HISTORICAL REFERENCE
ROOM
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THE GLOVERSVILLE LIBRARY HISTORICAL REFERENCE ROOM
The Historical Room includes approximately 1200 volumes which cover the Cities of Gloversville and Johnstown, Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie, Saratoga, Albany and Schenectady Counties, the Mohawk Valley, and the Adirondacks.
The collection includes: Fulton County Cemetery Records; City directories for Gloversville and Johnstown back to the 1870's; old atlases of Fulton and Montgomery Counties; some family genealogies; Adirondack lakes survey, 1987; as well as histories of New York State and New England. Back issues of the Leader-Herald, 1973 to present, are available on microfilm and can be printed at a cost of .10 per page.
The Library has acquired the Leader-Herald on microfilm for the years 1968-1972. Unfortunately, the Library DOES NOT have an obituary file or access to issues of the Leader-Herald before that year. The Johnstown Public Library does maintain an obituary file and can be reached at:
Johnstown Public Library,
38 South Market Street,
Johnstown, NY 12095,
Phone: 518-762-8317,
Fax: 518-762-9776,
Email: joh@sals.edu.
The New York State Library does have newspapers for Fulton County on microfilm, but will only loan them to other libraries. Your public library might be able to assist you in loaning reels. New York State Library Loaning Policies can be found at: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/118.htm
These materials are all reference and CAN NOT be taken out.
"The Documentarian"
"The Documentarian" is a website which exhibits 70 images of historical and genealogically interest from the Mohawk Valley area. Seven of the fourteen libraries in the Mohawk Valley Library Association contributed materials to this project. In each case, their donations are only the tip of the iceburg of information available.
Funding for this project was provided by the Mohawk Valley Library Association and Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, granted to MVLA by the New York State Library. Missing Yearbooks...
Our collection of yearbooks from the local high school would benefit from donations. If you have any Gloversville High School ORACLE yearbooks, particularly the 1990's, that you would like to donate, please contact us at (518) 725-2819. |
