McGown Hardware Store records, 1851-1983.

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McGown Hardware Store records, 1851-1983.

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The 19th century portion of the records of the McGown Hardware Store of Cooperstown, N.Y. covers the period during which Horace Hooker ran the business. The bulk of the collection, 1913 to its closing in 1982, is from the period of the McGown family. The McGowns kept very well organized records, and many of the series in the collection are long and fairly complete runs. Most of the collection consists of invoices from companies McGown Hardware purchased wares from, its duplicates of customer paid statements, inventories, and hardware dealers' trade catalogs. Other notable records include checkbooks, orders, job files, payroll, ledger sheets, and bad debt records. Additionally, there are blueprints of businesses, churches, schools, private residences, and other buildings in Cooperstown, including the Baseball Museum, Bassett Hospital, Doubleday Field, the Farmers' Museum, Fenimore House, and the Presbyterian Church.

108 cu. ft. + 40 v. + 27 oversize folders (3 mapcase drawers)

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New York State Historical Association (Cooperstown, N. Y.)

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The New York State Historical Association was founded in 1899 by New Yorkers who were interested in promoting greater knowledge of the early history of the state. They hoped to encourage original research, to educate general audiences by means of lectures and publications, to mark places of historic interest with tablets or signs, and to start a library and museum to hold manuscripts, paintings, and objects associated with the history of the state. It was an ambitious undertaking proposed by ...

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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First Presbyterian Church (Cooperstown, N.Y.)

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McGown Hardware Store (Cooperstown, N.Y.)

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Horace M. Hooker and Stephen G. Browning opened a retail hardware store in the village of Cooperstown, N.Y. in 1858. They specialized in stoves and tin and iron building supplies, and had a tin shop on the second floor. David Jefferson McGown began working as a clerk in the store in 1862 and became a junior partner in 1870, when Hooker bought out Browning. McGown bought out Hooker in 1901, renaming the business "D. J. McGown's Hardware Store." The McGown family continued...

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Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital

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The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital (MIBH) opened to the public in 1922 in Cooperstown, Otsego County, N.Y., named after a local physician. It is known for being an innovative rural hospital, in patient care, research, and education. It has been affiliated with the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons since 1947. As of 2012 MIBH, now referred to as the Bassett Medical Center, is part of the Bassett Healthcare Network, which includes facilities in eight central New York counties. ...