Local history collection, [ca. 1800]-1987.

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Local history collection, [ca. 1800]-1987.

Includes G.A.R. Personal Sketches manuscript for William O. Stevens Post 393, 1897; New York Militia enrollment sheets for Dunkirk, 1917; school and apprenticeship certificates, 1860-1916; letterpress book from law practice of Lester Stearns, 1900; and letter box of correspondence, memos, and reports of Lake Shore Camp 107 of Spanish War Veterans, 1934-35. Also includes materials on Adams Memorial Unitarian Church; numerous pictures of railroads and railroad accidents; photographs of the DEAN RICHMOND and Dunkirk harbor; thesis dealing with the Brooks Locomotive Works by Delphine Polasik Przytula, 1986; high school yearbooks; a chronology of local history, 1626-1946, by Gladys Bush; Dunkirk and Fredonia city directories, 1887-1977; and various artifacts.

ca. 3 cubic ft., ca. 1000 items.

Related Entities

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Historical Society of Dunkirk (Dunkirk, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: History of Dunkirk, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155438978 ...

American Locomotive Company

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The American Locomotive Company was incorporated in 1901 by merging 7 small locomotive companies with the Schenectady Locomotive Engine Manufactory (incorprated 1848). In 1955, the company changed its name to Alco Products, Incorporated. In 1964, the Worthington Corporation Acquired Alco. Alco has headquarters in New York City and a main plant in Schenectady, N.Y., with other plants in Auburn and Dunkirk, N.Y., and Latrobe, Pa. Alco's Schenectady facilities have affiliations with Ge...

Grand Army of the Republic. William O. Stevens Post 393 (Dunkirk, N.Y.)

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Adams Memorial Unitarian Church (Dunkirk, N.Y.)

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Przytula, Delphine Polasik.

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New York (State). Militia

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Levies were special regiments recruited under provisions of the legislature which entitled recruits to plots of unappropriated land. From the description of Levy certificates issued record book. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122617529 ...

Bush, Gladys.

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United Spanish War Veterans. Lake Shore Camp 107 (Dunkirk, N.Y.)

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