Harry E. Cole papers, 1763-1937.
Collection Number: 698
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Harry E. Cole papers, 1763-1937.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
698
Abstract:
Correspondence, diaries (1912-36), indentures, poems, genealogies, photo album, and
other materials on the early and contemporary history of Salem, Washington County,
New York, including papers relating to the raising of regiments for the Revolutionary
War and compensation for the same; a general history of Washington Academy; a Salem
letterbook (1794-1882); a notebook of outlines of theological studies kept by Henry
M. Davis; two scrapbooks of Albany clippings; and diaries and correspondence of Harry
Cole.
Creator:
Cole, Harry E.
Quanitities:
2.8 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
After his retirement from the State Department of New York, Harry E. Cole became historian
for Salem, New York.
Correspondence, diaries (1912-36), indentures, poems, genealogies, photo album, and
other materials on the early and contemporary history of Salem, Washington County,
New York, including papers relating to the raising of regiments for the Revolutionary
War and compensation for the same; a general history of Washington Academy; a Salem
letterbook (1794-1882); a notebook of outlines of theological studies kept by Henry
M. Davis; two scrapbooks of Albany clippings; and diaries and correspondence of Harry
Cole.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Harry E. Cole Papers, #698. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University
Library.
Names:
Davis, Henry M.
Washington Academy (Salem, N.Y.)
Places:
Washington County (N.Y.) -- History.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Pay, allowances, etc.
Salem (N.Y.) -- History.
Subjects:
Theology -- Study and teaching.
Military service, Voluntary.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scrapbooks.
Poems.
Photographs.
Indentures.
Genealogies.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 |
Mss. folder (photocopies)
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1763-1769 | |
| Box 1 |
Mss. folder (some photocopies)
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1770-1784 | |
| Box 1 |
Mss. folder (some photocopies)
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1785-1787 | |
| Box 1 |
Mss. folder
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1787-1799 | |
| Box 1 |
Mss. folder (2 photocopies)
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1810-1819 | |
| Box 1 |
Mss. folder (2 photocopies)
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1820-1833 | |
| Box 1 |
Printed volume: The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by O.S. and L.N. Fowler (New York: Fowler and Wells, publishers, 1859), with chart
of the character of Emma C. Wilder as given by Nelson Sizer, Feb. 7, 1857
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1857 | |
| Box 1 |
Mss. folder
|
1846-1859 | |
| Box 1 |
Mss. folder (some photocopies)
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1862-1863 | |
| Box 1 |
Mss. folder (some photocopies)
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1864-1868 | |
| Box 1 |
Mss. folder
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1870-1879 | |
| Box 1 |
Mss. folder
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1880-1883 | |
| Box 1 |
Folder
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1884-1888 | |
| Box 1 |
Mss. folder
|
1890-1898 | |
| Box 1 |
Pamphlet--reprint of memorial to Dr. John Francis Williams from The American Geologist,
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Mar. 1892 | |
| Box 1 |
Mss. folder
|
1900-1909 | |
| Box 1 |
The Salem Review-Press, supplement, Dec. 20, 1901 , on 10th anniversary of the Bancroft Public Library
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Dec. 20, 1901 | |
| Box 1 |
Invitation to witness electrocution, at Auburn Prison, of Leon F. Czolgosz alias Fred
Nieman (man who shot President Wm. McKinley at Buffalo, N.Y.), issued to Chas. F.
Rattigan of Auburn (he became Sup't. of Prisons later),
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Oct. 23, 1901 | |
| Box 1 |
Mss. folder
|
1910-1915 | |
| Box 1 |
Photograph: 4 3/16" x 6 3/16" portrait of Harry E. Cole, Albany,
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Mar. 1911 | |
| Box 1 |
Photograph: 6 15/16" x 13 1/2" N.Y.S. Assembly of 1911 (H.E. Cole and Al Smith indicated)
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1911 | |
| Box 1 |
Printed "Thanksgiving Proclamation" by Gov. John A. Dix,
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1911 | |
| Box 2 |
Mss. folder
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1916-1919 | |
| Box 2 |
Booklet: Soldiers Individual Pay Record Book, issued to Hugh B. Cole,
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1918-1919 | |
| Box 2 |
Mss. folder
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1920-1925 | |
| Box 2 |
Business record cards
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1922-1925 | |
| Box 2 |
Business record cards
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1926-1927 | |
| Box 2 |
Invitation to opening of the Holland Tunnel between N.Y. and N.J.,
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Nov. 12, 1927 | |
| Box 2 |
Business record card
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1928-1929 | |
| Box 2 |
Program of inauguration of F.D. Roosevelt as N.Y.S. governor,
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Jan. 1, 1929 | |
| Box 2 |
Mss. folder
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1930-1932 | |
| Box 2 |
Invitation to opening of the George Washington Bridge,
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Oct. 24, 1931 | |
| Box 2 |
Photograph: 5" x 7", Lt. Gov. Lehman and family on inspection tour of state institutions,
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Aug. 10, 1932 | |
| Box 2 |
27 typescript pp. (bound), Recollections of Salem, N.Y.,
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Sept. 1932 | |
| Box 2 |
Booklet: History of the 309th Machine Gun Battalion 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Côte d'Or, France,
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1919 | |
| Box 2 |
1925 Year Book of Washington Academy, Salem, N.Y.
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1925 | |
| Box 2 |
Invitation to Inaugural Ball honoring Gov. F.D. Roosevelt,
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Dec. 31, 1930 | |
| Box 2 |
Pamphlet: The 100th Anniversary of the N.Y.S. Agricultural Society,
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Jan. 20, 1932 | |
| Box 3 |
Mss. folder
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1933 | |
| Box 3 |
Mss. folder
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1934 | |
| Box 3 |
Mss. folder
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1935 | |
| Box 3 |
Mss. folder
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1936-1937 | |
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Volumes
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| Box 3 |
Steno pad: H.E. Cole address written on front cover. List postmasters and dates for
Salem and vicinity,
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1825-1932 | |
| Box 3 |
Notebook: May A. Marston written on front cover. Genealogical notes on Fitch family
and related families
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| Box 3 |
Anniversary Souvenir (N.Y. press of T.A. Wright, 1896 ), published copy of the proceedings at anniversary
celebration of the U.P. Church, Salem, N.Y., 100pp.
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1896 | |
| Box 3 |
Paperback: Betts-Roosevelt Letters (3rd edition) by Charles H. Betts, published by the Lyons Republican Co., Lyons,
N.Y., 1912 , 102 pp., autographed copy
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1912 | |
| Box 3 |
Some Facts Concerning Our Local History, by Willoughby Lord Sawyer, Swigert Press, Hudson Falls, N.Y., 1930 , 62 pp., autographed
copy
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1930 | |
| Box 3 |
The History of a Remarkable Law Suit: John W. Kinney vs. N.Y. Central R.R. Co., by Hamilton Ward [attorney for plaintiff], printed by Batavia Times, Batavia, N.Y.,
n.d., 49 pp.
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| Box 6 |
History of the Presbytery of Argyle of the United Presbyterian Church of North America
and its Associate and and Associate Reformed Predecessors,
|
1880 | |
| Box 6 |
Pamphlet: Scripture History for the Young, by the Rev. John Howard, Virtue & Yorston, Publishers, New York, 1865 ("The Illustrated
Edition")
|
1865 | |
| Box 6 |
Pamphlet: The Centennial Discourse on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the First Baptist Church,
Warren, R.I., by A.F. Spalding, Nov. 15, 1864 (Providence: Knowles, Anthony & Co., printers, 1865
)
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Nov. 15, 1864, 1865 | |
| Box 6 |
Pamphlet: Minutes of the Rhode Island Baptist Anniversaries,
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1902 | |
| Box 6 |
Paperback book: An Antidote Against Melancholy, 1884 , N.Y., printed by T.L.D.V. for Pratt Manufacturing Co. (apparently for free
distribution to patrons), 123 pp. "Compounded of Choice Poems, Jovial Songs, Merry
Ballads, and Witty Parodies. Most pleasant and diverting to read." Stamped: Cole Memorial,
Bancroft Public Library, Salem, NY
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1884 | |
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Miscellaneous
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| Box 4 |
Folder marked "Pictures and Broadsides"
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| Box 4 |
Mss. volume [not in folder]: Constitution and minute book of the Young People's Literary
Guild, Nov. 12, 1877-Feb. 23, 1878 ; minutes of the Literary Guild of Salem, Oct.
7, 1878-1881 . [The two names were apparently used interchangeable. Meetings were
held during the fall and winter months only.]
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Nov. 12, 1877-Feb. 23, 1878, Oct. 7, 1878-1881 | |
| Box 4 |
Sally Wright Cole,
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1797-1859 | |
| Box 4 |
Folder marked "Poems, postcards, etc."
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| Box 4 |
Folder marked "Booklets" (not listed)
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| Box 5 |
Genealogy and undated mss. material
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Diaries
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| Box 6 |
Mrs. H.E. Cole
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1912 | |
| Box 6 |
Mrs. H.E. Cole
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1913 | |
| Box 6 |
[no name, looks like same handwriting]
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1915 | |
| Box 6 |
Mrs. H.E. Cole
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1921 | |
| Box 6 |
Mrs. H.E. Cole
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1924 | |
| Box 6 |
[no name, H.E. Cole]
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1934 | |
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Volumes loose on shelf
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Photograph album
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Scrapbook, H.E. Cole
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[1886-1889]-1911 | ||
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Scrapbook
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[1912-1918]-1932 | ||
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Diary of H.E. Cole
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1927 | ||
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Salem receipts, etc., pasted in vol.
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1794-1882 | ||
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Theological Common Place Book of Henry M. Davis, loose Davis family items inside
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1834, 1806-1868 | ||