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New York (State) -- Politics and government.

 Subject
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Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Constance Cook papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2881
Abstract

Material relating to Constance Cook's tenure as a New York State Assemblyperson.

Dates: 1940-1984.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Constance Cook papers

Edwin Crowell Stewart scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: 2098
Abstract Scrapbooks of Edwin Crowell Stewart of Ithaca, New York State assemblyman, 1894-1895, and senator, 1896-1898 and 1901-1904. Contain area newspaper clippings and cartoons, invitations and programs, telegrams, correspondence, and scattered handwritten commentary, pertaining to Stewart's political career with special references to Tompkins County and Ithaca city politics and to the passage of the legislation establishing the New York State Colledge of Forestry, the Veterinary College, and the...
Dates: 1894-1921.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Edwin Crowell Stewart scrapbooks

Ezra Cornell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1-1-1
Scope and content The earliest papers, 1828-1843, cover the years when Cornell worked in Ithaca and travelled for Barnaby and Mooers plows. They include letters, accounts, and other papers concerning his employment by Jeremiah Beebe, the owner of a flour and plaster mill on Fall Creek in Ithaca, N.Y. and his other business interests in Ithaca. Family letters contain information about his work, plans and opinions; news about his growing family; and reports of events in Ithaca. After 1838, there is...
Dates: 1746 - 1888; Majority of material found within 1844 - 1870
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Ezra Cornell papers

Harold Charles Ostertag papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2390
Scope and content Early papers consist of correspondence and printed matter concerning his years in the Assembly, much of which pertains to his work with organizations devoted to interstate cooperation; among the subjects dealt with are aviation, discriminatory laws and trade barriers, fisheries, forestry, water diversion on the Delaware River, highway safety, interstate villages, civil defense, labor, liquor control, law enforcement and crime, marriage laws, milk control and agriculture, social welfare and...
Dates: 1932-1964.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Harold Charles Ostertag papers

Jane Hedges Todd papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2763
Scope and content Includes correspondence; invitations to political ceremonies and events; radio interviews; news releases; articles; speeches; reports; printed material on legislation; biographical accounts; material about Tarrytown, New York; certificates of election; citations; announcements and autographed programs from testimonial dinners; material concerning the Department of Commerce, the New York State Woman's Council, and the economy; scrapbooks of clippings; pamphlets, slides, photographs, and other...
Dates: 1920-1966.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Jane Hedges Todd papers

John Raymond Pillion papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2458
Abstract

Correspondence, speeches, card files, news releases, legislative bills, tape recordings, clippings, scrapbooks, and questionnaires relating to Pillion's work as an assemblyman and congressman.

Dates: 1947-1965.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / John Raymond Pillion papers

Joseph McGinnies papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1943
Abstract

Microfilm of letters, speeches, and newspaper clippings; Also one undated photograph of McGinnies, and two programs.

Dates: 1925-1942.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Joseph McGinnies papers

Leo P. Noonan papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2169
Scope and content

Collection includes correspondence (1951+) with constituents, colleagues, and members of the state administrative departments, mainly concerning pending legislation on education, railroad and other labor issues, dairy industry, and public works; scrapbooks, (2 v., 1940-47, 1949-53) of clippings, photographs, and other items dealing with election campaigns and Assembly activities; also, mimeographed and printed material.

Dates: 1940-1960.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Leo P. Noonan papers

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)
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Samuel Frederick Nixon papers

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