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Fenimore Art Museum

Fenimore Art Museum

5798 State Highway 80
Cooperstown, NY 13326, United States
The Research Library supplements the diverse and world-renowned collections at Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers Museum. Our broad focus includes New York State with an emphasis on Otsego and nearby counties, American, and Native American history, art, and material culture. The Library Special Collections include rare books, manuscripts and archival collections, trade catalogs, pamphlets, broadsides, and ephemera.

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This collection focuses on Cooperstown, NY and consists of notes, photographs, and lists identifying people in photographs but the photographs are missing. Series 1 is a timeline (1792-1919) that lists significant Cooperstown events. Series 2 consists of notes on various topics and people of Cooperstown. Series 3 consists primarily of annotated group photographs and lists of people.

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This collection focuses on Cooperstown, NY and consists of notes, photographs, and lists identifying people in photographs but the photographs are missing. Series 1 is a timeline (1792-1919) that lists significant Cooperstown events. Series 2 consists of notes on various topics and people of Cooperstown. Series 3 consists primarily of annotated group photographs and lists of people.

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State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Division of Archives and Manuscripts
Contains images of sites of significance to the history of New York State. The images are all mounted on sturdy card stock and labeled with town, date, description, and source, if appropriate. Media include: prints; lithographs; post cards; b&w sepia-toned, and hand colored photographs; and stereoscopic view cards.
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Winner, Julia Hull, 1904-1980

This collection contains about 500 manuscript pages of Lockwood's various lectures, including some from the time of her campaign for president; newspaper clippings about her; an 1879 diploma presented to Lockwood when she was allowed to practice law before the United States Supreme Court; and an 1889 passport.

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Glen, Jacob S., 1777-1859

Collection consists of correspondence and business documents relating to the extensive land holdings and agricultural business of Jacob S. Glen, 1773-1859, Town of Glen, Montgomery County, NY. Included are materials relating to leases, farms, land, real estate, and hired labor: business invoices, bills and invoices for personal and household goods, labor agreements, and assorted legal documents relating to his land holdings. Many of the items in this collection are written or docketed in Glen’s hand. Of note is a detailed 1857 auction notice that lists Glen’s farm property and goods.

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Jedlick, William J., 1929-
This collection contains a rough draft and final copy of Jedlick's 1967 Masters Thesis, "Landscape Window Shades of the 19th Century in New York and New England" for the Cooperstown Graduate Program, Cooperstown, NY; a 22 page booklet entitled, Shades of History; and material related to the thesis and booklet. It also of correspondence, b&w and color photographs, publications and related material in which Jedlick is credited for his scholarship and photography.
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Grier, Katherine C., 1953-
Research material collected by Katherine C. Grier (1953- ) and drafts, for a catalog essay, Celebrations in Wood: The Sculpture of John Scholl 1827-1916, which accompanied an exhibition at the William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, PA, November 1979-March 1980; and her Cooperstown Graduate Program, Cooperstown, NY, thesis, Celebrations in Wood: The Carvings of John Scholl (1827-1916), 1980.
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Neal, Janice C., 1902-1966

Contains 67 personal letters and 5 work books of genealogical notes. The bulk of the letters (45 in all) are written by Janice Neal to “Cousin Blanche” (possibly Mrs. Fred Wood) between 1961-1961. Neal writes of her activities at school, in organizations, and at church, of friends, nature, local news, and of the books she is reading and the genealogical research she is doing.

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Michael Sollak, 1908-1984.
This is an extensive collection of the World War II correspondence of Corporal Michael “Rome” Sollak who served in the U. S. Army, 303rd Engineers Battalion, Companies H and S. These letters were sent to his girlfriend-then-wife, Evelyn Mickel Sollak, and other family members and friends in Johnstown, Fulton County, NY.
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Rounds, Ruby M.

Primarily photographic images of octagon houses from locations in the United States, over half of them from New York State. The New York State octagon house files were gathered for use in "Octagon Buildings in New York State," compiled by Ruby M. Rounds of the New York State Historical Association. The information and photographs for the compilation were supplied by Stephen R. Leonard, Sr. Additional photographs and research came from Mrs. K.R.J. Edholm and Bertha Guptill. Also included are newspaper clippings, articles, correspondence, research notes, associated published materials, and two photograph albums.