Cortland County Historical Society

Cortland County Historical Society

25 Homer Avenue
Cortland, NY 13045, United States
Cortland County Historical Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving local history through documents and objects. CCHS operates from the 1882 Italianate home of inventor and real estate developer James Suggett. The Kellogg Memorial Research Library allows researchers access to historical materials that include city and county directories, newspaper articles archived by category, photographs, genealogies, DAR books, and various other sources. CCHS allows researchers to access these objects for both personal and professional reasons and works with the local college and schools to provide programs. CCHS's Suggett House Museum offers tours to learn more about the history of Cortland County.

Collection Sampling

Scott, N.Y. town records, 1808-1927

The Scott town records collection contains tax assessments, military rolls, school records, church records, and other ephemera related to the area of Scott in Cortland County.
Collection ID: CCHS.24

Solon, N.Y. town records, 1798-1921

The Solon town records collection contains town meeting minutes, tax assessment rolls, church meeting minutes, school records, military rolls, mortgages, and other ephemera related to the area of Solon in Cortland County.
Collection ID: CCHS.23

Virgil, N.Y. town records, 1805-1987

The Virgil town records collection contains church meeting records, town meeting minutes, ledgers, school newsletters, and other ephemera related to the town of Virgil in Cortland County, NY between 1805-1987.
Collection ID: CCHS.14

Truxton, N.Y. town records, 1808-1964

The Truxton town records collection contains town meeting minutes, church records, school records, financial accounts, tax assessment records, and other ephemera related to the area of Truxton in Cortland County.
Collection ID: CCHS.21

Willet, N.Y. town records, 1819-1911

The Willet town records collection contains assessment and military rolls, as well as school records and other ephemera related to the area of Willet in Cortland County, NY between 1838-1911.
Collection ID: CCHS.13

Taylor, N.Y. town records, 1860-1974

The Taylor town records collection contains school records, military rolls, and other ephemera related to the area of Taylor in Cortland County.
Collection ID: CCHS.22

Gary & Patti Michael papers, 1988-1996

The Gary & Patti Michael collection includes newspaper clippings, newsletters, meeting minutes, correspondence, speech drafts, video, and other ephemera that includes stickers and posters reflecting the Michael’s activities in Citizens Against Radioactive Dumping (C.A.R.D.) and Don’t Waste New York. C.A.R.D. formed to fight against the siting of a low-level radioactive waste dump proposed for Cortland County in 1988, while Don't Waste New York pursued similar goals in the rest of the state.
Collection ID: 2022.118

Preble, N.Y. town records

The Preble town records collection contains town records, school records, church materials, postmaster's records, and other ephemera related to the activities of the people, businesses, and organizations in the town of Preble in Cortland County.
Collection ID: CCHS.26