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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [manuscript] : Tom Sawyer's comrade
Gift of the author to the Buffalo, N.Y., Young Men's Association Library (1885,1887). Presented in response to a request for a manuscript from a library official, James Fraser Gluck.
Manuscript was received in the following installments:
Title page…
Position: 5 (1372 views)
1911 diary of Francis G. Barnes, M.D.
Handwritten diary kept in 1911 by Francis G. Barnes, M.D. of Hamburg, NY. Brief daily entries detail: personal and professional meetings, medical practice notes, medical practice notes, and financial matters.
Position: 99 (119 views)
1937 diary of Alice Mae Smith
Handwritten diary kept in 1937 by Alice Mae Smith of Buffalo, NY. Brief daily entries detail family and social activities. Several entries also follow reports of local crimes relating to the murder of one woman, Mary Ellen Babcock, and the stabbing…
Position: 52 (183 views)
Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts.
"These fifty manuscript leaves were selected to illustrate the art of the manuscript during the period of its greatest development and influence. They have been taken from books written in various European scriptoria by Benedictine, Franciscan,…
Position: 36 (270 views)
Caroline Hickman Photos of and Correspondence with Soldier Relatives
This WWI scrapbook of mementos kept and left by Mrs. Edward [Caroline Altes] Hickman are loaned by her grandson, Franklin Hickman Meyer, D.D.S. of Eden, NY. Contained in the collection are photos, postcards and correspondence. The many letters to…
Position: 116 (108 views)
Our guests : [Martin family guest book]
A guest book owned by the Darwin Martin family, containing many signatures, dated 1907-1930. Includes signatures of Carl Sandburg, p. [19] (page 27 of digital), and Frank Lloyd Wright, p.[24] (page 32 of digital).
Position: 11 (729 views)
Peyton Randolph Campbell Diary
Sgt. Peyton Randolph Campbell, Company D, 306th Machine Gun Battalion served overseas from April 1918 until his death on September 4, 1918. A talented, young advertising executive for Pratt & Lambert, Campbell’s descriptive strengths are evident in…
Position: 117 (106 views)
Curtiss Aeroplane Company Photographs
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company (later Curtiss-Wright Corporation) was based in Hammondsport and Bath, NY until the rise in military orders required the expansion of manufacturing operations into the city of Buffalo, along with its headquarters.…
Position: 19 (433 views)
World War Through the Stereoscope
Stereoscopic slides from the Library’s Rare Book Room collection depict World War I scenes with descriptions, including images of trenches and battlefields, armaments, soldiers and dignitaries.
A Stereoscope is a device by which two photographs…
A Stereoscope is a device by which two photographs…
Position: 77 (141 views)
Must children die and mothers plead in vain? Buy more Liberty Bonds.
Poster Number: 1536
Position: 80 (137 views)