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This is "Year Book No. 10 of the Oneida Historical Society at Utica, N. Y." , Published in 1905 , commemorating the establishment of the Munson-Williams Memorial, which was to become the Home of the Oneida Historical Society at Utica. There is a handsome half tone photograph of the building, used as the frontispiece of the Year Book. Throughout the book there are numerous photo-portraits of authors of articles within the Year Book, and prominent individuals of Oneida County, of who, there are brief biographical accounts. These were the shakers and movers of Utica and Oneida County, and include Roscoe. Conkling. The articles are as follows : - Mission of the Oneida Historical Society / Publications of the Society / Catalog of the Society's collection of Battle Flags (With halftone photograph of the display case) / The Genius of Anglo - Saxon Law and Institutions Contrasted with the Latin civilization of Imperialism . by Rev. William T. Gibson, editor of"The Church Eclectic" (26 pages) / The Mohawk Valley , a Channel of Civilization . by Rev. A. L. Byron -Curtiss, of Rome N. Y. [ Speaking admiringly of the Federation of the Six Nations - the Iroquois League - and its positive influence on white settlers. ] (20 pages) / Colonization and Civil Government in the Tropics . by Samuel L. Parrish of New York City (31 pages) / Recollections of the Oneida Bar . by Henry J. Cookingham (24 pages + several photo portraits). Included in this section are brief biographies of the following individuals : William J. Bacon, Alexander Smith Johnson, Charles Mason, Francis Kernan, Ward Hunt, Henry A. Foster, Roscoe Conkling. ***************************************************** - Life Sketches , Prepared at the request of the Oneida Historical Society, as an Appendix to the foregoing Address. (36 pages - no portraits). Included in this section are accounts of the following individuals : Joseph S. Avery, George W. Adams, Joseph Benedict, Walter Ballou, Bloomfield J. Beach, Patrick F. Bulger, William H. Bright, George Clarence Churchill, John G. Crocker, George K. Carroll, Kiron Carroll, Erastus Clark, Alexander Coburn, Stephen Cromwell, Charles M. Dennison, Charles J. Everett, Leander W. Fisk, Alexander T. Goodwin, Edmund . Graham, D. M. K. Johnson, William E. Harter, Burton D. Hurlburt, Nicholas E. Kernan, Leslie W, Kernan, Thomas E. Kinney, Edwin H. Lamb, George Harrison Lynch, James F. Mann, Orsamus B. Matteson, Andrew J. McIntosh, Ichabod J. McIntosh, Addison C. Miller, Daniel C. Pomeroy, Cyrus D. Prescott, Eaton J. Richardson, John F. Seymour, Alexander Seward, Silas L. Snyder, John Thomas Spriggs, Joseph R. Swann, Stephen Van Dresar, Daniel E. Wager, N. Curtis White, Othniel S. Williams, Joel Willard. / McKinley and the Spanish War . by General Stewart L. Woodford (Former Minister to Spain) (5 pages) / - Biographical Sketches (8 pages) : Edward Trevvett, George H. Wiley, George C. Kellogg, George Griffith, George W. Jones, Miss Lomy Redfield Proctor, Hugh Glenn, Miss Caroline Gridley, Julia Tyler Doolittle, Robert James Hubbard / List of Society Members ******************************************** TITLE : Year Book No. 10 of the Oneida Historical Society at Utica EDITOR : Not Stated AUTHORS : Rev. William T. Gibson, Rev. A. L. Byron Curtis, Samuel L. Parrish, Henry J. Cookingham, General Stewart L. Woodford et al. IMPRINT : Oneida Historical Society PLACE : Utica, NY DATE : 1905 STATUS : OP PHYSICAL DETAILS : Society Year Book issued in Paperback Format; contains numerous halftone photographs; xxiv + 168 pages; 5 7/8" x 8 3/4"; printed wraps, sewn and glued. On the front cover is the pictorial device of the Oneida Historical Society ***************************************************** CONDITION - GOOD ONLY - This is a previously owned book that has seen considerable use, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR -- Rough. Spine has splitting and small loss at the extremities; spine surface is creased; front cover displays scattered sta. Seller Inventory # 1744
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