Apalachin Reading Center
PO Box 163
719 Main Street
Apalachin, NY 13732
607.625.3333
Contact: Cathy Sorber, Director
Email: alibrary1@stny.rr.com
Hours: Monday, Friday 2:00-6:00p
Tuesday, Thursday 9:30a-12:30p, 6:30-8:30p
Saturday 9:30a-12:30p
Berkshire Free Library and Museum
PO Box 151
12519-1 State Route 38
Berkshire, NY 13736
607.657.4418
Hours: Tuesday 12:00-5:00p
Wednesday 1:30-7:00p
Thursday 1:00-5:00p
Friday 3:00-8:30p
Saturday 9:00a-2:00p
Holdings: Local History
Candor Free Library
PO Box 104
2 Bank Street
Candor, NY 13743
607.659.7258
Contact: Fram Howe, Librarian
Email: fhowe@lakenet.org
Hours: Monday Wednesday Friday 2:00-5:00p
Tuesday Thursday 10:00a-12:00p; 2:00-5:00p; 6:00-8:00p
Saturday 10:00a-12:00p; 2:00-4:00p
Coburn Free Library
275 Main Street
Owego, NY 13827
607.687.3520
Contact: Christine Burroughs, Librarian
Email: cmburroug@clarityconnect.com
Hours: Monday Wednesday Friday 10:00a-5:00p
Tuesday Thursday 1:00-5:00p; 6:30-8:30p
Saturday 1:00-5:00p
George P. and Susan Platt Cady Library
PO Box 70
42 East River Road
Nichols, NY 13812
607.699.3835
Contact: Carol Visscher, Director
Email: clibrary3@stny.rr.com
Hours: Monday 2:00-8:30p
Tuesday Wednesday Friday 2:00-5:00p
Thursday 2:00-8:00p
Saturday 10:00a-12:00p
Holdings: Photographs and family bibles; Books pertaining to area history; Tioga County Gazette, 1785-1888
Newark Valley Historical Society
PO Box 222
Route 38 North
Newark Valley, NY 13811
607.642.9516
Contact: Rhonda Bickford, Curator
Email: nvhistsoc@hotmail.com
Website: www.tier.net/nvhistory/index.html
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00a-5:00p
Appointment necessary.
Richford Historical Society
PO Box 28
Route 28 South
Richford, NY 13835-0028
607.539.6283
Contact: William E. Sherwood, President
Email: wes6@cornell.edu
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Various church records, cemetery records, photographs, licenses, artifacts from local businesses and people from the town of Richford. Full report on Clark's Potato Seed Farm and many slides and photos provided by Lewis Hardison, Manager of the farm from 1942-1968. Hanging wall map of Tioga county 1855, good condition, from one of the old schools. Beers Atlas book of Tioga county with the maps for each town 1896. Old newspaper clippings of the town.
Spencer Historical Society
PO Box 71
Spencer, NY 14883
607.589.4806
Contact: Laura C. Uhl, Curator
Email: uhlsis2000@yahoo.com
Hours: Summer Hours
Sunday 2:00-5:00p
Also by appointment.
Holdings: Local history; genealogy (extensive); local newspaper 1888-present; one-room schoolhouse (by appointment); programs.
Spencer Library
PO Box 305
41 North Main Street
Spencer, NY 14883
607.589.4496
Email: splibrary@htva.net
Hours: Monday 9:00a-2:00p
Tuesday-Friday 3:00-8:00p
Saturday 10:00a-2:00p
Tappan-Spaulding Memorial Library
PO Box 397
6 Rock Street
Newark Valley, NY 13811
607.642.9960
Contact: LuAnn Whirl, Librarian
Email: tslibrary@stny.rr.com
Hours: Tuesday 10:00a-5:00p, 7:00-9:00p
Wednesday 4:00-9:00p
Thursday 4:30-9:30p
Saturday 9:00a-1:00p
Holdings: Collection includes some local history books, personal collection Leroy Tappan, local Native American artifacts.
Tioga County Historical Society
110 Front Street
Owego, NY 13827
607.687.2460
Contact: Gwenyth Goodnight, Curator
Email: info@tiogahistory.org
Website: www.tiogahistory.org
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 1:00-4:00p
Saturday 10:00a-4:00p
Holdings: Genealogy; local history (18th century - present); Native American artifacts and material culture of Tioga County relative to the county's economic and cultural development.
Town of Candor Historical Society
PO Box 585
Candor, NY 13743
Waterman Conservation Education Center
PO Box 377
403 Hilton Road
Apalachin, NY 13732
607.625.2221
Contact: Sally Guydosh, Office Manager
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a-4:00p
Saturday 10:00a-4:00p
Sunday 12:00-4:00p
Trails open dusk-dawn.
Holdings: The interpretative building houses a museum where visitors will find numerous exhibits and interpretative displays about local wildlife. The museum building also houses a reference library.
Waverly Free Library
18 Elizabeth Street
Waverly, NY 14892
607.565.9341
Contact: Beverly Dann, Director
Email: wavlib@clarityconnect.com
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 11:00a-9:00p
Friday 11:00-5:00p
Saturday 11:00a-4:00p
Sunday 2:00-5:00p
Holdings: Local organizational and family histories; scrapbooks and photo albums; microfilm of local newspapers from 1863-1911; some census records; collected papers; Tioga County Gazetteers and Directories.
