Local history collection, 1856-1982.

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Local history collection, 1856-1982.

Vertical file of clippings, photographs, programs, postcards, advertisements, booklets, pamphlets, typescript articles, correspondence, minutes, newsletters, directories, historical notes, and notes from interviews with local residents, ca. 1863-1982, pertaining to Grahamsville, Sullivan County, and the surrounding area. Subjects include the Grahamsville Fair, hotels and boarding houses, turnpikes, the American Bicentennial, the Civil War, fire departments, hydroelectric plants, schools, cemeteries, crime, railroads, resorts, canals, reservoirs, trolleys, weather, churches, fires, floods, sports, industries, and World War I. Other items include a scrapbook of photographs and clippings on the renovations at the Daniel Pierce Library, 1981, and miscellaneous Library receipts and bills, 1903-1911; photograph album of Grahamsville people, ca. 1860-1870; map of the Town of Neversink, 1875; and a letter from Daniel Pierce concerning life out "west" and other Sullivan County people living there, 1856.

5 cubic ft.

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Daniel Pierce Library (Grahamsville, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: History of Grahamsville, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155518401 ...

Pierce, Daniel S.

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