Manuscript Collections
The Libraries' manuscript collections include original materials of local, regional, and international interest. Subject areas represented are chiefly related to history and literature. The major collections, in alphabetical order, are listed below. Finding aids for most of these collections are available in Special Collections.
Contents
- David Bernstein Papers
- Lamont Montgomery Bowers Papers
- Padraic and Mary Colum Collections
- Mary Lavin Collection
- The Edwin A. and Marion Clayton Link Collections
- Josiah T. Newcomb Collection
- Rose Family Papers
David Bernstein Papers
Personal and business papers of the local journalist, editor, publisher, civic leader, and public official.
Lamont Montgomery Bowers Papers
Personal and business papers of an important local manufacturer and businessman who achieved national importance through his association with the Rockefeller corporate interests across the nation.
The Bowers Collection Finding Aid
Padraic and Mary Colum Collections
Manuscripts, notebooks, and correspondence of the noted Irish poet and playwright and his wife, a short story writer and critic.
The Colum Collection Finding Aid
Mary Lavin Collection
Correspondence of the Irish-American short story writer and her literary colleagues.
The Lavin Collection Finding Aid
Edwin A. Link and Marion Clayton Link Collections
The papers of Edwin A. Link, a collection of business papers, photographs, correspondence and scientific writings of the local inventor, industrialist and pioneer in aviation simulation, underwater archaeology, and ocean engineering; the Marion Clayton Link Collection, consisting mainly of logs and journals which she kept during scientific expeditions with her husband Ed Link, and manuscripts and drafts of her publications; the Link Foundation Collection, consisting of minutes of meetings, financial records and papers having to do with grants awarded by the Foundation; the Link-Hughes Collection, papers and photographs received from Hughes Training, Inc., having to do with the early history of the Link enterprises.
- About the Edwin A. Link and Marion Clayton Link Collections
- Biography of Edwin A. Link
- Biography of Marion Clayton Link
- The Edwin A. Link and Marion Clayton Link Collections Finding Aids
- Edwin A. Link Collection at Florida Institute of Technology
Josiah T. Newcomb Collection
Working papers of the second librarian of Harpur College and Binghamton University, and former Broome County Historian. The papers contain information on the history of both the University and Broome County.
The Newcomb Collection Finding Aid
Rose Family Papers
Documents and letters pertaining to a family of prominent landowners in Broome County and northern Pennsylvania during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.