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Autograph Collection, 1678-1966
Author
Browning, Irving, 1895-1961.
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Autograph Collection, 1678-1966
Browning, Irving, 1895-1961.
Control Number:
(OCoLC)122629096
Local call number:
SC16596
Author:
Browning, Irving, 1895-1961.
Title:
Autograph Collection, 1678-1966.
Quantity:
1 box (0.25 cubic ft.)
Historical/biog note:
Irving Browning (1895-1961), a self-taught photographer and cinematographer, opened a commercial photograph studio in New York City in the early 1920s. Skilled in appealing portrayal of new buildings, Irving and his younger brother Sam photographed exteriors and interiors of art deco theaters, hotels, apartment buildings, and suburban residences. He was also noted for being a collector of autograph and historical artifacts.
Review:
This is a collection of approximately 215 original manuscript documents, including 125 letters of New York City mayors and 28 signature cards of same and 51 letters and 13 signature cards of New York State governors. The outside dates of the collection are the late 18th century to the mid-20th century. Every important mayor and governor is represented in the collection.
Abstract:
he major portion of the collection includes official documents such as bail bonds, deeds, sermons, testimony, bonds and correspondence. Some interesting individual items are a letter from James Duane to Philip Livingston in 1782 regarding appointments, Richard Varick's order to French sailors in 1793 to turn in their arms, and letters of Philip Hone, Fernando Wood, Robert Troup, William Gaynor, Fiorello LaGuardia, Robert Wagner, and John V. Lindsay among others.
Abstract:
The governor's portion includes both official documents and correspondence. They include such items as ship oaths, Council of Revision orders by George Clinton, appointments, letters by Hamilton Fish, Horatio Seymour, Lord Cornbury, Morgan Lewis, Horatio Seymour, Edwin Morgan, Reuben Fenton, Alfred E. Smith, Averell Harriman, Nelson Rockefeller among others. Interesting is a letter of Pierre Van Cortlandt to the Assembly in 1780 concerning the provision of ammunition.
Finding aids:
Unpublished finding aid available in the repository and online: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc16596.htm
Personal subject:
Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828 Autographs.
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Clinton, George, 1739-1812 Autographs.
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Willett, Marinus, 1740-1830 Autographs.
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McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885 Autographs.
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Gaynor, William Jay, d. 1913 Autographs.
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La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947 Autographs.
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Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991 Autographs.
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Low, Seth, 1850-1916 Autographs.
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Tryon, William, 1729-1788 Autographs.
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Hyde, Henry Hyde, Baron, 1710-1753 Autographs.
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Fenton, Reuben E. (Reuben Eaton), 1819-1885 Autographs.
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Morgan, Edwin D. (Edwin Denison), 1811-1883 Autographs.
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Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886 Autographs.
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Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893 Autographs.
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Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 Autographs.
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Autographs.
Personal subject:
Wood, Fernando, 1812-1881 Autographs.
Subject:
Autographs Collections.
Subject:
Governors--New York (State) Autographs.
Subject:
Mayors--New York (State)--New York Autographs.
Geographic terms:
New York (State)--Politics and government.
Electronic access:
Finding aid: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc16596.htm
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