Papers of a tanner in Elmira, New York, including correspondence with leather dealers in Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, etc.; also two letters from John Bowman, who was hunting hides in Michigan (1855). Account books and personal records include a memorandum and diary of a trip to Chicago by way of the lakes in 1849; broadsides of prices current in leather exchange, two penmanship books, four newspapers, a book catalog, trade card, two pamphlets, two maps, and a music copy sheet.

Correspondence, financial and business records for the Hiteman Leather Company, West Winfield, New York, including information on shoe industry trends, industry newsletters and detailed material concerning daily maintenance of a tannery operation. Also includes correspondence and reports on sanitary sewage treatment and water pollution, 1960-1967.

Collection of business records of a dye company, some are very detailed and indicate types of dyes used by the industry as well as notes on methods of extraction used between 1849 and 1850.