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University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
William Sulzer
papers,
1880-1941.
Collection Number:
1147
Creator:
William, Sulzer
1863-1941.
Quantity:
30.2 cubic
ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, Manuscripts,
Newspapers, Printed Materials, Publications, Scrapbooks
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript
Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence and scrapbooks of newspaper
clippings and memorabilia, primarily concerned with Sulzer's political
activities.
Language:
Collection material in
English
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Correspondence and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and memorabilia,
primarily concerned with Sulzer's political activities. The material relates to
Sulzer's campaign for direct primary elections for New York State and his
impeachment and subsequent removal from the office of Governor. Includes
letters from government officials, organizations, and private citizens giving
their views and discussing action taken on these two matters. Also letters
concerning such matters as the Governors' Conference, good roads, canal
navigation, subway contracts, public institutions, petitions, and
recommendations for various bills and resolutions, grievances, and
complaints.
Also includes letters to Sulzer from Sun Yat-sen: one from Shangahi,
1916, expressing a desire to have the International Settlement in Shanghai and
to institute reforms in city government in China; from Canton, 1918, concerning
the current constitutional crisis in China and soliciting Sulzer's support; and
a letter from Austin P. Snow, Washington, D.C., 1912, containing a copy of a
letter from Sun Yat-sen concerning the recognition of the Chinese Republic.
Includes copy of "Watchman, What of the Night" (bound tract of the
American Party), autographed by Governor Sulzer, September 1, 1916.
Also, an autograph book, (with signatures of such people as Edwin
Markham, Vincent Astor, Thornton W. Burgess, John Dewey, Margaret Woodrow
Wilson, and Harry Lauder), a letter (March 21, 1928) from Sulzer to M/M Thomas
W. Evans, an essay by Sulzer, entitled, "Of Time and Space" and a few newspaper
clippings.
SUBJECTS
Names:
Sulzer,
William,1863-1941.
Brown, Austin P.
Fitch, Ashbel P.
Sun, Yat-sen, 1866-1925.
Subjects:
Primaries--New York
(State)
Elections--New York
(State)
Impeachments--New York
(State)
Politicians.
Attorneys.
Places:
China--Politics and
government.
Shanghai (China)--Politics and
government.
New York (State)--Officials and
employees.
United States--Officials and
employees.
New York (State)--Politics and
government.
New York
(State)--Governors.
United States--Politics and
government.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scrapbooks.