Collections : [Historic Geneva]

Historic Geneva

Historic Geneva

Geneva History Museum
543 South Main Street
Geneva, NY 14456, United States
The Archives consist of the two-dimensional paper portion of our collection. We have 1,300 cubic feet of archives material, which includes 50,000 images. Geneva's stories are captured in letters, diaries, ledgers and minute books, and photographs. Inventory of our material is ongoing, please contact us or visit our website for further information.

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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.