Publications

 

Most items can be mailed upon request, please call for shipping information. Items can also be purchased at the Museum during regular hours of operation: 1-5pm Mondays-Fridays and 1-4pm Sundays (April- December.) The museum is closed most major holidays.

 

| Books & Booklets | Maps | Prints & Photographs | Note Cards | Postcards | Other Items of Interest | Currier & Ives Calendars |

 

Books & Booklets

Adirondack Tragedy: The Gillette Murder Case of 1906

by Joseph Brownell & Patricia Wawrzaszek

$17.00

Annals of Norwich, Vol. 1: Along the Chenango Canal (Richly illustrated history and description of the City of Norwich during the Canal era.)

by Albert Phillips

$7.00

Annals of Norwich, Vol. 2 (History of the Norwich area including the Route 12/Woods Corners vicinity, many rare photos.)

By Albert & Goldie Phillips

$10.00

"Butter and Cheese Express:" The Auburn Branch of the New York & Oswego Midland Railroad

by Richard F. Palmer

$6.00

A Captain of Industry: The Story of David Maydole (Published in 1923, the booklet is a catalogue of Maydole Co. hammers and other products, plus a brief biography of David Maydole.)

by James Parton

$15.00

Change of the Gauge of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad

by Richard Palmer

$3.00

The Chenango Canal (A concise but comprehensive history of the Canal from its inception in the 1830's to its closing in 1878. Illustrated.)

by Barry K. Beyer

$10.00

Chenango County: A Look Back (Originally published in 1973 to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the founding of the county with a brief history of it's towns. Illustrated. Also includes a map and a list of the county's state historical markers.

 

$6.00

Chenango County Cemeteries (Maps of cemetery locations in the individual towns, with a key for burial location information.)

by Nelson Tiffany

$10.00

Chenango County Courthouse: A Historic Structure Report in Four Parts (Published in 1980 following the Courthouse's restoration, the book traces the history of the building and the details of the restoration project. Illustrated.)

$3.00
Chenango County in the Twentieth Century (A compilation of the history of each of Chenango County's Towns. Illustrated.) $5.00

Chenanigans (a publication of Norwich High School)

Special Bicentennial Issue 1788-1988

Vol. 1: Old High School, White's Site

Vol. 3: Thornbook Hall & Others

Vol. 4: Norwich Shoe Co. & Others

Vol. 5: Canaswacta County Club & Others

Vol. 6: Spindletop Farm, Civil Air Patrol

$3.00/ea.

Few Are Left to Know (Collection of Anecdotes and folk tales of Chenango County)

by Lou Ella Gridley

$6.00
Fishing Tall Tales (Collection of fish tales from the Gladding International Sport Fishing Museum in South Otselic, NY.) $1.00

Handspun Tales of the American Revolution

by Jean Steiber

$1.00

A History of the Town of Plymouth

by Maude Doing

$2.00

Limestone Locks and Overgrowth: The Rise and Descent of the Chenango Canal

by Michelle A. McFee

$25.00

Memories of My Pioneer Days

by T.R. Gorton

$3.00

Metal Truss Bridges

by the Chenango County Planning Board

$3.00

The Mystery of Muller Hill

by Warren W. Ames

$6.00

Next Stop, Galena: A Historical Perspective of North Norwich, 1849-1999. (Published in celebration of the town's Sesquicentennial in 1999, the book traces the history of the town of North Norwich from the earliest days to the present.)

By Mildred E. Hazard, Patricia Evans, Janet Decker, and other local historians

$20.00
NBT (National Bank & Trust Co.) 125 Years, Commemorative Pictoral $5.00

O & W: The Long Life and Slow Death of the New York, Ontario and Western Railway (Originally published in 1959, this paperback edition celebrates the book's 40th anniversary. 213 pp., B&W illustrations.)

by William F. Helmer

$16.00
Oxford Academy Bicentennial: 1794-1994 $20.00

Pages of the Past: The Story of Pitcher Springs

by Maple Brown Hagen

$12.50

Quivering Hills

by Frances S. Bagg

$10.00
Revolutionary War Veterans (A compilation including veteran's name, date of County residence, birth and death date& place, family information, etc. for 923 veterans.) Sold only as the four volume set. $85.00

(Sherburne) My Recollections of Sherburne in the 20th Century

by Dr. Robert J. Benedict

$10.00

Way Back of Sundown (Collection of anecdotes and folk tales of Chenango County)

by Lou Ella Gridley

$6.00

World War II Caricatures & Cartoons

by Ted Whitney

$8.00

**New to CCHS**

The Ontario & Western Railway Northern Divison

by John Taibi

 

$20.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columbus Center Diary

by Elsie Perkins Witmore, transcribed by Ted Whitney, and Index compiled by H. Dale Green.

Photocopies available upon request through the Chenango County Historian. ($20.00 for diary, $15.00 for index) Call (607)337-1845

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Maps

Reprints from the 1855 Map of Chenango County (8 1/2"x11": Village of New Berlin, Village of Norwich, Village of Oxford, Village of Sherburne $1.00/ea.
New Berlin & Nearby Areas, 1969 (Featuring property owners, historic places, and industries.) $1.00
New York State, 1804 $2.00

 

 

 

 

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Prints & Photographs

Chapman & Turner Building (as seen ca. 1875)

Color print by local artist Robert Ballou Ward

$3.00

Chenango Canal "Heading North"

Color print by local artist Robert Ballou Ward

$3.00

Chenango County Bicentennial Prints (Watercolor picturing the County's 21 towns and the City of Norwich, surrounding a map of what the county was like in the 1870's)

Matted in a choice of red, blue, green, or cream. Also available framed, please call for framed prices.

8"x10" .... $10.00 11"x14"... $22.00 16"x20"....$80.00 18"x24"... $110.00

Eagle Hotel, North Broad Street, Norwich (as seen ca. 1925)

Color print by local artist Robert Ballou Ward

$3.00

Chenango County Courthouse

Poster by local artist Robert Ballou Ward

Signed poster, available in limited quantity

 

$5.00

 

$10.00

Old D.L. & Tower at Norwich

Photograph by Thomas Lloyd, before the tower's restoration, 8"x10" B&W

$3.00

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Note Cards

Assorted, Photographs of Objects in the Museum Collection (with envelope)

by Doug Hoag

$0.50/ea.

6 for $2.50

Barns in Chenango County (Package of 12 with envelopes)

Drawings by Linda Cook DeVona

$5.00

Chenango Museum -line drawing-(Package of 10 with envelopes)

Drawings by Linda Cook DeVona

$4.00

Chenango County Courthouse -line drawing- (Package of 10 with envelopes)

Drawings by Linda Cook DeVona

$4.00

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Postcards

Postcards (Miscellaneous views including Chenango Museum, Chenango County Courthouse, Chenango Lake, and various views of Norwich area.) $0.50/ea.

 

Other Items of Interest

Animal Puzzles (Die-cut pieces that assemble into a three-dimensional animal.) $0.50/ea.
Flipsticks (Also called a Chinese Yo-Yo, these are available in flag motif or snowflake patterns.) $0.50/ea.
Rock Candy on a Swizzle Stick $1.00
Rubber Stamp, Bullthistle

Small ...$2.50

Large ...$5.00

Styrofoam Gliders (Designs based on WWII airplanes, easy to assemble.) $0.50/ea.

 

Currier & Ives Calendars

Once given out by the Maurice Ireland Insurance Company, these calendars featuring fine quality reproductions of Currier & Ives prints are now available at the Chenango County Historical Society. Many years from the 1940's to the present are available.

Give one as a special gift, or buy to put away for a child or grandchild to celebrate the year of their birth!

Please contact Dave Drucker for calendar prices at (607) 334-9227.

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