Local history collection, 1894-1982.

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Local history collection, 1894-1982.

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Collection primarily consists of a subject file of clippings, letters, pamphlets, maps, typescript articles, newsletters, brochures, and other printed items relating to the history of Port Jervis. Subjects include Stephen Crane, the Delaware and Hudson Canal, the Town of Deerpark, Battle of Minisink, industry, churches, fire department, floods, railroads, and Indians. Collection also includes a report from the Office of Civil Defense, Port Jervis, concerning emergency efforts during the flood of 1955; and two papers by John McAndrew on the colonial boundary dispute between the Province of New York and the Province of New Jersey, 1967-1970.

2 cubic ft.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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SNAC Resource ID: 6880124

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Port Jervis Free Library (Port Jervis, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: History of Port Jervis, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155525283 ...

Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900

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Stephen Crane was a novelist, poet, and journalst. He was born November 1, 1871, at 14 Mulberry Place, Newark, New Jersey. Crane is best known for his novel The Red Badge of Courage (1895) that depicted the experiences of a soldier in the Civil War. During the Spanish-American War (1898), Crame served as a correspondent. In 1897, he moved to England and met Joseph Conrad and Henry James. Crane died of tuberclosis in 1900. From the description of Newark Stephen Crane collection, 1897-...

McAndrew, John

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Professor of art and architecture. Born 1904 in New York, NY; died 1978 in Venice, Italy. Graduated from Harvard University in 1924, received a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard in 1940, and studied architecture in Europe and Mexico. Positions held: intructor at Vassar College; professor at Wellesley College; curator of the Department of Architecture and Industrial Art at the New York Museum of Modern Art; coordinator of inter-American affairs in Mexico during World War II; director of ...

Port Jervis (N.Y.). Office of Civil Defense.

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