Local History Newsletter collection
Abstract
This artificial collection contains newsletters distributed by local organizations, service oriented agencies, historical societies, school districts, libraries, and businesses in Broome County and surrounding localities. The newsletters reflect a wide variety of interests, such as political, social, health, and environmental concerns and issues, as well as arts, education, historical accounts, and religion. They include calendars of events, available services, and informative articles.
Dates
- Creation: 1927 - 2014
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1990 - 2004
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use and has no known restrictions.
Extent
6 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The newsletters are arranged alphabetically by title and chronological thereafter. Oversized newsletters are housed in Box 4.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- AIDS activists
- Art -- Societies, etc.
- Boards of trade
- Child care services
- Commerce
- Community gardens
- Education
- Environmentalism
- Food security
- Gay clubs
- Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration
- History -- Societies, etc.
- Local government
- Mental health services
- Older people
- Peace movements
- Photographic industry
- Poor
- School districts
- School management and organization
- Urban parks
- Veterans
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements
- Voting
- Zoos
- Title
- Guide to the Local History Newsletter collection
- Author
- Yvonne Deligato
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections Repository