This collection was produced by the Minetto Elementary School during the bicentennial of the United States. It includes materials put together by students at the school for a class project. It contains the class projects, background articles, and interviews with elderly Minetto citizens.

The legal papers consist of court records, reports, and notes on the numerous cases which Powers Fillmore litigated between 1869 and the middle 1880’s. The legal records include documents relevant to the proceedings of the circuit, county, district, and State Supreme Courts of New York State. Earlier documented cases from the 1830’s and 1850’s are present within the collection.

The Marshall family papers document to varying degrees of completeness the activity of five generations of Holmes, Marshall, DeAngelis and related families who settled early in central and western New York. The papers reveal primarily the internal workings of the family centered around Orsamus and Millicent Marshall: their attitudes and far-flung family relationships, their social position, the rearing of children and their growth, and the travels of and intellectual activities of family members. Other papers of interest are the records of the family legal firm, records and papers relating to the organizations and clubs in which members of the family played a part, and an eyewitness account of the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, a naval battle of the War of 1812.

The collection consists of material dealing with the histories of fire making, the production of matches, match companies and biographies of their founders, and of the Diamond Match Company. The most important items held in the collection are Brown’s correspondence and notes regarding research on numerous American match companies from their early origins to the 1970’s.

The school copybook contains a letter written to a friend and essays written in English and in German discussing the benefits of commerce, the value of education, politeness, science, truth and truthfulness.

The diary covers the period between June and August of 1891. Mentions the many summer activities and events of a young lady’s life in central New York during the late 19th century.

The Coye papers represent the numerous challenges and issues that arose in Oswego County, New York, prior to the American Civil War. The correspondence among friends and relatives across the United States and western territories reflect the many important events of the era. A few of the letters discuss the Gold Rush in Colorado and the hardships of frontier life in the Iowa territory. The main focus of the letters center upon school life in Oswego County during the middle 19th century. Mentions abolitionism in New York.

The collection contains correspondence with various public and private firms requesting specialized services. It also includes orders, diagrams of machinery, and descriptions of problems associated with faulty products.

The collection consists of 24 letters received by Bettijoe E. Restuccia following the death of her husband in April of 1945. Many heart-felt letters following his death make up a majority of this collection, but the most significant correspondence lie with the eyewitness and government reports of his heroic deeds prior to his tragic death. The government correspondence includes a letter from the chaplain who said the rights over John.

The diary includes the dates January 1, 1845 to December 31, 1845, when John C. Churchill was a tutor at Middlebury College.