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{"value"=>"3344", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 3344", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1876/1930", "value"=>"1876-1930"}
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1876
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1930
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1876
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1876
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1930
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Timothy Shaler Williams papers"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"8 linear feet (17 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Timothy Shaler Williams (1862-1930) was an American journalist, railroad official and political figure. After working for a New York City newspaper from 1884 to 1889, he was private secretary to New York governors David H. Hill and Roswell P. Flower. In 1895 he joined the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company and served as president from 1911 until his retirement. He also was an amateur historian interested in U. S. colonial history. Collection consists of correspondence, political and government materials, business records, and personal papers of Williams. Bulk of the collection is correspondence, 1877-1929, concerning political, business and personal matters, and includes seventeen volumes of letters written while Williams was secretary to Governors Hill and Flower. Political and government papers contain speeches, legislative bills, copies of party platforms, and biographical papers of Hill, Flower and Manton Marble. Business records relate to ownership of newspapers and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. Personal papers include clippings, ephemera, scrapbooks, and Williams's notes on Cotton Mather, New England witchcraft, Tangier Smith, and Long Island."}
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Timothy Shaler Williams papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Williams, Timothy Shaler, 1862-1930", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Timothy S. Williams (1862-1930) was a New York journalist, political figure, and railroad official. After graduating from Cornell University in 1884, Williams worked for a New York City newspaper. In 1889, he was appointed private secretary to Governor David B. Hill (1834-1910) and was retained when Roswell P. Flower (1835-1899) succeeded Hill. In 1895, after exploring a return to newspaper work, Williams joined the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. and served as President of the company from 1911 until his retirement. Williams was an amateur historian interested in Cotton Mather, witchcraft in New England, Long Island, and Tangier Smith. Manton Marble (1834-1917) also a newspaperman, was active in the Democratic Party when Williams was.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The most extensive part of the Williams Papers is the correspondence. There are 17 volumes of letters (indexed) written while Williams was secretary to Governors Hill and Flower. An additional 8 volumes of copy books (some with indices) and one box contain letters concerning all aspects of Williams' life-personal, political, and business. Additional political and government materials include drafts of Democratic Party platforms, 1891-1894; speeches; legislative bills and research; a few items concerning N. Y. State executive departments, 1889-1893; and correspondence, speeches, and biographical papers of Hill, Flower, and Marble. The business records are found among the letters, in two folders concerning ownership and control of newspapers (1895), and in two folders of transit materials most of which relate to the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, 1883-1899. The personal papers include school records, Cornell alumni items, clippings, ephemera, scrapbooks, and Williams' notes on Cotton Mather, New England witchcraft, Tangier Smith, and Long Island. There are memorials and letters of condolence received by Mrs. Williams upon her husband's death.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>May 1932 and January 24, 1937, Received from the Estate of Timothy S. Williams</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>August 5, 1982</p>"}
- extent_statement
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8 linear feet (17 boxes)