Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Special Collections Research Center |
| Title: | Central New York Trade Catalogs and Business Ephemera |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1816-1962 |
| Bulk Dates: | 1865-1900 |
| Quantity: | 2 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Collection of catalogs, trade cards, merchants' scrip, letterhead, photographs, and other ephemera from businesses in and around Syracuse, New York. Towns represented include Elbridge. Syracuse, Marcellus, Litchfield, Morristown, Scipio, and others. Also includes records and ledgers from some businesses, including L. C. Smith Typewriter (forerunner of Smith-Corona). |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Central New York has been the home of many companies that went on to become known nationwide, among them Smith Bros. Cough Drops, L.C. Smith Typewriter Company (which later became Smith Corona), Oneida Silverware, Clark Music Company and the Franklin Automobile.
The Central New York Trade Catalogs and Business Ephemera consists of correspondence, photographs, printed material and miscellany related to businesses and industries in and around Central New York.
Material is divided alphabetically by type, but within that is in no particular order.
There are no access restrictions on this material.
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
See also the Central New York Local History Collection and Central New York Cultural Ephemera. There are also separate collections for a number of businesses and companies, such as Oneida Silverware (Oneida Community Collection), Endicott-Johnson (Charles F. Johnson and related collections), and Clark Music Company (Melville Clark); please refer to the SCRC Subject Index under "Business and Industry" or under "New York State" for a full listing.
For full descriptions of the merchants' scrip, see New York State scrip and private issues by Gordon L. Harris (S.l. : G.L. Harris, c2001), call no. New York HG627 .N4 2001 (refer to SUMMIT, our main catalog to locate).
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Central New York Trade Catalogs and Business Ephemera,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Scrip gift of Gordon L. Harris, July 2003. Other material purchased with funds from the Library Associates.
Created by: MRC
Date: 11 Jun 2007
Revision history: 3 Jun 2008 - change to regular coll; additions (MRC);
24 Jul 2007 - additions (MRC);
1 Nov 2007 - additions (MRC);
3 Dec 2008 - additions (MRC);
12 Feb 2009 - additions (MRC);
8 Jan 2010 - additions (MRC);
12 Jul 2010 - additions (MRC);
21 Dec 2010 - adds (MRC);
7 Jan 2011 - adds (MRC);
6 Oct 2011 - additions, updated description (MRC)
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous - receipts, correspondence and other forms of communication, on corporate or business letterhead | ||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous - includes accordion-folded series of tiny photographs of Dryden, New York | ||||||||||
| Printed material | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Ephemera - fliers, etc. | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Ephemera (oversize) | ||||||||||
| Map-Case 102 | Map of Syracuse 1977 - cartoon-style, showing all major businesses and attractions, by Francesca Profili | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Merchant's scrip - non-legal-tender currency issued by local merchants | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Stocks and bonds | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Stocks and bonds (oversize) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Trade cards - small printed cards intended as advertising | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Trade catalogs (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Trade catalogs (oversize) | ||||||||||
| Miscellaneous | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Navarino auto garage ledger - journal, correspondence, invoices, receipts | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Elbridge account book 1869-1871 - groceries, dry goods, tobacco, liquor | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | L.C. Smith Typewriter Company 1890-1904 - correspondence, receipts, etc., almost all directed to A. Frank B. Chace in Hudson, New York; also some correspondence regarding purchase of property in Hudson | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Liquor and wine license applications, Cayuga County 1933-1934 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Miscellaneous oversize | ||||||||||