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Farming -- New York (State)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

George C. Latta and George C. Latta, Jr. Papers

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2020-019
Dates: 1834-1871

George C. Latta and George C. Latta, Jr. Papers

 Collection — Volume 1-4
Identifier: 2020-017
Content Description

Four bound ledger books dating between 1834 and 1871.

Dates: 1834-1871

Ledger

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 2013-011
Scope and Content Note

Small leather-bound Excelsior diary detailing daily agricultural transactions in Monroe County. The ledger book is anonymous, but can be traced to western New York through geographic references. It dates from 1879.

Dates: 1879

Myra B. Fox diary

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: 2017-002
Content Description

Diary of Myra B. Fox for the year 1877. According to the donor, Miss Fox was a resident of Violetta Street. However, a search of census records suggests that she actually lived in Moravia, Cayauga County at that time, and later moved to Rochester.

Dates: 1877

Sub-series H: Research notes, 1937-1970

 Sub-Series — Box 47-83
Abstract

This series is comprised of Rochester City Historian Blake McKelvey's research notes used to write his four volume history of Rochester, New York. The materials were assembled between 1937 and 1970. The series includes handwritten transcriptions of newspaper articles and journals; newspaper clippings, source and illustration citations, pamphlets, and notes.

Dates: 1937-1970

Susan Kinsey collection of 19th century diaries

 Unprocessed Material — Volume 1-6
Identifier: 2018-018
Dates: 1851-1889

Susan Kinsey collection of 19th century Monroe County diaries

 Item — Volume 1-3
Identifier: 2018-030
Abstract

This collection consists of two diaries from rural Monroe County in the mid-to-late ninteenth century. The diary of George Gallup dates from 1848 to 1858 and was written in Sweden, New York, while the diary of Frank and Rosa Rowley was written in Hilton, New York, between 1885 and 1889. The diaries discuss the daily activities of the authors during these years.

Dates: 1848 to 1858; 1885 to 1889