Since 1940, the Central New York Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society and its predecessor organization has restored and maintained two museums, and many railroad cars and locomotives. It has also put on events for the public, including an annual model train fair started in 1975, as well as numerous excursions on railroads and to various historic railroad sites. This archive shows the projects of the Chapter over the years and those people taking part in making it all possible. Because of the Chapter's activities, two former railroad stations were preserved, and cars and locomotives that might have been scrapped were saved.

The Champlain Canal is a 60-mile (97 km) canal that connects the south end of Lake Champlain to the Hudson River in New York. It was simultaneously constructed with the Erie Canal. The construction started in 1818 and the canal opened (officially) in 1823. The I.A Hodge & Co. won the contract to build Lock # 2. The company won the contract to construct the concrete lock chamber, the approach walls, the powerhouse, the storehouse, and the steel truss access road bridge. The excavation started in late November 1910.

Cephas Breed (1820-1917) was from western New York and enrolled as an adult in Geneva Medical College in 1847 and graduated in 1850. He traveled widely in the west and south in search of a suitable place to practice medicine or teach school. Among his stops were Richland, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; Alexandria and Shreveport, Louisiana; Cincinnati, Ohio; Harrison, Indiana; and many more. In Paw Paw, Michigan, he found work at a pharmacy: "I made a mistake and dealt out tartar emetic for cream of tartar. . . . They mad some biscuits with it for supper. All 8 in number who ate supper . . . were immediately taken very sick with vomiting and purging" (30 September 1851). In St. Joseph, Michigan, he attempted to replace a recently deceased doctor, but struggled in his work: "Attempted to pull a tooth with forceps for a girl and failed" (8 November 1851). Breed's career never properly launched, and he was no married, so he eventually lived on his brother's farm in Big Flats, New York near Elmira.

The Erie Canal was developed in the early nineteenth century and bridged the port of New York City to the interior of the state of New York and the Midwest. The canal officially opened on October 26, 1825 and was significant in its time because it drastically reduced the cost and time of shipping goods inland compared to traditional overland shipping. The waterway contributed to the economic development of New York State by streamlining trade throughout the region. By connecting the interior of the nation to the port of New York City, the canal promoted economic development along its route and between the eastern and western markets. At the time, the waterway was a hallmark of advancements in transportation and civil planning. Significant state expense and planning went towards the construction and maintenance of the canal, including several canal enlargements. Governor DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828) was especially active in facilitating the canal’s development as one of several government figures within the Erie Canal Commission that oversaw its construction.

The Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) located in Woodstock, New York is an artist-centered organization dedicated to supporting artists working in photography and related media and engaging audiences through opportunities in which creation, discovery, and learning are made possible.

The Catskill Public Library and Palenville Branch Library are dedicated to providing free access to the world of ideas, learning and entertainment for enrichment of their respective communities. Our mission is to continually improve and expand our services, materials and programs to best serve the needs and desires of the residents of Catskill and Palenville, to whom the library belongs.

Members of the Jones family (Utica and Holland Patent) have resided in the Mohawk Valley since the beginning of the twentieth-century. Born in 1901, Anna Parry emigrated from the United Kingdom (Wales) in 1916. She arrived in New York that same year and moved to Utica with her family, including a twin sister. Soon after her arrival, Anna married George E. Jones, another Welsh immigrant residing in Utica. On September 29, 1930, the couple’s son, Robert Edward Jones, was born. The Joneses lived at 1214 Ash Street alongside other immigrant families. An only child, Robert “Bob” Jones joined the United States Army soon after his 1949 graduation from Utica Free Academy. Following his return home from the Korean War, Bob Jones married Patricia Lucille Soukup of New Hartford in 1958. Born on May 2, 1936, Pat Soukup (Jones) graduated from New Hartford High School in 1954, and later from Vassar College (Poughkeepsie) in 1958. Following their marriage, Bob and Pat Jones moved to Holland Patent. Pat worked as a teacher at New Hartford High School, while Bob worked at the Utica Typesetting Company. The couple had two children; Richard in March 14, 1960 and Carrie on November 2, 1963. At the age of sixty-four, Robert Jones passed away on November 26, 1994. Pat Jones retired from teaching at New Hartford High School. She passed away on January 12, 2015 at the age of seventy-eight.

CDLC, located in Albany, New York, is a regional multi-type library organization serving academic, public, school and special libraries and library systems in ten New York State counties: Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and Washington. Our purpose is to enhance access to information, encourage resource sharing, and promote library interests for all CDLC Members.

The St. Lawrence-Lewis School Library System collection consists of high school yearbooks from area high schools. The Algonquin is the annual yearbook of the Canton Central School.