Nancy Grey Osterud papers

Collection — Box: 67

Identifier: 4985

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Papers relating to the Historian in Residence Program, including Osterud's dissertation and other writings using research material consisting of contemporary oral history interviews with people in the Maine, New York area, and diaries of George Riley (1865-1889) and his Accessor's Books (1887-1889); Judge Hiram Riley diaries (1876-1894) including a notebook for the Ancient Order of Grand Templars Lodge #495; Vernon A. Davy diaries (1889-1897); Chauncy F. McIntyre diaries (1856-1887); Dana Bicknell diary (1870); Mertie Whittemore diaries (1894-1901); Bostwick family ledgers; Alice Johnson autograph book; Maine Fire Company constitution and by-laws (1922); Theodore T. Lawton diaries (1868-1922); and miscellaneous documents, including an 1851 contract to go to the California gold fields. Includes photographs, tintypes, pocket almanacs, and audicassettes.

Dates

1856-1983.

Creator

Osterud, Nancy Grey, 1948- (Person)
Riley, Hiram. (Person)
Davy, Vernon A. (Person)
McIntyre, Chauncy F. (Person)
Bicknell, Dana. (Person)
Lawton, Theodore T. (Person)
Whittemore, Mertie (Person)
Johnson, Alice (Person)
Bostwick family. (Family)
Riley, George (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Participant in the Historian in Residence Program, 1981-1983

Extent

2.9 cubic feet. (2.9 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Papers relating to the Historian in Residence Program.

Physical Description

Interviews, diaries, a notebook, and autograph book, photographs, tintypes, pocket almanacs, audiocassettes, and other materials.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: H. Finch
Date completed:: May 1997
EAD encoding:: Martin Heggestad, May 2004