Local history collection, 1869-1979.

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Local history collection, 1869-1979.

Family genealogies of the Bixby, Barnard, Smith, Risley, Fellows, and Montgomery families, and one volume on families in Busti, New York. Diaries kept by Grace Coe, 1942; Esther F. Hopper, 1900-18, which includes Amos P. Hopper's 1886 school tax accounts; and S.B. Armstrong, 1877-79; and two school notebooks kept by Hattie Sweet, 1869. Subject files include clippings, photographs, reminiscences, typescripts, deeds, and legal documents on local communities, schools, churches, Bicentennial celebrations, clubs, early history, and people. Also includes the G.A.R. Personal War Sketches volume on members of the R.M. Staring Post 523, Silver Creek, 1893.

6 cubic ft.

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State University College at Fredonia. Reed Library.

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Collecting area: Official records of the College, its boards, committees, and related organizations; faculty papers; printed and manuscript material relating to Chautauqua and Cattaraugus County history, including materials by or about county organizations and individuals, with a special emphasis on census records, church records, cemetery inscriptions, military records, Holland Land Company records, and papers of local historians. Also, Stefan Zweig papers. From the description of R...

Grand Army of the Republic. R. M. Staring Post No. 523 (Silver Creek, N.Y.)

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