Scope and content Series of 31 letters (July 24, 1864 - July 11, 1868) to Eliza (Lizzie) Ives, a school girl in Salisbury, New York. Written by friends and relatives while Miss Ives was attending school in Little Falls, New York and by former classmates after her return home, the letters contain comment on social life in small-town America in the mid-19th century and give some picture of current educational practices and attitudes both from the point of view of the student and of the neophyte "schoolmarm."...

Scope and content Records of several generations of Ives family members and their associated businesses. Includes unidentified day book from Lyons and Salisbury, N.Y., 1848; letters and documents, 1852-1858, relating to James H. Ives. Items relating to Charles Lewis Ives include a letter and a a penmanship book, 1862; two account books, 1863; and five cash books, 1864. Also miscellaneous items relating to the Manheim Cheese Factory, 1872-1875 and Cook & Ives Cheese Factory, 1882-189?; an account book,...