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Chester C. Platt papers

 Collection
Identifier: 195

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Included are carbon copies of a series of articles written by Platt for the BATAVIA TIMES called Human Behavior, which covered a variety of subjects from politics to travel; also included are editorials, articles submitted to other newspapers, speeches, correspondence, and other documents pertaining to Platt's numerous interests. The political correspondence contains interesting Sulzer letters and some from Franklin D. Roosevelt, then Secretary of the Navy. The drugstore correspondence gives a picture of a small town druggist struggling to pay his bills; prices of articles and statements of accounts are included. Newspapers include letters pertaining to the three papers with which Platt was associated. The local history series contains documents concerning the Ithaca Unitarian Church, a suit brought against the Forest City Printing Company, some early letters, and accounts. Also, miscellaneous pamphlets, broadsides, and correspondence.

Dates

  • 1869-1934.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Chester Platt operated a drugstore in Ludlowville and later Ithaca, New York. He became successively proprietor of the ITHACA DEMOCRAT, the BATAVIA TIMES, and the Madison WISCONSIN LEADER. He served as secretary to New York Governor William Sulzer, and was a prominent figure in Democratic state and national politics from 1910 to 1920. In Ithaca he was active in the Unitarian Church and in local politics.

Extent

8 cubic feet. (8 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Copies of a series of articles written by Platt for the Batavia Times called Human Behavior, which covered a variety of subjects from politics to travel; also included are editorials, articles submitted to other newspapers, speeches, correspondence, and other documents pertaining to Platt's numerous interests. The political correspondents include William Sulzer and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Documents pertaining to the operation of a drugstore. Newspapers include letters pertaining to the three papers with which Platt was associated. Historical documents concerning the Ithaca Unitarian Church, a suit brought against the Forest City Printing Company, some early letters, and accounts. Also, miscellaneous pamphlets, broadsides, and correspondence.

COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

A. Platt Articles

B. Political Correspondence

C. Drugstore Correspondence

D. Newspapers

E. Miscellaneous Correspondence

F. Local History

G. Pamphlets and Broadsides.

Physical Description

Letters, clippings, pamphlets, financial records and newspapers.

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:
B. Shepard
Date completed:
June 1967
Date modified:
Jude Corina, October 2013
EAD encoding:
Peter Martinez, January 2003
Date modified:
RMC Staff, March 2016
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by B. Shepard, June 21, 1967
Date
January, 2003
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)