Local history vertical file, 1816-1987.

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Local history vertical file, 1816-1987.

Pamphlets, photographs, clippings, articles, legal documents, brochures, certificates, correspondence, programs, reports, broadsides, and other items pertaining to people and events in Peekskill. Subjects include celebrations, Civil War, cultural organizations, education, fire companies, government, manufacturing, houses, religion, schools, and wars. Files on individuals often include deeds, wills, receipts, leters, and biographies. Items of note include Civil War military papers of Col. Edmund R. Travis, 1863-1864; and minutes, correspondence, reports, and memoranda of the Citizens Advisory Committee on Welfare, 1941-1942.

5 cubic ft.

Related Entities

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Peekskill Museum (Peekskill, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: History of Peekskill, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155536499 ...

Travis, Edmund R.

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Citizens Advisory Committee on Welfare (Peekskill, N.Y.)

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