Charles Bean was a Geneva based lawyer, teaching law at Keuka College, and published a number of history booklets.

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

Capt. William J Glunz was a World War II veteran and (presumably) died while serving his country during the Korean War.

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.

Marian Cruger Coffin was a pioneering landscape architect in the early 1900s. She briefly lived in Geneva and designed at least 2 gardens.

Materials from this collection refer to the buildings on the corner of Milton and Pulteney Streets and the later building on Carter Rd.

Civil War veterans group.

The Historical Society possesses quite a few pieces of Hotel Seneca that have been left behind including menus, wine lists, pamphlets, a napkin, and even pieces of wallpaper. There is not much material from the days of the Nester Hotel but rather the time period during which the building was Hotel Seneca, 1912-1982.

Cleo Cameron was an alias for a woman who ran a brothel in Geneva.

Dr. Robert E Doran was a physician in Geneva in the 20th century and was very involved with the Geneva Historical Society.