St. Lawrence County Collection Mss
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St. Lawrence County Collection Mss. No. #108 St. Lawrence County is the largest county in New York State and has the longest frontage on the St. Lawrence River. St. Lawrence County is bordered on the north by the St. Lawrence River, the south by Lewis, Herkimer and Hamilton Counties, on the east by Franklin County and on the west by Jefferson County. The county has approximately 47 towns and villages and 1 city with the county seat in Canton. The collection consists of photographs, photo booklets, and cemetery records of Nicholville, deeds, high school yearbooks, various newspapers, clippings about the county, and many articles and booklets. Included are articles on overhead electric lines, Clarkson family, Brownell genealogy, Talc Industry, George Couper Diary (excerpts) (Morristown), Historic Houses of Northern New York and the St. Lawrence State Hospital. The booklets cover the History of Potsdam, bridges of Potsdam, Memorial of Massena and a souvenir photo booklet of Gouverneur. At the end of the collection is the cemetery project done by Jon Parmeter’s history class and posters produced by senior SLU students in 2006 on various aspects of county life around the time of the University’s founding in 1856. BOX 1a. St. Lawrence County-General [n.d.] St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Business Directory by order of SIC Code Folder 1 1990s New York’s North Country (multi-agency and business sponsored economic development piece) 1818 Cursory Remarks on the Settlement of the County of St. Lawrence (photocopy of part of a book) 1992/93 Seaway Trail Journey Magazine [n.d] St. Lawrence County, New York Map—produced by C of C BOX 1b St. Lawrence County Postcards Brasher Falls, NY 2 cards Canton, NY 54 cards DeGrasse, NY 2 cards Edwards, NY 14 cards Fine, NY 1 card Gouverneur, NY 12 cards Hermon, NY 4 cards Heuvelton, NY 1 card Lisbon, NY 1 card Louisville, NY 1 card Madrid, NY 3 cards Massena, NY 7 cards Nicholville, NY 1 card North Lawrence, NY 2 cards Norwood, NY 4 cards Odgensburg, NY 1 card Oswegotchie, NY 2 cards Parrishville, NY 2 cards Potsdam, NY 5 cards Richville, NY 1 card Russell, NY 3 cards Spragueville, NY 1 card Waddington, NY 3 cards BOX 2 St. Lawrence County- General Folder 1 1810 Reuben Dorothy’s text book on English Grammar 2 1812-1873 Brownell Genealogy includes Last Will & Testament and Deeds (copies) 3 1817, February 11 List of all The Towns in the County (document on what looks like cloth) 4 1802-1893 Sheriffs, County Clerks, and Surrogates (typed list) 5 1807-1935 Typed listing “Post Masters of St. Lawrence County “ 6 1843, July 1 Northern Cabinet and Literacy Repository Publication title of “Isabel Wilton or the Captive Maiden” 7 1857, October 22 The US Mutual Insurance Policy with West Potsdam, includes newspaper article “Potsdam Paper Retains Mutual Insurance Company” 8 1858 Booklet St. Lawrence County Agricultural Society Constitution 9 1882, September 21 Commercial Advertiser Canton, N.Y. articles 10 1888, January 26 Post Office Dept. with a letter from CA. 1962 10a 1896 “Court of Appeals” The People of the State of New York (Respondents) against Frank C. Conroy (Appellant) Case on Appeal from Supreme Court St. Lawrence County. (Murder Trial of 1896) 10b Grace Robinson Hale—First Woman Attorney in NNY—St. Law. Plaindealer 3/14/06 10c 1911; 1927 St. Lawrence County Society of New York City 11 1911-1958 Northern NY Library Club Cashbook 12 1932, September 19 Article “Canasta Cyclist, 66, Circles Oneida on old High Wheeler” 13 1933, April 24 Newspaper Article “Old Directory contains names of Business Firms here in Days of Civil War” 14 1949, September 9 Booklet “Neighbors in the Northland” prepared by Nina Daniels to the Watertown 4 County Historical Meet 15 1949 Booklet “List of Town and County Officers” 16a 1952 Newspaper clipping (copy) The Village of Canton As It Was in 1885 St. Lawrence Plaindealer 16 1957 Booklet “John W. Rouse Construction Corporation Annual Report” 17 1957, December 5 Booklet “Medical Association of the County of St. Lawrence” includes program from Sesqui-centennial Banquet 18 1958, March Booklet “Health Services for the St. Lawrence County” 19 1964, 1st Quarter Magazine “New York Waterways” 20 1964, April Publication “The Quarterly” (St. Lawrence County Historical Association) 21 1970, June “We can do better: A report of public health in St. Lawrence County” prepared by League of Women Voters (2 copies) 1980s St. Lawrence County Chamber “Invitation to visit St. Lawrence County, New York” 22 1999, February 11 Newspaper article “Top 200 Firms in St. Lawrence County” (copy) “Kaleidoscope” St. Lawrence County Arts Council Newsletter—Summer 2000 23 2002, March 20-26 “North Country This Week” Special Bicentennial Issue 24 2002 St. Lawrence County Waterfalls Guide: Explore the Beauty of the Nature by St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce, Inc. 25 2005, Apr 30/May 1 St. Lawrence valley Paddlers “Olde Paddlers Almanac” 25A 2007, Nov. 2-4 Booklet St. Lawrence County Arts Council “20th Annual Artists Studio Tour” (2 copies) 26 2008 St. Lawrence County Map (3 copies) 27 2008 St. Lawrence Travel Guide (3 copies); St. Lawrence County Bed & Breakfast Assn. guide 28 2010 Roster of City, County, Town and Village officers of St. Lawrence County (3 copies) 29 2012 September 1, Dedication of Paul E. Merrill Horse-drawn Equipment Building, St. Lawrence Power and Equipment Museum 30 2012 Tour guide & Map for 25th annual Artist’s Studio tour, Nov. 10, 11 & 12 Box 2a 1949 St. Lawrence County Volume Three official list of the enrolled voters for 1949, City of Ogdensburg 1951 St. Lawrence County Volume Two official list of enrolled voters for towns of Brasher, Canton, Clare, Clifton, Hermon, Hopkinton, Lawrence, Louisville, Nofolk, Parishville, Piercefield, Pierrepont, Potsdam, Russell, Stockholm St. Lawrence County election memoabilia Box 2b 1844-1847 Journal of services provided by St. Lawrence County Clerk’s office, 1887-1889 Record of sales of Real Estate in St. Lawrence County Box 3 Folder 1 1943-1953 General Clippings (1943-1953) 1943,June 22 “St. Lawrence County and Iron Mining” 1944, September 19 “Story of Historic Van Rensselaer Mansion Told By Ogdensburg Woman” 1945, August 22 series of 5 articles “History of St. Lawrence Academy by Dr. Sweet” 1949, April 18 “100,000 Suit: New York Man Seeks Ownership of ‘Cardiff Giant’” 1949, July 14 “Walter B Leonard, 89, Minstrel Expert, Dies” (3 different articles) 1950, December 30 “Additional History of Northern Region Recalled by Mrs. Bernice Clark, Bombay” 1952, March 28 “Gouverneur Morris’ Fames Still Live in the North” 1953, January 14 “Picture Story of Mining and Transportation Operations at Benson Mines” n.d. Photo with caption “Village Library, Colton” n.d. “Famous Boats Which Plied Grasse River” n.d. “First Daily Paper In This city Was ‘The Morning Glory’” (Ogdenbsurg) n.d. “Odgensburg in 1867 Laughed at Speech On Supply of Water” 2 n.d. Circular “50 Valuable Recipes, Beautiful Art……” 3 n.d. “Land Literacy” Issue 2&3 4 n.d. St. Lawrence County Canoe Routes (small booklet) 5 n.d. St. Lawrence County Photos (covered bridges in Hogansburg & Helena, post card Hotel Lawrence, Moira) 6 n.d. N.Y. State Map (Xerox copy) 7 n.d. Booklet “Historic Markers: an address by the Hon. Paul D. Graves to SLCHA” 8 n.d. article “The Talc Industry of St. Lawrence County” includes map 9 n.d. “Ancient History of St. Lawrence County 10 n.d. Watertown Daily Times article “St. Lawrence Central at Brasher Falls Combines Functional Design with many Extras” 11 n.d. Photographs illustrating the making of Maple Sugar in Northern N.Y. 12 n.d. One Room School House Ends; Tradition Stays. 13 St. Lawrence County Arts Council guides, County Chamber maps 14 A Prairie Migration Story…When the Strange Became Familiar by Carolyn McDougal Clark, May 2011 (independent study project at Univ. of Delaware) This paper documents the migration of the Forsyth family from St. Lawrence County, NY to Pierce County, Nebraska in the late 19th and early 20th centuries 15 1998 Ice Storm-related material 16 n.d. Information pertaining to locations of St. Lawrence County cemetaries 12 Historic Houses of Northern N.Y. Town of Canton: Bullis, Ira W. Farm (Waterman Hill out Park Street Road) Conkey, Dr. Jonas S. House (east side of Court St.) Delta Delta Delta House (St. Lawrence University) Farmer, Dr. G. S. Student Home (home of a founder of St. Lawrence University) Foote, Stilman House (Canton’s first permanent settler) Harrison, Richard House (owner of immense lands in St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties) Harrison Mansion (now home of Kappa Kappa Gamma of St. Lawrence University) Heaton, Elhanan Farm (Heaton hill two miles southeast of Canton Village) Lockwood Place (near Buck’s Bridge between Madrid and Morley) Marvin, Theodore B. House (south side of east Main street) Miner, Ebenezer House (founder of the St. Lawrence Agricultural Society) Moody, Luman House (19 west Main Street) Nash, Calvin House (three miles south of Canton) Noble, Dr. William House (east side of Park Street) Post, Herman A. House (lower west side of Park Street) Royal Arch House (owned by George K. and Margaret R. Taylor) Sanderson, Ebenezer House (crest of Heaton Hill, on old Pierrepont Road, two miles from the village) Tallman House (sitting upon the highest point of land overlooking the village) White, Alvin House (five miles south of Canton village on the Canton-Russell Road) Woodbridge Tavern (two miles outside the western limits of the village on the road to Ogdensburg) Town of DeKalb: Doane, Chauncey House (a short distance above Richville in the Town of DeKalb) Town of Gouverneur: Barrell, Almon House (on the Gouverneur-Richville Road, outside of the village, towards Canton) Gouverneur Morris House (two miles west of the Village of Gouverneur) Red Brick Tavern (west Main Street, Village of Gouverneur) Town of Hammond: Bean, John House (sandstone house near South Hammond) Brodie, William House (sandstone house in the Calaboga district, towards the Chippewa Bay section) Brodie, William Jr.