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Box W-3

 Container

Contains 14 Results:

Correspondence, Documents, 1800-1961

 Box — Box: W-3
Scope and Contents

Assorted documents including folders, general correspondences, event invitations, tourist information, advertisements for local businesses and attractions, handbills for performances, railroad information, menus, local museums, and more. Most documents are from 1800s and early 1900s, many related to the Niagara Falls Historical Society.

Dates: 1800-1961

Orrin E. Dunlap's Interview with Anna Edison Taylor (Folder D-1), 1901

 Box — Box: W-3
Identifier: File D-1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Topics of manuscripts are many and include: stunters, bridges, individuals, schools, hotels, Native Americans, Local History, television, famous visitors to NF and more.

Dates: 1901

Orrin E. Dunlap manuscript on William Kondrat (Folder D-2), 1935

 Box — Box: W-3
Identifier: File D-2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Topics of manuscripts are many and include: stunters, bridges, individuals, schools, hotels, Native Americans, Local History, television, famous visitors to NF and more.

Dates: 1935

Dunlap Photographs of Thomas V. Welch (Folder 1), 1903

 Box — Box: W-3
Identifier: File 1
Scope and Contents

2 photographs of Thomas V. Welch at The State Reservation at Niagara. "Rapids above the bridge to Goat Island. Less water caused by Ice Blocade. March 22, 1903."

Dates: 1903

Application - only partially intact

 File — Box: W-3
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Village of Niagara Falls blank application from the 1800s for a license. The applicant (or heirs) would pay ($300) (for misuse?).

Dates: 1856-1892

Letters - War of 1812, 1813-1814

 File — Box: W-3
Scope and Contents

Transcripts of letters from to Col. Nathaniel Rochester (founder of the City of Rochester) from his son William B. Rochester who served at Fort Niagara during the winter of 1813. Also included in the collection are letters from John C. Rochester, another son of Nathaniel, and letters from other officers. All transcribed in the same hand.

Dates: 1813-1814

"To Amend An Act to provide for the incoporation of villages"… Village of Niagara City, 1855

 File — Box: W-3
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

New York State amendment to "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages," as it pertains to the village of Niagara City. 2/23/1855.

Dates: 1855