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New York (State) -- Politics and government.

 Subject
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Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

New York State pamphlet collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1439
Abstract

Pamphlets mainly about or issued in New York State, on political, historical, religious, and engineering topics.

Dates: circa 1800-1946-(bulk 1820-1900).

New York State regional pamphlet collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2226
Abstract

Pamphlets, reports, periodicals, guidebooks, and brochures on a wide variety of subjects, mainly focused on New York State, including agricultural, educational, business, religious, tourism, cultural, historical, political, and social issues and activities.

Dates: 1840-1964.

New York State Socialist Party records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2200
Scope and content Microfilmed copies of records of the New York State Socialist Party, 1907-1914, including correspondence, statements of account, records of dues paid and outstanding, financial reports, leases and business agreements, lists of candidates for office, party resolutions, miscellaneous minutes, and papers concerning questions of party discipline. Also minutes of the Eighth National Convention of the Socialist Party, New York City, May 8-14, 1920, which include debates and reports on a variety of...
Dates: 1907-1920.

Palmer Canfield papers

 Collection
Identifier: 8771
Abstract

Typescript report, letters, newspaper clippings, correspondence, memorandums, invitations, mayoral candidate promotional material, business, and seasonal cards, a booklet, and a scrapbook album of newspaper clippings of the New York politician and advocate of Prohibition, Palmer Canfield, document primarily Canfield's final Prohibition post (from 1929) as Federal Prohibition Director for Albany District, as well as his mayoral candidate campaign (1913-1921).

Dates: 1913 - 1931

Political and social correspondence of prominent New Yorkers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065197034]
Identifier: 58
Scope and content

Approximately 400 items including olitical and social letters from James W. Wadsworth, R.H. Walworth, Christopher Morgan, Eli Perry, John V.L. Pruyn, W. McClay, Erastus Corning, G.M. Schuyler, W.E. Robinson, George Law, T.C. Platt, Charles Tracey, and many others.

Dates: 1822-1924.

Political campaigns, New York State, miscellany

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4442
Scope and content

Political material from the 1988 election includes campaign calendar, electoral district mailing lists, mail drop maps, telephone logs with comments, poster, and draft of a letter to students.

Dates: 1988.

Pulteney Estate letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1371
Scope and content

Letters sent by Robert Troup and other agents to Sir William Pulteney and his heirs in London concerning his investments in New York State lands, commenting on economic conditions and the local political situation; correspondents include the Countess of Bath, Mrs. Betty Johnstone, Sir John Lowther Johnstone, Sir James Pulteney, and Charles Williamson.

Dates: 1801-1812.

Ray Stevens Ashbery papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3634
Abstract

Correspondence, subject files, constituent bills, reports and case files of Raymond Ashbery from his tenure as New York State Assemblyman. Also, correspondence, case files, estates, wills, and income tax files from Ashberry's private law practice in Trumansburg, N.Y.

Dates: [1930-1971?].

Roland and Emily Elkus Crangle scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1910
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...
Dates: 1898-1955.

Samuel Frederick Nixon papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1944
Abstract

Includes correspondence from fellow political figures, constituents, special interest groups, and office-seekers concerning legislation under consideration in Albany; local and state politics, patronage, and other matters. Also, personal business correspondence; scrapbooks (4 volumes, 1895-1958) of clippings, cartoons, and broadsides, dealing chiefly with poitical events and issues during Nixon's public life; memorial resolutions, biographical sketches, and obituaries.

Dates: 1887-1958,-1887-1905 (bulk)