Central New York Trade Catalogs and Business Ephemera

An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University

Finding aid 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)

Biographical History

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.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

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.

Arrangement of the Collection

Material is divided alphabetically by type, but within that is in no particular order.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on this material.

Use Restrictions: Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Related Material

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).

Subject Headings

Persons

Akin, John W.
Chace, A. Frank B.
Evans, Mary Elizabeth.
Osborne family.
Smith, Lyman Cornelius, 1850-1910.

Corporate Bodies

J.R. Clancy.
American Seating Company.
Baker Dash Works.
Candy Kitchen.
Elmwood Stud.
L.C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Co.
National Banker's Express Company.
Perry Seed Store.
Protectall Safes.
Syracuse Cart Company.

Subjects

Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- History.
Commercial catalogs.
License system -- New York (State)
Liquor laws -- New York (State)
Retail trade -- Law and legislation -- New York (State)

Places

Cayuga County (N.Y.) -- History.
Elbridge (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Elbridge (N.Y.) -- History.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.

Genres and Forms

Correspondence.
Letterheads.
Printed ephemera.
Scrip.
Trade cards.
Trade catalogs.

Occupations

Commercial businesses

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Central New York Trade Catalogs and Business Ephemera,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library

Acquisition Information

Scrip gift of Gordon L. Harris, July 2003. Other material purchased with funds from the Library Associates.

Table of Contents

Correspondence

Photographs

Printed material

Miscellaneous

Inventory