Research: Topics: Environment: Preliminary Guide to Environmental Sources
Preliminary Guide to Environmental Sources
Appendix A: Potential Historical Records Sources for Environmental Documentation
Potential Other New York State Repositories Holding Records
- New York State Repositories Collecting Records Relating to Natural History
- New York State Repositories Collecting Environmental Records
New York State Repositories Collecting Records Relating to Natural History
The following repositories were identified through a search of the New York State Historical Records Advisory Board's Historical Records Repository Survey database. All indicated that they had records relating to natural history. The holdings of some of the entities listed below may be limited to material documenting the natural history of New York State rather than environmental affairs.
- Adirondack Mountain Club, Niagara Frontier Chapter
(716) 839-3112 - Antique Boat Museum. Library / Archives.
(315) 686-4104
abm@gisco.net - Ballston Spa Public Library
(518) 885-5022
bal_humph@sals.edu - Bergen Historical Society
Town of Bergen Historian
(716) 494-1121 - Blauvelt Free Library. Technical Services.
(914) 359-2811 - Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Department of Information Services.
(718) 941-4044 - Buffalo Museum of Science
Research Library
(716) 896-5200, ext:
reslib@buffnet.net - Byard Archives
(315) 593-1306 - Cattaraugus County Historian's Office
Historian
(716) 938-9111 - Cayuga County
Cayuga County Records Management
(315) 253-1248
marshalj@nylgti.gen.ny.us - Cayuga County Historian
County Historian
(315) 253-1300 - Chautauqua County
Central Services
(716) 753-4391 - Erie County
Division of Information and Support Services
(716) 858-6602
Geer@buffalo.co.eerie.ny.us - Delaware County Historical Association. Library.
(607) 746-3849
eckstrom@norwich.net - Ellenville Public Library and Museum. Terwilliger House Museum.
(914) 647-5530 - Empire State Railway Museum
(914) 688-7199 - Episcopal Diocese of New York
(212) 316-7419 - Friends of the North Country, Inc.
(518) 834-9606
friends@northnet.org - Hicksville Public Library
- Historical Society of Saratoga Springs. Archives.
(518) 584-6920 - Jamesville Community Museum
(315) 469-1914. - League of Women Voters of Westchester
(914) 723-5454, ext:
ruthbud@juno.com - Lyme Heritage Center
(315) 649-5452 - Marist College Library
(914) 575-3199
john.mcginty@marist.edu - Mexico Historical Society
Mexico Historical Society and Museum
(315) 963-8542 - Montauk Library
Director
(516) 668-3377 - Newburgh Free Library. Local History Library.
(914) 561-1985 - Nyack Library. Local History.
(914) 358-3370 - Ocean Beach Historical Society
(516) 583-5940 - Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District
(914) 343-1873 - Oysterponds Historical Society
(516) 323-2480 - Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
NYSOPRHP
(914) 965-4027 - Port Washington Public Library. Special Collections.
(516) 883-4400, ext: 110
pwplinfo@lilrc.org - Prospect Park Alliance. Department. of Design & Construction
(718) 965-8950 - Queens Borough Public Library. Long Island Division.
(718) 990-0770
charlesy@queens.lib.ny.us - Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History. Special Collections.
(716) 665-2473
Jack@RTPI.org - Saratoga County Historical Society. Brookside Museum.
(518) 885-4000, ext:
brook@netheaven.com - Somers Public Library. Reference Department.
(914) 232-5717 - State University of New York. College at New Paltz. Sojourner Truth
Library
(914) 257-3708, ext:
raabc@npvm.newpaltz.edu - Swan Library
Local (Orleans County) History
(716) 589-4246 - Tinker Homestead and Farm Museum
(716) 359-7042 - Town of Alexandria
Town Clerk - RMO
(315) 482-9519 - Town of Ballston
Historian's Office
(518) 399-4436 - Town of Camillus
Town Clerk's Office
(315) 488-1234 - Town of Canandaigua
Town Clerk's Office
(716) 394-1120, ext: - Town of Chautauqua
Town Clerk's Office
(716) 753-7342
steinbac@nyslgti.gen.ny.us - Town of Ithaca
Town Clerk/ RMO
(607) 273-1721 - Town of Marcellus
Town Clerk
(315) 673-3269 - Town of Nunda (Livingston County)
Town Clerk / Town Historian
(716) 468-5177 - Town of Richfield
Town Clerk
(315) 858-8809
sharris@telnet.net - Town of Rushford (Allegany County)
Historian
(716) 437-2206 - Town of Somers
Town Clerk's Office
(914) 277-3323 - Town of Stuyvesant (Columbia County)
Town Historian
(518) 758-6752 - Town/Village of Nunda (Livingston County)
Town/ Village Historian
(716) 468-2218 - U.S. Military Academy. Library/Special Collection Division.
(914) 938-2954
ua3925@westpoint-emb2.usma.army.mil - Walton Historical Society
Historian
(607) 865-5987 - Washington County Historical Society. Heritage Research Library.
(518) 747-9108 - Wayne County Pomona Grange
(315) 946-4379 - Westbury Memorial Public Library. Local History Collection.
(516) 333-0176 - Westhampton Beach Historical Society
Museum Committee Members - Village Historian
(516) 288-1139 - West Hurley Public Library
(914) 679-6405
whpl@mhv.net - Wildlife Conservation Society
Science Resource Center Library
(718) 220-6874
sjohnson@wcs.org - Woody Guthrie Foundation
(212) 541-6230
arevarc@aol.com - Wyoming County Records Center
(716) 786-8810
New York State Repositories Collecting Environmental Records
The following repositories were identified through a search of the New York State Historical Records Advisory Board's Historical Records Repository Survey database. At the time of the survey, the organizations listed below did not hold any pertinent records. However, these repositories are actively seeking to collect records documenting environmental issues and may have done so after the survey was completed.
- Baker's Bridge Historical Association. Historical Office.
(607) 587-9450 - Bristol Historical Society
Bristol County Historian
(716) 229-2400 - Chemung County Historical Society
(607) 734-4167 - Elting Memorial Library. Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection.
(914) 244-5030 - Georgetown Historical Society
(315) 837-4490, ext:
beeler@citilink.net - Historical Society of Middletown and the Wallkill Precinct, Inc.
The Edwin Welling Van Duzer Memorial Home/Museum
(914) 342-0941 - Long Island Maritime Museum. Harvey Garrett Smith Library
(516) 854-4974 - Old Fort Niagara Association
Museum Operations/ Curator
(716) 745-7611 - Ontario County Historical Society. Research Center.
(716) 394-4975 - Putnam County Historical Society and Foundry School Museum
Curator
(914) 265-4010
pchs@highlands.com - Rhinebeck Historical Society
(914) 876-7341, ext:
NMcCaus@aol.com - Schuyler County Historical Society
Museum Director
(607) 535-9741 - Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Albany Province. Archives Department.
(518) 783-3601 - Strong Museum
Museum Historical Records Collection Dept.
(716) 263-2700 - Town of Perry Historian's Office
(716) 237-3581 - Town of Ripley (Chautauqua County)
Marie B. McCutcheon, Town Historian
(716) 736-5842
