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Akwesasne Library |
| Address: | 321 St. Rt. 37, Hogansburg, NY
13655 |
| Telephone: | (518) 358-2240 |
| Fax: | (518) 358-2649 |
| Contact: | Glory Cole |
| Position: | Director |
| E-mail: |
akwlibr@northnet.org |
| Business hours: | Library: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.; and Saturday, 11:00 a.m. -
3:00 p.m. Museum hours: Monday thru Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Saturday, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.,
or by appointment. (518) 358-2461. |
| Collection: | Local history (newspapers and
pamphlets), Native American books and videos. The museum holds a large collection
of photographs, restrictions on reproductions. |
| Restrictions: | Most local history reference, and
not circulating. Copies may be made. |
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Bellmont Town Clerk |
| Address: | 1251 Ct. Rt. 24, Malone, NY 12953 |
| Telephone: | (518) 483-2728 |
| Contact: | Judylane Nason |
| Position: | Town Clerk |
| Business hours: | Monday thru Saturday, 8:30 a.m. -
4:00 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.; Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Or by
appointment. |
| Collection: | All town records, birth and death
certificates, tax rolls, maps, and copies of contracts with fire
departments, and other materials. |
| Restrictions: | |
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Chateaugay Memorial Library |
| | Address: | P.O. Box 10, 191 East Main St.,
Chateaugay, NY 12920 |
| Telephone: | (518) 497-6931 |
| Contact: | Eileen Clar |
| Position: | Director |
| E-mail: |
chatmeml@northnet.org |
| Business hours: | Monday and Wednesday,
10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.; Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.; Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - noon |
| Collection: | Chateaugay records from 1881-1995
on microfilm, scrapbooks, pamphlets, clippings, archival records and pictures,
cemetery records videotape of bicentennial events. |
| Restrictions: | Most of the materials in the
historical collection may not be taken from the library. Copies may be made. |
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Constable, Town of |
| | Address: | P.O. Box 43, 159 Poplar Rd.,
Constable, NY 12926 |
| Telephone: | (518) 483-1936 |
| Contact: | Martha Gardner |
| Position: | Town Historian |
| E-mail: |
hgardner@twcny.rr.com |
| Business hours: | By appointment. |
| Collection: | Some church records, cemetery records
and photographs. The town clerk has birth, death, and marriage records available from
1883. (Previous records were lost in a fire.) |
| Restrictions: | |
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Duane Town Historian |
| Address: | 356 Co. Rt. 26, Malone, NY
12953 |
| Telephone: | (518) 483-4369 |
| Contact: | Gloria Gori |
| Position: | Town Historian |
| Business hours: | Please write for
information. |
| Collection: | All town records, birth and death
certificates, tax rolls, some maps, copies of contracts with the Duane Fire
Department, and some materials on early settlers. Materials are housed in a new
room built onto the Duane Town Garage on Route 26 in Duane. |
| Restrictions: | Please write; copies of pertinent
records are available. |
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Fort Covington Reading Center and Museum |
| Address: | Route 37, Fort Covington, NY 12937 |
| Telephone: | (518) 358-2025 or (518) 358-2511 |
| Contact: | Elizabeth Mount or Jacqueline Harvey
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| Position: | Town Historians |
| Business hours: | Library: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.,
Monday thru Friday. |
| Collection: | Old "Fort Covington Sun" weekly
newspaper, 1889-1991 |
| Restrictions: | |
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Franklin County Historical & Museum Society's House of History |
| Address: | 51 Milwaukee St., P.O. Box 388,
Malone, NY 12953 |
| Telephone: | (518) 483-2750 |
| Contact: | |
| Position: | |
| Business hours: | June 1 thru Labor Day, Tuesday thru
Saturday, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. September thru May, Friday, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
and by appointment. |
| Collection: | Victorian-era period rooms; Kilburn
Research Library with genealogy records; country store and gift shop; spinning, weaving
and broom making craft rooms; Vice President Wheeler Memorial Room; photographs,
textiles/clothing, furniture and decorative arts. |
| Restrictions: | Although copies of materials may
be made, no original source material may leave the library or the museum. |
| Website: |
www.franklinhistory.org
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Goff-Nelson Memorial Library |
| Address: | 41 Lake St., Tupper Lake, NY 12986 |
| Telephone: | (518) 359-9421 |
| Contact: | Linda Auclair |
| Position: | Library Director |
| E-mail: |
goffnelson@adelphia.net |
| Business hours: | Monday thru Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:30
p.m., and 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.; Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:30
p.m.; closed Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday. |
| Collection: | We have a fairly large collection
of printed Adirondack materials and the local newspaper "Tupper Lake
Free Press" on microfilm. |
| Restrictions: | Normal restrictions. |
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Harrietstown, Town of |
| Address: | 39 Main St., Saranac Lake, NY 12983 |
| Telephone: | (518) 891-3471 |
| Contact: | Patricia Gillmett |
| Position: | Town Clerk |
| E-mail: |
patty15@adelphia.net
| | Business hours: | Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00
p.m. |
| Collection: | Marriage records, road dedication
book for road in Harrietstown, tax assessment rolls. Maps, cemetery map records for
Adirondack Regional Airport (town owned). Minutes and marriage records on microfilm. |
| Restrictions: | |
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Historic Saranac Lake |
| Address: | 89 Church St.,
Suite 2, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 |
| Telephone: | (518) 891-4606 |
| Contact: | Mary Hotaling |
| Position: | Executive Director |
| E-mail: |
mbh@capital.net
| | Business hours: | Monday thru Friday, 9:30 a.m. -
1:00 p.m. |
| Collection: | Material related to the nomination
of 187 properties to the National Register of Historic Places, as
well as prints and slides; materials related to the curing
days in Saranac Lake, including patient surveys, photographs,
and related material collected from former tuberculosis
patients. Also, c.180 blueprints from Branch & Callanan Lumber Co., 1909-1980.
Collection is being catalogued. Some items are temporarily inaccessible. |
| Restrictions: | Based on our limited staff we
rely heavily on volunteer services. We request a letter or phone call in
advance. Must be used on premises. Material may be copied. |
| Website: |
www.historicsaranaclake.org
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Moira Historical Association, Town of |
| Address: | Box 75, St. Rt. 776, Moira, NY 12957 |
| Telephone: | (518) 529-6522 |
| Contact: | Janet Dana |
| Position: | Chairperson |
| E-mail: |
jddana@localnet.com |
| Business hours: | May 1 thru November 7:
Saturday, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., or by appointment. |
| Collection: | Collection pertinent to the township is just
beginning to be catalogued; many school items from 1906, postcards, church scrapbooks,
1889 WCTU log, and 1848 clerk's book for Moira School District No. 12.
Moira’s first ballot box from 1828. |
| Restrictions: | On-site use only. |
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Paul Smith's College, Joan Weill Library |
| Address: | Route 86 & 30, PO Box 257,
Paul Smiths, NY
12970 |
| Telephone: | (518) 327-6313 |
| Contact: | Neil Surprenant |
| Position: | Director of Educational Resources |
| Business hours: | Monday thru Thursday, 8:00 a.m. -
10:00 p.m.; Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Summer hours vary. |
| Collection: | Adirondack-Smith Collection
(many photographs), archives of the Smith family. Town of Brighton history and early
college history. ADK history. |
| Restrictions: | Must be used on premises.
Material may be copied. |
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Saranac Lake Free Library |
| Address: | 109 Main St., Saranac Lake, NY
12983 |
| Telephone: | (518) 891-4190 |
| Contact: | Betsy Whitefield |
E-Mail: |
slfl@adelphia.net |
| Position: | Director |
| Business hours: | Monday thru Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:30
p.m.; Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Summer months, Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
| Collection: | Federal and some state census data
for Essex, Franklin, Clinton and St. Lawrence counties covering federal
census years 1850-1920 (1925 NY). Adirondack Genealogical and
Historical Society's books of cemetery inscriptions for
southern Franklin County. (One microfilm reader.) Some church records
and an obituary index for the Tri-Lakes area. |
| Restrictions: | Must be used on premises.
Materials may be copied. |
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Saranac Lake Free Library/Adirondack Collection |
| Address: | 109 Main St., Saranac Lake, NY
12983 |
| Telephone: | (518) 891-0807 |
| Contact: | Michele Tucker |
| Position: | Curator |
E-Mail: |
micheleslfl@adelphia.net |
| Business hours: | Monday thru Friday, 10:00 a.m. -
noon, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
| Collection: | Books, manuscripts, documents, maps,
photographs and other printed materials illustrating the history of the Adirondacks
with emphasis on Saranac Lake and the central Adirondacks. Tuberculosis related
materials are listed on SLFL’s website (listed below). |
| Restrictions: | Materials may not be removed from the
depository; must be handled with care. Photocopying possible
if condition of material warrants it. |
| Website: |
www.nc3r.org/slfl/white.htm
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Saranac Lake Village Clerk |
| Address: | 3 Main St., Suite 1,
Saranac Lake, NY 12983 |
| Telephone: | (518) 891-4150 |
| Contact: | Kareen Tyler |
| Position: | Village Clerk |
| Business hours: | Monday thru Friday, 9:00 a.m.-
5:00 p.m. |
| Collection: | Usual records associated with the
administration of village business. |
| Restrictions: | To be used at the discretion of
the clerk. Access to some records restricted. |
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Six Nations Indian Museum |
| Address: | 1462 Co. Rt. 60, Onchiota, NY 12989 |
| Telephone: | (518) 891-2299 |
| Contact: | John Fadden |
| Position: | Director |
E-Mail: |
redmaple@northnet.org
| | Business hours: | 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Open by
appointment in late spring (June). Open Tuesday thru Sunday (closed Mondays). July 1 -
Labor Day. Open by appointment in early fall (September). |
| Collection: | Pre-contact, post-contact, and
contemporary artifacts, paintings, charts, and diagrams concerning the
Haudenosaunse (Six Iroquois Nations Confederacy).
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| Restrictions: | There is an admissions
fee of $4.00 for adults and $2.00 for children. |
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Trudeau Institute, Inc. |
| Address: | 154 Algonquin Ave.,
Saranac Lake, NY 12983 |
| Telephone: | (518) 891-3080, ext. 127 |
| Contact: | Kelly Stanyon |
| Position: | Information Specialist |
| E-mail: |
kstanyon@trudeauinstitute.org
| | Business hours: | Monday thru
Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Collection: | A collection of laboratory studies,
minutes of meetings, annual reports, and reprints of Trudeau's
scientific publication (1885-present). |
| Restrictions: | Please call ahead for appointment.
| | Website: |
www.trudeauinstitute.org
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Waverly Town Historian |
| Address: | P.O. Box 83, St. Regis Falls, NY 12980 |
| Contact: | Judy R. Wever |
| Position: | Waverly Historian |
| E-mail: |
jwever@westelcom.com
| | Business hours: | By appointment |
| Collection: | All issues (47 in all) of St. Regis
Falls Historian's Newsletter containing historical information of St. Regis Falls,
Dickinson Center, Nicholville and Santa Clara. The Historian’s Association has several
books of old pictures at the town museum. Copies of the Adirondack News newspaper are on
micro film and on-line (1889-1931). |
| Restrictions: | All information may be copied or
used for research but is not available for loan. |
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Wead Library |
| Address: | 64 Elm St., Malone, NY 12953 |
| Telephone: | (518) 483-5251 |
| Fax: | (518) 483-5255 |
| Contact: | David W. Minnich |
| Position: | Library Director |
| E-mail: |
vnplib@nnyln.net |
| Business hours: | Monday thru Friday,
10:00 am. - 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Summer hours: Monday thru Wednesday, and Friday,
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.; Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. -
3:00 p.m. |
| Collection: | Local history materials including
local newspapers on microfilm and county histories. |
| Restrictions: | Some of this collection is reference
material. |
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Westville Historical Organization |
| Address: | Westville History Center, 3510 State Rt. 37,
Westville Corners; P.O. Box 157, Constable, NY 12926 |
| Telephone: | (518) 358-9222, or 358-2374 |
| Contact: | Susan Tobias |
| Position: | President |
| E-mail: |
mcgibby57@charter.net or
lgoddard@twcny.rr.com |
| Business hours: | Hours by appointment. Regular hours will
be set at a later date. |
| Collection: | Genealogies, photographs, cemetery
records, census, maps, newspapers, newsletters, school records, and displays of antique
items. |
| Restrictions: | |
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Westville Town Historian |
| Address: | P.O. Box 157, Constable, NY
12926 (Located in the Westville History Center.) |
| Telephone: | (518) 358-2374 |
| Contact: | Jean Goddard |
| Position: | Historian |
| E-mail: |
lgoddard@twcny.rr.com |
| Business hours: | |
| Collection: | Town has no actual historian's
records, but the cemetery census for our four cemeteries is available. Clerk has
birth, death and marriage records for period 1890 - present. Previous records
burned in a fire in the late 1800s. |
| Restrictions: | |
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(Almanzo and Laura Ingalls) Wilder Association |
| Address: | 177 Stacy Rd., Burke, NY 12917 |
| Mailing Address: | Box 283, Malone, NY
12953 |
| Telephone: | (518) 483-1207 (Association),
(518) 483-4507 (home) |
| Contact: | Elizabeth Menke |
| Position: | Archivist |
| Business hours: | Tuesday, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.; or
by appointment. |
| Collection: | Information on the founding of the James Wilder
Farm, and the building of this site to reflect the home life of Almanzo Wilder, husband of Laura Ingalls
Wilder. He is Farmer Boy in the book by that title. Laura wrote the Little House book series. Most
published books about the Ingalls Wilder families, scrapbooks, photo albums, newspaper clippings, and
genealogical records of the Day family and Wilder family. Some Wilder Day family cemetery records. |
| Restrictions: | The archivist or another qualified
person must be present when the archives are open. Association members have free use of the
material. There is a 10 cent per page fee for copying. For non-members there is a $5.00 fee
for use of the material and a 15 cent fee per page for copying. Requested information
requiring the archivist to research material is at the rate of $10.00 per hour. The requester
will first be notified of the cost to see if they want the archivist to proceed before
research is commenced. Postage and copying is extra at the rate of 15 cents per page. The
only items a person may take into the archives are a pad and pencils. There is a secure
location for their valuables while they are researching. |
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