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Niagara Falls (N.Y.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 746 Collections and/or Records:

Schmidt Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFA-000-000-001
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, autograph book, photographs related to Sky Port Motel and Restaurant and family events. Includes postcards related to Niagara Falls motels, programs for Union Carbide 25 year Service Club dinners, and donor correspondence.

Dates: 1919-2007

Schoellkopf Family, circa 1900-1930

 File
Identifier: gphc.sc.224
Scope and Contents

Photographs, prints, and text description, and facsimiles of illustrations showing members of the Schoellkopf Family.

Dates: circa 1900-1930

Schools - Niagara Falls High School Drama Club and Brief History of First School Building in Niagara Falls, 1975-1979

 File
Identifier: Subgroup 2
Scope and Contents

Essay related to history of first school building in Niagara Falls published by Niagara Falls Historical Society and flyers related to Niagara Falls High School Drama Club's productions of Gypsy and Arsenic and Old Lace

Dates: 1975-1979

Scrapbook, 1958-1968

 Box — Box P-3: [Barcode: SC0657]
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, brochures and postcards related to tourism and history of Niagara Falls region.

Dates: 1958-1968

Scrapbooks - Evelyn Moore Beeton, 1914-1994

 Box — Box XX-1: [Barcode: SC0660]
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, certificates, photographs, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks related to world events, family events and Niagara Falls events. Sample subjects include the Great Depression, World War II, weddings, and Niagara Falls High School commencement ceremonies. Includes donor correspondence.

Dates: 1914-1994

Scrapbooks with Newspaper Clippings, 1982 - 1991

 Shelf — Shelf SC1101: [Barcode: SC1101]
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings from the Niagara Gazette about historic buildings and events in the City of Niagara Falls, 3 Scrapbooks with newspaper clippings about events and happenings at the falls and in the Niagara Region

Dates: 1982 - 1991

Sightseeing prints, Undated

 Shelf — Shelf SC0809: [Barcode: SC0809]
Scope and Contents

Two prints of drawings of people at the falls

Dates: Undated

Sketches of Navy, Luna, Grand Is., undated

 File
Identifier: Subgroup 1
Scope and Contents

Essays related to the history of the Niagara Falls islands. Includes a brief history of Saunders Settlement.

Dates: undated

Skrzeszewski Collection

 Item — Box SK-1: [Barcode: SC2057]
Identifier: SK-000-000-126
Content Description (1) Small banner for Old Fort Niagara (1) Newspaper: "Rainbow Bridge Edition" (2) Newspapers: "NF 100th Anniversary" (1) Newspaper, "Niagara Power for Progress", 1961 (1) "The American Falls: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" booklet (1) WJJL Radio Station Ruler- rusted (1) Early Recollections of Buffalo by Julia F. Snow (1) Postcard- Buffalo to Rochester (1) Shredded Wheat Advertisement (1) Lewiston police pamphlet, " This is for you", copyright 1950 (1) "History of the Niagara Frontier" by JB...
Dates: n.d.

Niagara Falls Small Businesses

 Collection
Identifier: BUS-000-000-002
Scope and Contents

Small businesses in the Niagara Falls, New York area including The Eagle Tavern, Amberg and Co., Citizens Lumber Co., Ace Moving and Storage, and others.

Tags: building materials, lumber, Eagle Tavern, Taverns, Department Stores, Amberg and Co., customs, accounting, early accounting books, small businesses, moving companies.

Dates: 1899-1929