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Bert Joseph Dorsey papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2419

Scope and content

Correspondence, financial reports, clippings, and other items relating to the Board of Supervisors, mostly 1939-51; the County Agricultural Society and its fairs, 1953-64; home front activities in World Wars I and II; forest conservation; the Salamanca Red Cross, the Lions Club, and the Little Valley Rod and Gun Club. There are also notes on Dorsey cheese and ice cream manufacturing interests and on Dorsey's local history publications; family records and genealogical data with related correspondence for the Cottrell, Beyerle, and Dorsey families. Other materials are stock certificates, gas leases, record of gas wells in the Leon Pool, and incorporation certificate of Leon Gas Company; and title searches, deeds, and mortgages for property in Cattaraugus County, 1877-1930.

Dates

  • 1877-1964.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Farmer. Bert Dorsey was a farmer in the town of Leon, Cattaraugus County, New York. He was also chairman of the County Board of Supervisors.

Extent

1.2 cubic feet. (1.2 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English