Collections

A collection of business, land and family papers of eight generations of the George Hyde Clarke family.

Letters received or collected by Samuel Jones from his family, friends, and associates, and Samuel Jones’ diary which he kept from 1821 to 1855.

Photographs, posters, and ephemera relating to the earliest establishment of the circus and menageries in America.

A collection of documents, both whole and fragmentary, created and collected by the Wendell Family of Albany, NY. The collection dates from 1687-1837. Notable people in the documents include Governor Thomas Dongan (1634-1715) and, Philip Hooker (1766-1836).