entries beginning with a date reference. Also included with the bound manuscript are a small photograph and a map of Bermuda Hundred.

The collection consists of correspondence, photographs of Thompson, documents, and newspaper clippings concerning Henry Thompson. Also included are a United States flag that was flown over the U.S. Treasury Building upon the death of Lincoln, a diary which includes Thompson's eye-witness account of the shooting of Lincoln, and a piece of lace from the curtain where Lincoln laid in state.

This collection consists of photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings and articles about A. Barton Hepburn and Emily Eaton Hepburn. Included are obituaries for A. Barton Hepburn, Hawley S. Hepburn, Mrs. J. E. Lindsay (sister to Emily Hepburn), and George W. Hepburn. Also included are several lectures made by A. B. Hepburn at various Universities and a 1960 thesis paper by Ottilie H. Rollins on the Hepburn Libraries of the St. Lawrence Valley. A number of bound formal resolutions passed by several organizations at the time of A.B. Hepburn's death are also included.

This collection contains two diaries, an expense book and an account book kept by Hezekiah B. Hall and three diaries and an expense book kept by Corintha Hall. H.B Hall’s diaries contain entries running consecutively from April 1881 through November 1894, while Corintha Hall’s diaries contain daily entries between February 1897 and March 1904. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hall’s expense books contain detailed daily household income and expenses; Mr. Hall’s January 1887 to June 1893 and Corintha Hall’s, 1899-1910. Mr.

Diary/journal kept by Hiram Herring in Rodman, Jefferson County, N.Y. from 1843-1860.

This collection, which is yet to be fully cataloged, consists of over 400 letters and documents, mostly in Spanish, detailing the financial, social and personal affairs of the Hernández family of Cuba and New York. Chiefly covers the period from the 1830's to first decade of the 1900's.