Lending Library: Local/Regional History
Museumwise provides its members and South Central DHP constituents access to our extensive Lending Library. Museumwise members and South Central DHP constituents can borrow up to 3 titles for a 3-week period. Books can be renewed once, as long as there are no other requests for the title.
To utilize this service, simply fill out this online form with the titles of the books you’d like to borrow. We will mail you the titles – all that you are responsible for is return postage.
This Lending Library is made possible in part with funds from the Documentary Heritage Program of the New York State Archives, a program of the New York State Education Department.
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The 4 Rivers Cookbook was a program that resulted in a collection of recipes from local residents that was organized by the 4 River Valleys Historical Society.
Local history journal articles on Lake Bonaparte, the dam project at Browns Falls on the Oswegatchie River, and others.
The Journal of the Washington County Historical Society publishes new contributions to the study of the county's history. Featured articles, "Washington County During the Great Depression", "Out of the Great Depression: The...
Collection of essays on influential people, important events and significant buildings in the two-hundred-year history of Barneveld, New York.
Essay on the history of baseball in Geneva to accompany exhibit at the Geneva Historical Society from May 20 - September 17, 1988.
Focused on the events leading up to and including the creation of the first commercially successful system of sound on film at Case Research Lab. Breaking the Silence on Film tells the story of Theodore Case and the Case Reasearch Laboratory, a...
Information on Belmont resident, banker, and oil producer Charles Smith Whitney (1824-1900). Includes excerpts from historic references.
History of the Chautauqua County Historical Society from 1883-2000 since it was organized on July 19, 1883. Also includes ''Stories from the Archives'', a collection of short articles about historical subjects, as well as...
Part of the American Association of State and Local History Book Series. A collection of essays about the rich diversity of local museums
Discovery Research is one way of seeing the connections between people, place, and culture. This step-by-step workbook is practical, handy guide for communities that have received a Discovery Research Grant from the Maine Arts Commission. Through...
Memoirs of a West Carthage, New York man who, beginning at age 13, served in the Drum Corps of the Union Army during the Civil War.
Educational publication on the Erie Canal. Includes classroom lessons & sample document based questions.
Beginning in the late 18th century, account of the King's Garden at Fort Ticonderoga, including social influences on its evolution and efforts to maintain the property. Lucinda Brockway thoroughly documents the changing landscape through...
A history of the development of New York City neighborhoods, and a sociolological study of the idea of territory and turf. Includes a close look at Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island.
Essays on local Auburn painter Frank Barney accompanying a retrospective exhibit at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center from May - August 1983. Essays include information on his life, style, light quality, and painting. Catalog also includes a...
Elementary school student writings based on in-class visits by 30 traditional artists. Focused on ethnic heritage and diversity.
From stately country houses in the Bronx to quiet farmhouses in Brooklyn, the historic houses in New York City parks link three centuries of the City's architecture and art. Since 1989, the Historic House Trust has united these unique...
Overview of Conklin, New York history with information on its first settlements, settlers, churches, schools, doctors, cemeteries, ferrys and bridges, businesses, railroads and stations, post offices, and organizations.
History of the Fort Hill Cemetary with chapters on well known people buried there.
Cookbook with recipes, stories, and pictures that trace some of the historic food ways common to the Jamesville, NY area, and the changes that occurred to them over time.
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