Chemung County Historical Society
Monday, March 24, 2025
A Curious Story: Lillian Pagett Hobson
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by Susan Zehnder, Education Director While our country was founded almost 250 years ago by immigrants, attitudes about immigrants and immig...
Monday, March 10, 2025
A Bit of History Repeating
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By Rachel Dworkin, Archivist Since February 17 th , prison guards across New York State, including at Elmira Correctional, have been e...
Monday, February 24, 2025
Jesse Green Furrier
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By Erin Doane, senior curator On May 4, 1943, the Gorton Coy introduced their new furrier to customers in Elmira through an advertisement ...
Monday, February 10, 2025
The Improved Order of Red Men
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by Susan Zehnder, Education Director In August 1904, Michael J. O’Hara, in charge of records for the Improved Order of Red Men (IORM), left...
Monday, January 27, 2025
Birthright Citizenship
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By Rachel Dworkin Birthright citizenship has been in the news lately thanks to President Trump’s recent Executive Order 14156. The order e...
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