Nancy Grey Osterud papers, 1856-1983.
Collection Number: 4985

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Nancy Grey Osterud papers, 1856-1983.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4985
Abstract:
Papers relating to the Historian in Residence Program.
Creator:
Osterud, Nancy Grey, 1948-
Riley, Hiram.
Davy, Vernon A.
McIntyre, Chauncy F.
Bicknell, Dana.
Lawton, Theodore T.
Whittemore, Mertie
Johnson, Alice
Bostwick family.
Riley, George
Quanitities:
2.9 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Participant in the Historian in Residence Program, 1981-1983
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.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:

Nancy Grey Osterud papers, #4985. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Ancient Order of Grand Templars (Maine, N.Y.)
Maine Fire Company (Maine, N.Y.)
Places:
California -- Gold discoveries.
Maine (N.Y. : Town) -- History.
Maine (N.Y. : Town) -- Social life and customs.
Subjects:
Fire departments -- New York (State) -- Maine.
Families -- New York (State) -- Maine.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Diaries.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
Papers relating to the HIR program and Grey Osterud including a copy of her dissertation and other writings using these materials.
Box 1
64 folders of Oral History transcriptions and extracts from Diaries.
Box 1
6 Diaries.
Box 2
George W. Riley, d. Jan. 30, 1890, Diaries, 1865-1889 ; Accessor's Books,
 1865-1889, 1887-1889.
Box 2
Judson Hiram Riley, [son of Geo. W.], Diaries, 1876-1885, 1887-1894, 1897 ; Notebook, Ancient Order of Grand Templars, Lodge #495,
 1876-1885, 1887-1894, 1897, 1881-1882.
Box 2
1 folder of misc. documents including an 1851 contract to go to the California gold fields,
 1851-1906.
Box 2
Vernon A. Davey, Arbutus, Diaries,
 1889-1897.
Box 2
Chancy F. McIntyre, Diaries,
 1856, 1875, 1878, 1883-1884, 1886-1887.
Box 2
Dana Bicknell, Diary. 1870 and some loose items.
 1870
Box 2
Miss Mertie Whittemore, Union Center, Diaries,
 1894, 1897-1989, 1901.
Box 2
Unidentified woman, Diaries, 1895, 1919-1920 , [possibly Miss Whittmore].
 1895, 1919-1920
Box 2
Bostwick Family, Owego, 4 Ledgers re: shoemaking, sheep and wool trade and etc.
Box 2
Alice Johnson, Autograph book,
 1880s.
Box 2
Maine Fire Company #1, Constitution and By-Laws,
 1922.
Box 2
Hazeltine's Pocket-book Almanac for 1885 , 1 1/4" x 2".
 1885
Box 2
1 tintype, 2 photographs.
Theo. T. Lawton, Diaries, 1868-1922 and misc. papers.
 1868-1922
Box 3
Theo. T. Lawton, Diaries, 1868-1922 and misc. papers.
Box 4
Theo. T. Lawton, Diaries, 1868-1922 and misc. papers.
Box 5
47 cassettes of Oral History, see Box 1 for transcriptions.