philip terrie wrote: > > I am contemplating beginning a research project on Joel T. Headley > (1813-1897). Headley was a prolific author and served briefly as New York > Secretary of State (1855). I have two questions: first, does anyone on > this list know of archives containing personal papers? Second, is someone > else already hard at work on Headley and about to produce the definitive > study (in which case, I'll think of something else to work on!)? > > phil > > /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ > / "Few fully understand what the Adirondack > Philip G. Terrie \ wilderness really is. It is a mystery even to > American Culture Studies / those who have crossed and recrossed it by boats > Bowling Green State Univ. \ along its avenues, the lakes; and on foot > (419) 372-8886 / through its vast and silent recesses." > \ --Verplanck Colvin, 1874 > /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ I suggest you contact the Uof R library for answers to some, or all of your questions. They are on the Internet. -- All the best, Bill \\\|/// \\ _ _ // ( @ @ ) ----------------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo------------------------------ William R. Lindsay 95 Benjamin Avenue Rochester NY 14616-3160 (716) 621-3573 (h) [log in to unmask] (716) 865-0188 fax _________________________________________________________________