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News from SCRLC
Sign up for Exhibits!
Our calendar for traveling exhibits is thinning out, so take a fresh look at what you'd like to borrow for a month. It's free and we'll even handle the delivery for you. We've purchased a second copy of the Women's Suffrage exhibit and have introduced a new two-panel exhibit for Hurricane Agnes.
New Collection: Terra Cotta Roof Survey
If you haven't visited Alfred, NY, you're missing out on spectacular roofing. Alfred was once home to the Caledon Terra Cotta Company, which produced nationally-sought-after roof tiles in the early 1900s. This collection of over 2,000 color slides, digitized by Alfred University's Megan Allen, are the result of a 1991 grant-funded survey of Alfred's terra cotta roofs, organized by address.
New Collection: Backbone Ridge Newsletters
The Backbone Ridge History Group was formed in 2006 as a grassroots organization to collect the history of the Backbone Ridge area in the Finger Lakes National Forest. This area between Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake became untenable for farming into the 20th century, so the federal government bought out farms from interested residents in a New Deal program called the Resettlement Administration. This collection includes the volunteer organization's quarterly newsletters, full of historic research and news.
New Collection: Glove Industry of Spencer
Spencer, a town of about 3,000 in Tioga County, was once home to a bustling glove factory in the early 1900s. This collection of newspaper clippings follows the growth and development of the industry.
New Collection: Jewish Community of Broome County
Binghamton has a large and vibrant Jewish community, currently around 3,000, in addition to the thousands of Jewish students attending Binghamton University every year. This collection held by the Broome County Historical Society, with digitization thanks to the Broome County Public Library, includes photographs from synagogues, graduations, ceremonies, and the Jewish Community Center.
New Collections: Railroads, Floods and Community in Hornell
Thanks to funding from Consider the Source, we were able to help Hornell Public Library digitize material from their fantastic local history room. The collection about the Erie Railroad, once a major employer in the area includes a 1945 newspaper clipping about an Asian-American railroad worker being assaulted.
There are photos of the devastating 1935 flood that prompted the construction of the Arkport Dam and Almond Dam. A third collection, the Community of Hornell, includes a wide variety of fascinating pieces, including documents from a Grand Army of the Republic veteran and an 1875 city directory.
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