Amos Patterson Museum
3111 East Main Street
Endwell, NY 13760
Hours: Tuesday 11:00a-1:00p
Also by appointment.
Holdings: Collections include 1930s kitchen, vintage fashions, furs, bottles, dolls, toys, pottery, farm implements, military memorabilia and IBM and Endicott-Johnson artifacts.
Binghamton Township Historical Society
923 Hawleyton Road
Binghamton, NY 13903-5811
607.669.4363
Contact: Robert Smales, President
William Haskell, Volunteer
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Local history collection including numerous oral histories, farm photographs, school photographs, telephone company records, and fire company records. Artifacts include farm implements, bottle collection that includes Kilmer bottles, old license plates, and Innsbruck USA memorabilia.
Broome Community College Library
PO Box 1017
Upper Front Street
13902
607.778.5468
Email: pitcher_k@sunybroome.edu
Contact: Karen Pitcher, College Archivist
Hours: Monday-Thursday 7:30a-10:00p
Friday 7:30a-5:00p
Sunday 3:00-7:00p
Holdings: Primarily a collection of materials relating to the history of the college, including scrapbooks, photographs, yearbooks (1949-1986), catalogs, student newspapers, faculty newsletters, alumni newsletters, etc. BCC also has some local and New York State history.
Broome County Historical Society
Broome County Public Library
185 Court Street
Binghamton, NY 13901
607.778.3572
Email: gsmith@co.broome.ny.us
Website: www.bclibrary.info
Contact: Gerald Smith, County Historian
Hours: Monday-Thursday 10:00a-8:00p
Friday-Saturday 10:00a-4:00p
Holdings: Broome County history; genealogy; 4000 books, manuscripts (1790s-current); 20,000 images (variety of mediums); 50,000 clippings, 150,00 obituaries; name index (1790-1900 - 225,000 entries) microfilm census; (1790-1920); newspapers (1821-current).
Broome County Public Library
185 Court Street
Binghamton, NY 13901
607.778.2076
Email: gsmith@co.broome.ny.us
Website: www.bclibrary.info
Contact: Gerald Smith, County Historian
Hours: Monday-Thursday 10:00a-8:00p
Friday-Saturday 10:00a-4:00p
Holdings: Microfilm collection of 15,000 reels; newspapers 1815-present; magazines 1850-present; census holdings 1790-1930 for seven counties; Putnam collection; also see listing under Broome County Historical Society.
Broome Tioga BOCES
435 Glenwood Road
Binghamton, NY 13905
607.763.3603
Email: gbarraco@btboces.org
Website: www.btboces.org/Center/Resources
Contact: Gail Barraco, School Library System Director
Holdings: The School Library System coordinates development of a database for school owned resources with 1,000,000 holdings. This database is published on the World Wide Web where it is combined with databases from other school library systems.
Children’s Home of Wyoming Conference
1182 Chenango Street
Binghamton, NY 13901-1696
607.772.6904
Email: info@chowc.org
Website: www.chowc.org
Contact: Rebecca Mebert, VP Community & Donor Relations
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30-4:30
Conklin Historical Society
82 Pierce Creek Road
Binghamton, NY 13903
607.724.8007
Contact: Betty Palmer, President
Holdings: Scrapbooks, genealogy, local history.
Coventry Town Museum Association
820 Wylie-Horton Road
Harpursville, NY 13787
607.656.9517
Email: cohistorian@pronetisp.net
Contact: Phyllis Lerwick, Historian
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Items pertaining to history of Coventry, Conventryville in Chenango County. Greene touches surround towns of Afton, Bainbridge, Oxford, and Harpursville. Includes scrapbooks, diaries, books, photographs, maps, and memorabilia.
Cutler Botanic Garden
840 Front Street
Binghamton, NY 13905
607.772.8954
Email: broome@cornell.edu
Website: www.cce.cornell.edu/broome
Contact: Renee Schoupt, Educator
Hours: Dawn until dusk.
Holdings: Newspaper clippings, photographs of the development of the Garden and history of the Master Gardener. 4-H Museum on premises dating back to World War II.
Deposit Free Library
159 Front Street
Deposit, NY 13754
607.467.2577
Email: DE_ill@4cty.org
Contact: Katherine A. Parsons
Hours:Tuesday Thursday 12:30-5:00p, 7:00-9:00p
Friday Saturday 10:00a-12:00p, 1:00-5:00p
Four County Library Systems
304 Clubhouse Road
Vestal, NY 13850
607.723.8236
Email: adoran@4cls.org
Website: www.4cls.org
Contact: Anne Doran, Collections Manager
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00a-4:00p
Holdings: Reardon collection of historical children’s literature.
George F. Johnson Memorial Library
1001 Park Street
Endicott, NY 13760
607.757.55350
Email: en.ed@4cls.org
Website: www.4cls.org/webpages/members/endicott/endicott.html
Contact: Edward Dunscombe, Director
Hours:Monday Wednesday 10:00a-6:00p
Tuesday Thursday 2:00-9:00p
Friday 10:00a-5:00p
Saturday 12:00-4:00p
Holdings: inventory list of George F. Johnson personal papers (housed at Syracuse University), some of his personal effects and family photographs. 150 photographs of Endicott and the Village of Union, dating from 1900. Photos available for viewing on Website. Local newspapers on microfilm for users, dating from 1914-1950.
Kirkwood Historical Society
PO Box 37
Main Street
Kirkwood, NY 13795
607.775.1130
Contact: Jay Manarry, President
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Photographs, oral histories, and artifacts.
Lisle Free Library
PO Box 305
8998 Main Street
Lisle, NY 13797
607.692.3115
Email: li_ill@4cty.org or Llibrary@stny.rr.com
Website: www.4cls.org/webpages/members/lisle/lisle.html
Contact: Debbie Sturdevant, Librarian
Hours: Monday 1:30-5:00p
Tuesday Wednesday Friday 1:30-8:00p
Saturday 9:00a-12:30p
Holdings: Local cemetery and census records; certain local genealogies; Rosamond Van Noy genealogy collection; Lisle Gleaner newspapers; photographs of Lisle and surround areas.
Mary Wilcox Memorial Library of Whitney Point
PO Box 748
2630 Main Street
Whitney Point, NY 13862
607.692.3159
Email: jaleba@stny.rr.com
Contact: Juanita Aleba, Assistant Librarian, Historian
Hours: Monday-Friday 11:00a-5:00p
Tuesday Friday 7:00-9:00p
Saturday 11:00a-3:00p
Holdings: Local history; Ethel Newcomb Room (her books, photographs, music, etc.); Whitney Point Reporter on microfilm (1897-present); cemetery records for Town of Triangle and some surrounding areas; Whitney Point school yearbooks (1940-present).
Nanticoke Valley Historical Society
PO Box 75
13 Nanticoke Road
Maine, NY 13802
607.862.9480
Email: sjrozek@aol.com
Contact: Sandra Rozek, Director
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: The historical society owns several buildings in the area, including the Nanticoke Valley Historical Society Museum, Pitcher's Mill, Norton Wagon Shops and a one-room schoolhouse.
Nineveh Public Library
PO Box 124
Nineveh, NY 13813
607.693.1858
Contact: Marion Diehl, Librarian
Hours: Monday-Thursday 2:00-8:00p
Friday 12:00-6:00p
Saturday 9:00a-2:00p
Old Onaquaga Historical Society
St. Luke’s Church
PO Box 318
Harpursville, NY 13787
Contact: Fran Bromley, President
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: A small collection with a few books and 2 file drawers of material on the towns of Colesville and Windsor.
Old Stone House Museum
22 Chestnut street
Windsor, NY 13865
607.655.1491
Contact: Charles English
Holdings: Collection includes Civil War weapons and related items; library; exhibits.
Old Village of Union Historical Society
407 East Main Street
Endicott, NY 13760
607.754.1283
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Photographs, books, clippings, newspapers on Old Village of Union & Endicott. John Mark Chapel Museum-Church records and other items about Union Church and community.
Southern Tier Zoological Society
Ross Park Zoo
185 Park Avenue
Binghamton, NY 13903
SUNY Binghamton
Bartle Library
Special Collections
PO Box 6012
Binghamton, NY 13902-6012
607.777.4844
Email: deligato@binghamton.edu
Website: http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/special/index.html
Contact: Yvonne Deligato, University Archivist
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Rare books and printed material from the 15th through 20th century; the collection of Austrailian theatrical producer and director Max Reinhard; books and publications pertaining to French and British colonies, history and practices of printing, publishing, and book collecting; music scores and books of music; records, photographs and publications of Binghamton University; books written, translated, or edited by Binghamton University faculty; printed materials froma nd about the Binghamton area; manuscript collections of local, regional, and international interest; subject areas represtented relate to history, literature, industry; recorded sound collection from 1900-1960.
Susquehanna Valley Railroad Historical Society, Inc.
PO Box 2415
Binghamton, NY 13902-2415
Contact: Bob Pastorkey, Archives Chairman
Holdings: Railroad historical displays, newspaper clippings, photographs. Displays, some records consisting of main local history of railroads in the Binghamton, New York area. Railroads are: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western (DL&W), Erie, and Delaware and Husdon (D&H).
Vestal Central School District
Records Management
201 Main Street
Vestal, NY 13820
607.757.2201
Email: lkotrch.vestal@vcs.stier.org
Contact: Linda Kotrch, Manager
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Records relating to the formation of the Vestal Central School District.
Vestal Historical Society & Museum
605 Vestal Parkway West
Vestal, NY 13850
607.748.1432
Email: vestalhistory@tier.net
Contact: Janice Roosa, Director
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00a-3:00p
Closed to the public in January.
Holdings: The Vestal Historical Society discovers and collects material that may help to establish or illustrate the history of the Town of Vestal and surrounding areas. The museum is housed in Vestal's original Lackawanna Railroad Depot.
Vestal Public Library
320 Vestal Parkway East
Vestal, NY 13850
607.754.4243
Email: ve_jim@4cty.org
Contact: James L. Holley, Director
Hours: Monday 2:00-9:00p
Tuesday-Thursday 9:00a-9:00p
Friday 9:00a-6:00p
Saturday 9:00a-5:00p
Sunday 1:00-5:00p
Holdings: Special collections room; local history.
Your Home Public Library
107 Main Street
Johnson City, NY 13790
607.797.4816
Email: jc_janet@4cty.org
Contact: Janet A. Ottman, Historian
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Endicott-Johnson Shoe Co.: newspaper clippings, company-produced pamphlets, photographs of Endicott-Johnson, Lestershire / Johnson City.
