National Archives Week

National Archives Week is being celebrated Oct. 6-13, 2002, and a number of institutions within the Northern New York Library Network’s region are holding activities in conjunction with the event.

"SUNY Potsdam’s History and Archival Collections" exhibit is being sponsored by College Archives and Special Collections, Crumb Library. The event will be held from Oct. 6-13. Viewing hours will be Sunday, noon - 11:00 p.m.; Monday-Thursday, 7:45 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.; Friday, 7:45 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the F.W. Crumb Memorial Library, SUNY Potsdam. In celebration of Archives Week, this week-long exhibit will highlight the college’s history and feature items from and descriptions of the archival collections. For more information, please contact Jane Subramanian at 315-267-3326.

An open house on "Archives and History" is being sponsored by the Massena Museum. The event will be held from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Oct. 10 at the Massena Museum, 200 East Orvis St., Massena. The open house will include some displays, and light refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Theresa Sharp at 315-769-8571.

"So What Do You Know About DeKalb?" is an open archives tour being sponsored by the Town of DeKalb Historical Association. The event will be held from 12:30 - 4:00 p.m. on Oct. 9, and from 9:30 a.m. - noon on Oct. 10 at the Meetinghouse Museum, 696 East DeKalb Rd, DeKalb Junction. For more information on the event, please contact Byran Thompson at 315-347-2178.

The "125th Anniversary of Hermon Village, Oct. 16, 1877 - Oct. 16, 2002" is being held from Oct. 11-16. It is being sponsored by the Hermon Village Historian. There will be a Hermon Hepburn Library contest for picturesque title for "125th Anniversary" for youth and adults. And on Oct. 16 there will be historic post office cancellations at the Hermon Post Office. For more information, please contact the village clerk at 315-347-2050, or the historian at 315-347-3221.

"Hermon’s Anniversaries" open house/exhibit is being sponsored by the Hermon Heritage Hall. The event is being held from noon - 3:00 p.m. on Oct. 12 at the Hermon Heritage Hall, 117 E. Main St., Hermon. There will be an open house/exhibit of village artifacts and archives. Archives of the 100th, 125th, and 150th Hermon anniversaries will be on display. For more information, please contact Ronald Bovay at 315-347-1803.

"School Services" is being sponsored by the Potsdam Public Museum. The resource material is on-going at the Museum, which is open noon - 4:00 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday. The "Museum Lending Library" selection of new decorative arts, antiques and collectible books can be borrowed by the public. For more information, please contact Betsy Travis at 315-265-6910.

The "History Today" open house is being sponsored by the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. The event is being held from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the SLCHA, 3 East Main St., Canton. There will be brief tours of the new archives since they were moved into the Red Barn addition in November 2001. Resources will be available for searching SLC history and ancestral connections. For more information, please contact Mary Ellen Jones at 315-386-8133.

"J. OttoHamele’s Walking Tour of Wanakena History" is being sponsored by the Wanakena Historical Association, Town of Fine. The event will be held daily during the daylight hours of Oct. 6-13. A walking tour of Wanakena’s history will be given. For more information, please contact Wm. Gleason, PO Box 73, Wanakena Historical Association, Wanakena, NY 13695.

"Introduction of new version of POLARIS (Plattsburgh On Line Retrieval Indexing Service)" is being sponsored by Special Collections at SUNY Plattsburgh. It is being held at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 10 in Room 105, Feinberg Library, Plattsburgh State University. This program will introduce the new interface and demonstrate its use. For more information, please contact Wayne Miller at 518-564-5206.

"John Brown Virtual Libraryb" is also being sponsored by Special Collections at SUNY Plattsburgh. It is being held at 2:15 p.m. on Oct. 10 in room 105, Feinberg Library, Plattsburgh State University. This event will entail an introduction of new, web-based source of reproductions of research and general interest materials about abolitionist John Brown and his family. For more information, please contact Wayne Miller at 518-564-5206.

The "History of Paul Smiths College" exhibit is being sponsored by Paul Smiths College, Joan Weill Library. The exhibit will be held 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., Oct. 6-13 at the Library. An exhibit will be held in the new library, with an open house as well. For more information, please contact the Library at 518-327-3274.

"A Day in the Life of Crown Point, NY" is being sponsored by the Penfield Foundation. It is being held from noon to 4:00 p.m. on Oct. 6, and from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Oct. 9-13 at the Penfield Homestead Museum, Crown Point. The event is an exhibit on Life in Crown Point, NY in October 1876. The exhibit will include an 1876 map showing residents’ homes, business letterheads from that era, and census records of Crown Point families at that time. For more information, please contact Donna LaBounty.

"Help Us Celebrate Archives Week" is being sponsored by the Village of Rouses Point Historical Society and Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society. It is being held Oct. 6-13 at 107 Lake Street, Rouses Point. The display will be throughout the week, with an open house on Oct. 9 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. and 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. There will be photographs of the William Johnson Studio, ledgers, cookbooks, pictures of local area businesses, buildings, ancestors, posters and other information. There will be a display of historic memorabilia on railroads and Lake Champlain’s history. For more information, please contact Dawn O’Boyle at 518-297-5502, or Sandy Kelly at 297-7913.

The "Hardware/Dry Goods Store" exhibit is being sponsored by the Hannibal Historical Society. The event will be held Sept. 11 - Nov. 11. The exhibit may be viewed Monday- Friday, 10:00 a.m. - noon and 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.; and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - noon at the Hannibal Free Library, 62 Oswego St., Hannibal. The exhibit features items that could have been purchased in a hardware/dry goods store between 1830-1955. It is being held in conjunction with a Hannibal Historical Society program to be presented Oct. 28. For more information, please contact Carol Newvine at 315-564-6550.

An "Appraisal Fair" is being sponsored by the West Monroe Historical Society. It will be held from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. on Oct. 13 at State Rt. 49, West Monroe. The public is invited to bring antiques or photos for Appraiser Jerry Petrow to appraise. The fee will be $3 for a single item, $5 for two items. For more information, please contact Sharon Gearsbeck at 315-668-6726, Jerry Petrow at 668-2346, or the W.M. Historical Society at 676-7414.

"TOG History" is being sponsored by the Town of Granby Historian. It will be held from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Oct. 8 at the Town of Granby Municipal Building, Meeting Room. There will be an open house with Asastannard Journal on display, along with cemetery records, photo albums, etc. For more information, please contact Elaine Woolridge at 315-598-6500.

The "Watertown Daily Times" Library is hosting an open house from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the newspaper office at 260 Washington St., Watertown. Guests will tour library facilities and be given a demonstration of Times on-line archives. Optional tours of the complete Times facilities will also be offered. For more information, please contact Barb Peck at 1-800-642-6222, ext. 2398.

"The History of the Town of Croghan" is being sponsored by the Lewis County Chamber of Commerce, Lowville. The event is being held from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Oct. 6 at the Town of Croghan Municipal Building, Route 126, Beaver Falls. In conjunction with the "Fall Foliage Drive-It-Yourself Tour" sponsored by the Lewis County Chamber of Commerce, the Town of Croghan Historian will exhibit pictures and historical information relating to the history of the Town of Croghan. For more information, please contact Jack Sweeney at 315-346-6201.

For a complete listing of events, check out the New York State Archives website at www.archives.nysed.gov