Letters, 1842-1845, from Solomon West to his brother, Washington West, of Durhanville, Oneida County, New York, concerning crops, butchering a pig, business affairs, and the family's potential move to Wisconsin. Also, documents, 1863, exempting Frederick N. Bushnell from the draft and receipt for $300.00 attached to the discharge notice; clippings from THE POST STANDARD, Syracuse concerning Stockbridge, Madison County, New York, the birthplace of Philip Armour, and his childhood there.

Typewritten articles, written by Sylvanus Augustus Worden, 1856-1932, about Prospect, N. Y. (Oneida County): its businesses, people and development. Also 1 volume: Moses Northrup, Varna, N.Y., book of cobbler accounts, 1867-1884. The last 25 pages of this account book contain Nebraska mortgage accounts, 1884-1893. Also speech of Honorable Jonathan P. Dolliver of Iowa (see #1000, Political Pamphlets, Item #49).

Papers concerned with the interrelated Floyd, Ireland, and Sicard families.

Collection includes schedules, interviewers' notes, correspondence, and other records containing information on individuals, households, farms, neighborhoods, and organizations gathered during the following projects in New York and elsewhere.