SUNY Fredonia Reed Library

United States New York  Chautauqua Archives and Libraries

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:reedref@fredonia.edu reedref@fredonia.edu]

Address:


 * Daniel A. Reed Library SUNY Fredonia 280 Central Ave Fredonia, NY 14063

Telephone: Library 716-673-3184; Special Collections 716-673-3183; Special Collections Fax: 716-673-3185

Hours and holidays: Hours

Map and public transportation:
 * Directions:  Travel Info and Directions
 * Google map:  SUNY Fredonia Reed Library
 * Public transportation:  Campus Community Bus Service pdf

Internet sites and databases:


 * Daniel A. Reed Library news, find, services, collections, about, and ask a librarian.
 * Holland Land Company description, historical background, contents, inventory (downloadable), supplementary collections, and Holland Land Company records in other libraries.
 * OneSearch Fredonia Catalog online. Search by keyword, title, author, subject, publisher, series, call number, ISBN, or ISSN. Also available in WorldCat.
 * Archives and Special Collections Holland Land Company and the Local History Collections.

Collection Description
The Daniel A. Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia has indexes to, and most of the original patents (first deeds) showing the transfer of land ownership between 1801 and 1840 from the Holland Land Company to private individuals in western New York and Pennsylvania. Some names on the patents could be fictitious.

The Local History Collections are mostly focused on Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties of New York, but also include some material from surrounding New York and Pennsylvania counties. They hold books, pamphlets, serials, manuscripts, audio-visual materials, maps and atlases, and microforms, including censuses, vital records, local newspapers abstracts, cemetery transcirpts, church records, manuscripts, county histories, newspapers (on microfilm), and reference files.

Tips

 * The staff do not provide individual genealogical research for patrons beyond fulfilling specific requests for resources determined to be in their holdings.
 * Schedule a research appointment to work in the Local History Collections at SUNY Fredonia by using the Archival Research Request e-mail form online.

Alternate Repositories
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Overlapping Collections


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 * such as: NARA I
 * NARA II
 * National Archives at _____
 * State Archives
 * State Library
 * State Library

Similar Collections


 * National Personnel Records Center
 * LC
 * FHL
 * LC
 * FHL

Neighboring Collections


 * County Vital Records Office
 * City Vital Records Office
 * County Archives
 * County Orphan's Court
 * County Probate Court
 * County Recorder
 * County Coroner
 * U.S. District Court
 * County and local historical societies
 * County and local genealogical societies
 * Public Libraries
 * Museums and heritage societies
 * Closest Family History Center has premium online services for free, offers research suggestions, and can order microfilms from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
 * Repositories in surrounding counties: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
 * State Vital Records Office
 * State Historical Society
 * State Genealogical Society
 * University Libraries
 * Church archives
 * Repositories in surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]
 * Repositories in surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]

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