Collected by Jeanne Kleinfield Welcher (1923-2010), great granddaughter of Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (1822-1905), this collection contains materials pertaining to the philanthropic efforts of the Avery Family during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the United States. The collection contains institutional documents, professional and personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, visual and research material, and personal affects pertaining to three generations of the Avery Family.
The Liu-Chiang family papers document the multigenerational immigration stories of the Liu and Chiang families from China to Cuba, Thailand, Taiwan, and then to the United States, dating from 1938 to 1967. The materials primarily consist of school, military, and travel documents, photographs, and memorabilia.
This collection contains legal documents from hundreds of Riker cases, and includes correspondence, wills, maps, deeds, invoices, estate inventories, and other important legal documents.