Roland and Emily Elkus Crangle scrapbooks
Scope and content
Four scrapbooks include clippings, letters, typed speeches, printed matter, and other items relating to Crangle's legal career, his candidacy for Congress on the Democratic ticket, 1930, and his interest in New York State politics and the future of Ireland; there is also much on Mrs. Crangle's activities in the League of Women Voters of Erie County, her interest in the New York State Agricultural and Industrial School at Industry, and in other civic and social groups. Correspondents include James A. Farley, Herbert Lehman, George W. Norris, Frances Perkins, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Lord James Bryce, William Sulzer, D. Cady Herrick, Frank Case, Chauncey J. Hamlin, and Grace A. Reavy.
Dates
- 1898-1955.
Creator
- Crangle, Roland, 1862-1945. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
. Roland Crangle was an attorney in Buffalo, New York. His wife Emily Elkus was active in civic and political organizations.
Extent
2 cubic feet. (2 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
Bibliographic References
- Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922.
- Buffalo (N.Y.) -- Politics and government.
- Buffalo (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
- Case, Frank.
- Crangle, Emily Elkus, 1878-1963.
- Democratic Party (N.Y.)
- Elections.
- Farley, James A.
- Hamlin, Chauncey J. (Chauncey Jerome), 1881-1963.
- Herrick, D. Cady.
- Ireland.
- Law.
- Lawyers
- League of Women Voters of Erie County
- Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963.
- New York (State) -- Politics and government.
- New York State Agricultural and Industrial School at Industry
- Norris, George W.
- Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965.
- Politics, Practical
- Reavy, Grace A.
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Scrapbooks
- Speeches
- Sulzer, William, 1863-1941.
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
- Women social reformers.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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