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Local History Books

 

This collection houses digitized copies of books, chapters of books and papers that are concerned with the local history of Brockport NY and the surrounding region, primarily western Monroe County, but also Orleans and Genesee County to a lesser extent.

The primary focus of the Special Collections is the college archives and the history of the college itself, but in a secondary role we do support a local history collection and researchers. A primary resource for local history is of course the historian of the town or village in question.

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  • Remembering: Not to Be Thwarted, We Remember Some of Brockport's Finest by Richard (Bud) D. Meade

    Remembering: Not to Be Thwarted, We Remember Some of Brockport's Finest

    Richard (Bud) D. Meade

    “Remembering” consists of memorial tributes written for over 500 SUNY Brockport emeriti, retirees and friends. Entrees cover those who passed away from January 2, 2001 through August 29, 2020 plus a few stories from earlier years. Tributes were collected from obituary information where known, and personal reminiscences from the author and others. Richard (Bud) Meade served as Brockport’s Director of Human Resources for many years. He emailed updates to emeriti/retirees to keep them up to date on events and activities going on at the College that he thought would be of interest, and through which they could share their retirement stories with others. Includes index and photos.

  • Emily Knapp Museum Finding Aid by Emily Knapp

    Emily Knapp Museum Finding Aid

    Emily Knapp

    A list of resources and materials held at the Emily Knapp Museum.

  • Seymour Library Local History Collection Guide by Seymour Library

    Seymour Library Local History Collection Guide

    Seymour Library

  • Reminiscences of James Cornes by James P. Cornes

    Reminiscences of James Cornes

    James P. Cornes

    First person account of life in an Erie Canal town in the pre Civil War era.

  • Hickerson: Suburban News Articles, 1992-2017 by Doug Hickerson

    Hickerson: Suburban News Articles, 1992-2017

    Doug Hickerson

  • Smoke, Fire and Ashes by Kenneth Wierzbowski and Western Monroe Historical Society

    Smoke, Fire and Ashes

    Kenneth Wierzbowski and Western Monroe Historical Society

    Presentation of the Western Monroe Historical Society for their 50th Anniversary Celebration 'Out of the Ashes'. Coordinated by Peter Randazzo. Videography by Kenneth Wierzbowski, Drake Memorial Library, The College at Brockport. September 26, 2015

  • D. S. Morgan (Seymour & Morgan) Company by Charlie Cowling

    D. S. Morgan (Seymour & Morgan) Company

    Charlie Cowling

    Seymour & Morgan reaper manufacturers, Brockport NY.

  • Orleans County Alms "Poor" House and Cemetery (1833-1960) by Albion Middle School Service Learning Classes

    Orleans County Alms "Poor" House and Cemetery (1833-1960)

    Albion Middle School Service Learning Classes

    This book represents a yearlong service learning project of Albion Middle School students, led by teacher Mr. Tim Archer, to investigate and bring to life the forgotten stories of the “inmates” of the Orleans County Alms House, located on County House Road in Albion. The students filed through dusty old death ledgers, maps, abstracts,medical and town records. They conducted countless interviews with public officials, historians, librarians, and residents, and gave formal and informal presentations on what they learned. With funding by the New York State Learn and Serve America Grant, the students designed a historic marker (placed along County House Road), a sandstone monument (placed on the burial site), and this book which is reproduced here.

  • Brockport, New York: A Narrative of That Place (and the Place of this Narrative) by Jonathan Mark Smith

    Brockport, New York: A Narrative of That Place (and the Place of this Narrative)

    Jonathan Mark Smith

    Brockport NY, early history, Erie Canal...

  • Local History Materials in Drake Memorial Library, SUNY College at Brockport: An Annotated Bibliography with an Index of Names and Places by Judith V. Bloch and Ronald W. Herlan

    Local History Materials in Drake Memorial Library, SUNY College at Brockport: An Annotated Bibliography with an Index of Names and Places

    Judith V. Bloch and Ronald W. Herlan

    1988 annotated bibliography of print local History materials in Drake Memorial Library. No guarantee materials are currently available in Drake.

  • A History of the Early Development of the Towns of LeRoy, Bergen, Sweden, Clarkson and Hamlin New York by Mary Smith

    A History of the Early Development of the Towns of LeRoy, Bergen, Sweden, Clarkson and Hamlin New York

    Mary Smith

  • Town of Sweden Sesqui-Centennial Celebration: 1814-1964 by Town of Sweden Sesquicentennial Committee

    Town of Sweden Sesqui-Centennial Celebration: 1814-1964

    Town of Sweden Sesquicentennial Committee

    This book is a well done job of local history, portraying not only the history of the Town of Sweden, but that of the Village of Brockport too. It covers from the early pioneer days just after the War of 1812 up through the early 1960s. Prominent people, businesses, industries, events and more are covered.

  • Off to school in the past century: a story of early education in Niagara County and the Town of Royalton by Ruth D. Allport

    Off to school in the past century: a story of early education in Niagara County and the Town of Royalton

    Ruth D. Allport

    History of early education in Niagara County, the early academies and one room schools, teachers and teaching.

  • Reminiscing in Royalton by Eleanor Cosleman

    Reminiscing in Royalton

    Eleanor Cosleman

    A history of the town of Royalton in Niagara County NY, written by a Brockport student who was a native of the town.

  • History of Brockport With Vicinity Happenings, 1826 - 1956: Also Biographies of Prominent Men of the Past by A. B. Elwell

    History of Brockport With Vicinity Happenings, 1826 - 1956: Also Biographies of Prominent Men of the Past

    A. B. Elwell

    Wide ranging series of local history articles by A.B. Elwell covering life in the village of Brockport and the surrounding region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mr. Elwell was a lifelong resident of Brockport, and a Normal school graduate, class of 1899. The articles ran in the local paper 1954-1956 and cover topics like the history of the fire department, life at Brockport Normal school, the one room schools, livery stables, farm life, early automobiles and much more.

    There is a table of contents in the beginning of the book listing the various articles, and by using "ctrl f" one can search for words in the text.

  • The Reaper Industry in Brockport by Helen Hastings

    The Reaper Industry in Brockport

    Helen Hastings

    A paper on the history of the reaper industry in Brockport NY. Miss Hastings was a keen amateur historian, and a great niece of William Seymour, a key participant in the industry. She covers the history of the industry, including the patent battle between Seymour & Morgan and the McCormick company. The date of writing is uncertain, but Miss Hastings died in 1953.

  • Ray Tuttle Local History Columns by Ray Tuttle

    Ray Tuttle Local History Columns

    Ray Tuttle

    Brockport, Sweden, Clarkson NY local history.

  • Old Houses of Monroe County by Helen Hastings and Brockport Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution

    Old Houses of Monroe County

    Helen Hastings and Brockport Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution

    The main author of this book, and the editor, was Helen Hastings, a noted local historian of Brockport, and the founder of the Brockport village museum. She worked on this book with a committee of the Brockport Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. That chapter no longer exists, but their successor, the Monroe Chapter, has given permission to publish this book online.

    This book consists of articles describing a number of historic houses, mainly on the west side of Monroe County. By scrolling through the contents, or typing "ctrl f" to search you may locate a particular house. There are also some cemetary records and biographies etc. as well.

  • Clarkson Community Church by Morgan Garlock Scrapbook

    Clarkson Community Church

    Morgan Garlock Scrapbook

  • All Brockport Edition by Brockport Republic

    All Brockport Edition

    Brockport Republic

    Brockport NY, local history

  • 1911 Old Home Week Sheet Music by M. Donatelli and E. C. Weeks

    1911 Old Home Week Sheet Music

    M. Donatelli and E. C. Weeks

    Original sheet music from the 1911 Brockport Old Home Week Celebration.

  • Brockport Old Home Week News by Old Home Week General Committee

    Brockport Old Home Week News

    Old Home Week General Committee

    A special newspaper produced for Brockport's Old Home Week, 1911.

  • History of Clarkson, 1803 - 1890. Volume 1 & 2 by Stanley Soules Ed.

    History of Clarkson, 1803 - 1890. Volume 1 & 2

    Stanley Soules Ed.

    Stanley Soules was a local man who in his retirement in the 1980s transcribed and printed a number of local history articles from the Brockport Republic newspaper. This and the accompanying volume 2 were compiled by him from a series of articles that appeared in the Republic in 1890. The articles detailed the history of Clarkson from the early pioneer days up to the time of writing, with much of the focus on the earlier years. Much good information about early families, farming, social customs, roads, farming etc. Added to the end of volume 1 is a map of Clarkson from an 1872 atlas, to aid in locating people and places.

  • Historical Album of Orleans County NY: Clarendon by Macnamara

    Historical Album of Orleans County NY: Clarendon

    Macnamara

    History of Orleans County, Town of Clarendon. Many details of pioneer history, families, businesses, institutions etc. Also a roster of Civil War service, and illustration of Warren Farm, Bennets Corners.

  • Historical Album of Orleans County, NY: Pioneer Chapters by MacNamara

    Historical Album of Orleans County, NY: Pioneer Chapters

    MacNamara

    This is pages 69-95 of MacNamara's Orleans County history. The chapters cover early pioneer settlement and life, schools, medicine, roads, government officers and more.

 
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