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Parent Organization: 
Binghamton University
Department: 
Special Collections
Address:
BinghamtonUniversity Libraries
P.O. Box 6012
Binghamton, New York 13902-6012
Phone: 607-777-4844

https://www.binghamton.edu/libraries/special-collections/index.html

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Binghamton University Libraries are the center of the University's intellectual community, providing a welcoming environment for the creation and management of knowledge through innovative thinking, open inquiry, and collaborative partnerships. To enhance access to our rich and varied collections, we have digitized a wide range of materials including photographs, postcards, and manuscripts from our Libraries' Special Collections, many of which highlight the rich history of New York State.

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Collections

  • Anna E. Wilcox Collection
    The Anna E. Wilcox Collection of Civil War letters consists of forty-five letters on forty-four separate sheets, eight photographs, four envelopes which could not be matched to any letters, and ancillary materials.
  • Francis M. and Henry H. Stone Collection
    The Francis M. and Henry H. Stone Collection contain twenty-one letters written by the two brothers while they were in the 27th Regiment of the New York Volunteer Infantry and the 1st Regiment New York Veteran Cavalry
  • Ingraham P. Smith Collection
    The Ingraham P. Smith Collection consists of forty-five letters and two medical documents, written during the Civil War.
  • Joseph H. Treyz Collection of Civil War Patriotic Envelopes
    The Joseph H. Treyz Collection contains 149 patriotic envelopes printed during the Civil War.
  • Lewis H. Brown Collection
    The Lewis H. Brown Collection consists of sixty-four letters written by Lewis Henry Brown, Lewis’ brother Burritt Brown, and Albert Ransom, Burritt Brown’s friend and tent-mate.
  • Maurice Leyden Collection
    The Maurice Leyden Collection consists of diaries, photographs, correspondence, financial records, essays and military records of Maurice Leyden. The collection also includes twenty-two diaries, dating from 1860-1886 and written Sarah Woodruff Pottle, a relative of Mr. Leyden, as well as, four diaries spanning the years between 1897 and 1908 and belonging to Blanche Leyden, Maurice Leyden's daughter.
  • Max Reinhardt Collection
    The Max Reinhardt collection covers major aspects of the life and career of Austrian-born theatrical director and producer Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) . Reinhardt was widely recognized as a major creative artist and played a leading role in the transformation of the director as the key figure in theatrical production and the innovative use of new theater technology and experimentation with theater spaces and locales.
  • Patrick Casey Collection
    The Patrick Casey Collection consists of an autobiographical narrative and two diaries.
  • Ten Eyck Fonda Collection
    The Ten Eyck Fonda Collection consists of twenty-six letters written by Fonda while serving as a telegrapher for the United States Military Telegraph Service during the Civil War, and one political campaign card.
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