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Samuel Frederick Nixon papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1944

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes correspondence from fellow political figures, constituents, special interest groups, and office-seekers concerning legislation under consideration in Albany; local and state politics, patronage, and other matters. Also, personal business correspondence; scrapbooks (4 volumes, 1895-1958) of clippings, cartoons, and broadsides, dealing chiefly with poitical events and issues during Nixon's public life; memorial resolutions, biographical sketches, and obituaries.

Dates

  • 1887-1958,-1887-1905 (bulk)

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Samuel Frederick Nixon was a trustee of the Village of Westfield, member of the Chautauqua County Board of Supervisors from the Town of Westfield, chairman of the county committee of the Republican Party, New York State Assemblyman, and speaker of the Assembly.

Extent

20 microfilm reels. (20 microfilm reels.)

Abstract

Includes correspondence from fellow political figures, constituents, special interest groups, and office-seekers concerning legislation under consideration in Albany; local and state politics, patronage, and other matters. Also, personal business correspondence; scrapbooks (4 volumes, 1895-1958) of clippings, cartoons, and broadsides, dealing chiefly with poitical events and issues during Nixon's public life; memorial resolutions, biographical sketches, and obituaries.

NOTES

Related collection: Joseph McGinnies. Papers, #1943.

Related collection: Chautauqua County Republican Party Committee. Minute Book, #1945.

Physical Description

Correspondence, scrapbooks, cartoons, broadsides, memorial resolutions, biographical sketches, and obituaries.

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:
E. Hansen
Date completed:
August 1960
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, March 2004
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by E. Hansen
Date
March 2004
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)