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Seneca County (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur Queal scrapbook

 Collection — Volume 1: [Barcode: 31924064723145]
Identifier: 1821
Scope and content

Broadsides, postcards, church and theatre programs, and clippings pertaining to local events and such occurrences as the Frontenac disaster and other disasters and events in Seneca and Tompkins County, New York.

Dates: 1884-1928.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Arthur Queal scrapbook

J. Meeker Townsend diary

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1
Identifier: 6042
Abstract

Diary kept by a 13 year old boy from Townsendville, Seneca County. Includes accounts of everyday life including school, church, visitors, weather, and chores, which consisted of threshing flax and caring for his own sheep. Much of December is used for itemized lists of goods with prices and there are five poems or notes written to him by friends and family in the memoranda section.

Dates: January-December 1865.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / J. Meeker Townsend diary

Romulus, New York papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064918547]
Identifier: 1085
Scope and content

Records of Romulus and Varick, N.Y. Vigilance Society; Romulus and Ovid, N.Y. Vigilance Society; Ladies Whist Club; and Seneca County Red Cross Auxiliary; and memoirs of of the Reverend Jacob Harter, Herkimer and Steuben Counties, N.Y.

Dates: 1845-1940
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Romulus, New York papers

Smelzer family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1184
Abstract Family and business correspondence; diaries, bills, notes, receipts; deeds and other legal documents; farm, general store, personal. church, and other accounts of various members of the Crisfield, Gulick, Hall, Halsey, Lott, Marsh, Miller, Mount, Sanford, Smelzer, Teeter, and Townsend families, chiefly of Seneca and Tompkins Counties; also included are a substantial compilation of genealogical data concerning the above families, numerous photographs, recipes, pamphlets, programs for church...
Dates: 1811-1941.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Smelzer family papers

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