The Ohnsorg Collection
Scope and Contents note
The Ohnsorg Collection is a personal (and artificial) collection of Niagara Falls memorabilia. It contains:
-32 souvenir books
-5 guidebooks
-22 maps (one is framed)
-2 booklets, 10 stereoview cards
-27 framed etchings or engravings
-36 unframed etchings/engravings (63 total etchings/engravings)
-13 small prints and 1 box of prints (from 1866)
-1 advertisement
-5 journals.
The earliest piece is a framed engraving by Chatelain in French from 1719, the most recent is a reproduced map from about 2000.
Dates
- 1719 - 2000
Creator
Conditions Governing Access note
None.
Extent
21.0 Linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- Title
- The Ohnsorg Collection
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Niagara Falls Public Library Local History Repository
1425 Main Street
3rd Floor
Niagara Falls NY 14305 United States
716-286-4899
nflh@nioga.org