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NYHS Field Exploration Committee: Papers re: the Committee

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NYHS Field Exploration Committee: Newspaper articles re: the work of the Committee

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Edwin A. Barber, Director, Pennsylvania Museum re: ceramics found in British camps, 1913-1916, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data re: Oscar Theodore Barck, Sr., member of NYHS Field Exploration Committee

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters written by Reginald Pelham Bolton (1856-1942) and data relative to his writings

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data assembled by Reginald Pelham Bolton and Calver re: so-called "magazine" within Fort Washington, Fort Washington Avenue at 183rd Street, 1934, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data re: to Inwood Hill Park on upper Manhattan Island

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from A. M. Brooking, Director, The Hastings Museum, Hastings, Nebraska, 1925-1939, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Howard Bullis, Brooklyn, NY re: archaeological discoveries on Long Island, NY, 1922-1934, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data and letters of Calver re: research and his activities

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters from Calver to Oscar Theodore Barck, Sr. re: their activities and work of the NYHS Field Exploration Committee on various Revolutionary War and War of 1812 military sites; and letters written by Calver during his trip to Palestine to excavate Crusader castle of Montfort for The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters from Calver to Reginald Pelham Bolton, Work of NYHS Field Exploration Committee at Fort Washington, 1922, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reprint of article by Calver, "The British Army Button in the American Revolution," in NYHS Quarterly Bulletin, 1921, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Original drafts by Calver for article, "Two Additional Belt Plates and Another Cartridge-Box Badge of the British Army in the American Revolution," published in NYHS Quarterly Bulletin, 1938, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Original draft by Calver for article, "A Sword-Belt of the Revolution," published in Fort Ticonderoga Museum Bulletin, 1940, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Manuscript draft by W.L. Calver for article on sleeve links and civil dress buttons

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Original carbon of article by W.L. Calver, "Recollections of Northern Manhattan," written in March 1932, and published in NYHS Quarterly, January 1948

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Manuscript draft by Calver, "Camp Robinson's Farm at Garrison, Putnam County, New York," in the Hudson Highlands, explored by the NYHS Field Exploration Committee

Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Article by W.L. Calver for radio talk on archaeological work and activities of NYHS Field Exploration Committee

Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Typescript of lecture by W.L. Calver at NYHS on Hudson Highlands, 1936, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data on Major General John Small for article by Calver published in Fort Ticonderoga Museum Bulletin, [1936], inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence between Calver and Bottet and Lacault re: French 18th century uniforms, 1908-1916, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data on Phoenix buttons and King Christiphe of Haiti, [1920-1930], inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data on buttons

Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Canadian and War of 1812 material

Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence of Calver with C. S. Campbell re: Niagara frontier forts, [1908-1930], inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence with Calver with Walter S. Chattin re: button collection of Reginald L. Hart and American Buttonists Society, 1942, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Calver correspondence with W. G. Crozier, 1933-1934, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Robert S. Duncan re: military data, 1928-1933, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters and data re: military matters from John War Dunsmore, artist and member of NYHS Field Exploration Committee

Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters and data exchanged between Calver and Alexander R. Cattley, British Military expert and artist, re: uniform equipment, [1924-1939], inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters and data exchanged between Calver and Luis Fenollosa Emilio, button authority, re: buttons, 1903-1908, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data on forts

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Dwight Franklin relative to uniforms, 1932-1935, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters and data, Harold B. Hayden re: Isle aux Noix on Canadian border, Richlieu River, Lake Champlain, [1924-1928], inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Charles Gaunt re: military equipment, 1916-1917, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from R.W. Geary relative to Niagara frontier and Lundy's Lane Historical Society, 1925-1933, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Colonel Charles Haggard, 1914, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Reginald W. Hart re: military equipment, 1902-1908, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Leslie G. Hilborn re: military equipment and buttons, [1927-1928], inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Charles B. Hill-Tout re: Hill-Tout's collection of military relics, 1929-1939, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Alfred F. Hopkins, Museum Curator, Colonial National Monument, re: belt plate, 1936, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hudson Highland Revolutionary War buttons and relics, Payment to George B. Cusley and Sergeant Cephas Fleming, U.S. Army, for their collections, 1921, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from William Kirby, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada, re: Niagara River forts and relics, 1936-1938, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Charles La Cault, French military artist, re: uniforms and military matters, 1909-1914, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from B.E. Law, re: relics, 1935, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from A.C. Lovett re: military data, 1913-1920, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from A. MacWilliam re: buttons, 1924-1925, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver and correspondence with Major Samuel Milne, antiquarian and author re: British regimental equipment in American Revolution [1894-1909], 1914, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Morristown National Historic Park re: Morristown and Revolutionary War buttons and relics, 1914, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from J.B. Nightingale re: buttons and relics, 1922-1937, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data on Calver's excavation of Crusader Castle of Montfort, Palestine for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1926, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper clippings and data relative to Palestine, collected by Calver in connection with his excavation of the Crusader Castle of Montfort

Box: 4, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from H.G. Parkyn re: to British military relics, 1913-1939, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data and correspondence re: 20th Regiment Foot and British military data, [1927-1933], inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data collected by Calver and Reginald Pelham Bolton on Revolutionary War army huts

Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Percival W. Reynolds, British military artist re: military dress and data, 1909-1931, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Edward H. Rogers re: relics, 1938-1939, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Major J.H. MacKay Scobie, Curator, Scottish National Military and Naval Museum re: buttons and military subjects, 1930-1936, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data and correspondence re: Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Connecticut, re: buttons manufactured by the company, 1943-1945, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from George O.W. Servis re: military collections and data, 1904-1938, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Starr S. Sherwood, 1922-1928

Box: 5, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters and data re: Revolutionary War fort sites on Staten Island, 1939, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Carlyle Smith re: firearms, 1938, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from G.W. Snook re: military data, 1936-1937, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Colonel Daniel Stevens re: buttons, 1902-1904, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Assorted data of Dr. William S. Thomas, member of the NYHS Field Exploration Committee re: Revolutionary War military camps, 1922-1929, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters written by William L. Calver to Dr. William S. Thomas, 1917-1925, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data on Fort Ticonderoga , collected by Calver in connection with his excavation of the Crusader Castle of Montfort

Box: 5, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver from Frederick P. Todd re: American military equipment, 1936-1940, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data on troops

Box: 5, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data on 17th Regiment of Foot (British Army)

Box: 5, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data on various subjects

Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to Calver and data from Dr. J.C. Webster, military antiquarian and author, re: buttons and military data, 1908-1918, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data on Williamsburg, Virginia

Box: 6, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Data and article by Calver on Revolutionary War army huts

Box: 6, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Edgar N. Williams

Box: 6, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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