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Local History Materials

Maps and Atlases
-Otsego county atlases - 1868, 1903
-Delaware County atlas 1869
-Chenango County atlas 1875
-Oneonta Street maps - 1910, 1927
-New York State atlases
-Local topographical maps

Photographs and Postcards
Our holdings include over 5,000 postcards and photographs of area scenes.

Scrapbooks
-Local organizations: DAR, church records, Oneonta Club, Burroughs Club
-Oneonta Town and City records: Civil War, City Charter, Town Clerk's records
-Clippings books: WWII, Oneonta High School, city news, obituaries
-1,300+ Ed Moore columns

Special Collections
-Fred E. Beach Photograph Collection
-DAR lineage and record books
-Family Collections: 
   Bartow Family
   Bresee Family
   Ford Family

Vertical File and Index
-A project to automate the newspaper clippings file is currently underway. Newspaper articles published after 1 January 1996 are indexed and searchable.  Pre-1996 articles are in our extensive clippings.

Yearbooks
-Oneonta High School 1925-current
-Oneonta Normal School/SUCO 1895-1989
-Hartwick College 1932-1969
-These collections are not complete.

Genealogy Materials

Census records
Note: The New York Room has obtained the 1930 census for Otsego County, N.Y. If you would like to order census schedules from other counties, we can get them for you from the Family History Library.
-NY State census indexes: 1790-1870
-Otsego County federal census: 1790-1920
-Otsego County state census: 1825-1925

Newspapers
-Evening News, 1891-1892
-Home and Abroad, 1869-1870
-Oneonta Daily Local, 1887-1888
-Oneonta Daily News, 1889-1891
-Oneonta Daily Star, 1891-present
-Oneonta Herald, 1853-1946
-Oneonta Herald & Democrat, 1874-1884
-Oneonta Press, 1884-1891
-Oneonta Spy, 1887-1891
-Susquehanna Independent, 1868-1869
 
Other Resources
-Oneonta City Directories, 1887-1994
-Military histories
-Genealogies and family histories
-County and local histories
-Obituaries and cemetery records
-Genealogical dictionaries
-Handbooks and guides
-Family History file
-Vertical file of family histories contributed by our patrons.