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Rolland B. Marvin Collection

A description of the collection at Syracuse University


Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 6 Oct 2009



Biographical History

Rolland B. "Rolly" Marvin (?-1979) was a four-term mayor of Syracuse, New York whose terms covered the worst years of the Great Depression (1930-41). As mayer he initiated numerous important projects, among them bringing Carrier Corporation to the city, building a new railroad station and elevating the tracks that formerly ran through the center of downtown, constructing MacArthur Stadium to lure a professional baseball team, and renovating numerous city parks. He served as chair of the Onondaga County Republican Party (1939-1942), was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions of 1940 and 1944, and ran for the New York State Senate (1944).


Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Rolland B. Mayor Collection contains books, pamphlets, clippings, disc records and other material relating to Rolland B. Marvin and to Syracuse history.


Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is unprocessed and remains in original order.


Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

The collection is currently unprocessed and not available for research. Please contact Special Collections Research Center for more information.

Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.


Related Material

Complete run of the Saturday Night Bugle, transferred to Rare Books for cataloging, 1992. Marvin's four terms as mayor figure prominently in the paper. Please search Libraries Search for this item.

Audiotape of interview with Manny Mannheim, Saturday Night Bugle founder, transferred to Belfer, 1994.

Commercial recordings sent to cataloging.

Special Collections Research Center has numerous holdings relating to politics and government, and to local Central New York and Syracuse history, in both our manuscript and rare books collections. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing of manuscript collections, and to Libraries Search for rare books and published material.


Subject Headings

Persons

Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971.
Marvin, Rolland B.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944.

Corporate Bodies

Republican Party (N.Y.)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

Subjects

Campaign speeches -- United States.
Campaign speeches -- New York (State)
Mayors -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.

Places

Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Politics and government.

Genres and Forms

Books.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Memorabilia.
Phonograph records.

Occupations

Mayors.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Rolland B. Marvin Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Charles Marvin, 2005.


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Speeches


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