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the Local History Department
HOW TO
VISIT THE LOCAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT COLLECTION
ABOUT THE LIBRARY'S PAST:
Click here for a brief history of
the Library.
Western New York Legacy; A Digital
Library of Historical Treasures
Historic Niagara Digital
Collections (from the Niagara Falls Ontario Public Library)
LINKS TO SITES DEALING WITH SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF
NIAGARA'S PAST
ABOUT
THE LOCAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT
The Niagara Falls Local History department
is located on the third floor of the Main Library, accessible by either
stairs or an elevator. Local History is a research library containing
extensive collections of books, photographs, maps, newspapers, videotapes,
scrapbooks, and clipping files about Niagara Falls, both city and the
cataract. These materials document the history of the Niagara
Falls area from before the founding of the villages of Niagara Falls
(1848), Niagara City (1854), (Suspension Bridge) and the present day
Niagara Falls.
Some of these collections include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Early
prints and original artwork
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Postcards
and stereoviews
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Nineteenth
century guidebooks
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Hotel
registers of early hotels
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Glassplate
stereoviews, negatives, and lantern slides
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Early
editions of works by Father Hennepin
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Early
travel accounts
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Niagara
Gazette on microfilm from 1854-(located on Main Floor in Reference
Department); subject index to the Gazette, 1854 - (located in Local
History Department on third floor)
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Niagara
Falls Chamber of Commerce files and other materials from inception
in 1918 to 2005
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Love
Canal - extensive scrapbook and clipping files
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Philatelic
collection of materials relating to Niagara Falls
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Clippings
and books about the Niagara "Daredevils"
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Photographs
and papers documenting the development of hydro-electric power
in the region
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Carborundum
Company archives
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Union
Carbide Company collection of glass plate negatives and other materials
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DeVeaux
School archives
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Orrin
E. Dunlap collection of books, photographs and other materials
relating to the growth of the city of Niagara Falls
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Herbert
C. Force collection of papers and photographs from the latter half
of the twentieth century
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Nathaniel
Dett archives of music by and materials about Nathaniel Dett.
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TO LIBRARY HOMEPAGE)
Last modified:
February 2, 2010
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