Afton Free Library
Afton Historical Society
PO Box 18
116 Main Street
Afton, NY 13730-0018
607.639.1110
Contact: Charles Decker, Curator
Email: kaprco@aol.com
Website: http://tri-countyny.net/ahs
Hours: Memorial Day-Labor Day
Sunday 2:00-4:00p
Also by appointment.
Holding: Documents and artifacts pertaining to the history of Afton.
Bainbridge Free Library
13 North Main Street
Bainbridge, NY 13733
Contact: Beverly Fox, Librarian
Hours: Monday Wednesday 1:00-5:00p; 6:30-9:00p
Tuesday 9:00a-12:00p; 1:00-5:00p
Thursday 1:00-5:00p; 6:30-9:00p
Saturday 9:00a-12:00p
July-August: Closed Saturday
Bainbridge Historical Society
PO Box 146
38 South Main Street
Bainbridge, NY 13733
Contact: Mary Drachler, President
Email: mrdrachler@mkl.com
Hours: Sunday 2:00-4:00p
Holdings: Documentation and artifacts pertaining to area history, Native American history, local industry and local newspapers.
Chenango County Historical Society & Museum
45 Rexford Street
Norwich, NY 13815-1121
607.334.9227
Contact: Dr. Dave Drucker, Directot
Email: drdave@ghsfcu.net
Website: www.chenango.history.museum
Hours: April-December
Monday-Friday 1:00-5:00p
Sunday 1:00-4:00p
County Historian’s Office
Monday-Friday 9:00a-5:00p
Appointment necessary to access collection.
Holdings: Facilities for research on Chenango County industries, businesses, prominent individuals, topography, modes of transportation, and historic life. Resources for genealogical research are also available. Concentrations: Native American artifacts from Iroquoia; Chenango Canal; O&W Railroad; agricultural implements. Additional facility: Norwich Eaton Pharmacal Museum, which has artifacts and archives. Access can be gained to primary sources including town/village histories; family folders; county, cemetery and surrogate records: census materials; photographs; ledgers; scrapbooks and reference books.
Guernsey Memorial Library of Norwich
3 Court Street
Norwich, NY 13815
607.334.4034
Contact: Melanie Battoe, Director
Email: no_Melanie@4cty.org
Website: www.4cls.org/webpages/members/norwich/NORWICH
Hours: Library
September-May
Monday-Thursday 9:00a-8:30p
Friday 9:00a-6:00p
Saturday 9:00a-4:00p
Sunday 1:00-4:00p
Local History Room
September-May
Monday Wednesday 1:00-8:30p
Tuesday Thursday Friday 1:00-5:00p
Saturday 1:00-5:00p
Sunday 1:00-4:00p
Holdings: Scrapbook collection (90 volumes); Oneida Language Project collection; Judge Ray scrapbooks; David Maydole Hammer ledgers; family folders (1500); Buell photography collection (available on CD); birth, death, and cemetery records from adjoining counties; DAR records; WWII veterans records; newspapers on microfilm.
Guilford Historical Society
Klee House
PO Box 201
Guilford, NY 13780
607.895.6532
Contact: Thomas Gray, Historian
Email: tgray@mkl.com
Website: www.mkl.com/guilford
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Scrapbooks, photographs, historical collections, historical society records.
Jericho Historical Society
169 Main Street
Afton, NY 13730
Moore Memorial Library
59 Genesee Street
Greene, NY 13778
607.656.9349
Contact: Mary King, Director
Email: gr_ill@4cty.org
Website: www.4cls.org/greene/greene.html
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:30a-8:00p
Friday 9:30a-5:00p
Saturday 9:30a-3:30p
Holdings: Collections covering history of Greene, Coverty, Smithville Flats, Chenango County histories and bibliographical sketches; extensive cemetery records for Greene and surrounding communities; Chenango America newspaper - index file from 1855 (birth, death, marriage); DAR Patriot indexes; microfilm reader.
Nathan Taylor Yorkers Museum
North Main Street
South New Berlin, NY 13843
New Berlin Library and Museum
PO Box J
15 South Main Street
New Berlin, NY 13411
Hours: Monday Wednesday Friday 10:00a-5:00p
Monday Wednesday also 7:00-9:00p
Saturday 10:00a-1:00p
Holdings: New York Room; Artifacts from across the state, photographs, family folders, Civil War clothes, scrapbooks.
Northeast Classic Car Museum
24 Rexford Street
Norwich, NY 13815
Contact: Kay Zaia, Director
Norwich Civil War Roundtable
594 Lyon Brook Road
Norwich, NY 13815
607.334.9167
Contact: David Manzer, Archivist
Oxford Historical Society
PO Box 57
Oxford, NY 13830
607.843.9926
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: The Oxford Historical Society Museum pertains to Oxford's history and has a vast collection of railroad memorabilia.
Oxford Memorial Library
PO Box 552
Fort Hill Park
Oxford, NY 13830
607.843.6146
Contact: Nancy Wilcox, Director
Email: ox_nancy@4cty.org
Hours: Tuesday 9:00a-5:00p
Saturday 9:00a-1:00p
Holdings: Local newspapers since 1813; history of Chenango County; annals of Oxford; Oxford Academy, and Central School yearbooks.
Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals
PO Box 191
Route 12
Norwich, NY 13815
607.335.3064
Contact: Gail Merian, Archivist
Hours: By appointment only
Sherburne Public Library
PO Box 702
2 East State Street
Sherburne, NY 13460
607.674.4242
Contact: Nancy Simerl, Manager
Email: sh.ill@4cls.org
Website: www.4cls.org/webpages/members/sherburne/sherburne.html
Hours: Monday-Wednesday 1:00-8:00p
Thursday Friday 10:00a-5:00p
Saturday 10:00a-12:00p
Holdings: Extensive collection of newspapers and photographs specific to Sherburne and/or Chenango county.
Smithville Historical Society
PO Box 176
Smithville Flats, NY 13841
607.656.8521
Contact: Patricia Heisler, Chairperson
Email: echolakehouse@aol.com
Hours: By appointment only.
Smyrna Public Library
PO Box 262
7 East Main Street
Smyrna, NY 13464
607.627.6271
Contact: Cathy Fuller, Director
Email: sm_ill@4cty.org
Hours: Monday Friday 1:00-5:00p
Tuesday 11:00a-2:00p
Wednesday 2:00-6:00p
Saturday 10:00a-12:00p
South New Berlin Free Library
PO Box 9
8 Main Street
South New Berlin, NY 13743
607.859.2420
Contact: Linda Foote, Director
Email: sn_ill@4cty.org
Hours: Monday 2:00-5:00p
Tuesday Friday 2:00-4:00p
Thursday 11:00a-9:00p
Theatre Association of New York State
Perusal Library
PO Box 1062
Sherburne, NY 13460
607.674.5281
Contact: Colleen Law-Tefft, Secretary
Email: tanys@tanys.org
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Scripts, technical books and videos related to theater production and performances.
Town of German
257 Maroney Road
McDonough, NY 13801
607.656.7580
Contact: Claudia White, Historian
Email: fwhite@ghsfcu.net
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: In process of transferring marriage, birth, death certificates, journals, and information on "The Gore" to disk. History information on the local church, German Baptist.
Town of Greene Historical Society
PO Box 412
59 Genesee Street
Greene, NY 13778
607.656.8796
Contact: Mildred Pixley, President
Hours: By appointment.
Holdings: Collection includes Native American artifacts, World War I items, and Greene historical items.
Town of Guilford
PO Box 27
Guilford, NY 13780
607.895.6532
Contact: Tom Gray, Historian
Email: tgray@mkl.com
Website: www.mkl.com/Guilford
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a-1:00p
Also by appointment.
Holdings: Genealogy, scrapbooks, photographs, database on twenty-two Guilford cemeteries, histories of Guilford's hamlets, artifacts, locally authored Guilford books.
Town of Plymouth Historical Society
c/o Carole Beckwith
PO Box 41
Plymouth, NY 13832
Contact: Carole Beckwith, Treasurer, 607.334.9448
Ted Bates, President, 607.336.1591
Delores Finley, Secretary, 607.334.4379
Hours: By appointment only,
Holdings: Collection of railroad items, photographs.
Town and Village of Oxford
PO Box 663
26 West State Street
Oxford, NY 13830
Contact: Charlotte Stafford, Historian
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Oxford history, family files, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, obituaries, birth and marriage certificates, (1813-1917), maps, pamphlet files, Oxford census records (1800-1875)
Unadilla Valley Historical Society
PO Box A-1
1713 State Highway 8
Mount Upton, NY 13809
607.764.8492
Unadilla Valley Railway Society and Museum
PO Box 791
New Berlin, NY 13411
607.847.6435
