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Includes research material on Elizabeth Baker Wells' biography of Albert W. Force and other material relating to Cornell history, as well as papers of the Baker and Wells families.

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Includes "Early Arkport, 1797-1830," 1981, a 33 page booklet, and FROM ARKS TO CELERY, 1982, histories of Arkport, Steuben County, New York.

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Typewritten text of a presentation given at the DeWitt Historical Society, Ithaca, New York, as part of a state conference of local historians. Also, an invitation sent to members of the DeWitt Historical Society, including a program of the conference.

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Includes photocopies of letters to George E. Goodrich relating details pertinent to the pioneers of Dryden, New York. Goodrich used some of this material for THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF DRYDEN, published in 1898. Also, genealogies, biographies, and early Dryden papers including receipts, license, work orders, list of town clock subscribers, indenture, and deed.

Scope and content Manuscripts, typescripts, and carbon copies of proceedings, papers, speeches, and printed material concerning the Indians of New York, including the Senecas and other Iroquois who inhabited western New York, especially Ontario and Genesee Counties; speeches and papers concerning the history of Genesee County, the history of American archaeology, North American Indians (including those in Canada), and the practice of local history; and biographical sketches and related materials on Lewis H....

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Files of Herbert Finch, a member of the Temporary Historic Advisory Committee, Tompkins County, New York, including material on the Boardman House.