Welch Papers, 1885-1935

The papers consist primarily of correspondence and other documents related to Thomas V. Welch's activities related to establishing the Niagara Reservation, which opened in July 1885. It included printed materials of the Niagara Falls Association and copies of "How Niagara Was Made Free", Welch's reminescence of the campaign to preserve the area around the Falls and Goat Island as a natural area. There is also a letterbook of the area around the Falls and Goat Island as a natural area. There is also a letterbook of Welch's general correspondence; 1906 correspondence regarding creation of a municipal park system in Niagara Falls; and material related to the celebration of the Reservation's 50th anniversary in 1935.

Folder list:

-John Fish to C.B. Benelist, M.C. re: Plan for moving boats on Erie Canal, 1878 -NYS Supreme Court Decision re: Niagara Reservation Land Acquisition, 1884 -Niagara Falls Association - booklet, blank petition forms, 1885 Niagara Reservation telegrams, 1885 - Correspondence re: establishment and opening of Niagara Reservation, 1885 - T.V. Welch Historical Notes, 1885 - Handwritten Draft of "How Niagara Was Made Free," 1885 -Gallery Proofs of " " " " ", 1885 - Pamphlet of " " " " ", 1885 - T.V. Welch letterpress book, 1886 - T.V. Welch to Mrs. J.E. Clark, 1902 - Correspondence and Olmsted Proposal re: establishing Niagara Falls Municipal Park System, 1906 - Resolution by commisioners of the Niagara Reservation re: granting additional water for power generation, 1906 - Title search for Lot 29 of the Mile Reserve F.L. Olmsted report to the commisioners of the Niagara Reservation, 1926 - T.V. Welch photograph Niagara Reservation 50th Anniversary 2 books with lists of names of people contacted re: establishing Niagara Reservation, ca. 1885 - NYS Legislative Proceedings on the death of Sen. Webster Wagner, 1882 - Letter from T.V. Welch, 1893 _ - How Niagara Was Made Free_The Passage of the Niagara Reservation Act in 1883, by Thomas V. Welch. Signed copy. (Note: this publication is available online through the Internet Archive).