Niagara Reservation (N.Y.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:
State Reservation @ Niagara, 1885-2003
Sub-Series — Box S-6: Series Series 1 [Barcode: SC2230]
Identifier: Box 5
Scope and Contents
Contents of S-6: -2 invitations- 1 to opening of State Reservation at Niagara 1885. -1 to 50 year anniversary
-2 folders from 100 year celebration (invitaitons, events, etc.)
-1 folder of news clippings from 1985
-Folder of articles centennial, 1985
-letter re: Henry Knapp's family history (1985), 2 copies.
-misc. articles, brochures, etc. 1996-2003.
-a 1987 report by Gary H. Scott, Cannon Design re: F. L. Olmsted Materials about State Reservation at Niagara (at Historic Site, Brookline,...
Dates:
1885-2003
Telegrams, 1885
File
Identifier: box 1
Scope and Contents
Telegrams sent to and by Thomas V. Welch
Dates:
1885
T.V. Welch - Correspondence re: Establishment + Opening of Niagara Reservation, 1885
File
Identifier: box 1
Scope and Contents
Letters to Thomas V. Welch concerning the establishment of the Niagara Reservation
Dates:
1885
T.V. Welch - Court document, Supreme Court, Niagara County, 1884
File
Identifier: box 1
Scope and Contents
Court documents from the Supreme Court of Niagara County concerning land for the Niagara Reservation
Dates:
1884
T.V. Welch - Historical Notes, circa 1885
File
Identifier: box 1
Scope and Contents
Notes, newspaper clippings, and information on bonds related to Thomas V. Welch
Dates:
circa 1885
T.V. Welch Papers - NYS Supreme Court Decision re: Niagara State Reservation Land Acquisition, 1884
File
Identifier: box 1
Scope and Contents
New York State Supreme Court decision concerning the Niagara State Reservation
Dates:
1884
T.V. Welch to Mrs. J.E. Clark, 1902, 1902
File
Identifier: box 1
Scope and Contents
Letter sent to J.E. Clark from Thomas Welch, Oct. 18, 1902
Dates:
1902
Various Photographs, circa 1900-1920
Drawer — Drawer SC1545: [Barcode: SC1545]
Scope and Contents
Photographic glass slides of winter scenes including the falls, ice bridge disaster, Goat Island, ice castle and more. From the collection of Willis E. Cushing.
Dates:
circa 1900-1920
Welch Papers, 1885-1935
Box — Box 165: [Barcode: SC2225]
Identifier: box 1
General description and folder contents
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...
Dates:
1885-1935
Welch, T.V. - Gallery - How Niagara
File
Identifier: box 1
Scope and Contents
Article about the creation of the Niagara Reservation, cut and pasted on to sheets of paper
Dates:
1885-1935