Rochester (N.Y.) -- Newspapers

Abstract

This collection consists of 51 books containing records and accounts kept by The Daily Record in Rochester New York from 1908 to 1944.

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This collection consists of the papers of Isaac Butts. The papers date between 1852 and 1881. The materials include letters from H. Sibley, Freeman Edson, Samuel Selden, and others associated with Western Union. Incoming Western Union correspondence. It also includes a Powers Banking House account book.

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Kathie Meredith worked for the Canandaigua Daily Messenger newspaper from 1968 to 2008 as both a photographer and journalist. This collection includes numerous clippings from her journalistic career (articles on Rochester topics), along with original photographs she took to accompany articles on visits by Richard Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller to Rochester in the 1970s. The materials date between 1971 and 2007.

Abstract This collection includes the published and personal works of Joseph O'Connor, his wife Evangeline O'Connor, and their daughter Evelyn O'Connor. In addition to personal journals, letters, and other paper ephemera, this collection includes newspaper clippings from 'The Rochesterian', 'The Indianapolis Sentinel', The Rochester Post Express', and 'The Buffalo Courier'. Many of the handwritten works by Joseph and Evangeline O'Connor in this collection were transposed to type in the 1940s for...

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One folder of documents related to the business operations of the Rochester Patriot, an independent newspaper that published bi-monthly. The materials date between 1973 and 1986.

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.

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This collection consists of photographic prints of Rochester and the surrounding area, used by Wolfe Community Newspapers for stories or articles in their weekly suburban newspapers. The materials date between 1962 and 1999. The materials consist of photographic print copies, negatives, and proof sheets.