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John J. Cushing was an early homeopathic physician in San Francisco. The collection consists of letters to his family.

The John J. Peck Papers consist of journal entries, correspondence, and printed material, bound in eight volumes, that document Peck's military and political career. Manuscript copies of journals and outgoing letters to newspapers, family members, and military officers record his experience in the following campaigns: several battles including the Battle of Monterrey and occupation of Mexico City during the Mexican-American War; a campaign against the Navajo and Apache in New Mexico (1849-1851, including an account of a journey over the Santa Fe Trail); and the 1863 seige of Suffolk, Virginia during the American Civil War. Newspaper clippings and manuscript copies of correspondence document Peck's involvement in Democratic Party politics, including an unsuccessful run for Congress in New York State in 1856. The Papers include one typescript volume of transcriptions, presumably compiled when researching The Sign of the Eagle, edited by Richard F. Pourade and commissioned by James Strohn Copley in 1970.

The John Leggett writings contain drafts and proofs for Leggett's first three novels, Wilder Stone (1960), The Gloucester Branch (1964), and Who Took the Gold Away (1969).

Rev. John Moses Morris (1837-1889) was a minister, chaplain, editor, legislative clerk in Connecticut, Washington, D.C., and Charleston, S.C. Diaries, notes, correspondence, clippings, on church history and religious subjects, the Civil War and the Connecticut General Assembly. Click here to see the scanned paper finding aid and container list (pdf).

Correspondence written to publisher John R. Howard and his father, John T. Howard, from authors Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Calvin Ellis Stowe, Edward Bok, and Maria Chapman, and to Harriet Beecher Stowe from author and prominent minister, Austin Phelps.

John R. Landon writes from Castleton, VT, regarding legal and real estate matters.

This collection comprises 53 items, including 42 letters from John Ruskin to John Henry Le Keux, 1 letter from John James Ruskin to John Henry Le Keux, 7 stand-alone sketches related to Le Keux's engraving work for Ruskin, annotated printed proofs made by Le Keux for Ruskin and 1 letter from Henry W. Acland to John Ruskin which pertains to Le Keux's work on the frontispiece for Acland and Ruskin's The Oxford Museum. While the majority of the items are undated, the letters appear to have been authored between 1854 and 1860, with dated items ranging from 1855 to 1860. The items primarily pertain to Le Keux's engraving work for illustrations for Volumes 3-4 of Modern Painters and for The Oxford Museum

The John Torrance diaries consists of 13 bound diaries of South Windsor, CT, resident John Torrance for the years 1875-1885 and 1888-1893. Typical entries note the weather and talk about Torrance's farming activities. There are also accounting pages with prices paid for different goods and services.

The collection consists of approximately 6000 slides of images of trains and railroad scenes taken by John Wallace from 1947 to 2004. Most of the railroads are those from the Northeast United States but also include images of railroads in California, Florida, Nebraska, and Virginia, and countries including Canada and Germany.