Chemung County Historical Society

Monday, June 30, 2025

The Retiring Kind

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by Erin Doane, Senior Curator Our newest exhibit, Marking Life’s Milestones: Celebrations, Commemorations, and Cake (on display through May...
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Monday, June 16, 2025

When National News Hits Home

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 by Susan Zehnder, Education Director In the spring of 1970, students from colleges and universities across the nation were protesting the c...
Monday, June 2, 2025

A Case of Measles

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By Rachel Dworkin, Archivist   Earlier in the year, I had a researcher who came every Friday for a month to look at our collection of ...
Monday, May 19, 2025

The Milliner’s Goldfish

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by Erin Doane, Senior Curator On September 15, 1939, Mrs. Bertha Whitley’s pet goldfish passed away. Such an event would not normally make...
Monday, May 5, 2025

Going up?

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By Susan Zehnder, Education Director Elevator call buttons from Gorton Coy building In the late 1800s, one of the newest technological mar...
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Monday, April 21, 2025

An American Manufacturing Story: American LaFrance

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  By Rachel Dworkin, archivist Last week I spent two days cataloging a collection of 163 photographs of the final assembly process for an ...
Monday, April 7, 2025

Arbor Day at Quarry Farm

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by Erin Doane, Senior Curator On May 7, 1909, 225 boys descended upon East Hill overlooking Elmira. Over the course of the morning, they...
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Chemung County Historical Society
The Chemung County Historical Society seeks to deepen its audiences’ understanding of the past and the role of history in our futures by collecting, preserving, and interpreting the history and material culture of Chemung County and the surrounding region.
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