About the Collection
The Link Collections of the Binghamton University Libraries include papers and books donated by Edwin A. Link, his wife Marion Clayton Link, the Link Foundation and Hughes Training, Inc. The original donation of Edwin Link's papers was made in 1975. Marion Link's papers were donated in 1993, materials from Hughes were donated in 1996, and papers from the Link Foundation were donated in 1997. Altogether the collections include approximately 24,000-25,000 items and total approximately 64 linear feet. A brief description of each of the collections follows.
The Marion Clayton Link papers comprise approximately 1,000 items, including journals and many manuscripts of her articles and books. Because the Links worked as a team, many of her achievements are also chronicled with his in the Edwin Link collection. The Marion Link collection represents her chiefly as a writer and journalist.
The Link Foundation papers include approximately 2,000 items and cover the years from 1954, when the Foundation was created, into the early 1990s. They pertain to the business of the Foundation: for example, grants and fellowships awarded, financial statements, and minutes of meetings.
The Link-Hughes collection is still being processed. It consists of approximately 600-800 items--correspondence, newspaper clippings, awards, booklets, drawings--dating back to the early 1940s and having to do with the development and history of the Link enterprises. It provides an excellent addition to materials in the original Edwin Link collection. Complementary collections of Link materials were donated by the Links to the Roberson Museum and Science Center in Binghamton, New York; the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida; and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
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