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ALLEGANY COUNTY, NY - BOOKSHELF

BOOKS ABOUT, FOR & BY

ALLEGANIANS

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TITLE OF PUBLICATION

AUTHOR

COMMENTS

PUBLISHER

A History --Commemorating the Centennial of the Incorporation of the Village of Canaseraga, NY 1892-1992

Compiled by Renee Coombs & Marjorie Dieter Mastin

 

The Amity Press - Belmont, NY - November 1992

A History of Cuba Cheese

Edwin & Velma Moses

Dated 1977

Cuba Cheese Company, 1980, 1982

A River Ramble

Arch Merrill

"Even my best friends laughed when I said I was going to walk the entire length of the Genesee River on my vacation."

 

Alfred, History of the Town of

C. R. Clawson

January 1, 1926

Alfred Sun

Allegany Beckons

 

 

Allegany County Officeof Economic Development; Belmont, NY

Allegany County and Its People: A Centennial Memorial HISTORY OF ALLEGANY COUNTY,NY

John S. Minard

County History

W.A.Fergusson & Co., Alfred,NY, 1896

Allegany County in The 20th Century: Stories of Change

Compiled by Craig R. Braack, County Historian

Available at several locations and from County Historian Office.

Contact via Email for Availability:

COUNTY HISTORIAN (email link)

Allegany's Uncommon Folk

Helene C. Phelan

1978

Sun Publishing Company; Alfred, NY

Alma Story, The - 1795-1850

Hazel M. Shear

1959

Published by the Author

Republished-by Benson Smythe Publishing --Wellsville, NY 14895

Alma Story, The - PART II - 1850-1900

Hazel M. Shear

1960

Published by the Author

Republished-by Benson Smythe Publishing --Wellsville, NY 14895

Almond Story, The

Reynolds

reprinted 2006

Available online from the website of Almond Historical Society

An Indian Parliament House and Its Last Council-Fire

John Stearns Minard

 

unknown

And Why Not Every Man?

Helene C. Phelan

 It's a book on the Underground Railroad through the southern tier area and there are several detailed stories of Allegany County residents who assisted fugitive slaves. I strongly recommend it to individuals who are not only interested in Allegany County history,
but also would like insight on the amazing underground railroad network. It is available at the Belmont library.  (& most local libraries of the county) Ted Seeley-1987

Heart of the Lakes Publishing; Interlaken, NY 14847

Andover SesquiCentennial

Committee

June 1, 1974

Andover News

Angelica Collectanea

L.L.Stillwell

Now available.

1955; Reprinted 2006-Sun Publishing; Alfred,NY

Belfast Sesqui Centennial

 

 

 

Bolivar, NY: Pioneer Oil Town

John P. Herrick

Original Copyright 1952

Reprints available from Pioneer Oil Museum of New York-Bolivar,NY

Printed by Ward Ritchie Press in Los Angeles

Bolivar, Town of -Sesquecentennial Book - 1825-1975

Committee

 

$7.00; Shipping & Handling +$2.50; Mail checks to: “B.R.A.G. Historical Preservation Society” - address: c/o Bolivar Free Library -- 390 Main Street --Bolivar, New York 14715

Caneadea Council House and its Last Council Fire, The

Henry R. Howland

Reprinted 1932

Comfort Craftsmen; Perry, NY

Cars Made in Upstate NY

James Bellamy

An Allentown Graduate

Squire Hill Publishing Co. Red Creek, NY 13143.

Centennial History of the Town of Nunda

 

 

Committee

Centerville NY Diamond Centennial

 

 

Committee

Ceres, History of

Miss Maria King

1896; 150 pages; "Sketches of Pioneer Life"

Gillet & Weston; Olean, NY

Civic History and Illustrated Progress of Cuba, Allegany Co., N.Y.

John Stearns Minard

1822-1910

 

Civil War History and Roster of the First New York Dragoons

Compiled by Deanna Bedgood

Rare out of print 1865 Civil War Book Resurrected and up-dated to include historical documents and pictures.

Outskirts Press;

Order from:

First New York Dragoons

Civil War Veterans in and Around Allegany County, New York

Calvin Matteson

2000

Morris Publishing; Kearney, NE 68847

Country Aires - A Visitor's Guide to Allegany County

William Heaney, Molly Euken, & James Hopkins

 

Amity Press - Belmont,NY

Country Salt

Howard F. Drake

1951

 

Dorrance & Company

Country Towns of New York

Bill Kauffman

1994

Country Roads Press - Castine, Maine

Cuba Sesquicentennial

 

 

Committee

Directory of Allegany County, NY with Map

George Hanford

1905

Advertiser Associ. Press - Elmira

Dumbest Kid in the 3rd Grade, The

Robert V. Broughton

Autobigography

Published by Benson Smythe Publishing --Christina Case Wightman-3052 Palmer Road-Wellsville, NY 14895; Phone: 585-593-6145

Empire Oil

Herrick, John P.

Original Copyright 1949

Reprints available from Pioneer Oil Museum of New York-Bolivar,NY

Dodd, Mead & Company, 1949

Executions in Allegany County, NY

Compiled by Robert Dorsey

Email: ROBERT DORSEY

ISBN 1-888911-24-7 --Published by Benson Smythe Publishing --Wellsville, NY 14895

Fifty Year History of the Yorks Corners Mennonite Church

Christina Wightman

 

Published by Benson Smythe Publishing --Wellsville, NY 14895

First Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church membership records : Alfred, NY

Ilou M. Sanford

1995-Church records and registers -- New York -- Allegany County
Registers of births, etc. -- New York -- Alfred

Heritage Books

Frank, The Cows are Out

Frank O'Brien

Reminiscences of a Countryman as recorded by Frank O'Brien of Scio Township, Allegany County, NY

The Amity Press; Belmont, NY; 2nd print, 1994

From a Local Historian's Notebook

Collected by Hazel M. Shear

Formerly Allegany County Historian; 1969

DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, Inc.; Ithaca, NY 14850

GABBY HAYES, King of the Cowboy Comics

Addendum - COVER PAGES OF BOOK

Bobby Copeland & Richard B. Smith III

A book Gabby would be Proud Of!!

Empire Publishing, Inc. 2008

www.amazon.com or

www.empirepublishinginc.com

Gazetteer and Business Directory of Allegany County, NY for 1875

Hamilton Childs

1875

Syracsue-Journal Office

Genealogies of African American Families in South Western New York State, 1830-1955.  (Addendum Page.htm#African-American Families....)

Thomas A. Entzminger

2002

Thaaron Publications, 182 p. Aurora, CO

Genesee, Town of  - Sesquicentennial Book 1830-1980

Committee

 

$7.00; Shipping & Handling +$2.50; Mail checks to: “B.R.A.G. Historical Preservation Society” - address: c/o Bolivar Free Library -- 390 Main Street --Bolivar, New York 14715

Genesee Country Senecas

Irene A. Beale

1992

Chestnut Hill Press; Geneseo, NY

Genesee Echoes; The Upper Gorge and Falls Area from the Days of the Pioneers

Mildred Lee Hills Anderson

1956; Castile,NY

F. A. Owen Publishing Co., Dansville, NY

Genesee Memories and The Flood of '72

Mildred Lee Hills Anderson

A Companion Story to Genesee Echoes

Burt's Printing Service, Inc.; Dalton, NY

Genesee Trail, The

Dr. F. M. Crocker

1922

Perry, NY- Perry Herald Print

Genesee Valley Events 1668-1986

Irene A. Beale

 

Chestnut Hill Press; Geneseo, NY

Genesee Valley People -- 1743-1962

Irene A. Beale

1983

Chestnut Hill Press; 5320 Groveland Road-Geneseo, NY 14454

God Has Been Good to Me

Ward M. Hopkins

1968

privately published

Hard Times in the Country; Ramblings of a Hayseed

Click Here for more....

Timothy L. Wahl

2009

Publisher: iUniverse.com (January 29, 2009)

312 Pages-Softcover; also Hardcover; Amazon.com

ISBN-10: 0595492533
ISBN-13: 978-0595492534

Henry Hendryx Murder Case, The; A true happening in Cuba,NY

Louise Hendryx

1876 Murder Mystery -Trial Records and more.

Van Mark Printing-Wellsville,NY  1990

Historic Annals of Southwestern New York, The

Allegany County Section Editor, Lewis Henry Thornton

1940

Lewis Historical Publishing Co.

History & Memories of West Almond

Virginia Hargraves Burdick

 

 

History of Alfred New York - 1990

 

 

 

HISTORY OF ALLEGANY COUNTY,NY"; 1806-1879

F.W. Beers & Co., NY

1879 History

Geo. MacNamara, Printer, 36 Vesey St., NY 1879; reprint, Morrison Co-Ovid,NY 1978.

History of Alleg. Co., NY - NAMES  INDEX

French

Transcribed by Ron Taylor

CLICK HERE FOR INDEX ON THIS WEBSITE

History of Allegany County, A - Part I - to 1906

Edited by Oak Duke

Wellsville Daily Reporter

Available from Wellsville Daily Reporter; website: www.wellsvilledaily.com

"History of Ceres and its near vicinity from its early settlement."

(Submitted by Don Adams)

 

The early part written by M.W. Mann of Coudersport, and the latter part by Maria King, of Ceres.

 

Copyright 1982 Robert Hugg. First copyrighted by Maria King 1896.

Maria King, a descendent of Francis King, the (1798) pioneer settler of Ceres, was killed crossing the street in Ceres, NY by a train.

Mary Williams King Mann, was a descendant of Francis King. She and John Mann, an attorney, ran a stop on the Underground Railroad out of their home n Coudersport, PA.

History of Friendship 

 

 

Friendship Sesquicentennial Corporation

History of Our Lady of The Angels Church 1850-1994

by David H. Crowley

1994

Ferguson Printing, Inc.- Salamanca, NY

History of the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth

            Regiment of New-York Volunteers

Rev. William A. Rogers, Chaplain

1865

New York:  John A Gray & Green Printers,   

History of the Town of Wellsville

Martha Howe

 

ISBN 1-888911-21-2 --Published by Benson Smythe Publishing --Christina Case Wightman-3052 Palmer Road-Wellsville, NY 14895; Phone: 585-593-6145

If Our Earthly House Dissolve

edited by Helene C. Phelan

Story of Wetherby-Hagadorn Family of Almond, NY; Told from their Diaries and Papers; 1973

Sun Publishing Company; Alfred, NY

In His Steps

Charles M. Sheldon

 

 

In Memory of Abijah Joslyn Wellman 1836-1889

Landmark Society

Dedication of Wellman Homestead to People of Friendship,NY (Booklet)

Committee

Indian Captive -- The Story of Mary Jemison

Lois Lenski

1941, 1969, 1995

Harper Collins Children's Books

James Baxter

Frederick Fay Swift

 

 

John the Great -- The Times and Life of a Remarkable American, John L. Sullivan

Donald Barr Chidsey

1942

Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.

Linked Arms -- A Rural Community Resists Nuclear Waste

Thomas V. Peterson

2002

State University of NY Press

Man Who Owned the Pistols, The

Helene Phelan

1981; John Barker Church And His Family

Heart of the Lakes Publishing; Interlaken, NY 14847

Many fiction books

Grace Livingston Hill

 

 

Mary Jemison -- White Woman of the Seneca

Rayna M. Gangi; Epilogue by Peter Jemison

 

unknown

Mother & Her 19 Children

John Elmer Lawton

2000

Morris Publishing

Nuggets of Truth

Compiled by Frank O'Brien

1997

Community Services; Andover,NY

Our Chamberlain cousins: includes descendants of Elijah Chamberlain and Hannah Morrill and some other related Chamberlain families, who lived in Allegany County, New York

Elene Wagner

1987

World Printers; Wakeeney, Kansas

Our House

Gertrude Burdick 1870-1961

A Family Story of a Home at Alfred,NY-BURDICK, CLARKE, TAYLOR, MERRILL, WINGATE, RASE.

Privately Printed; 

Ox Cart to Automobile; Social Change in Western New York

Click Here for more....

Thomas Rasmussen

August 2009

University Press of America, Inc.

or, CONTACT THE AUTHOR

Peaks of Allegany

Hubert D. Bliss

 

 

Pumpkin Hollow--A Tale of a Developing Nation

Frederic D. Morris; Born Ischua,NY 1915; Educated in one-room, one-teacher school; Cornell University Bachelor & Masters; Taught 33 years at Rushford Central School.

Fictional work of the Courageous people from turn of century-centered on patriotic individuals who remained true to their ideals despite onslaught of modernism and big industry--old timers, farmers, preachers, school teachers, working men.

Carlton Press, Inc--New York, NY; A Geneva Book; 1988.  Submitted by Florence Fuller, Houghton.

Red Jacket - Seneca Chief

Arthur Caswell Parker

1998

University of Nebraska Press

Relections: A Pictorial History of Allegany County 

Editor-Oak Duke

Wellsville Daily Reporter

Available from Wellsville Daily Reporter; website: www.wellsvilledaily.com

Reflections: A Pictorial History of Allegany County "Bicentennial Edition (Vol. II)

Editor-Oak Duke

Wellsville Daily Reporter

Available from Wellsville Daily Reporter; website: www.wellsvilledaily.com

Rise and Demise of the Genesee Valley Canal

David L. Kipp

 

 

River Ramble, A

Arch Merrill

Saga of the Genesee Valley "EVEN my best friends laughed when I said I was going to walk the entire length of the Genesee River on my vacation."

Originally published 1943, Gannett Company, copyright.  Printed by Louis Heindl  Son-Rochester,NY.  Reprints available at bookstores. The complete book is Online: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymonroe/book/river-ramble-1.htm#forward#forward

Rural Churches of Allegany County

William G Mather Jr.

 

 

Rushford and Rushford People

Helen J. White Gilbert

 

 

Rushford Centennial

 

 

 

Sesquicennial Town of Amity

Committee

 

The Amity Press; Belmont, NY; 1980

Shawmut Railroad; Shawmut Historical Society has 2006 Commemorative calendars

 

 

$7 postpaid.  Checks payable to: P.S.& N. RR Historical Society;  Mail order address: John M.Muchler – 88 South Main Street-Avoca, NY 14809-9771

Sketches of Border Adventures and The Life and Times of Major Moses VanCampen

by his grandson, J. Niles Hubbard, Edited by John S. Minard

1893

Published by John S. Minard

Some Early Church History of Western NY

Hazel M. Shear; Allegany County Historian 1967

 

Published by the Author

Some Smiles & Some Serious Thoughts

Frank O'Brien

1999

-Published by Benson Smythe Publishing --Christina Case Wightman-3052 Palmer Road-Wellsville, NY 14895; Phone: 585-593-6145

Southern Tier, The (2v.)  Rochester, NY

 

Arch Merrill

1953 - 12th in the Series of "Arch Merrill's New York"

Creek Books; Now out in paperback

Spirit of Rushford

 

1908-1958

 

Susan, Pioneer Woman

Harriet Balcom Davis

About Susan Burr, pioneer settler of the Town of Caneadea.

 privately published and available through the author  Email:  Harriet Balcom Davis

The Waif of the Wreck and Joe Gains

C. M. Van Curen

 

Van Publishing Company, Bolivar, NY and printed by George W. King Printing Company, Baltimore, MD.  Copyright 1919 by C. M. Van Curen

Tales from Allegany County

Hazel M. Shear

 

Published by the Author

Tales of Belmont

Compiled by Frank O'Brien

 

Morris Publishing; Kearney, NE

The White

A Novel by Deborah Larsen

2002

Vintage Books/Random House

Three Journeys to the Genesee: The Life of Moses Van Campen -- A Frontier Biography

Molly Beer

2009

Available at several Angelica, NY locations

 

Addendum

 

"To Save The Union - Volunteers in the Civil War from Centerville, Hume and Granger Townships Allegany County New York"

Robert N. Colombo

2007

Published 2007 by Heritage Books, Inc., Publishing Division, 65 East Main Street, Westminister, Maryland 21157-5026. E-Mail rcolombo@erols.com

Town of West Almond 150th

Pamphlet

 

 

Town Called Angelica, A

Committee of Booster Citizens

Photos by Donna Jane Hall

1974

Tramping Out the Vintage

edited by Helene Phelan

1983; 1861-1864 Civil War Diaries & Letters of Eugene Kingman

Heart of the Lakes Publishing; Interlaken, NY 14847

Valley of the Ghosts

Shirley Cox Husted

1982;"Folklore and Legends from the Storied Genesee Valley Region of NYS

The Lift Bridge Book Shop

Weeds On The Towpath; An Autobiography of a V.I.B. (Very Important Building)

DeEtte M. Chamberlain

Belfast Canal Warehouse Story

Privately Printed 1981

Wellsville Story, The

Hazel Shear

 

 

White Vest for Sam'l", "--And A

Helene Phelan

June 1, 1976

Alfred Sun

Who Only Stand And Wait

Helene Phelan

1990; Civil War Letters of David and Ann Smith 1863-5

Heart of the Lakes Publishing; Interlaken, NY 14847

Who's Who in Allegany County? 1937-1938

Editor, Sidney A. Hixson-Cuba,NY

 

Unknown

Who's Who in Allegany County? 1959-1960

unknown

Copy owned by Cuba Historian, Dave Crowley

unknown

 Ye Olde Log School House Tymes

John Minard

1905

Free Press Print, Cuba, NY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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