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Papers of Fred D. Rumsey and his family include a Rumsey family genealogy; Dean family genealogy; correspondence; broadsides; accounts; certificates; speeches and notes; material on agriculture, the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, and the New York State Grange; photographs; diaries; Bibles with family history; publications; clippings; and memorabilia.

Abstract Correspondence, notes, speeches, memoranda, certificates, clippings, financial records, photographs, and printed material concerning the American Agriculturist, Inc.; Century Farms in various New York counties; GLF and the New York State Grange; the New York State Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Inc.; the New York State Fair; and the New York Farm Bureau. Personal papers include materials pertaining to the Cornell University Alumni Association, YMCA, church work, and the Homer, New York,...

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Speeches: "How the Grange was Founded as a Fraternal Organization," and "Early Development of Grange Insurance," pertaining to the Grange Mutual Casualty Company, of Columbus, Ohio.

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Papers of Louis John Taber, dealing mainly with his interest in the Grange and in politics, and including correspondence, speeches, and various publications.

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4 page manuscript "Bahia or Washington Naval Orange (copy): a report written by Mr. William Saunders and copied by his daughter in 1911; ". . .exact copy from my father's writing," B. C. Saunders, Feb. 28th. The report describes the introduction of the navel orange to the United States from Brazil.