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Historic Geneva

This collection contains original land and military records, correspondence, and other papers that once belonged to Abraham B Hall. The collection covers the Hall family from the 1700s to the 1840s. One folder contains information from GHS research efforts on the family of John Hall; it’s unclear if the two families are related.

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Petrizzi, Jennie

This collection covers the entirety of American Can Company’s years of business, from 1901-1989, with a large number of photos (many duplicates of the same company distributed photos). It also includes personal reference books of former employees, publications distributed by the company, and tools of the trade. Blueprints, correspondence, articles, and photographs make up the bulk of the collection.

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Eleanore Clise
This collection of material relates to research done by and for the Backenstose family in the 1970s and mainly focuses on Jacob and John Trimmer Backenstose.
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Historic Geneva

This collection includes photographs, ephemera, funeral home records, and articles related to the Joseph Madia and Eleanora Cariti Madia, Josephine Madia Bihary, and Joseph Bihary with materials related to their children David and Barbara. The time period ranges from 1886 through 1987.

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Historic Geneva
The Burrall family has maintained a presence in Geneva since the 1810s and continues to run their insurance business today on Linden Street.
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Historic Geneva
The Catchpole family immigrated from England in 1834 to Geneva. George and son Alfred Catchpole were both inventors in different industries.
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Historic Geneva
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.
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Historic Geneva
The Covert family included two physicians, father and son, who practiced in Geneva for many decades
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Historic Geneva
The DeLancey family lived in Geneva for several generations. Bishop William Heathcote DeLancey was known as the first bishop of Western New York.
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Historic Geneva
The DeZeng family were involved in several ventures in the early to late 1800s in Geneva, including in the founding of Trinity Church and Hobart College.
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Eaton Birding Society
A club of birders whose purpose and objective is to provide a social and educational association to promote the appreciation and enjoyment of wild birds and their environment.
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Boswell, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Boswell was a locally respected artist and former social worker. She was married to Professor Foster Boswell who worked at Hobart College.
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Historic Geneva
Elizabeth Durfee was the daughter of a Hobart College professor and dean, herself a physics instructor and registrar for HWS Colleges.
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Historic Geneva

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.

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Bailey, Lynda Fowler
Gerald and Viacita Fowler were residents of Geneva from the late 1920s for the rest of their lives and were very involved in the Geneva community and political spheres.
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Historic Geneva

These materials cover 1796 through the 1990s with histories, research, articles, and photographs on the building and its uses since it was built. Especially important are the deeds related to the Hygienic Institute’s Amos B Smith and James Knapp and the Pulteney Apartments, Inc.

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Historic Geneva
This collection includes material related to the Geneva Medical College, which was a branch of Geneva College (now Hobart College), during the time it was in Geneva.
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Historic Geneva

This material covers the time period from 1894-1927 with photos, directory listings, and other ephemera related to the business. Other materials originated from GHS staff or researchers from 1983-2008 including correspondence and photos.

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Geneva Woman's Club

The Geneva Woman's Club papers encompass a large range of materials that document the activities of members, the club, its committees, and public works. The materials include correspondence, financials statements, committee reports, articles, photographs, memorabilia, administrative documents, and printed materials.

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Johnson, Josephine

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.

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Historic Geneva
This collection covers the Geneva YMCA from its founding in 1886 until it changed their name to Geneva Family YMCA.
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Historic Geneva
Gladys Gray was a lifelong resident of Geneva and heavily involved with the Geneva Historical Society.
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Historic Geneva
The Gracey family were known for their involvement in the Geneva Daily Times and were heavily involved in civic affairs in Geneva.
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Historic Geneva

This collection includes ledgers, articles, and other miscellaneous ephemera related to WW Haviland, his pharmacy, and his other partners. The collection covers 1881-1924, though Haviland dies in 1921 some materials were kept together despite not being related. Staff may decide to split these materials up later on.

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Historic Geneva

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.

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Heid, Rosalind Nester (1940- )

The first two boxes and large ledgers host the records of the estate of Samuel K Nester as well as records of the Nester Malt House and the Summit Foundry. Legal paperwork regarding the estate after Samuel’s death and the guardianship by Daniel Nester of Harold A Nester.

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This collection comprises of photos, ephemera, and articles related to many different nursery companies which operated out of Geneva in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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This collection relates to the Park Lane Dress Shop which was in business on Seneca Street from 1938 until 1954. The building was demolished as part of Geneva's urban renewal project in the 1960s.
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Historic Geneva

This collection covers the expansion of the company from Troy to Geneva. Many of the catalogues also contain information and photos of the Troy warehouse and salesroom. Catalogues and photos make up the bulk of this collection and cover the early days of the factory in Geneva and into the mid-20th century.

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Historic Geneva
Rufus J Dryer was an a painter who studied in New York State and in Europe, mainly France and Spain, and created many paintings and screens until his early death in 1937.
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Historic Geneva
Sarah Hopkins Bradford is known for being the first biographer of Harriet Tubman and for writing the first history of Geneva.
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This collection of photos and articles relates to Edward Smaldone, an Italian immigrant, who opened a chocolate shop on Exchange Street and branched out into a corner store as he grew successful.
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The heart of the collection documents Thomas D. Burrall's career as an inventor. Present are eight U. S. Patent Certificates, complete with much technological detail and, in four cases, drawings for a clover seed cleaning and hulling machine, 1923; a thrashing and winnowing machine for wheat or small grain, 1830; a cook stove, 1835; a threshing machine, 1832/1837; a reaping and mowing machine, 1856; and a corn shredder, 1863, for which a metal scale model and an advertising card are also included. In four cases, the patent certificates are signed by historic figures: James Monroe, John Q. Adams, or Andrew Jackson. Three diplomas, from Union College, Schenectady, NY and Yale, New Haven, CT, document Burrall's academic career. An 1850 listing of Yale graduates show that Burrall's was an old Yale family with graduates in 1771, 1781, and 1826. Also present is Burrall's appointment as an attorney in New York in 1810 and two books owned by Burrall: Cowper's poems and the biography of a Litchfield, CT missionary. Also included is ancillary material on a Burrall family ancestor, John Howell Wells: a Wells' family tree, an 1837 public land sale document to Margaret Mott, Ontario County, NY, two Rev War-period appointments, and an indenture of Apprenticeship between two Geneva, Ontario County, NY men.

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Phelps Historical Society

The collection covers the years 1905 to 1953 and contains one letter from 1995. The bulk of the letters belong to Margaret McCarthy, but a couple are addressed to Francis Wallace (brother or father). There are many greeting cards addressing anniversaries, birthdays, baby announcements, and holidays.

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Historic Geneva

This collection covers the years 1817 through 1930 and includes deeds, mortgages, bonds, protests, catalogs, photos, invoices, and receipts. Deeds and tax receipts for land in Utah, Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin, and others addressed to W&T Smith Co. point to their ownership of land in these states with connections to other nurseries. Most dates for deeds/mortgages/bonds are those for the date the deed was recorded by the clerk, not the date on the deed itself.