4078560William Clement Bryant papers4078560Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-07-10 20:31:21 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard2020-07-20EAD document created by CCR. Rare Book and Manuscript Library William Clement Bryant papers Bryant, Wm. Clement (William Clement) 4078560 MS#0160 English . /repositories/2/resources/2342 0.5 linear feet 1 box 105 items 1856-1895 Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.

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This collection is located on-site.

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This collection is closed pending community consulation. 2024-09-26, kws

 Summary

This collection includes correspondence with a number of people, including Horatio Hale, William H. Samson, William Kirby, George S. Conover, and others, and pertains to research, publication, and other enterprises regarding prominent individuals such as Red Jacket and Joseph Brant, and the Cherry Valley Massacre. Correspondence includes linguistic, genealogical, and historical information, including sensitive content.

 Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William Clement Bryant papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Bancroft. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1954. Accession number--M-54.

 Biographical sketch

William Clement Bryant (1830-1898) came to Buffalo, NY in 1854 to practice law. While in NY, he also served as the president of the Buffalo Historical Society in 1876, and as president of the Thomas Orphan Asylum. He had a deep interest in the lives of the Indigenous people around him, particularly the Iroquois, and did personal and public research on the history of Buffalo and surrounding areas relating to Indigenous peoples.

 Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/12/89.

 Indians of North America -- New York (State) -- History New York (State) -- History Names, Iroquois Clark, J. S Conover, George S (George Stillwell), 1824- Stone, William L (William Leete), 1835-1908 Samson, William H Kirby, William Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.) Red Jacket, Seneca chief, approximately 1756-1830 Six Nations Series I: Cataloged Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1223996Alward, Dennis R./repositories/2/archival_objects/12239971Bryant, William Clements/repositories/2/archival_objects/12239981Beach, W. W./repositories/2/archival_objects/12239991Clark, John S./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240001Clinton, G. W./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240011Conover, George S./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240021Converse, Harriet Maxwell/repositories/2/archival_objects/12240031Donovan, William R. O./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240041Drake, Thomas L./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240051Draper, Lyman C./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240061Fellows, Joseph/repositories/2/archival_objects/12240071Gilkison, J. T./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240081Hale, Horatio/repositories/2/archival_objects/12240091Harris, George H./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240101Harris, Julia E./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240111Hayden, Horace Edwin/repositories/2/archival_objects/12240121Hosmer, W. H. C./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240131Howell, Thomas Morris/repositories/2/archival_objects/12240141Howland, N. R./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240151Hubbard, J. N./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240161Jones, Charles/repositories/2/archival_objects/12240171Kirby, William/repositories/2/archival_objects/12240181Letchworth, William P./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240191Lossing, Benson J./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240201Marshall, C. D./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240211Marshall, Elizabeth C./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240221Middleton, Petana/repositories/2/archival_objects/12240231Minard, John S./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240241P., I. T./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240251Parker, Ely Samuel/repositories/2/archival_objects/12240261Plumb, J. B./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240271Samson, William H./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240281Simms, J. R./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240291Smith, Erminnie/repositories/2/archival_objects/12240301Stewart, E. W./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240311Stone. William L./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240321Strong, N. T./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240331Sullivan, John J./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240341Van Cortlandt, C. E./repositories/2/archival_objects/12240351Waer, John?/repositories/2/archival_objects/12240361Series II: Miscellaneous Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1224037Miscellaneous letters from unidentified people/repositories/2/archival_objects/12240381