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This box primarily holds:

* Sulzer's memoirs about his life ranging from boyhood to 1894 and his impressions and reminiscences of others (mostly undated)

* Draft biography of Sulzer written by Edwin Dial Torgerson (1930s?)

* A small notebook with diary entries for "A trip to the Southwest" (1916-17). See also box 4 for others.

* Sulzer's will as of 1937

* Testimonials, i.e., speeches and remarks about Sulzer, letters to him with thanks or other recognitions, some certificates

These are mostly typescript or manuscript speeches, remarks, position statements, poems ("doggerels"), etc. with a few printed pieces.

These files hold legal notes, filings, letters of support, etc.

This box holds:

* Files on the matter of Sulzer vs. Mary Maud Watson, in which Sulzer sought to recover legal fees owed him by Watson (1886-1889)

* An 1884 letter from Sulzer to his sister in which he notes his plan to travel to Lake Okeechobee with Native American guides.

* Files of general correspondence, 1907-1941. The bulk of this are copies of outgoing letters in which Sulzer expresses his views on mining, Alaska, conservation, his impeachment/political corruption, and various other matters. There is a letter from Robert Lincoln thanking Sulzer for his remarks about his father (Abraham Lincoln) at the Lincoln Association, 1907.

These files hold correspondence, legal filings, print matter, maps, original certificate of incorporation for Texas-Cherokees, etc. related to the Supreme Court petition.

The scrapbook holds correspondence, speeches, and ephemera related to the dinner held in Sulzer's honor.

Two books recording appointments made by Governor Sulzer of individuals to various political offices.

Folders with correspondence and related documents concerning Sulzer's donations of objects and documents to N-YHS and Cornell University. See the correspondence in box 3 and the letters mounted on boards in boxes 34 and 35 for additional related items.

The folder holds three small notebooks in which Sulzer documented the following trips (see also box 1 for one other):

* 1907: "A Night at Little Hungary" souvenir booklet with blank pages used to document travel to Canada and Alaska.

* 1909: travel to Central America (Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, other?)

* 1925: travel by sea from New York to New Orleans, then overland to Alaska, and return by land to New York.

Lightly annotated copy of Sulzer's remarks prepared for publication.

Set of typescript documents compiled in support of Walters's appeal to Governor Franklin Roosevelt for parole, including statements from jurors, transcript of trial, related correspondence, etc.

The box holds "Proceedings of the court for the trial of impeachment, in the matter of the impeachment of William Sulzer, Governor of New York," 1913, 2 sets of 2 volumes each; and "Proceedings of the high court of infamy," 1912-16, 2 volumes. Additional copies are held in Box 6.

The contents of this box is identical to that of Box 5 in that it holds additional copies of the volumes found there.

This box holds:

* "New York Supreme Court. Sulzer vs. William Sohmer, Comptroller. Case on appeal," 1914, 2 volumes.

* "Tammany treason." This is a collection of writings about Sulzer, Tammany Hall, and Sulzer's impeachment, dating from about 1910-1930. There are 2 copies, but they differ slightly because they each have somewhat different inserts. The base document in both is "Tammany's treason" by Jay W. Forrest and James Malcolm, 1913.

* "History of a crime." Another compilation of writings, with 3 slightly different copies of the volume.

* "The impeachment of Governor William Sulzer" by Jacob Alexis Friedman, 1939.

This box holds:

* "The boss or the governor" by Samuel Bell Thomas. There are 4 copies of this 1914 publication, with one copy annotated with inserts for a 1916 edition.

* "Al Smith's Tammany Hall" by William H. Allen, 1928, with inserts dated 1917-1933.

* "Public papers of Governor Sulzer, January 1-October 17, 1913." There are a total of 6 copies of this 1914 publication: 3 are as published, 3 copies hold bound inserts.

* Folder with typescripts of writings regarding Al Smith (undated, but likely 1920s)

This box holds many small, pocket-size notebooks with clippings of aphorisms, anecdotes, poetry, legal points, etc. Few have annotations, but a few are inscribed by Sulzer with admonitions such as "read often."

The box holds 6 scrapbooks that hold a mix of incoming letters and carbon copies of outgoing letters concerning various business matters, opinions on topics, and courtesies; greeting cards; ephemera (Masons and other); clippings; and small pamphlets. 5 of the scrapbooks are noted as having been donated by Nathan Reich to various colleges, which in turn eventually donated them to N-YHS in the 1930s to 1950s; Reich was the Treasurer of Chandalar Gold Mines, Inc. in 1935.

The box holds the following:

* Chandalar Gold Mines, Inc.: Several packets of documents related to the company, including stockholder publicity/company description listing mines in Alaska, etc., financial information, assay reports, and assay maps. There are many packets, often highly redundant, but there are differences among many of them, with documents ranging from 1929-1936.

* Prince Albert Mines, Inc. (gold mines): 3 slender packets with mining engineer report. Mine located in Hassayampa mining district near Prescott, Arizona. (1932)

* West Coast Iron & Steel Company: 3 packets of maps and reports for copper, gold, silver, and iron mines in Alaska. (circa 1925)

* Print matter: various publications from the U.S. Geological Survey and Department of the Interior (1901-34).

Two scrapbooks that hold clippings, picture postcards, and photographs, assay certificates, and shipping receipts. The pictorial works are perhaps mostly of Alaska, but also include other locales in the Pacific Northwest and in western Canada. The receipts relate to shipments by Charles A. Sulzer from the Jumbo copper mine on behalf of the Alaska Industrial Company to the Tacoma Smelting Company and others. The bulk dates are from the 1910s, with earlier material being clippings.

Holds:

* Henry W. Elliott, "Seal-Islands of Alaska" (1882)

* Alfred Hulse Brooks, "A reconnaissance from Pyramid Harbor to Eagle City, Alaska, including a description of the copper deposits of the upper White and Tanana rivers" (1900)

* A U.S. Geological Survey publication (1906), pamphlets with messages from the Alaska governor (1937-41, with gaps), and various publications on British Columbia and tungsten deposits (circa 1941)

The box holds two of Sulzer's original letterboxes, and some loose items, with several pamphlets and booklets concerning mining, Alaska, general mineralogy, hearings on fur-seal industry in Alaska (1911), and the like. The letterboxes also hold pamphlets on locales other than Alaska, including Colorado, Utah, Central America, etc.

The box holds bound volumes of printed versions of Sulzer's speeches (circa 1896-1916) and several copies of the published "Short Speeches" compiled by George W. Baker of the New York Times (1912).

This box holds a variety of printed speeches, pamphlets, and other small works by or about Sulzer. There are many multiple copies of the items in this box. Among these works are copies of "Justice for the Russian Jew" (1906) and "Now Comes the Truth" pamphlets of the Progressive Party, with related pamphlets of the American Party, Swastika Science Society, Liberty League, and Society of Friends (1915-16). There is also some Masonic ephemera (1904-1930s).

This box holds booklets and pamphlets with hearings, speeches, and opinion pieces on varied subjects: commercial, currency/money, domestic politics, trusts, trade, constitutional concepts, industrial regulation, railroads, irrigation & agriculture, and various published legal briefs. Generally, these appear to be matters of interest to Sulzer, but are speeches and writings of others.

The box holds various booklets and pamphlets concerning the League of Nations (1918-19); Cuba (1896-1898); Japan/Manchuria (1931-32); War Department appropriations bill, with Sulzer's remarks concerning Alaska (1928); War Department report on England and Japan's military operations in South Africa and China, respectively (1901); 3 lectures given for the Irish National Federation of America; and other items.

The box holds pamphlets and booklets regarding various corporate law matters, including incorporation procedures for various states, tax law, and securities laws. Also various blank legal forms and an 1876 book concerning notary publics, with inserts by Sulzer.

The box holds works of poetry, fiction, essays, and non-fiction other than works concerning public policy, politics, and other such topics found in the above boxes. Authors here include, among others, Thomas Paine, Jane Austen, Robert Ingersoll, Montaigne, and Corliss Lamont. There are several publications from the Haldeman-Julius Publishing Company of Girard, Kansas, on historical, art and other educational topics. There is a biography of Silas Wright, governor of New York from 1845-46. Some of the books are inscribed to Sulzer. Many have clippings and other inserts.

This box holds 5 scrapbooks, all of which are principally composed of newspaper clippings. 4 of the volumes range from 1877 to the 1880s, the fifth dates to circa 1906.

This box holds 4 scrapbooks:

1) Ephemera and clippings from about 1900-1922. Topics in this book include the Bahai Faith ("Bahaism" is used in the collection), which Sulzer was an advocate of; politics; speeches; and the Masons.

2) Speeches, 1905-1917.

3) Campaign cartoons of 1912, presented and inscribed to Sulzer by C.R. Macauley.

4) Ephemera, primarily related to the Masons, 1938-1941.

This box holds 4 scrapbooks of clippings, speeches, and other documents.

This box holds 4 scrapbooks of clippings and other documents. One scrapbook relates principally to Alaskan mining interests, 1924-27.

This box holds 3 scrapbooks of clippings and other documents, plus various loose clippings.

This box holds two scrapbooks of clippings and other documents, plus an original folder of clippings with notation by Sulzer that it was to be used in writing his biography.

Framed certificate acknowledging Sulzer's visit to the Free & Accepted Masons Anvil Lodge #140 at Nome, Alaska.

Various mailing lists compiled by the United States Addressing and Printing Co.: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, New York State; Grand Lodges of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, U.S.; Members Roll of Honor for Distinguished Service, New York State; Enrolled Democrats, New York State?; Democrats, Progressives and Americans of Tioga County; William Sulzer's List, New York State and U.S.

4 albums that hold primarily photographs of mostly Alaska. These are of landscapes, wildlife/animals (reindeer, walrus, malamutes, dog sled teams), Indigeneous peoples, miners, towns and buildings, mills, transportation (boats, Sulzer's bi-plane), etc. One album is inscribed as holding photos from a reconnaissance survey of the route of the Alaska Midland Railroad by John Rosene and engineers. The albums also hold clippings, maps, postcards,and brochures. One album that holds many postcards also includes some of the southwest United States. While much is undated, the bulk dated is from circa 1904-07 and 1924. The box also holds folders of loose, related photographs and postcards and a publicity booklet from the Alaska Industrial Company.

This box holds portrait photographs, drawings, and engravings of Sulzer taken at various times of his life (many copies of several of these images); portrait photographs of Sulzer's grandparents, parents, siblings, and wife; images of Sulzer with groups and in various contexts (other than in connection with Alaska, which are in box 25); and miscellaneous other images. Also here is an original ticket to the U.S. Senate gallery for the trial of President Andrew Johnson in 1868.

Many lantern slides of Alaska scenes and others of industrial settings and ship transportation. These latter scenes might be related to the Alaskan mining operations, though not of Alaska itself. There are also several lantern slides of political content that seem to have been used for Sulzer's gubernatorial campaign.

Several negatives of snapshots from Alaska have been separated from the collection for cold storage. Special arrangements need to be made with reference@nyhistory.org to access these. Many of the negatives, though not necessarily all, have photographic prints in box 25.

Original letterbox from Sulzer with booklets and pamphlets of historical speeches, recitations, works by Robert Ingersoll, and other literary and philosophical matters, with a few on foreign policy. Also holds several envelopes of clippings, labeled by topic, some with typescript of Sulzer's remarks, poetry, etc. connected to it.

Original letterbox of Sulzer with booklets and pamphlets: U.S. House of Representatives report on coal in Alaska for the Navy (1914); many copies of Sulzer's "Sayings of a Sourdough" published as #1757 in the Little Blue Book series by Haldeman-Julius Publications (1938); some Sulzer speeches (1890s); and additional copies of "Thus Spake a Man" and other political pamphlets of the American Party and others (circa 1916). Clippings and ephemera related to the American Party and Prohibition Party (platform, etc.).

Original letterbox of Sulzer with booklets, clippings, and other print matter with his speeches, and Edgar L. Murlin's biographical piece. There are a few letters from Sulzer, including one to N-YHS regarding gifts he made to them and a letter to the University of Arizona informing President Alfred Atkinson that Sulzer had transfered ownership to the university of the Prince Albert Gold Mines (1941).

Original letterbox of Sulzer with pamphlets, booklets, and clippings on political matters, philosophical, and literary. Many, though not necessarily all, are found elsewhere in the collection.

Original letterbox of Sulzer, mostly of clippings ("data") in envelopes by various topics, some with the typescript of Sulzer's remarks related to the clippings. Predominant in this box is the topic of "Lincoln" and relates to the 1909 centennial of his birth. There is a eulogy for Patrick Keenan of the Jefferson Club and several general matters (biographical, religious, etc.).

Original letterbox of Sulzer with clippings and pamphlets principally on the topic of "Money and the money trust," but also politics, including documents from the "Committee of 48" (1919-20), National Socialists, National Party, American Party, and the Democratic and Republican parties.

Original letterbox of Sulzer with clippings in envelopes by topic, with some related typescripts of Sulzer's remarks. Principal topics here are Alaska, George Washington, Irish patriotism, Robert Burns, Lincoln. There are also booklets, clippings and other print matter on the Bahai Faith (or Bahaism as used in the collection).

Original letterbox of Sulzer with loose clippings. The box label indicates these are political, biographical, and literary.

Original letterbox of Sulzer with loose clippings.

Most, though not all, appear to be images of Sulzer. There is a small wood block for printing the American Party's Liberty Bell symbol.

These appear to be all images of Sulzer.

4 items mounted on board: 2 letters to Sulzer from Cornell University Library acknowledging donations of books and documents, a clipping of "Mr. Sulzer's rules of life," and a photo of Sulzer at the Abraham Clark monument.

Holds 3 montages on board: 1) Letters from Cornell University Library acknowledging donations of books, etc., photos of Sulzer at his plane in Alaska, and clippings; 2) image from the New York Herald Tribune of the Graf Zeppelin arriving at Washington, DC, with postcards related to the voyage, in German (1928); and 3) letter from Abdul Baha Abbas, in Arabic with English translation on Committee on Foreign Affairs letterhead (1920).

4 newspaper articles mounted on board: Sulzer mother's ownership of an old bible (1903), "Hebrew Standard" re: Sulzer support for Russia's Jews (1904), "The Argus" political support for Sulzer (1908), and "The Tammany Times" re: Sulzer support for an income tax (1909).

2 clippings on board: full sheet from the Batavia Times reporting on a banquet for Sulzer (1904) and an article from "Cronista" of Guatemala about Sulzer, in Spanish (1909)

Some of the photos in this box are larger, or mounted, prints of those in boxes 25 and 26. Photos here include Sulzer greeting José Cipriano Castro Ruiz of Venezuela (1913?), mounted Alaska photos (1930s), Sulzer in his office (undated), Masonic dinner at the Hotel McAlpin (1932), testimonial dinner held for Sulzer by the Mason's Republic Lodge (1936), and photo of an Asian gentleman (Jong Sning?) inscribed to Sulzer (undated).

15 original drawings by Simons(?), L.W. Ford, Rollin Kirby, W.A. Rogers, Denys Wortman, Marcus, George Washington Rehse, Homer Davenport, ZAZ, F.M. Walts, Woodson, and others. Some inscribed.

12 original drawings by George Washington Rehse, Homer Davenport, L.W. Ford, W. Starrett, J. Norman Lynd, C.R. Macauley, Bernard Corvinus, Berryman.

7 certificates on boards: commemorative diploma for valuable services from the Lewis and Clark Centennial American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair (1905); life membership in Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo #1 (1907); acknowledgement of oration at the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Scranton, Pa. (1908); Grand Prize ribbon and certificate awarded to the Alaska Industrial Company of Sulzer, Alaska, for its exhibit of a reproduction of a copper mine at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle (1909); election to governor (1912); congratulatory greetings from the inmates, warden and superintendent of Clinton Prison (1913); and acknowledgement from Equity Congress of Sulzer's signing of the "Colored Regiment Bill" forming a Black state militia unit (1913).

Mounted items: the pen used by President William Taft to sign the bill authorizing the salvage of the U.S.S. Maine, with the letter from the White House conveying the pen to Sulzer, Sulzer's comments in support of the legislation, and the article from the newspaper "Democracy" about the bill.