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Crime Clippings Scrapbook, 1891-1903

1 volume

The Crime clippings scrapbook contains newspaper clippings compiled between 1891 and 1893 that are related to various criminals, court proceedings, and executions.

The Crime clippings scrapbook contains newspaper clippings compiled between 1891 and 1893 that are related to various criminals, court proceedings, and executions.

The volume (23 x 15 cm) has brown paper covers and appears to have originally been a copy of Joseph Emerson Worcester’s A Pronouncing, Explanatory, and Synonymous Dictionary of the English Language. Containing 210 pages total, the volume begins with a clipped engraving of New York City Police Department Superintendent Thomas F. Byrnes pasted on the inside of the front cover. Byrnes’ portrait is accompanied by an inscribed caption reading “of New York City April 22 1892.” An additional inscription states that the volume was “Presented to the officers and Men of the 13th street Police station - Chicago Ills. by Wm. H. [Benton?] - 126 Fleming St., Aug 22d 1903.”

Subsequent clippings highlight numerous criminals, trials, and executions, many of which were highly publicized incidents involving crimes such as murder, robbery, swindling, and kidnapping. Many of the clippings include engravings that depict portraits of criminals, courtroom scenes, and crime scenes. Stories of crime and punishment in the eastern United States are most frequent, but transnational and international stories are also included.

Clippings are arranged in a chronological sequence with the first dated December 7th 1891 and the last dated September 4th 1893; as a result, many clippings that pertain to certain long-running criminal trials appear in multiple places throughout the volume.

Individuals/topics represented over the course of the volume include:
  • Martin D. Loppy [murderer; executed by electric chair] (pgs. 1-3)
  • Darwin J. Messerole [murderer] (pg. 3)
  • Isaac B. Sawtelle [murderer] (pg. 4)
  • Henry L. Norcross [blackmailer, attempted murderer] (pgs. 5-9)
  • Carlyle W. Harris [murderer; condemned to execution by electric chair] (pgs. 12-15, 22, 25, 30-35, 40, 54-58)
  • Charles E. Waterbury [kidnapper] (pgs. 17-21, 26-29, 37-40)
  • August Lentz [murderer] (pgs. 11, 12, 21, 24, 35, 36)
  • Alfred Parkes [murderer] (pg. 23)
  • Nicola Trezza and Charles McElvaine [murderers; latter executed by electric chair] (pgs. 23, 24, 40)
  • Edward W. Hallinger [African American man; murderer] (pgs. 35, 145)
  • Alice Jessie Mitchell [lesbian woman; murderer] (pgs. 35, 41, 147, 158)
  • Thomas “Buncoer” O’Brien [conman] (pgs. 37, 105-107, 125, 126, 129-131, 133-136, 139)
  • Maurice Curtis aka Maurice B. Strelinger [accused murderer; acquitted] (pgs. 41, 42)
  • Oliver Curtis Perry [train robber] (pgs. 42-53, 126-129)
  • Burton C. Webster [accused murderer; hung jury] (pgs. 47, 58-83)
  • John Francis [Native American man; murderer] (pgs. 53, 54)
  • Louis Harriot [murderer; hanged] (pgs. 81, 82, 101-104)
  • Jim Lyons and Mickey Sliney [murderers] (pgs. 84, 86, 87, 124, 125)
  • Death of George C. Searing (pgs. 84, 85)
  • F. B. Deeming [murderer and one-time Jack the Ripper suspect; hanged] (pgs. 87, 88-93, 114, 115, 131-133, 140, 141, 145, 146, 151-153)
  • Jack the Ripper, “The Nine Bad Jacks” (pgs. 89-93)
  • Jeremiah Cotto [murderer; executed by electric chair] (pgs. 93-95)
  • Frank C. Almy aka George Abbott [murderer] (pgs. 95, 120, 121, 206-208)
  • James Alexander Farmer [accused murderer] (pgs. 95, 96)
  • William Myer [murderer] (pg. 97)
  • “Origin of Lynch Law” (pgs. 97-99)
  • John Lewis Osmond [murderer] (pgs. 99-101)
  • Annie Walden [murderer] (pgs. 107-114, 136, 139, 153-155)
  • Fred McGuire [murderer; executed by electric chair] (pgs. 116-119)
  • Ferdinand Ward [Banker/Ponzi scheme runner] (pgs. 121-123, 141-145)
  • Henry W. Jaehne [corrupt politician] (pgs. 121-123)
  • Lieut. James Henry Hetherington [U.S. Navy officer; murderer] (pgs. 136-139)
  • Charles Reilly [murderer] (pg. 139)
  • Murder of Lizzie Farrell [African American man falsely implicated] (pgs. 139, 140, 143, 144)
  • Capt. Chris Rath [recounting of execution of Lincoln’s assassins] (pgs. 146, 147)
  • “The Murderer’s Hand” [story regarding supposedly distinct features of hands of killers] (pg. 148)
  • Guillotine history and contemporary usage (pgs. 148-151, 155-158)
  • Col. H. Clay King [murderer] (pgs. 158, 159, 161)
  • Lizzie Borden [accused murderer; acquitted] (pgs. 158-170, 172-180, 187-189, 191-205)
  • Dr. T. Thatcher Graves [accused murderer; hanged himself while incarcerated] (pgs. 159, 191, 208-210)
  • Murder of Luigi Barri (pgs. 167, 168)
  • Frank Glowinski [murderer] (pgs. 168-171)
  • James Nolan [murderer] (pgs. 171, 172)
  • J. M. Brown shootout (pgs. 180-187)
  • George Craig [murderer] (pgs. 190, 191)
Collection

Gerald T. and Charlotte B. Maxson Printed Ephemera Collection, ca. 1750s-1999 (majority within 1850s-1900)

approximately 5,000+ items in 23 volumes

The Gerald T. and Charlotte B. Maxson printed ephemera collection contains over 5,000 pieces of assorted ephemera, the majority of which were commercially printed in the United States during the mid to late 19th-century.

The Gerald T. and Charlotte B. Maxson printed ephemera collection contains over 5,000 pieces of assorted ephemera, the majority of which were commercially printed in the United States during the mid to late 19th-century.

The Maxson collection provides a valuable resource for the study of 19th-century visual culture, commercial advertising, and humor in addition to the role of gender, ethnicity, and race in advertising. American businesses are the predominant focus of the collection, though many international businesses are also represented. While trade cards are by far the most prevalent type of ephemera found in this collection, an extensive array of genres are present including die cut scrapbook pieces, photographs, engravings, maps, serials, and manuscript materials.

The 23 binders that house the Maxson collection were arranged by the collectors themselves. Items are organized somewhat randomly in terms of topical arrangement. While pockets of related materials can be found here and there (for instance, the entirety of Volume 16 contains circus-related items while Volume 11 contains an extensive number of Shaker-related materials), for the most part any given subject may appear in any given volume. In some cases, items are clustered as a result of having been acquired together or due to a documented common provenance. Occasional typed annotations written by the Maxsons help provide additional context for certain items.

The Maxson Collection Subject Index serves as a volume-level subject index for materials found throughout the binders. The subjects indexed here are generally representative of both visual and commercial content. In addition to more general subjects, many names of specific people, places, buildings, events, and organizations that appear in the materials have also been listed. Researchers engaging with this collection should be aware that they will encounter numerous examples of racist caricatures, especially ones depicting African American, Native American, Irish, and Chinese people.

Collection

Grosvenor L. Townsend Scrapbooks, 1893-1910

7 volumes

The Grosvenor L. Townsend scrapbooks consist of 7 volumes containing newspaper clippings, photographs, halftone prints, correspondence, ephemera, printed materials, maps, realia, telegrams, and other miscellaneous documents and materials related to the military career of Grosvenor Lowery Townsend.

The Grosvenor L. Townsend scrapbooks consist of 7 volumes containing newspaper clippings, photographs, halftone prints, correspondence, ephemera, printed materials, maps, realia, telegrams, and other miscellaneous documents and materials related to the military career of Grosvenor Lowery Townsend. Newspaper and journal clippings were mainly taken from New York-based publications. Most of the clippings are in extremely fragile condition. Many clippings are coupled with inscriptions indicating the name and date of the publication they were taken from. Numerous photographs also bear inscribed captions. Each volume measures approximately 25 x 19 cm in size and has marbled paper covers.

Volume 1 (1893-1894--New York; New Jersey)
  • This volume contains materials related to Townsend's service in the New York National Guard, 7th Regiment, Company D, between 1893 and 1894. Items of particular interest include a Grand Army of the Republic report regarding the 7th's service record in the Civil War and during various New York City riots (pg. 1); a group portrait of 7th NYNG Co. D soldiers, including Townsend (figure furthest to the right), at an encampment in Peekskill, New York in June 1893 (pg. 5); clippings related to a mock Civil War battle held at Van Cortlandt Park (pg. 11); clippings related to Townsend's promotion from private to lance-corporal (pg. 13); clippings from the New York Herald and New York Tribune regarding the 7th NYNG relocating to the Seventh Regiment Armory (pgs. 42-45); a group portrait of 7th NYNG members at Sea Girt, New Jersey, in July of 1894 during a visit with New Jersey National Guardsmen (pg. 67); and Townsend's Lance Corporal chevrons (pgs. 92, 93).
Volume 2 (1896--New York)
  • This volume contains materials related to Townsend's service in the New York National Guard, 7th Regiment, Company D, during 1896. Items of particular interest include an engraving depicting Company D winning a chariot race at the 7th Regiment games (pgs. 28, 29); a New York Herald clipping from May 31st 1896 regarding the 7th NYNG's victory over West Point in a baseball match (pg. 39); an American Lithographic Co. halftone reproduction of a Jay Hambidge painting showing the 7th NYNG marching in uniform titled "For Love or War?" (pg. 43); clippings regarding the new regimental clubhouse at the Creedmoor Rifle Range (pg. 45); a private circular for NCOs regarding a regimental parade in honor of Chinese viceroy Li Hongzhang as well as a halftone portrait of Li (pgs. 46, 47); and cartoons from the 7th Regiment Gazette of December 1896 comically depicting track and field events (pg. 61).
Volume 3 (1897-1898--New York)
  • This volume contains materials related to Townsend's service in the New York National Guard, 7th Regiment, Company D, from 1897 to May of 1898. Items of particular interest include a photographs of 7th NYNG officers and NCOs (pgs. 2, 3); halftone images from a 7th NYNG camp (pg. 7); a New York Sun clipping from October 10th 1897 regarding a mock battle at Van Cortlandt Park replete with a topographical map of the park (pg. 11); a New York Herald clipping from October 10th 1897 showing engravings related to "The Battle of Van Cortlandt Park." (pgs. 12, 13); a Harper's Weekly clipping from October 1897 showing halftone reproductions of paintings related to the mock battle at Van Cortlandt Park (pgs. 14, 15); camp scene photographs from June 1897 including one portrait of Townsend in uniform (pg. 23); halftone images showing interior rooms of the Seventh Regiment Armory (pgs. 25-28); a halftone reproduction of an engraving showing 7th NYNG uniforms from 1802 to 1897 (pg. 33); a halftone reproduction from Harper's Weekly vol. 42 no. 2157 of a painting by T. De Thulstrup showing the 7th NYNG being reviewed by Major General Charles F. Roe at the Seventh Regiment Armory (pgs. 76, 77); and multiple clippings related to the 7th NYNG's decision to refrain from allowing members to individually enlist in the regular US Army at the outset of the Spanish-American War so as not to disintegrate the unit (pgs. 82-91).
Volume 4 (1899--New York; Fort Monroe; Washington, D.C.; Cuba)
  • This volume contains materials related to Townsend's service in the 201st Infantry Regiment of New York Volunteers as well as in the US Army 1st Infantry Regiment covering the period from March of 1899 to February of 1900. Items of particular interest include clippings related to Townsend's promotion from Captain of Company M 201st NY Volunteer Infantry Regiment to Second Lieutenant in the US regular army (pg. 5); letters from Townsend to his parents regarding exams he must take at Fort Monroe, Virginia, in order to achieve his promotion (pgs. 8, 9); a picture book containing halftone images from around Fort Monroe (pg. 11); a photograph showing a Fort Monroe examination room black board coupled with text of the example question present on the board (pg. 17); a copy of Townsend's commission as Second Lieutenant (pgs. 22, 23); clippings related to the naval transportation of American troops to Cuba (pg. 33); photographs of various Cuban scenes including an ossuary outside of Havana, Cuban huts and houses, Cuban soldiers being paid, American camps and barracks, a Cuban funeral, Afro-Cubans, underbrush near the mountains, a general view of Pinar del Rio, American military officers and their wives, and American troops in formation (pgs. 36-46, 48-55); a memorandum concerning the administrative use of officers' photographic portraits (pg. 59); photographs showing scenes of Guanajay and Pinar del Rio, Company K rifle ranges, American officers including Lt. McCue, Lt. Tebetts, Lt. Reams, Lt. Beacham, Lt. Wilcox, Dr. Dunchie, and Lt. Reeder, child golf caddies (including a Chinese boy named Ah Soy), a Cuban house being constructed out of palm tree materials, American officers and their wives, a Cuban burial party, soldiers on the march and drilling, an American military graveyard, Cuban ox carts, a railroad station, and churches (pgs. 60-66, 68-82); a clipping including an advertisement for "Mahara's Minstrel Carnival" (pg. 84); and more photographs showing American officers and their wives, Chinese-Cubans, a man posing with a white owl, a well-dressed Cuban man named "Mr. Usavraga", 2nd Battalion shelter camps, American barracks at Guanajay, a group of American officers and several women that includes both Townsend and his mother Emma, the fort at Mariel, a Cuban ship named Alphonso XIII sinking in Mariel Harbor, street scenes in San Antonio and Guanajay, and golf links at Guanajay (pgs. 91-115).
Volume 5 (1900-1901--Cuba; Fort Leavenworth; San Francisco; Philippines)
  • This volume contains materials related to Townsend's service in the US Army 1st Infantry Regiment covering the period from April 1900 to December 1901. Items of particular interest include photographs showing 1st Infantry Company K assembled in uniform at Guanajay and the aftermath of a major storm at Guanajay, (pgs. 1, 2); clippings related to the potential ordering of the 1st Infantry from Cuba to China as well as Yellow Fever outbreaks among American soldiers stationed in Cuba (pgs. 4, 5); a fragment of an envelope bearing an official stamp from a US military surgeon indicating that the parcel had been "Disinfected and Passed" (pg. 9); clippings from August 1900 detailing the ordering of troops to Manila, Philippines, instead of China (pgs. 13-17); photographs showing various scenes from around Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, including the US Army Disciplinary Barracks (pg. 19-24); clippings from October 1900 regarding the capture and subsequent rescue of Capt. Devereux Shields (pgs. 28-30); clippings regarding the launch of the Samar Expedition and insurgent fighting tactics (pgs. 31-33, 40); photographs showing buildings occupied by American troops in Catbalogan, US Army officers and headquarters at Tacloban in February 1901 (pgs. 40-42); a clipping showing a map of the "Peaceful Districts in the Philippines" highlighting areas deemed unsafe for Americans to venture (pg. 46); photographs showing street scenes, Filipino villages and villagers, and landscape views (pgs. 50-54); a letter and associated hand-drawn map sent by Townsend to his mother describing an ambush against American forces in southern Samar in April of 1901 during which Townsend came under fire from a rifle he believed to have belonged to an American soldier who had deserted (pgs. 55, 56); a letter from Townsend to his mother in April of 1901 describing the visit of a group of Palauan tribesmen and counterinsurgency operations (pg. 57); photographs taken by Townsend of the Palauan tribesmen (pgs. 58-60); photographs from around Guiuan, including the U.S. Army headquarters, a 200 year old church door, Lt. Downes and Townsend's quarters, and images of a church and locals in Mercedes (pgs. 62, 63); clippings related to the death of Lt. Downes and Lt. McClure (pg. 68); a typescript copy of a letter initially sent by Townsend to Capt. Willard C. Fisk from July 1901, which the latter forwarded to Townsend's parents, describing engagements in Samar including one that led to Townsend being stabbed in the forearm (pg. 70); clippings related to the death of Lt. Downes and the Balangiga Massacre (pgs. 71-76); a letter from Townsend to his mother dated Oct 5 1901 describing the Balangiga Massacre and how his detachment were very nearly sent there (pg. 77); Townsend's Second Lieutenant bars (pg. 78); and a clipping describing innovative traps used by the Moros against American soldiers (pg. 79).
Volume 6 (1905-1907--Fort Brady; Canada; Philippines)
  • This volume contains materials related to Townsend's service in the US Army 1st Infantry Regiment covering the period from 1905 to September 1907. Items of particular interest include a group portrait showing Townsend, other U.S. Army officers, and several women (including Cornelia T. Getty) standing in front of a house in Canada with snowshoeing equipment (pg. 3); clippings related to Fort Brady and a roster of troops serving in the Department of the Lakes as of August 15th 1905 (pgs. 5-7); clippings related to renewed unrest in China and the shipment of more U.S. troops to the Philippines (pg. 10, 12); clippings related to the transportation of American troops to the Philippines (pgs. 18, 19); clippings related to the celebration of George Washington's birthday at a ceremony in Gibraltar in February 1906 (pgs. 24, 26); a letter from Townsend to his mother from aboard the USS McClellan near Sri Lanka in April 1906 describing the conditions of the ship and the progress of the journey thus far (pg. 36); a typescript summary of Townsend's military career as of July 1906 (pg. 49); panoramic views of Camp Stotsenburg (pgs. 58, 64); a clipping regarding an earthquake in the Philippines in April 1907 (pg. 69); a typescript copy of a memo from September 1907 titled "Regarding the Government of the Philippine Islands With Special Reference to the Subject of Police Protection" (pg. 80); and photographs by Pedro Casanave of the S.S. Mindoro and of "Calle Gen. Hughes" in Iloilo City (pgs. 87, 88).
Volume 7 (1909-1910--Fort Leavenworth; New York)
  • This volume contains materials related to Townsend's service in the US Army 23rd and 1st Infantry Regiments covering the period from August 1909 to August 1910. Items of particular interest include a roster of officers and troops on duty at the Army Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth and the US Military Prison as of November 1909 (pg. 5); a studio portrait of Townsend in uniform taken at Fort Leavenworth (pg. 7); a copy of the September 1910 issue of the Infantry Journal by The United States Infantry Association containing an article written by Townsend titled "The Use and Effect of Flying Machines on Military Operations" (pg. 25); clippings related to practice maneuvers at Pine Camp, New York (pgs. 28-39, 49-58); halftone images showing camp scenes at Pine Camp (pgs. 47, 48); and photographs showing Townsend in uniform, Townsend's parents Malcolm and Emma, and what may have been the Townsend family residence (pg. 59).

In addition to this finding aid, the Clements Library has also created the G. L. Townsend Scrapbook Inventory which serves as an itemized list of the contents of each scrapbook.

Collection

Rewards of Merit Collection, ca. 1800-1900s (majority within 1830-1900)

approximately 800 items

The Rewards of merit collection consists of approximately 800 hand-illustrated and printed rewards of merit originating in the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Rewards of merit collection consists of approximately 800 hand-illustrated and printed rewards of merit originating in the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The collection includes rewards of merit decorated with ink, watercolor, and fraktur art as well as lithographic and chromolithographic rewards. The bulk of materials are dated between 1830 and 1900.

Series I of the collecton contains approximately 200 rewards of merit that are primarily grouped around specific students and teachers. Also present is a group 100 examples of early 19th century rewards acquired from dealer Alfred P. Malpa Ephemera.

Series I groupings:
  • 1.1: Early 19th century rewards of merit, 100 items
  • 1.2: Abbott, Carrie M. (student), 3 items
  • 1.3: Adams, Priscilla (teacher), 4 items
  • 1.4: Corbette, Edith (student), 4 items
  • 1.5: Garretson family (students) and Smiley family (teachers), 13 items
  • 1.6: Jones family (students), 6 items
  • 1.7: Roberts, Charlie (student), 13 items
  • 1.8: Shackford, Mabel (student) and Riley, Mary L. (teacher), 3 items
  • 1.9: Sturtevant, Florence (student) and Lamb, Clara (teacher), 8 items
  • 1.10: Thompson, Susan A. (student), 3 items
  • 1.11: Thurley, Gertie (student), 4 items
  • 1.12: Thurston family (students & teacher), 5 items

Series II contains approximately 600 19th century rewards of merit. Materials are organized roughly by size and include "small" and "large" groupings. Also present are two instructional cards for a rewards of merit system and blank uncut printed rewards of merit sheets.

Series II groupings:
  • 2.1: Small miscellaneous rewards of merit
  • 2.2: Large miscellaneous rewards of merit
  • 2.3: Uncut rewards of merit

Also of note is a cylindrically-shaped paper reward of merit that is housed in its own separate box.

Other students and teachers represented in the collection include the following: O. C. E. Baker, Minnie Bates, Edgar Blanchard, Sarah Bods, Hiram Bradley, Lydia P. Burnham, Sallie Burnham, Eliza W. Burrage, Amelia Burt, Joseph Busk, Frances M. Caulkins, Anna Chamberlain, Eddie Clock, William Duncan, Annie Earle, Della L. Farwell, Leva Ferro, Frances F. Fitch, Abraham E. Fox, Clarissa French, Lillie Gerz, Aletta Green, Isaac Goodchild, Henry S. Gouver, Celia Griswold, L. Hasbrouck, Jane Hayden, Joseph Heaton, Flora Hemmings, George Hibbs, Janell M. Hopkins, Frank Houghton, Katie Houghton, Lydia C. Huntington, Chelsey Hutching, Ellen K. Kanchett, Sidney Keith, Lucy Kendall, Henry Kimball, Edith Konter, Lizzie Kraybill, Euphema J. Lament, Grace Laverny, Walter Leonard, Della Lewis, Bertha Lockwood, Bessie C. Lord, Lilly McDonnell, Maggie S. Mitchell, Lizzie Morse, Llewallyn Moulton, Jennie C. Perry, Hallie A. Purinton, Amanda Reed, John Reed, Mary E. Richardson, Eva H. Roberts, Abbie F. Rupell, W. H. Rutherford, Andy Salisbury, Adolphus Sayre, Ella Sherman, Mary E. Shipman, Emogene F. Spakin, Sophia Strong, Edward Van Soligen, Lizzie P. Whillemore, Cira B. Whitney, Emma Yeaton, Georgie Young, and James Young.

Educational institutions represented include Belknap School, Bennington (Vt.) Graded School District, D.C. Academy, Excelsior School System, Hartford Centre School, Kingston Grammar School, Marblehead Academy, Miss Sanders' Seminary, Mrs. Cranch's Academy, Pollsville Institute, and "Town School No. 12."

Collection

Robert M. Vogel Collection of Historic Images of Engineering & Industry, ca. 1850s-2004 (majority within ca. 1850s-1900)

approximately 22,890 photographs (including 18,500 stereographs), 1220 prints, 13 photograph albums, 11 books, 117 pieces of ephemera, 15 pieces of realia

The Robert M. Vogel collection of historic images of engineering & industry contains approximately 22,890 photographs (including 18,500 stereographs), 1220 prints, 13 photograph albums, 11 books, 117 pieces of ephemera, and 15 pieces of realia documenting a wide range of subjects primarily related to 19th-century civil engineering, industrial processes, and mechanization.

The Robert M. Vogel collection of historic images of engineering & industry contains approximately 22,890 photographs (including 18,500 stereographs), 1220 prints, 13 photograph albums, 11 books, 117 pieces of ephemera, and 15 pieces of realia documenting a wide range of subjects primarily related to 19th-century civil engineering, industrial processes, and mechanization.

Particularly well-represented topics within the Vogel collection include images of different types of civil infrastructure such as bridges, canals, roads, dams, and tunnels as well as images showing construction projects, various types of machinery, modes of transportation (such as railroads, steamboats, automobiles, etc.), agricultural pursuits, natural resource extraction (including oil drilling, quarrying, mining, and lumbering), textile operations, electrical and hydraulic power generation, manufacturing, metal working, machine shops, and various industrial factory scenes. Many images of important and iconic structures are included such as the Brooklyn Bridge, Panama Canal, Hoosac Tunnel, and SS Great Eastern. Other represented topics include general architectural views, scenes of disasters/accidents, and portraits of notable individuals (such as Thomas Edison, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and Robert Stephenson). While predominately United States-focused, the materials are international in scope overall and especially include many images of industrial sites and civil infrastructure in Great Britain. The order of the collection's original arrangement has largely been kept intact.

Examples of items of particular interest include salt prints possibly taken by civil engineer Montgomery C. Meigs documenting the construction of the U.S. Capitol and Washington Aqueduct in Washington, D.C.; a series of portraits of early Baldwin Locomotive Works locomotives; images documenting the SS Great Eastern and USS Niagara steamships; a group of 4 colored stereoviews on glass produced by Frederick Langenheim showing the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge ca. 1850s; images related to specific railroads including the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Mauch Chunk, Mount Washington Cog Railway, and New York City elevated railroad; and half-frame proof prints of stereographs produced by Underwood & Underwood as well as H. C. White & Co.

The following list represents the general subject categories found across the Vogel collection along with relevant box and folder numbers:

Agriculture & foodstuffs
  • Box 07.2
  • Box 14.1
  • Box 14.2
  • Box 14.3
  • Box 31.2
  • Box 52
  • Box 56
  • Folder 2.10
  • Folder 3.08

Bridges--Cantilever
  • Box 06.2
  • Box 06.3
  • Folder 1.08
  • Folder 2.15

Bridges--General
  • Box 01.1
  • Box 03.3
  • Box 06.3
  • Box 07.1
  • Box 28.2
  • Box 28.3
  • Box 46.2
  • Box 57
  • Box 58
  • Box 59
  • Box 61
  • Box 63.10
  • Folder 1.04
  • Folder 2.04
  • Folder 2.09
  • Folder 2.14
  • Folder 2.15
  • Folder 2.16
  • Folder 3.08

Bridges--Girder & tubular
  • Box 06.1
  • Box 06.2
  • Folder 2.06

Bridges--Masonry
  • Box 03.1
  • Box 03.2
  • Folder 2.17
  • Folder 3.08

Bridges--Metal
  • Box 03.3
  • Box 04.1
  • Box 04.2
  • Box 04.3
  • Box 05.3
  • Box 05.4
  • Box 06.1
  • Folder 3.08

Bridges--Moveable
  • Box 05.1

Bridges--Suspension
  • Box 01.1
  • Box 01.2
  • Box 01.3
  • Box 02.1
  • Box 02.2
  • Box 28.3
  • Box 43.2
  • Folder 3.02
  • Folder 3.08
  • Folder 3.10

Bridges--Timber
  • Box 02.3
  • Box 05.2
  • Box 06.1
  • Box 49.1
  • Box 49.2

Canals
  • Box 09.1
  • Box 09.2
  • Box 36.1
  • Box 36.2
  • Box 39.1

Construction
  • Box 08.2
  • Box 08.3
  • Box 18.4
  • Box 28.1
  • Box 28.3
  • Box 46.1
  • Box 53.2
  • Box 58
  • Box 61
  • Box 63.08
  • Box 63.11
  • Folder 1.03
  • Folder 2.16
  • Folder 2.17

Disasters
  • Box 06.3
  • Box 17.3
  • Box 20.1
  • Box 24.3
  • Box 25.1
  • Box 28.1
  • Box 41.1
  • Box 54
  • Box 57
  • Folder 1.07
  • Folder 2.16

Explosives
  • Box 11.2
  • Box 45.2

Industry--General
  • Box 27.1
  • Box 27.2
  • Box 27.3
  • Box 39.2
  • Box 46.1
  • Box 46.2
  • Box 56
  • Box 57
  • Box 58
  • Box 59
  • Box 63.02
  • Box 63.03
  • Box 64.1
  • Folder 1.05
  • Folder 1.11
  • Folder 1.13
  • Folder 2.04
  • Folder 2.11
  • Folder 2.17
  • Folder 3.08

Machinery
  • Box 07.2
  • Box 07.3
  • Box 08.1
  • Box 08.2
  • Box 28.1
  • Box 28.2
  • Box 43.2
  • Box 46.3
  • Box 52
  • Box 54
  • Box 56
  • Box 57
  • Box 59
  • Box 63.04
  • Box 64.2
  • Box 64.4
  • Folder 1.09
  • Folder 2.05
  • Folder 2.10
  • Folder 2.12
  • Folder 2.17
  • Folder 3.08

Manufacturing
  • Box 07.1
  • Box 07.2
  • Box 13.2
  • Box 13.3
  • Box 14.1
  • Box 27.2
  • Box 27.3
  • Box 31.2
  • Box 32
  • Box 33.1
  • Box 33.2
  • Box 34
  • Box 35
  • Box 36.1
  • Box 37
  • Box 39.2
  • Box 40
  • Box 41.2
  • Box 42
  • Box 43.1
  • Box 43.2
  • Box 46.2
  • Box 53.1
  • Box 53.2
  • Box 60.1
  • Box 61
  • Box 63.01
  • Box 63.03
  • Box 64.1
  • Box 64.3
  • Folder 1.03
  • Folder 1.07
  • Folder 2.05
  • Folder 2.06
  • Folder 2.11
  • Folder 2.15
  • Folder 3.03
  • Folder 3.08
  • Folder 3.09
  • Folder 3.12

Miscellaneous
  • Box 15.1
  • Box 43.2
  • Box 44
  • Box 55.1
  • Box 55.2
  • Box 60.1
  • Box 60.2
  • Box 62
  • Folder 1.01
  • Folder 1.02
  • Folder 1.12
  • Folder 3.07

Natural resources--Fossil fuels
  • Box 11.2
  • Box 11.3
  • Box 12.1
  • Box 12.2
  • Box 13.2
  • Box 23.1
  • Box 61
  • Folder 2.05

Natural resources--General
  • Box 11.2
  • Box 12.2
  • Box 14.2
  • Box 63.07

Natural resources--Lumber
  • Box 12.2
  • Box 12.3
  • Box 12.4
  • Box 13.1
  • Box 13.2
  • Box 37
  • Box 46.2
  • Box 57
  • Box 58

Natural resources--Metals
  • Box 21.3
  • Box 22.1
  • Box 22.2
  • Box 22.3
  • Box 28.1
  • Box 39.2
  • Box 61
  • Folder 2.14
  • Folder 2.15
  • Folder 3.08

Natural resources--Mining
  • Box 23.1
  • Box 23.2
  • Box 23.3
  • Box 24.1
  • Box 24.2
  • Box 40
  • Box 41.2
  • Box 50.1
  • Box 50.2
  • Box 51
  • Box 52
  • Box 55.1
  • Box 55.2
  • Box 61
  • Folder 1.03
  • Folder 2.02
  • Folder 2.05
  • Folder 2.14
  • Folder 3.02
  • Folder 3.10

Natural resources--Quarrying
  • Box 29.1
  • Box 29.2
  • Box 30
  • Box 46.1
  • Box 57
  • Folder 1.07

Natural resources--Textiles
  • Box 24.3
  • Box 25.1
  • Box 25.2
  • Box 25.3
  • Box 26.1
  • Box 26.2
  • Box 26.3
  • Box 27.1
  • Box 27.3
  • Box 37
  • Box 38
  • Box 39.2
  • Box 40
  • Box 41.1
  • Box 42
  • Box 46.3
  • Box 64.1
  • Folder 3.06

Natural resources--Water supply
  • Box 10.3
  • Box 11.1
  • Box 11.2
  • Box 41.2
  • Folder 3.05
  • Folder 3.12

Personalities
  • Box 01.1
  • Box 10.3
  • Box 28.3
  • Box 39.1
  • Box 46.3
  • Box 56
  • Box 64.2
  • Box 64.3
  • Folder 2.15
  • Folder 3.06
  • Folder 3.07

Power--Electricity
  • Box 08.1
  • Box 28.1
  • Box 46.3
  • Box 64.2

Power--Hydraulic
  • Box 09.3
  • Box 10.1
  • Box 10.2
  • Box 10.3

Transportation--Aerial
  • Box 39.1

Transportation--Automobiles
  • Box 34
  • Box 42
  • Box 56
  • Box 63.07
  • Folder 2.16

Transportation--General
  • Box 15.1
  • Box 28.2
  • Box 31.2
  • Box 33.2
  • Box 36.2
  • Box 54
  • Box 58
  • Box 64.3
  • Folder 2.16
  • Folder 3.04

Transportation--Marine
  • Box 19.1
  • Box 19.2
  • Box 19.3
  • Box 20.1
  • Box 20.2
  • Box 20.3
  • Box 21.1
  • Box 21.2
  • Box 21.3
  • Box 28.2
  • Box 45.2
  • Box 46.3
  • Box 57
  • Box 59
  • Box 63.09
  • Folder 2.08
  • Folder 2.11
  • Folder 2.14
  • Folder 3.05
  • Folder 3.07
  • Folder 3.08

Transportation--Railroads
  • Box 15.1
  • Box 15.2
  • Box 15.3
  • Box 16.1
  • Box 16.2
  • Box 16.3
  • Box 16.4
  • Box 17.1
  • Box 17.2
  • Box 17.3
  • Box 18.1
  • Box 18.2
  • Box 18.3
  • Box 18.4
  • Box 28.1
  • Box 28.2
  • Box 31.1
  • Box 35
  • Box 46.2
  • Box 47
  • Box 48.1
  • Box 48.2
  • Box 49.1
  • Box 56
  • Box 57
  • Box 58
  • Box 59
  • Box 61
  • Box 63.05
  • Box 63.06
  • Folder 1.06
  • Folder 1.10
  • Folder 2.01
  • Folder 2.03
  • Folder 2.04
  • Folder 2.06
  • Folder 2.07
  • Folder 2.10
  • Folder 2.13
  • Folder 2.16
  • Folder 3.04
  • Folder 3.07
  • Folder 3.10
  • Folder 3.11
  • Folder 3.12

Tunnels
  • Box 28.2
  • Box 43.1
  • Box 43.2
  • Box 45.1
  • Box 45.2
  • Folder 2.06

Views--General
  • Box 08.1
  • Box 08.2
  • Box 25.1
  • Box 28.3
  • Box 39.1
  • Box 39.2
  • Box 46.3
  • Box 53.2
  • Box 56
  • Box 57
  • Box 59
  • Box 64.2
  • Box 64.4
  • Folder 1.04
  • Folder 2.04
  • Folder 2.15
  • Folder 2.16

While the Vogel collection general subject categories are generally comprehensive there are still numerous instances of items that could feasibly belong to multiple categories other than the group they are classified under. For instance, there are disaster images found in several groupings other than "Disasters," while bridge construction images can be found in all of the various "Bridges" categories as well as within the "Construction" category. For more detailed descriptions of specific materials, see the box and folder listing in the Contents section below.