This collection covers the years that America was involved in World War II and Geneva’s efforts on the home front, plus the years the ‘Our Boys Fund’ Committee was still going into the 1950s. There are publications made for the home front and for soldiers, ration books, articles, and photos; documents related to Our Boys Fund and the Geneva City Defense Council.

The Clark family lived in Geneva for several generations, living on South Main Street and in New York City.

This collection focuses on the family of Beverly Chew, president of Shuron Optical. He resided at 543 South Main Street from the 1920s through 1960 when he and his wife Edith gifted the building to the Geneva Historical Society as a permanent home for the Geneva History Museum.

This collection contains photographs, catalogs, advertisements and articles from various publications. Also included is correspondence conducted between the Geneva Historical Society and others from the 1960s-2000s, mostly with Eleanor Clise, GHS Archivist. Most Fay & Bowen material comes from after the company moved from Auburn, 1904, until it closed in 1929; a couple of catalogs or copies are included from pre-1904. Also included are FayBow materials from the early 1930s.

Civil War veterans group.

Jasena Rappleye Foley was town historian for Onondaga, NY from 1962 to 1984.

George MB Hawley was a lawyer and historian who lived in Geneva most of his life.

These materials cover Hobart College, William Smith College, and the combined colleges from the time they were founded through the 21st century.

Edwin Becker was a poet who produced several books during his lifetime. He was also an engineer and a keen inventor.

The papers of Mr. and Mrs. William Grant and their children.