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Box 280, 1892-1970

 Box — Box: 280
Identifier: Box 5

Scope and Contents

Box 280 contains some items that are cataloged elsewhere. They include: Geotechnics and Resources, Inc. Environmental Report (1961), Masters Thesis on Sullivan-Clinton Campaign of 1779, A play called "The People's War" by Theodora Vinal, Memorandum of Occurrences and important facts attending the campaign on the Niagara by General Peter B. Porter 1812-1814, Hickory College by Helen Kimball (from 1842).

The majority of the box, however, are collections of newspaper clippings gathered into folders. Topics Include: Indians and State Parks, Water Supply, Pollution, St. Lawrence Seaway, Community Chest, Tourist Promotion, Items from The Daily Cataract, Annexation Scrapbook, Cincinnati Area Metropolitan Problems.

Dates

  • 1892-1970

Extent

1.076388889 Cubic Feet ; 10" (H) x 12" (W) x 15.5" (D)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Items not listed elsewhere are as follows:

-Interesting Items from the Daily Cataract from May to December 1872.

-Tourist Promotion, Newspaper clippings, 1962-1963.

-Indians and State Parks, Newspaper Clippings, 1953.

-Niagara Falls Water Supply Scrapbook, 1910-1952, newspaper clippings.

-Pollution Scrapbook, 1949-1970, clippings, 1940-1950.

-St. Lawrence Seaway, 1940-1953, clippings.

-Community Chest of Niagara Falls, NY. Local Agencies and Budgets, clippings, 1949-1953.

-Annexation Scrapbook Part I: Annexation Problems, February 1951, City of Niagara Falls to Annex Section of Town of Niagara, 1951-1954. Part II, 1955-1956.

-Cincinnati Area Metropolitan Problems, a report, 1953.

Repository Details

Part of the Niagara Falls Public Library Local History Repository

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