Chemung County Historical Society

 by Susan Zehnder, Education Director With Veterans Day coming up, it’s a good time to think about how we can teach children why November 11...

 by Bruce Whitmarsh, Director In the previous blog, Erin Doane slipped in at the very end that she would be leaving the CCHS after more than...

by Erin Doane, Curator Ross Marvin’s story is one of tragedy and mystery. Perhaps that’s why I go back to it again and again in my researc...

 by Susan Zehnder, Education Director CCHS has a small but mighty staff. Getting all the things we do done can often mean that we need help....

by Erin Doane, Curator For 125 years, Rosenbaum’s was the place in Elmira to get the latest specialty fashions for women and children...

  by Susan Zehnder, Education Director This summer we were asked a number of questions that inspired new discoveries, more questions, a co...

by Rachel Dworkin, archivist Like clothing, architecture has fads, trends, and fashions. In previous blogs, I have written about 19th centu...