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Altona Town Historian |
| Address: | 77 Station St., P.O. Box 197, Altona, NY 12910
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| Telephone: | (518) 236-7420 |
| Contact: | Bridgette Coolidge |
| Position: | Town Historian |
| Business hours: | By appointment. |
| Collection: | Books and files (located in town hall
library), press collection on the Ganienkeh Indian
settlement, including material on Iroquois confederacy and
the White Roots of Peace. |
| Restrictions: | |
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Anderson Falls Heritage Society
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| Address: | 1790, Route 22, Suite 3/4,
Keeseville, NY 12944 |
| Telephone: | (518) 834-7342 |
| Contact: | Roby Scott |
| Position: | Treasurer |
| Business hours: | By appointment. |
| Collection: | General collection of pictures,
publications, maps, memorabilia, and artifacts concerning the local area. |
| Restrictions: | Under supervision. |
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Beekmantown Town Hall
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| Address: | 29 North Point Rd.,Plattsburgh, NY
12901 |
| Telephone: | (518) 563-7178 |
| Contact: | Addie L. Shields |
| Position: | Historian |
| Business Hours: | 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
advanced notice appreciated. |
| Collection: | Birth, death and marriage records start in the
1880s but are not open to the public. For an $11 fee the town
clerk can make a search for an individual in the records.
Town minutes start in the 1820s and are open to the public. |
| Restrictions: | Materials inspected under
supervision. |
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Black Brook Town Historian
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| Address: | 18 North Main St., AuSable Forks, NY 12912 |
| Telephone: | (518) 647-5411, ext. 23 |
| Contact: | Doris Akey |
| Position: | Town Historian |
| Business hours: | 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
| Collection: | Some cemetery records, photographs of
the area, tapes, newspaper clippings. |
| Restrictions: | Material must be used under supervision.
Call for appointment. |
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Champlain Memorial Library
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| Address: | 148 Elm St., P.O. Box 279, Champlain, NY 12919 |
| Telephone: | (518) 298-8620 |
| Contact: | Alison Mandeville |
| Position: | Director |
| E-Mail: |
champlib@primelink1.net |
| Business hours: | Monday, 1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.;
Wednesday, noon - 5:00 p.m.; Thursday 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.;
Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
| Collection: | Cemetery records, and some local
history. |
| Restrictions: | Reference only. |
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Champlain Town Historian
|
| Address: | P.O. Box 3144, Champlain, NY 12919 |
| Telephone: | (518) 298-8160 |
| Contact: | Julie Castine |
| E-Mail: |
jcastine@primelink1.net |
| Position: | Town Clerk/Tax Collector |
| Other Contacts: | Roy Clark, 121 Clark Rd.,
Champlain, NY 12919 |
| Business hours: | 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
| Collection: | Maps, census, printed materials on
early settlers, and other items. |
| Restrictions: | May not be removed from premises. |
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Champlain Valley Transportation Museum
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| Address: | 12 Museum Way, Plattsburgh, NY 12903 |
| Telephone: | (518) 566-7575 |
| Contact: | Ralph Russano |
| Position: | Curator & Collections Manager |
| Business hours: | Tuesday thru Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00
p.m. |
| Collection: | The museum examines and celebrates all things
that are transport, from barges and steam ferries, to the D&H rail lines and military
transportation, as well as the Lozier Motor Company Gallery. |
| Website: |
www.cvtmuseum.com |
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Champlain Village Historian
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| Address: | 25 Moore St., Champlain, NY 12919 |
| Telephone: | (518) 298-4036 |
| Contact: | Joseph Patrie |
| Position: | Village Historian |
| Business hours: | 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Call for
appointment. |
| Collection: | Village of Champlain maps, census,
printed materials on early settlers. Listing of deaths, Champlain - St. Mary's Cemetery,
Church St. and Prospect St., Glenwood Cemetery; Coopersville - St. Joseph's Cemetery; and
Rouses Point - Maple Hill Cemetery and St. Patrick's Cemetery. Listing of veterans
in Clinton County. |
| Restrictions: | |
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Chazy Town Historian |
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| Address: | P.O. Box 219, Chazy, NY 12921 |
| Telephone: | (518) 846-7544, ext. 6 |
| Contact: | MaryEllen Branagan |
| Position: | Town Historian |
| E-Mail: |
chazyhistorian@westelcom.com
| | Business hours: | Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. - noon,
or by special appointment. |
| Collection: | Comprehensive collection dealing with Chazy and
surrounding towns from early 1800s. Materials may not be
removed from premises. |
| Restrictions: | In office use only, no loans. |
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Clinton County Historian |
| Address: | Clinton County Government Center,
137 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, NY 12901 |
| Telephone: | (518) 565-4749, or home: (518) 563-
7178; Fax: (518) 564-4616 |
| Contact: | Addie Shields |
| Position: | Clinton County Historian |
| Business hours: | Monday thru Wednedsay, or by
appointment. |
| Collection: | Histories, maps, files, McLellan Cemetery
Records of Clinton County with index, plus islands of the lake. |
| Restrictions: | Not to be removed from
premises. |
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Clinton County Historical Association and Museum |
| Address: | 98 Ohio Ave., Plattsburgh, NY 12901 |
| Telephone: | (518) 561-0340 |
| Contact: | Susan Skinner |
| Position: | Development Director |
| Email: |
director@clintoncountyhistorical.org |
| Business hours: | Office: Monday thru Friday,
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Museum: Tuesday thru Friday, noon - 4:00 p. m. |
| Collections: | Clinton County
Historical Museum is a small local history museum whose mission is to interpret,
preserve, and publicize the history of the county. The collections, dating from the
late 18th century, contain maps, paintings, prints, furniture, textiles, glass
and ceramics, underwater archaeological finds, military and naval artifacts, and
Native American archaeological collections. |
| Restrictions: | By bona fide researchers and
scholars. By appointment. |
| Website: |
www.clintoncountyhistorical.org
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Clintonville Town Historian |
| Address: | 1302 Rt. 9N, Clintonville, NY 12924 |
| Telephone: | (518) 834-5267 |
| Contact: | Levi White |
| Position: | Town Historian |
| Business hours: | |
| Collection: | Winter Ore Mine historical
artifacts - information obtained from digs of iron ore mines of Clintonville,
Arnold Hill area, made with Dr. Pollard of the Plattsburgh Sun. Historical
Pictures and other collections of the Clintonville area. |
| Restrictions: | |
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Dannemora , Village of |
| Address: | P.O. Box 411, Dannemora, NY 12929 |
| Telephone: | (518) 492-7000 (home) |
| Contact: | Eric Jarvis |
| Position: | Historian |
| Business hours: | 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. daily; closed weekends
and holidays. |
| Collection: | Some photos and material relating to
the village. |
| Restrictions: | Not to be removed from office without
permission. |
|
Kent-Delord House Museum |
| Address: | 17 Cumberland Avenue, Plattsburgh, NY
12901 |
| Telephone: | (518) 561-1035 |
| Contact: | Don Craig |
| Position: | Director |
| E-mail: |
director@primelink1.net |
| Business Hours: | Tuesday thru Satuarday,
noon - 4:00 p.m. |
| Collection: | The museum collection consists of the
artifacts acquired by members of the Delord family during the time they owned the house,
from 1810 to 1913. It includes 18th and 19th century American furniture, portrait
paintings,porcelain, silver, glassware, decorative objects, personal possessions of the
family, family photographs, and a library of approximately 3,000 books dating from the
mid-18th to the early 20th century. Approximately 30,000 letters and family documents
are in storage at the Special Collections Library at Plattsburgh State University
of New York. |
| Restrictions: | The collection is open to scholars
and researchers by appointment only. Materials may be used on-site only. Materials do
not circulate from the Historian' Office. |
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[Alice T.] Miner Museum |
| Address: | P.O. Box 628, 9618 Main St., Chazy, NY 12921 |
| Telephone: | (518) 846-7336 |
| Contact: | Amanda Palmer |
| Position: | Director |
| E-mail: |
minermuseum@westelcom.com |
| Business hours: | Visitation to the museum is by guided
tour only with tours at 10:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. The museum is open
from February 1 thru December 22. |
| Collection: | The fifteen-room Colonial Revival House
Museum features a classic Colonial kitchen where family life once centered around the hearth.
Other rooms show samplers, silhouettes, china, other decorative arts and furniture primarily
from the 18th and 19th centuries, along with letters and memorabilia from American presidents
and other notables. |
| Website: |
www.minermuseum.org |
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Mooers Town Historian |
| Address: | P.O. Box 242, 2508 Rt. 11,
Mooers Town Office Complex, Mooers, NY 12958 |
| Telephone: | (518) 236-7927, Ext. 108 |
| | Contact: | Carol Nedeau |
| Position: | Town Historian |
| E-Mail: |
mooershistorian@primelink1.net |
| Business hours: | Weekdays, 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.,
or by appointment. |
| Collection: | Housed in historian's office. Mooers
McLellan Cemetery records;
various Mooers census; Odelltown, Que. census-1851; Mooers yearbooks and news clippings;
Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) meeting records; old photos and postcards of
Mooers and Mooers Forks. |
| Restrictions: | Materials do not ciculate from
historian's office. |
Northern NY American-Canadian
Geneological Society |
| Address: | P.O. Box 1256, Keeseville Civic Center,
Main Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 |
| Telephone: | (518) 834-5401 or (518) 236-7567 |
| Contact: | Gloria Pratt or Julie Dowd |
| Position: | President, Librarian |
| E-Mail: |
Ms. Pratt: grcp@juno.com
(or)
Ms. Dowd: dunott@aol.com
|
| Business hours: | April thru Oct. 30; Wednesday, 1:00
p.m. - 6:00 p.m., and Saturday, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Also open during the winter months
by appointment for members. Two weeks advance notice is appreciated. |
| Collection: | Being primarily (but not exclusively)
French Canadian, marriage repertoires from most parishes of Quebec, also some birth and
burial records. Loiselle marriage index (microfiche), assorted NYS and Quebec censuses
(microfilm), some marriage repertoires from Ontario, publications of 30 allied Genealogical
Societies (exchanges), and many books of interest on histories and vital records of Maine,
Vermont and Massachusetts. Repertoires of marriages, burials and baptisms of an ever
increasing number of area Catholic churches. Few repertoires from non-Catholic sources.
These are not readily available as yet. They are constantly compiling area church records
from the beginning of each parish through 1925. These are being done by the current
membership, published by NNYACGS, and available for purchase. Records of Drouin,
Jette,Tanguay plus PRDH are on CD (1600-1799); cemetery records by McLellan and others from
Clinton County. In the process of compiling records from Vermont and Quebec plus many New
York counties. Approximately 200 genealogies, ranging from a few family group sheets to two
volume published works. These are all donations from members and friends with like
interests. Several New York and Vermont repertoires and histories. Census from Essex,
Franklin and Clinton counties up to 1930; census for Vermont, Chittenden and Grand Isle
counties up to 1930. |
| Restrictions: | They do encourage membership, but the
Library is open to all. Non-members will be charged a minimal fee of $5.00 per person, per
visit. Microfilm/microfiche copier and reader. |
| Website: | www.nnyacgs.com | >
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Peru Town Historian |
| Address: | P.O. Box 596, Town Hall, North Main
Street, Peru, NY
12972 |
| Telephone: | (518) 643-3745, ext. 113 (office),
(518) 561-0038 (home) |
| Contact: | Ronald Allen |
| Position: | Town Historian |
| E-mail: |
perutownhistorian@charter.net |
| Business hours: | Wednesday, 9:00 a.m. - noon, or by appointment. |
| Collection: | Housed in historian’s office, Peru Town
Hall. McLellan Cemetery records, 3 vol. History of Peru, Peru yearbooks, church records,
scrapbooks, news clippings, maps, old photos and postcards of Peru, Hurd’s History of Clinton
and Franklin Counties, NY, and some family genealogies. |
| Restrictions: | Materials do not circulate from historian’s office. |
|
Plattsburgh City Historian |
| Address: | 62 Prospect Avenue, Plattsburgh, NY
12901 |
| Telephone: | (518) 563-5794 |
| Contact: | James Bailey |
| Position: | City Historian |
| E-mail: |
baileyj@westelcom.com
| | Business hours: | Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the Plattsburgh Public Library Local History
Room. |
| Collection: | The historical documents given to or
collected by the city historian are deposited in the local history collection of
the Plattsburgh Public Library. |
| Restrictions: | Materials do not circulate from the
Local History Room. |
|
Plattsburgh Public Library |
| Address: | 19 Oak St., G. Glyndon Cole Local
History Room, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 |
| Telephone: | (518) 563-0921 |
| Contact: | Sonia K. Long |
| Position: | Director |
| Business hours: | Monday, Friday and Saturday,
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
|
| Collection: | Printed material relating to the city of
Plattsburgh, the Adirondacks, and the Champlain Valley. Manuscript material relating to
Plattsburgh, and Clinton and Essex counties. Includes historical material, such as William
Gilliland's original journal 1765-1793, general store accounts book, papers of a former
mayor, deeds, indenture bonds, maps, pamphlets, broadsides, etc. Genealogical material
including manuscript data and narrative family histories, photocopies of Clinton County
cemetery records, etc. Large scrapbook collection with much historical and genealogical
material, partially indexed. Archives of the Plattsburgh Public Library. Small photo and
print collection. Card file subject indexes to manuscripts and to names in books that are
not indexed. |
| Restrictions: | Restrictions: Materials must be formally
requested and retrieved by staff. ID required.
| | Website: |
www.plattsburghlib.org
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Plattsburgh State University
of New York |
| Address: | Special Collections, Feinberg Library,
SUNY Plattsburgh, 2 Draper Ave., Plattsburgh, NY 12901 |
| Telephone: | (518) 564-5206 |
| Contact: | Debra Kimok |
| Position: | Special Collections/ID Librarian |
| E-mail: |
debra.kimok@plattsburgh.edu
|
| Business hours: | Closed Sunday. Monday, 1:00 - 4:00
p.m.; Tuesday, 1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.; Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00
p.m., and 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.;
Saturday, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Hours change when classes are not in session. Please
contact the library for specifics.) |
| Collection: | Special collections contains general
materials on New York State with particular emphasis on the Northern
counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence, Hamilton,
Herkimer, and Warren. Information is contained in a variety
of formats: monographs, periodicals, pamphlets and other ephemera, photographs, maps,
and manuscripts. Special collections' card catalogs also include indexing of local
newspapers and article-by-article indexing of periodicals relating to New York State.
(on-line at
banweb.cc.plattsburgh.edu/pls/banprd/polaris.search).
In addition to New York and local history materials, special collections contains the
college archives, the thesis collections, rare books, and the Rockwell Kent
Collection. |
| Restrictions: | Since Special Collections is a
research collection, materials do not circulate. Photocopying and photograph
reproduction services are generally available. Archival security measures in force,
i.e. patron registration, check bags, use pencils for notes. |
| Website: |
http://research.plattsburgh.edu/specialcollections
|
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Plattsburgh Town Historian |
| Address: | 151 Banker Rd., Plattsburgh, NY
12901 |
| Telephone: | (518) 562-6887, ext. 887 |
| Contact: | Arnold Jubert |
| Position: | Town Historian |
| Business hours: | Monday thru Friday, 8:00 a.m. -
9:30 a.m., or by appointment. |
| Collection: | Scrapbooks containing news clippings
dating to the mid 1960s, cemetery records, county and local history, newsletters, town and
village records. |
| Restrictions: | Records may not be removed from the
Town Hall. |
|
Rouses Point Village Historian |
| Address: | P.O. Box 185, 139 Lake St.,
Rouses Point, NY 12979 |
| Telephone: | (518) 297-5502 |
| Contact: | Donna Racine |
| Position: | Historian |
| Business hours: | By appointment. |
| Collection: | Cemetery records of the Town of
Champlain (McLellan); 30 bound volumes of "North Countryman" newspaper (1928-1980);
books pertaining to Lake Champlain area; booklets of local interest; scrapbooks of
news items 1980-; oral tapes of people in the community, Rouse
family genealogies, and 16 volumes covering almost every state in the union.
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| Restrictions: | |
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Schuyler Falls Town Historian |
| Address: | 997 Mason St., P.O. Box 99,
Morrisonville, NY 12962 |
| Telephone: | (518) 563-1129; Fax: (518)
561-7845 |
| Contact: | Marvin Connor |
| Position: | Town Historian |
| E-Mail: |
connorm@westelcom.com |
| Business hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
| |
| Collection: | All cemeteries and burial records;
genealogy of Turners, Broadwells, and Everest families. Artifacts, books, clothing,
information on early settlers, genealogical files, letters and manuscripts, military/veteran
information, printed materials, scrapbooks, and tapes. |
| Restrictions: | Normal: nothing to be removed from
building. |
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