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Boosterism (Place promotion)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

Niagara Falls News Special Souvenier Number: Illustrated Niagara Falls and its Industries, 1907

 Item
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents From the Box:

Facts, Facilities and Industries of Niagara Falls, Civic survey, A Study in Governmental Relations, Illustrated Niagara Falls (HAI 2020)

Newspaper supplements, promotional pamphlets for Niagara Falls (note: there are more in Chamber of Commerce files).

Dates: 1907

Older brochures and maps, 1846 - 1961

 Box — Box Q-39: [Barcode: SC0085]
Scope and Contents Older pamphlets for Niagara Falls, NY including: "Niagara's Great Gorge Trip" (1930), "Niagara: Incomparable!" (1928), "A Barrel of Fun...that's Niagarama" (1961), dining guides, "Magestic Niagara Awaits You!" (1956), "The Niagara Belt Line" (n.d.), "All Roads Lead to Niagara Falls" (Hotel Converse)(1950), "2 Days at Niagara Falls" (1904), "Niagara's Combination Scenic Trip" (1935), "Niagara's Great Gorge Trip" (1932), "Niagara Falls Handy Guide" (1954), "Old Fort Niagara Bicentennial...
Dates: 1846 - 1961

Photographs, films, videos, audio, etc., 1950 - 1990

 Series
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

This series incorporates all Chamber of Commerce films and reel-to-reel audio recordings (in film cabinet, room 6), as well as photographs, videos, slides (many still in slide trays), and photographic negatives.

Dates: 1950 - 1990

Power Project Personalities, 1959 - 1986

 File — Drawer SC1037: [Barcode: SC1037]
Scope and Contents

Photos of: man with falcon, Robert Moses Power Plant plans with worker, company management and workers, "Tuscarora dealings", fishing pier dedication

Dates: 1959 - 1986

Social Agencies, N.F. and N. County; also: Bonds Lake Park Plans, 1944-2001

 Box — Carton 259: [Barcode: SC0131]
Identifier: Box 2
Abstract

Information on social agencies in Niagara Falls, and the economic and health of the area. Studies, pamphlets, booklets, papers, annual reports, facts about Niagara County, Specifications for administration buildings, information about mental health and self-help groups, Bonds Lake Park plans (1976), health dept., Citizens for Action at the Local Level, etc.

Dates: 1944-2001

Society for the Promotion, Unification and Redevelopment of Niagara, Inc. Proposal for National Accelerator Laboratory, 1965

 Item
Identifier: SPUR 1
Scope and Contents

Bound volume of a proposal to bring a accelerator laboratory to the Niagara Falls Region

Dates: 1965

Specifications for Administration Buildings Niagara County park & Golf Course, 1961

 Item
Identifier: Box 2
Scope and Contents

Details for companies interested in constructing new administration buildings for the local golf course.

Dates: 1961

SPUR, 1969

 File
Identifier: SPUR 1
Scope and Contents

Promotional materials for LOGIC.

Dates: 1969

SPUR- 1 , 1961-1970

 Box — Box SPUR-1: [Barcode: SC0102]
Identifier: SPUR 1
Scope and Contents Logic (Local Governments Improvement Commission). Attempted to replace 21 local governments with one community-wide government. Box Contents: -A Citizen Study of Local Gov't. with recommendations to improve local gov't. in Niagara County, 1970, 2 copies. -Niagara County: a governmental profile, 1976. -Preliminary Report LOGIC, 1960. -Invitation to Debate- proposing county-wide gov't., 2 copies. -Catalog of resource materials, prepared by SPUR, 1966. ...
Dates: 1961-1970