Manuscripts

Manuscripts at Historic Richmond Town

Selected from the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections

The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, is a free-of-charge cooperative cataloging program operated by the Library of Congress.

Items in the catalog include diaries, business, organizational and government records, letters, manuscripts, etc. Generally, they do not include conventionally published books.

The items listed below only contain partial information from the catalog records. The complete records, including locations and availability, are listed in the online catalog of the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Some of the records in the catalog may not have been updated recently, so check with the individual institutions for updates.

The items on this page are located at the:

Staten Island Historical Society

Historic Richmond Town

441 Clarke Avenue

Staten Island, NY 10306

Telephone: (718) 351-1611

Volunteer Fire Departments Photographic

Collection, 1880(ca.)-1925.

Notes: Photographs of personnel and activities of Staten

Island volunteer fire departments.

Subjects: Staten Island, New York -- Fire departments.

Fire departments -- Staten Island, New York.

Photographs -- Fire departments.

Fire departments -- Photographs.

Staten Island, New York -- Photographs.

Photographs -- Staten Island, New York.

Photoprints.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Staten Island Geographic Photograph File, 1865(ca.)-1980, 1885-1925

(bulk).

Notes: Begun in the WPA period, this collection has a

partial numerical card catalog keyed to F.W. Beers' 1874

Staten Island atlas. A subject related card catalog is in

process using a master list of headings.

Negatives and prints of Staten Island sites,

alphabetically arranged by subject, including Richmondtown

Restoration and local breweries. Includes some tintypes.

Card catalog (partial).

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Staten Island Ferry Photographic Collection,

1860-1969(ca.).

Notes: Photographs of Staten Island ferries, terminals,

and operations.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Richmondtown Restoration Site Documentation.

Richmondtown Restoration Site Documentation

photographs, 1960-1979(ca.).

Notes: Mounted prints and negatives of photographs taken

to document the sites and buildings of the Richmondtown

Restoration.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Miscellaneous Staten Island Photographs, 1885(ca.)-1930.

Notes: Miscellaneous photographs of Staten Island

people, landscapes and buildings, parades, public ceremonies,

exhibitions, railroads, and ships.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Flamm, Herbert H.

Flamm, Herbert H. Photograph Collection,

1935-1975(ca.).

Description: 1,000 items (ca.)

Notes: Photographer.

Negatives (4x5 and 8x10) of Staten Island

scenes.

Item list (partial).

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Austen, E. Alice.

Austen, E. Alice, 1866-1952. Photographic

Collection, 1884-1945(ca.), 1885-1915 (bulk).

Description: 5,900 items, 1,100 ft. film, 0.3 cubic ft.

Notes: Photographer.

There are 2,372 cataloged negatives that each

have a research copy print and a direct duplicate copy

negative, approx. 2,000 uncataloged and unprinted negatives

in rolls, approx. 900 vintage prints with copy negatives, and

approx. 600 vintage prints with no negatives.

Photographic collection includes negative images

such as glass plate, nitrate, and paper negatives; published

portfolios of pictures of New York street types, 1894, the

Chicago Exposition, 1893, and the Pan American Exposition in

Buffalo, 1901; loose photographs; family photo albums (not

taken by Austen); also original negative envelopes with

Austen's own notes; motion picture footage from 1929-35, 800

feet in black and white, 300 feet in color; and one of

Austen's cameras.

Item list.

'The Newly Discovered Picture World of Alice

Austen', LIFE, 31, No. 13 (September 24, 1951), 137-144..

Subjects: Photographs -- Negatives.

Photographs -- Glass plate negatives.

New York, New York -- Photographs.

Photographs -- New York, New York.

Fairs and exhibitions -- Photographs.

Photographs -- Fairs and exhibitions.

Fairs and exhibitions -- Chicago Exposition,

1893.

Fairs and exhibitions -- Pan American Exposition,

Buffalo, 1901.

Motion picture film.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Yetman, William J.

Yetman, William J. Diaries, 1911-1966, 1911-1929

(bulk).

Notes: Diaries of William J. Yetman, 1911-66, with many

gaps; concern his personal life and events on Staten Island.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Wiman, Erastus, 1834-1904.

Wiman, Erastus, 1834-1904 papers, 1870-1965,

1870-1890 (bulk).

Notes: Businessman, author.

Wiman was a partner in the firm of Dun and Wiman

(later Dun and Bradstreet), a vestryman of Christ Church, New

Brighton, a promoter of railroads and commerce, and developer

of electricity on Staten Island.

Papers of Erastus Wiman, Staten Island

businessman and author of SKETCHBOOK OF STATEN ISLAND and

CHANCES OF SUCCESS, include correspondence, photographs,

newspaper clippings, ephemera, a photocopy diary, and

business papers.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Warren, William.

Warren, William papers, 1912-1916, 1915-1916

(bulk).

Notes: Papers, blueprints, drawings, and house

specifications from the practice of William Warren, a Staten

Island architect.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Volunteer Fire Companies.

Volunteer Fire Companies records, 1863-1960,

1890-1930 (bulk).

Notes: See related photographs in Volunteer Fire

Departments Photographic Collection.

Minute books, account books, record books, legal

papers, newspaper clippings, certificates, memorabilia, and

ephemera of Staten Island volunteer fire companies.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Vertical Files, 1860(ca.)-1984.

Notes: Pamphlets, articles, correspondence, programs,

leaflets, posters and photos relating to Staten Island

business and industry, cultural life, environment, churches,

schools, politics and government, and transportation and

utilities.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Van Name, E.G., Family.

Van Name, E.G, Family papers, 1818-1967.

Notes: E.G. Van Name was a lawyer who lived from 1888 to

1971.

Genealogical material collected by the E.G. Van

Name family.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Tysen - Nutt Family.

Tysen - Nutt Family papers, 1840-1915.

Notes: The family was involved in canneries, iron

mining, and the Richmond County Insurance Company.

Scrapbooks, real estate papers, land maps, and

family papers of the Tysen and Nutt families, who once owned

the Guyon-Lake-Tysen House, part of the Richmondtown

Restoration. Represented are David J. Tysen I (1807-1885),

farmer and real estate speculator, and David J. Tysen II

(1841-1928), lawyer.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Temperance Organizations.

Temperance Organizations records, 1868-1905.

Notes: Records of local Staten Island chapters of the

Women's Christian Temperance Union and the Sons and Daughters

of Temperance, Pomona Division and New Springville chapters.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Stoddard, Charles Coleman, 1876-1961.

Stoddard, Charles Coleman, 1876-1961 papers,

1905-1961.

Notes: Editor, librarian, author.

Poems, correspondence, photos, articles,

notebooks, and manuscripts of Charles Coleman Stoddard,

editor of the STATEN ISLAND HISTORIAN, journal of the Staten

Island Historical Society, and librarian at the Historical

Society.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Stephens - Black Family.

Stephens - Black Family papers, 1844-1894.

Notes: Primarily general store account books of Stephen

D. Stephens and his successors, Joseph and Mary Black whose

house and store are part of the Richmondtown Restoration.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Steinmeyer, Henry G., 1888(approx.)-1980.

Steinmeyer, Henry G, 1888(approx.)-1980 papers,

1937(ca.)-1950.

Notes: Dentist, historian.

Papers of Dr. Henry G. Steinmeyer and family

including World War II memorabilia, family papers, an art

history notebook, ms. of his novel HEAVEN IS SHINING, and ms.

of his book STATEN ISLAND 1524-1898.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad Company.

Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad Company

records, 1856-1959, 1884-1899 (bulk).

Notes: Related photographs in Miscellaneous Staten

Island Photographs Collection and Borough President's Office

Photographic Collection.

Photographs and negatives, legal papers,

correspondence, bills and receipts from the Staten Island

Rapid Transit Railroad Company.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Staten Island Quartette Club.

Staten Island Quartette Club records, 1861-1951.

Notes: Account books, receipts, tax records, bank

records, stock certificates, minute books, membership lists,

correspondence, charter, bylaws, anniversary brochures, dance

cards, invitations, songbooks, sheet music, scrapbooks, and

photographs of the German song and social club. Most of the

material is in German.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Staten Island Historical Society, Richmondtown

Restoration Structures. Master Files, 1915-1984, 1933-1984

(bulk).

Notes: Extant buildings include the Basketmaker's House,

the Bennett House, the Boehm House, the Britton Cottage, the

Christopher House, the Colon Store, the Guyon-Lake-Tysen

House, the Stephens-Black House and Store, the Third County

Court House, the Treasure House, and the Voorlezer's House

(the oldest extant elementary school in the U.S.).

Papers, photocopies of historical documents, and

architectural drawings related to buildings of the Staten

Island Historical Society's Richmondtown Restoration project

including proposed reconstructions. Also papers on general

site development, surrounding roadways, drainage, and other

related projects.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Staten Island Historical Society, Off-Site Structures. Master Files, 1915-1984, 1933-1984 (bulk).

Notes: Papers, photocopies of historical documents, and

architectural drawings related to structures in the care of

the Staten Island Historical Society but outside the

Richmondtown Restoration, including the

Billiou-Sillwell-Perrine House, the Judge Jacob Tysen House,

and the Decker Farm, as well as several structures not

currently owned by the Historical Society but of interest for

possible acquisition by the Restoration.

Unpublished guide.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Staten Island Historical Society.

Staten Island Historical Society records,

1900-1980, 1922-1980 (bulk).

Notes: The Staten Island Historical Society merged in

1922 with the Staten Island Antiquarian Society to form the

present Staten Island Historical Society.

Noncurrent records of the Staten Island

Historical Society, 1922-80, including minutes,

correspondence, reports, financial records, attendance

records, programs, projects, educational outreach, grant

proposals, publicity materials, photographs, ephemera, and

publications of the Staten Island Historical Society and

Richmondtown Restoration.

Also includes the records of a predecessor Staten

Island Historical Society, 1900-22, and the minutes and acts

of the Staten Island Antiquarian Society, 1914-22.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Staten Island Growers Association.

Staten Island Growers Association records,

1932-1945.

Notes: Accounts, correspondence, USDA bulletins, and

programs from the annual Farmers' and Florists' Barn Dance of

the Staten Island Growers Association.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Staten Island Records. Microfilms, 1609-1967.

Notes: Microfilm of various Staten Island records and

books about Staten Island including public records, such as

deeds, wills, marriage and death records, Surrogate Court

Decrees, patents, and military records. The collection also

contains film of the WPA index for Staten Island records,

Bible records, genealogical narratives, and 18th and 19th

century church records in the possession of the Staten Island

Historical Society.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Staten Island Data File, 1935(ca.)-1951.

Notes: Card file index of people, newspapers,

occupations, place names, road records, and Black history on

Staten Island, begun by the WPA, with information on subjects

going back to the 1600's.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Simonson Family.

Simonson Family papers, 1683-1932.

Notes: Accounts, land papers, genealogical data, poems,

correspondence, photographs, and school notebooks of the

Simonson family.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Ships' Logs, 1829-1900, 1880-1900 (bulk).

Notes: Logs of Staten Island pilots and pilot boats

including the JAMES STAFFORD, Pilot Boat 18, 1886-91, 4

volumes; Oscar Stoffrieden's pilot logs, 1871-95, 3 volumes;

Allen M. Beebe's Sandy Hook pilot's log, 1883-1900; and the

log of the schooner BENJAMIN SMITH, Peter Zeluff, Master,

November 1829 - April 1830.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Shipbuilding and Shipping Collection, 1848-1977.

Notes: Related photographs in Staten Island Geographic

Photograph File and Miscellaneous Staten Island Photographs

Collection.

Company publications, records, and memorabilia of

the Staten Island shipbuilding industry, especially Standard

and Bethlehem Steel shipyards; also includes specifications,

photos, blueprints, and related material for miscellaneous

Staten Island waterborne shipping firms.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Seaver Family.

Seaver Family papers, 1832-1918, 1852-1881

(bulk).

Notes: Family papers and business records of the Seaver

family including accounts of their mill on Staten Island from

1852-81. Also papers of two of the mill's proprietors,

Crocheron and Allen.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Santoro, Daniel, Collector. Italian-American

Collection, 1905-1954.

Notes: Daniel Santoro, an architect, was active in

Staten Island Italian-American civic affairs and was director

of the Staten Island Historical Society.

A collection of notebooks, manuscripts,

scrapbooks, correspondence, photos, and memorabilia relating

to Italian-American history, especially on Staten Island.

Included in the collection is material relating to Garibaldi

and his stay in New York as an exile, and to Antonio Meucci,

inventor of the acoustical telephone.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church.

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church records,

1830(ca.)-1921.

Notes: Vestry minutes, financial records, pew rent

books, and vital statistics.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Sailors' Snug Harbor.

Sailors' Snug Harbor records, 1890-1915.

Notes: Account books and work assignments for Sailors'

Snug Harbor seamen's home, Staten Island.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company.

S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company records,

1868-1976.

Notes: The plant on Staten Island, at Prince's Bay, to

which most of the material relates, operated from 1865 until

1972. The company is still in operation in Holmdel, New

Jersey. Related photographs are in the Staten Island

Geographic Photograph File.

Dentistry pamphlet, correspondence, news

clippings, photographs, company history, product label,

celebration memorabilia, and catalogs from the S.S. White

Dental Manufacturing Company.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Ryers, David R.

Ryers, David R papers, 1833-1871.

Notes: Cordwainer, inn keeper.

Legal documents; militia commissions in the 1st

Regiment, Light Artillery; pew deed for St. Andrew's Church,

Staten Island; and accounts of David R. Ryers.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Rossbach Family.

Rossbach Family papers, 1846-1943.

Notes: Photographs, genealogical data (some in German),

accounts, and notebooks from the Rossbach family.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Richmondtown and Off-site Structures.

Richmondtown and Off-site Structures. Archival Material, 1830-1943.

Notes: There are photographs of the Richmondtown

Restoration in the Curatorial Section of the Staten Island

Historical Society.

Items related to and found in buildings at the

Richmondtown Restoration, and in other structures owned by

the Staten Island Historical Society, including drawings,

newspapers, title searches, other original documents, and

facsimile inscriptions on buildings. Of note are materials

from the Marsh and Nolan Carriage Factory, and the Judge

Jacob Tysen House.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Richmond County. Public Records, 1741-1912.

Notes: Public records of Richmond County, from the

County Clerk's Office. Included are coroner's reports and

police records; materials on the Polly Bodine murder case,

1844-46; copies of deeds and land documents; bonds, accounts,

bills and receipts, contracts, and correspondence; records

from town boards of health; fishing, hunting, and oystering

licenses; records of the Staten Island Railway; business

licenses and petitions; papers pertaining to naturalization,

courts, elections, town and village governments, and schools;

vital statistics; road records; apprentice indentures of

freeborn blacks, 1805-06; and records of public institutions

for the poor, the insane, and for juvenile delinquents.

Copies of land papers from the New-York

Historical Society and the Staten Island Institute of Arts

and Sciences.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Richardson, William H., 1867-1937.

Richardson, William H, 1867-1937 papers,

1930-1937.

Notes: Historian.

Richardson worked for the Department of Local

History, Board of Education, Jersey City, New Jersey.

Correspondence, typescript articles, and

typescripts of 17th century letters pertaining to New Jersey

and Staten Island history, especially the Dutch settlers and

the Indians.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Rezeau - Van Pelt - Wheatley Family.

Rezeau - Van Pelt - Wheatley Family papers,

1780-1860.

Notes: Deeds and miscellaneous papers of the Rezeau, Van

Pelt, and Wheatley families who resided in the Voorlezer's

House, now part of the Richmondtown Restoration. The Rezeau -

Van Pelt family cemetery is also on the Restoration grounds.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Reed, Herbert.

Reed, Herbert papers, 1950(ca.)-1968.

Notes: Historian.

Primarily manuscripts of monographs by Herbert

Reed on Staten Island transportation, utilities, houses,

people, places, and events. Also correspondence, 1962-68.

Item list.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Public School 28.

Public School 28 records, 1950-1962(ca.).

Notes: Books, posters, children's papers, custodians'

records, and samples of building materials from P.S. 28, a

structure at the Richmondtown Restoration.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Prohibition Park/Hiram C. Horton.

Prohibition Park/Hiram C. Horton papers,

1840-1931, 1866-1909 (bulk).

Notes: Land papers, correspondence, photographs,

pamphlets, and ephemera from the Prohibition Park Company and

Hiram C. Horton, a major developer of the park and of a

temperance community on Staten Island.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Proctor and Gamble Company.

Proctor and Gamble Company records, 1931-1982.

Notes: Related photographs in Staten Island Geographic

Photograph File.

History of the company to 1982, material on the

diamond jubilee of the plant at Port Ivory, annual report,

correspondence, clippings, and company publications of the

Proctor and Gamble Company at Port Ivory, Staten Island.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Real Estate Records, 1844-1984.

Notes: Maps, title abstracts, advertising handbills,

brochures, and other listings and ephemera relating to

realtors and real estate on Staten Island.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Port Richmond Women's Club.

Port Richmond Women's Club records, 1903-1974.

Notes: Scrapbooks, accounts, programs, annual reports,

and banner of the Port Richmond Women's Club.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Perine Family.

Perine Family papers, 1750-1951.

Notes: Papers of the Perine family include land papers,

wills, military papers, diaries, accounts, and

correspondence; also a modern typescript of a 1695 royal

patent; and Ida Dudley Dale's history of the family and the

Perine house which is an off-site property of the Staten

Island Historical Society.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Old New York Printing and Dyeing Establishment.

Old New York Printing and Dyeing Establishment

records, 1824-1920.

Notes: Related photographs in the Staten Island

Geographic Photograph Files.

Records of a printing, dyeing, and dry cleaning

factory including correspondence, advertisements, trade

cards, account and dye recipe books, maps, photographs, and

samples. Also included are 1856 articles of agreement between

Nathan Barrett and the Heals, and a pamphlet, 'Memorial of

Sundry Citizens of the City of New York, Proprieters of a

Dyeing and Printing Establishment on Staten Island', 18th

Congress, 1st Session, 1824. The account and dye recipe books

and a product wrapper are from Joseph & Nathan Heal of the

Staten Island Fancy Dyeing Establishment, 1848-53. The

company was also known as Barrett and Nephews Company.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Nursery Schools.

Nursery Schools records, 1906-1948.

Notes: Twenty volumes of records and photographs from

the Port Richmond Day Nursery, 1906-48, the Cradle Roll

Nursery, 1920-38, and the West Brighton Day Nursery, 1940.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Polemus, James.

Polemus, James papers, 1817-1828.

Notes: Minister.

Accounts, religious poems, and legal documents of

the Rev. James Polemus, evangelical minister.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Morris, Ira K., 1847-1921.

Morris, Ira K, 1847-1921 papers, 1900-1921.

Notes: Journalist, historian.

Will, correspondence, clippings, and photographs

from Ira K. Morris, journalist, historian and President of

the Staten Island Historical Society.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Robert's Pharmacy.

Robert's Pharmacy records, 1864-1936.

Notes: Account books of Robert's Pharmacy.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Moore Family.

Moore Family papers, 1850(ca.)-1933.

Notes: Papers of the Moore family including business

papers and correspondence; also genealogical material for the

family which included Episcopal Bishop Channing Moore and the

Rev. David Moore, rector of St. Andrew's on Staten Island for

48 years.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Miscellaneous Scrapbooks, 1840-1935.

Notes: Scrapbooks of postcards, greeting cards,

cigarette cards, newspaper clippings, colored scrapbook

cards, trade cards, poems, autographs, Staten Island items,

and miscellaneous memorabilia.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Miscellaneous Organizations.

Miscellaneous Organizations records, 1832-1978.

Notes: Records of clubs and organizations on Staten

Island, including the Lenhart Post of the Grand Army of the

Republic, the Staten Island Club, Staten Island Sons of the

Revolution, Staten Island Diet Kitchen, Daughters of the

American Revolution, Freemasons, Richmond County Library,

Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Daughters of 1812, the Fishing Club,

and the District 1 Garden Club. There are also accounts from

the Marine Hospital for 1832-33.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Miscellaneous Military Records, 1776-1945.

Notes: Photocopies and original documents about Staten

Islanders' military participation. Includes a register of all

men from Staten Island who served in World War I; a book of

fines for an unidentified company, 1846; pension claim forms

for survivors and families from the Revolution to World War

I; and a group of U.S. propaganda and educational brochures,

posters, and ration books from World War II.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Miscellaneous Manuscripts A - Z, 1715(ca.)-1978.

Notes: Miscellanous papers, including correspondence,

business and financial records, genealogical material,

photographs, clippings, and ephemera, of c.70 Staten Island

families, indexed alphabetically by surname.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Miscellaneous Manuscripts A - 00, 1660(ca.)-1980(ca.).

Notes: Materials from 17th and 18th centuries are

copies; earliest original is early 19th century.

Correspondence, clippings, articles,

organizational records, photographs, and ephemera, including

miscellaneous papers of Staten Island families, 1800-45;

copies of 17th century documents relating to Cornelius Melyn;

ms. copies of colonial documents from New York and New Jersey

relating to Staten Island; and other materials relating to

such subjects as borough presidents, Buffalo Bill (William F.

Cody), postal service, schools, social life, and sports.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Miscellaneous Business and Industry Records, 1843-1983.

Notes: Related photographs in Staten Island Geographic

Photograph File and Miscellaneous Staten Island Photographs

Collection.

Records of Staten Island business and industry

including ephemera, correspondence, accounts, catalogs,

letterheads and bills. Industries represented include

aviation, brickmaking, candlemaking, granite quarrying,

hotels, iron mining, whaling, insurance, labor unions,

pharmacy, utilities, newspapers, banking, patents, ice

harvesting, paint manufacturing, and fireworks.

Companies include Meyer's Cigars; Gage Sandpaper;

Vought Bicycle Repair Shop; C.A. Witteman Aircraft; Louis De

Jonge & Sons, paper; Sun Chemical/Ausbacher-Siegle; Nassau

Recycle, waste metal; Grief Brothers, barrels; and Oswald

Uniform Corporation.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Miscellaneous Account Books, 1800-1923, 1850-1900

(bulk).

Notes: Single account books of Staten Island businesses

including a hotel, a ship arrival service, piano tuner,

butcher, farmer, doctor, dye maker, baker, building

contractor, several merchants, and household accounts.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Merrit Scott Chapman Salvage Co..

Merrit Scott Chapman Salvage Co records,

1920-1946.

Notes: Photographs in Staten Island Geographic

Photograph File.

Forty-five volumes of engineer, deck, and ships'

logs, and account books of the Merrit Scott Chapman Salvage

Company ships S.S. WARBLER, CRUSADER, WILLET, CHALLENGER, and

RESOLUTE; also photographs, publicity ephemera, and newspaper

clippings.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Merrell - Keteltas - Stoothoff Families.

Merrell - Keteltas - Stoothoff Families papers,

1839-1917, 1855-1917 (bulk).

Notes: Papers of sisters Sophia Anna Merrell Stoothoff

and Jane V. Merrell Keteltas including a collection of

diaries and some miscellaneous family papers and photographs.

The diaries provide a fifty-year chronicle (with some gaps)

of Staten Island life.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Mariner Harbor Baptist Church.

Mariner Harbor Baptist Church records,

1880-1889(ca.).

Notes: Membership book of the Mariner Harbor Baptist

Church for the 1880's.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Louis Etlinger and Sons.

Louis Etlinger and Sons records, 1897-1929.

Notes: Accounts, product samples, order book, order

blanks, and corporate records for a box manufacturer.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Leng, Charles William, 1859-1941.

Leng, Charles William, 1859-1941 papers,

1925-1941.

Notes: Historian, entomologist.

Leng was Director of the Staten Island Institute

of Arts and Science and co-author of THE HISTORY OF STATEN

ISLAND AND ITS PEOPLE.

Papers include some ms. notes for THE HISTORY OF

STATEN ISLAND AND ITS PEOPLE.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Kreischer Family/New York Anderson Pressed Brick Company.

Kreischer Family/New York Anderson Pressed Brick

Company records, 1860-1952.

Notes: Related photographs in the Staten Island

Geographic Photograph File.

Records include an architectural drawing of the

factory; a stock certificate, 1887; a 1902 sales catalog; and

an 1860's price list. Also some personal papers of the

Kreischer family.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Kolff, Cornelius G., 1860-1950.

Kolff, Cornelius G, 1860-1950 papers,

1850(ca.)-1950.

Notes: Real estate agent, historian.

Kolff was the author of A SHORT HISTORY OF STATEN

ISLAND, 1926.

Family papers, literary mss., scrapbooks,

correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia. Also real

estate sales records, listings, and brochures.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Isaacs, Carl.

Isaacs, Carl papers, 1908-1978.

Notes: Carl Isaacs was a Staten Island lawyer and a

member of various professional, fraternal, philanthropic, and

political organizations.

Papers of Askel Isaacs, first vice-president of

B'nai Jeshrun Synagogue, and his son, Carl Isaacs, founder of

Temple Israel Reform Congregation. Included are legal and

land papers, business accounts, correspondence, photographs,

notebooks, certificates, and memorabilia. Also included are

papers of the Mord family. Alter Mord was the father-in-law

of Carl Isaacs' sister and the first president of B'nai

Jeshrun.

Gift of Mrs. Litinsky.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Horn, Joseph J., 1808-1848.

Horn, Joseph J, 1808-1848 papers, 1824-1846.

Notes: Architect.

Papers of Joseph J. Horn include correspondence

and business records, 1824-25, with a printed copy of an

anonymous address, 1846, to the Independent Order of Odd

Fellows.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Large Format Ephemera, 1825-1983.

Notes: Posters, broadsides, and handbills from

businesses and public events, mostly relating to Staten

Island.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Hopping Family.

Hopping Family papers, 1869-1905.

Notes: Papers of the Hopping family mostly pertaining to

their lumber and masons' supply business on Staten Island.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Historical Maps, 1648-1970(ca.).

Description: 346 items

Notes: Printed, manuscript, and photocopy maps, mostly

of Staten Island; also modern representation of 17th and 18th

century settlements.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Hine, Charles Gilbert.

Hine, Charles Gilbert papers, 1914-1963,

1914-1918 (bulk).

Notes: Memorabilia, clippings, correspondence, and

ephemera relating to Hine's efforts to collect World War I

posters for the Staten Island Antiquarian Society, of which

he was president. Also correspondence and clippings about the

life and writings of Hine.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Hillyer - Prall - Decker Family.

Hillyer - Prall - Decker Family papers,

1784-1950.

Notes: Family papers of the interrelated Hillyer, Prall,

and Decker families including genealogical data, copybooks,

notebooks and manuscripts, accounts, correspondence,

financial and business papers, local ephemera, photographs,

tintypes, and daguerreotypes, as well as documents from the

historic Asbury M.E. Church of Staten Island.

Prominent persons represented are John Blake

Hillyer, 1808-1908, state legislator, local official, and

M.E. minister; his son-in-law, Oscar J. Prall, 1843-1925,

metalworker and carpenter; his daughter, Mary Prall Decker

and her husband Fred C. Decker, carpenter and last active

trustee of Asbury M.E. Church.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Hessian Revolutionary War Diaries, 1776-1784.

Notes: Microfilm copies of daybooks of Hessian regiments

stationed on Staten Island, with typescript translations of

some of them.

Originals in State Archives, Marburg, Germany.

Item list.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Hart Family.

Hart Family papers, 1851-1948.

Notes: Cornelius A. Hart served as Richmond County

Clerk.

Payroll book, 1870-74, photographs, and

miscellaneous papers of Cornelius A. Hart, 1851-1944; Charles

F. Hart, 1862-1948; and their father, Patrick Hart, a

construction contractor.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Gustav A. Mayer Confectionary.

Gustav A. Mayer Confectionary records,

1880(ca.)-1900.

Notes: Gustav A. Mayer lived from 1845 to 1918; his

company was in existence from 1870 to 1918.

Related photographs in the Staten Island

Geographic Photograph File and the Miscellaneous Staten

Island Photographs Collection.

Advertising book, photographs, labels,

letterhead, price list, sample decorations, catalogs,

specifications, correspondence, and advertising ephemera.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Gordon Florists.

Gordon Florists records, 1876-1909, 1876-1880

(bulk).

Notes: One volume of accounts and various forms, bills,

and business cards from Gordon Florists of Staten Island.

Folder list.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Good Government Club.

Good Government Club records, 1894-1908.

Notes: Records of the Good Government Club of Staten

Island, including two volumes of minutes, one volume of

correspondence and news clippings, and a certificate.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Golder, R. Henry and Valentine Mott.

Golder, R. Henry and Valentine Mott Papers,

1817-1910.

Notes: R. Henry Golder (1820-1910) and Valentine Mott

Golder (1848-1878) were Staten Island physicians.

Ledgers, correspondence, birth and death records,

legal papers, and photographs relating to R. Henry Golder and

his son, V.M. Golder.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Foreign Trade Zone.

Foreign Trade Zone records, 1929-1945.

Notes: Correspondence, contracts, and other records

relating to the Free Trade Zone established on the eastern

shore of Staten Island; pamphlets on foreign free ports; and

papers of John N. Dick who helped establish the New York Free

Trade Zone.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

First Baptist Church.

First Baptist Church records, 1795-1842.

Notes: Early records of the First Baptist Church

including genealogical data.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Dutch Reformed Church, Brighton Heights.

Dutch Reformed Church, Brighton Heights records,

1827-1966.

Notes: Registers; women's auxiliary, mission society,

and sabbath school minutes; receipts; insurance records and

policies; accounts; subscription lists; letters; church

bulletins; commemorative histories; and miscellaneous

ephemera and photographs of the Brighton Heights Dutch

Reformed Church.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

DuPuy Family.

DuPuy Family papers, 1733-1893.

Notes: William DuPuy was Port Richmond village

treasurer.

Papers of the DuPuy family including business

accounts, legal documents, notebooks, and photographs. Family

members represented include Nicholas, Barnet, and William H.

DuPuy.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Dobler's Hotel.

Dobler's Hotel records, 1896-1920.

Notes: Accounts, 1917-1919, and guest register,

1896-1920, of Dobler's Hotel, Richmondtown, Staten Island.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Diedrick, George and Frederick.

Diedrick, George and Frederick papers,

1831-1893.

Notes: Ledgers, 1833-61, deeds, bills, and

correspondence of Staten Island hoteliers.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Staten Island Woman's Club.

Staten Island Woman's Club records, 1900-1970.

Notes: Yearbooks, scrapbooks, records, banner, and gavel

of the club.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Delavan, Edward Close.

Delavan, Edward C papers, 1874-1938, 1874-1904

(bulk).

Notes: Legal and real estate records from the practice

of Edward C. Delavan, Staten Island lawyer. Also several

personal letters and a pistol permit from 1894.

Item list.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

De Hart Family.

De Hart Family papers, 1862-1974, 1862-1900

(bulk).

Notes: De Hart family members were oystermen, coal and

feed merchants, and druggists.

Papers including account books, receipts, poetry,

correspondence, certificates, notebooks, and photographs of

the De Hart family.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

De Groot, Rawson, and Stafford - Frank I. Smith.

De Groot, Rawson, and Stafford - Frank I. Smith

papers, 1870-1927, 1880-1910 (bulk).

Notes: The law firm of De Groot, Rawson, and Stafford

was founded as a partnership between L. and C. Clark and

Alfred De Groot in c.1859 and ended c.1917.

Papers of the law firm of De Groot, Rawson, and

Stafford and of Frank I. Smith as partners and in private

practice; includes financial records, court records, title

searches, and other legal papers and correspondence.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Decker Farm Collection, 1869-1956.

Notes: Papers of Sylvanus Decker (1822-1909) and those

of his family relating to the Decker Farm, an off-site

property of the Staten Island Historical Society. Includes

correspondence, account books, photographs, a photo album,

and news clippings.

Papers were obtained when property was acquired

in 1955.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Davis, William T., 1862-1945.

Davis, William T, 1862-1945 papers, 1922-1946.

Notes: Entomologist, historian.

Papers of William T. Davis including real estate

papers, correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and

articles on entomology and local history.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Dale, Ida Dudley, 1874-1953.

Dale, Ida Dudley, 1874-1953 papers, 1895-1953.

Notes: Papers, genealogical materials, and manuscripts

from Ida Dudley Dale, member of the Staten Island Historical

Society, genealogist, and local historian, including diaries,

1895-1948, clippings, scrapbooks, photograph albums, and

Staten Island memorabilia, as well as notebooks and mss. on

local subjects.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Loyalist Diaries, 1775-1800(ca.).

Notes: Manuscript and typescript copies of Loyalist

diaries and compensation claims relating to Staten Island.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Cromwell, George/Dongan Hills Realty Company.

Cromwell, George/Dongan Hills Realty Company

records, 1889-1906.

Notes: George Cromwell (1860-1934) was a realtor and

first Borough President of Staten Island.

Four deed books detailing legal transfer of land

with sketch maps, one photograph, and one letter from George

Cromwell and the Dongan Hills Realty Company.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Crocheron Family.

Crocheron Family papers, 1827-1911.

Notes: Papers including photographs, poetry, family

genealogy, estate papers, correspondence and accounts of

various branches of the Crocheron family and its businesses,

Crocheron & Bros. Wholesale Grocers, Edmund N. Crocheron,

druggist, and J.J. Crocheron's General Store, both of

Richmondtown, Staten Island.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Crabtree & Wilkinson, Silk Printers.

Crabtree & Wilkinson, Silk Printers records,

1844-1881.

Notes: Business records including accounts, dye recipes,

site map, deeds and indentures from Crabtree & Wilkinson,

Silk Printers.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

County Clerk's Office. Property Maps,1815(ca.)-1934, 1832-1919

(bulk).

Notes: Property maps filed in the office of the Richmond

County Clerk.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Connell Funeral Home.

Connell Funeral Home records, 1907-1936.

Notes: Funeral records and accounts of the Connell

Funeral Home of Staten Island.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Cole, Annie.

Cole, Annie papers, 1880(ca.)-1942.

Notes: Teacher.

Photographs and letters from former pupils in

service in World War I, 1917-19, and miscellaneous papers of

Annie Cole, teacher at the Huguenot School.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Clark, James Guyon, 1825-1915.

Clark, James Guyon, 1825-1915 papers, 1846-1897.

Notes: Physician.

Accounts and one scrapbook of Dr. James Guyon Clark.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

C. W. Hunt Co..

C. W. Hunt Co records, 1885-1925, 1900-1919

(bulk).

Notes: Related photographs in Staten Island Geographic

Photograph File.

Trade catalogs; correspondence; blueprints and

specifications; company history, 1872-1902; and employee

relations material from the C.W. Hunt Company, manufacturers

of railway freight cars, coal handling equipment, and related machinery.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Butcher - McGill - Reeder Families.

Butcher - McGill - Reeder Family papers,

1858-1933.

Notes: Papers of the interrelated Butcher, McGill, and

Reeder families including real estate papers, baptism and

confirmation certificates, military documents, scrapbook, and accounts.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Burbank Family.

Burbank Family papers, 1763-1933.

Notes: Papers of the Burbank family of Staten Island,

and Isaac Mersereau, including correpondence, accounts, land

records, estate and legal papers, insurance documents, poems,

Baptist Church documents, broadsides, and photographs. Also

includes correspondence of Isaac Mersereau, and real estate

ledgers belonging to Abram Burbank.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Brewing Industry.

Brewing Industry Collection, 1873-1925.

Notes: Letterheads, business cards, dance programs,

legal and land papers, financial records, blueprints, liquor

license applications, and advertising ephemera from the

Piels, Bechtel, Constanz, Rubsam & Horrmann Breweries, and

other local breweries.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Brassington Electric & Hardware Company.

Brassington Electric & Hardware Company records,

1863-1905.

Notes: John D. Brassington ran a hardware business in

the 1860's and William B. Brassington added an electrical

contracting business, c.1900.

Account books of John D. and William B. Brassington.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Boehm, Rev. Henry M., 1919-1962.

Boehm, Henry M, 1819-1862, and Family papers,

1828-1890(ca.).

Notes: Minister, schoolmaster.

Boehm was a Methodist minister and schoolmaster

on Staten Island. The Boehm house is part of the Richmondtown

Restoration.

Papers including letters, scrapbooks, and school

records of the Rev. Henry M. Boehm and his family. Most of

the collection consists of memorabilia from his boarding

school; papers of his wife Rizpah (1821-1898); and his father

Henry Boehm, Sr. (1775-1875), including 100th birthday

memorabilia.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Black History Collection, 1880-1975.

Notes: Black history material compiled in the mid-1970's

by the Education Department of the Staten Island Historical

Society; most of the material is secondary except for some

original research about blacks on Staten Island. Also eight

photographs, postcards, and stereopticon views.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Biographical and Genealogical File, 1900-1984.

Notes: Genealogical records of Staten Island families

with data from the 17th century on, compiled in the 20th

century.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Bible Records, 1600-1920.

Notes: Transcripts, photocopies, and some originals of

genealogical data from Staten Island family Bibles.

Card catalog.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church.

Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church records,

1859-1887(ca.).

Notes: Sunday School classbooks, meeting minutes, and

poems from Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Benedict Brothers.

Benedict Brothers papers, 1855-1885.

Notes: Papers of the Benedict Brothers and family,

jewelers and watchmakers in New York City and residents of

Staten Island. Collection includes legal and business

records, photographs, and personal correspondence.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Beinert Construction Company.

Beinert Construction Company records, 1898-1907.

Notes: Account books of Beinert Construction Company,

specialists in building breweries and ice plants.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Austen, E. Alice (Elizabeth Alice), 1866-1952.

Austen, E. Alice, 1866-1952 papers, 1824-1919.

Notes: Photographer.

The photographs of Alice Austen are in the

curatorial section of the Staten Island Historical Society.

Papers of Staten Island photographer E. Alice

Austen including correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs,

clippings, and some family memorabilia, including a

phrenological chart for her grandfather John Austen.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Audio Tapes, 1980-1984.

Notes: Tapes about the Richmondtown Restoration,

lectures on Staten Island subjects, and Staten Island oral

history.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Atlantic Terra Cotta Company.

Atlantic Terra Cotta Company records, 1889-1983.

Notes: Related photographs in Staten Island Geographic

Photograph File and Miscellaneous Staten Island Photographs

Collection.

Design book and drawings, site blueprints and

architectural drawings, advertisements and publicity

material, correspondence and letterheads, photographs, and a

company history.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church.

Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church records,

1803-1952.

Notes: Business ledgers, 1882-1925, 1939-1952; register

of vital statistics and membership, 1858-1881; minutes of

Board of Trustees and annual meetings, 1803-1860; minutes of

the Building Committee, 1949; ms. of program, 1890; printed

programs; and miscellaneous ephemera of the Asbury Methodist

Episcopal Church at New Springville, Staten Island.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Architectural Drawings, 1880(ca.)-1920.

Notes: Paper, linen, and blueprint architectural

drawings, mostly undated, by New York architects, some of

Staten Island projects. Architects include James Renwick, H.

Hasenstein, Paul Kuhne, William H. Mersereau, and E.A.

Sargent.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

American Linoleum Company.

American Linoleum Company records, 1882-1961.

Notes: Related photographs in Staten Island Geographic

Photograph File and Miscellaneous Staten Island Photographs

Collection.

Correspondence, accounts, letterheads,

advertisements, machine blueprints, drawings, Gagenstyn

patent records, and clippings showing Wild-American Linoleum

Company machinery, plant map, and a history of

linoleum-making from the American Linoleum Company.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

Agriculture Records, 1860-1940.

Notes: Related photographs in Staten Island Geographic

Photograph File and Miscellaneous Staten Island Photographs Collection.

Scrapbook, advertisements, product labels,

Richmond County Agricultural Society stock, diplomas,

memorabilia, almanac, and pamphlets on cows, goats, guano,

and general agricultural topics.

Location: Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, New York

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Staten Island Museum Collections

selected from the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections

The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, is a free-of-charge cooperative cataloging program operated by the Library of Congress.

Items in the catalog include diaries, business, organizational and government records, letters, manuscripts, etc. Generally, they do not include conventionally published books.

The items listed below only contain partial information from the catalog records. The complete records, including locations and availability, are listed in the online catalog of the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Some of the records here may not have been updated recently, so check with the individual institutions for updates.

Wyeth, Nathaniel J., 1830-1916.

Wyeth, Nathaniel J, 1830-1916 papers, 1862-1889.

Notes: Papers of a Staten Island attorney and member of

the New York State Assembly from 1867-72, including campaign

posters and handbills from his bids for county judge, 1875

and 1887; papers from legal cases he handled, 1862-79;

manuscript and printed legislation pertaining to Richmond

County, 1867-72; letters received concerning legal,

professional, and legislative matters, 1873-89; letters,

minutes, proxies, and clippings of the Staten Island Bridge

Company, 1870-76; and ephemera from local organizations,

including the Richmond County Agricultural Society, 1864-69.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Women's Collection, 1816-1980.

Notes: Items pertaining to woman suffrage include

literature from Mary G. Brewer's campaign for the New York

State Senate, 1915-18; press releases and handbills from

Empire State Campaign Committee of the Woman Suffrage Party,

1915-17; and postcards, leaflets, pamphlets, and newspapers,

1911-21. Literary works include a publication by Mrs. William

Starr Dana of Staten Island, 1894, and papers from a women's

studies course at the College of Staten Island, 1979-80.

Materials from local individuals and group activities,

1816-1980, include Mary Ann Paul's sketchbook and diary,

1821-30; letters of Delia A. Wood, 1840-44; Directory of

Women, 1927-28, listing clubs and associations; paper on Kate

Walker, lighthouse keeper, by Janice Quinn, 1980; and

ephemera from local groups. Also clippings, photocopies, and

other papers pertaining to women on Staten Island,

1896-1979.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Winter, William, 1836-1917 papers, 1863-1937.

Notes:Drama critic.

Miscellaneous letters, biographical materials,

and ephemera including transcript of a letter, 1863, from

George W. Curtis to Winter; transcript of description of

Winter residence, by Eliza C. Winter, 1879; photograph of

Lawrence Barrett and a letter from Barrett to Winter, 1882;

biographical notes and clippings assembled by William T.

Davis, 1880-1930; testimonial programs and clippings,

1910-16; catalog from the sale of his library, 1923; and a

brochure on the Arthur Winter Memorial Library in the Staten

Island Academy, 1937, donated in memory of his son.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Winant, Abraham.

Winant, Abraham Collection, 1845-1946, 1845-1888

(bulk).

Notes: Miscellaneous papers of the Winant family of

Rossville, Staten Island, 1845-1946, including bonds, oaths

of office, road and school tax records, and other papers

signed by B.P. Winant as Town Clerk of Westfield (formerly a

town on Staten Island), 1875-78; accounts from the general

store run by B.P. and Susan Winant, 1849-88; letter of

Abraham Winant to Secretary of War in Washington, D.C.,

concerning the Civil War pension of David Sprague, 1877;

undated manuscript of a political satire on U.S. Grant; will

of Margaret Draper of Coshocton, Ohio, 1869; copy of the

family history, 1845; and inventory of the papers by Mabel

Abbott, 1946.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Wiman, Erastus, 1834-1904.

Wiman, Erastus, 1834-1904 papers, 1886-1961.

Notes: Businessman.

Miscellaneous items pertaining to Wiman, railroad

entrepreneur and promoter, of Staten Island, including two

articles by Wiman on Staten Island, 1897; clippings about

him, 1901-61; fliers from the Staten Island Amusement

Company, 1886; and a letter from his son Louis E. Wiman

reminiscing about his father, 1952.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Whitford Architectural Collection, 1907-1963.

Notes: Plans, elevations, presentation drawings,

photographs, building department records and permits,

specifications, memos, and correspondence, 1907-63, of James

Whitford, Sr. (1871-1947) and his son James Whitford, Jr.

(1906-1976) pertaining to construction of banks, hotels,

institutional buildings, Masonic temples, municipal

buildings, theatres, and residences on Staten Island. Also

includes two publications by James Whitford, Sr., SUBURBAN

ARCHITECTURE BY JAMES WHITFORD, c.1920, and JAMES WHITFORD,

ARCHITECT, undated.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Wasserman, Gilbert, Collector.

Wasserman, Gilbert, 1917-1980. Map Collection,

1923-1962.

Notes: Geologist, educator.

Includes Rock Line Series for Richmond County,

prepared by Columbia University in 1937, consisting of 101

maps of earth and rock borings for areas on Staten Island;

and 37 core profiles of specific buildings and bridges on

Staten Island, 1923-62.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Wasserman, Gilbert, 1917-1980.

Wasserman, Gilbert, 1917-1980 papers, 1949-1979.

Geologist, educator.

Notes: Collection pertains to his geological activities

and his teaching career at the College of Staten Island and

includes papers, research notes, field observations, graphs,

charts, and photographs on Staten Island geology, 1949-77;

correspondence, 1949-79; his articles on geology, 1966-76,

and his master's thesis on the 'Magnetic Survey of Staten

Island Serpentine,' 1956; and teaching materials such as

course plans, lecture notes, assignments, exams, and field

trip instructions, 1952-70.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Tuttle, George W.

Tuttle, George W papers, 1904-1917.

Notes: Civil engineer. Two manuscripts written in 1917, 'The First

Attempt to Settle Staten Island,' and 'The Town of Dover upon

Staten Island,' with an abstract of the latter by Charles W.

Leng; and an invitation to the cornerstone-laying of the

Staten Island Borough Hall, 1904.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Tube Map Collection, 1856-1977.

Notes: Large maps stored in tubes, originally secured

for research and exhibition purposes, pertaining to Staten

Island, the New York metropolitan area, New Jersey, and New

York State with some maps for Colorado, Connecticut, Rhode

Island, Massachusetts, Kentucky, and the U.S. Includes aerial

maps, ecological study maps prepared by McHarg Associates,

the Tri-State Transportation Commission, mosaic maps for

Staten Island, and lunar maps.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Tribus, Louis L., 1865-1930.

Tribus, Louis L, 1865-1930 papers, 1905-1912.

Notes: Published papers and reports on New York Bay

pollution, the St. George Ferry approach, Staten Island water

systems, and sewer outlets into New York Harbor, 1905-11; and

negatives of photographs he took of the Proctor and Gamble

works, Cedar Grove, his home and family on Staten Island, and

of sanitary and hydraulic facilities in Massachusetts, New

Jersey, Kansas, Wisconsin, and Michigan, 1908-12.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences

photographs, 1910-1984.

Notes: Over 3,000 photographs of staff, trustees,

officers, buildings, exhibitions, programs, events, views and

activities at the Davis Wildlife Refuge and High Rock Park,

field trips, and nature walks; usually taken by a staff

member for publication purposes or for documentation,

although some were taken by local newspapers.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences.

Ephemerae, 1918-1981.

Notes: Tickets, programs, invitations, announcements,

and similar materials pertaining to concerts, exhibitions,

membership programs, and public programs of the Institute.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, Woman's Auxiliary.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences,

Woman's Auxiliary records, 1893-1981, 1919-1981 (bulk).

Records include constitution and bylaws, 1919-66;

annual reports, 1919-78; minutes, 1919-79 (except for

1923-35), with some clippings, letters, programs, and

photographs; historian's records, 1909-79, consisting of

published histories, correspondence between the Auxiliary's

second president Mrs. James R. Walsh and SIIAS president

Howard R. Bayne, clippings, and scrapbooks; financial

records, 1942-72; attendance records, 1957-78; Dear Member

letters, 1957-79; membership records, 1920-81; and

invitations, tickets, programs, notices, and bulletins from

social and fund raising events, 1893-1981.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences,

High Rock Park Conservation Center.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences,

High Rock Park Conservation Center records, 1965-1980.

Notes : Records consist of an alphabetical series of

files on the development, administration, and interpretive

activities of the Center, 1965-80, containing correspondence,

financial records, reports, memos, program materials,

proposals, oral history interviews, and other items. Staff

members include Philip Brown, 1966-68; Harry Betros,

education director, 1968-71; Andrew Lachman, program director

from 1971; Elliot Willensky, director, 1972-76; A. Mae Seely,

administrator, 1966-77; Gerald O. Solomon, director, 1977-79;

and James Rossi, administrator from 1980.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences,

William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences,

William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge records, 1954-1977.

Records of this 260 acre marsh, meadow, and

woodland park which first opened in 1955 include historic,

scientific, and administrative information taken from SIIAS

PROCEEDINGS, 1956-59; guidebooks, 1955-75; annual reports and

miscellaneous financial records, 1956-77; clippings, 1955-73;

administrative correspondence and reports to the New York

State Conservation Department, the New York City Department

of Parks, and other agencies, 1956-70; interpretive reports,

1955-66; student research papers, 1973; and a notebook

pertaining to preliminary planning efforts, containing maps,

water analyses, clippings, bird and plant lists, and

photographs, 1954-57.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences,

Section of Art.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences,

Section of Art records, 1931-1977.

Notes: Records of the Art Committee include minute

books, 1935-44, membership lists, and exhibition materials,

1940-44. Records of the Staten Island Art Association include

minute books for 1936-44 with reports, financial records,

membership lists, and notices; two books containing

clippings, letters to members, and ephemera compiled by

William T. Davis, 1936-42; and correspondence files of W.

Irving Lewis, 1936-40.

Records of the Section of Art include

correspondence files of Percy Leason, Roswell S. Coles, John

L. Whitehead, and Mabel Abbott, 1949-51; newsletters and

other ephemera, 1957-77; and a scrapbook on articles, art,

and the SIIAS exhibits, 1931-66.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, Section of Natural History.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences,

Section of Natural History records, 1914-1981.

Notes: Records of the Staten Island Bird Club and its

predecessor the Staten Island Bird Lover's Club, 1914-41,

include minute books; treasurer's book; membership records;

correspondence files of Howard Cleaves, William T. Davis, and

Charles Leng; papers and correspondence concerning bird

protection, banning guns, catalog of birdhouses, and bird

observations; and a scrapbook of clippings, photographs, and

notices.

Records of the Staten Island Nature Club,

1919-41, include minutes with some photographs, clippings,

and letters; membership records; and the 'Natural History

Records from the Meetings', bound and annotated by William T.

Davis.

Records of the Staten Island Bird and Nature

Club, a merger of the two, 1941-45, include minutes;

treasurer's reports; correspondence of club secretary Mrs.

Carla Nesslinger; reports and scientific observations such as

the Staten Island Breeding Bird Census; monthly newsletters;

and clippings, and ephemera.

Records of the Section of Natural History,

1946-81, include minute books; financial records; membership

and attendance records; correspondence on bird observations,

conservation issues, program scheduling, and other Section

business; reports and data from observations; records from

club activities such as bird counts and censuses; clippings,

newsletters, and ephemera.

Also minutes, a lecture, notes, and a photograph

of the Study Group, 1945-77, which began meeting in 1945 to

afford its members more serious and comparative study.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences,

Publications and Library/Archives.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences,

Publications and Library/Archives records, 1902-1981,

1961-1981 (bulk).

Notes: Records include serials exchange records,

1902-61; correspondence and office files, 1949-81; annual

reports, budgets, and records of staff meetings, 1961-81;

correspondence and personnel records pertaining to Urban

Corps student workers, CETA workers, college interns, and

volunteers, 1966-81; accession files, bibliographies,

inventories, research request files, special project files,

and other records from the library and archives, 1961-81; and

manuscripts, illustrations, correspondence, and publicity

materials pertaining to the PROCEEDINGS, the NEW BULLETIN, AT

THE INSTITUTE, the CALENDAR, and other special publications,

1961-81.

Staff and volunteers represented in the records

include Agnes Pollard, library curator, 1908-39; Joseph

Burke, Institute trustee involved in serials management,

1926-81; Mabel Abbott, researcher, curator, and editor,

1946-53; Josephine Antonini, curator of history and

literature, 1953-55; Mildred Powell, editor/librarian,

1955-61; and Gail Schneider, editor/librarian, 1961-81.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, Art Department.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, Art

Department records, 1950-1956.

Notes: Correspondence and office files of Gerald

Bernstein, Curator of Art from 1950-56, concerning art

exhibits and art collections at the Institute.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, Science Department.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences,

Science Department records, 1930-1949.

Notes: Materials in the Archives include samples of

correspondence, flyers, manuscript and typed notes, and

clippings assembled by Carlton Beil, Assistant Curator of

Science and Curator of Science from 1936-45.

Location: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 51

Stuyvesant Place, Mailing address: 75 Stuyvesant Place,

Staten Island, New York 10301.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, George O. Pratt, Director.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences,

George O. Pratt, Director records, 1961-1976.

Notes: Curator.

Alphabetical series of correspondence and office

files pertaining to sections of the Institute, the Austen

house, Davis lectures, exhibits and exhibitions, foundations

and funding, relations with New York City municipal and

cultural offices, the Staten Island Council on the Arts, and