Westmoreland Sunday School Association Minutes

Collection: ORG-001
Dates: 1883-1897
Description: The Westmoreland Sunday School Association Minutes 1883-1897 contain a detailed record of quarterly meetings. The volume includes a few related newspaper clippings, some glued to pages and some interleaved. It also includes a flower pressed between pages 42 and 43 and an index page from Daniel E. Wager’s Our County and Its People. Entries record the dates and locations of quarterly meetings and include the names of Association officers, representatives from participating congregation, and those who participated in the quarterly meetings by providing music or talks. Additional details include talk topics. An 1896 entry records officers, teachers, scholars, and average attendance for seven congregations. The entries provide many names of adults and children, some associated with a particular church.
Scanned: Yes
Indexed: No

Westmoreland New Union Cemetery Association Records

Collection: ORG-002
Dates: 1851-1914, 1920
Description: The two volumes in this collection were created to record the Cemetery Association’s activities and finances from its founding in 1851 through 1915. However, interleaved documents also include a 1920 financial report. The New Union Cemetery Association Minutes 1851-1914 begin with the Westmoreland New Union Cemetery Association’s 1851 founding and continue through 1914. Topics include lot sales, erecting a receiving vault, railroad bonds, fencing, tree removal, the potters’ field, and more. The minutes do not include a list of routine burials, but they occasionally name lot owners or persons buried at the cemetery under unique circumstances, e.g., a reinterment. The Westmoreland New Union Cemetery Ledger 1910-1914 records cash received by Westmoreland New Union Cemetery, 1910-1915, for lot sales, lot care, and interments. The interment entries include surnames, sometimes with given names and often with initials or Mr., Mrs., or Miss. The ledger also records “Trust Funds for Perpetual Care of Lots” money received 1900-1914. Loose papers include a 1920 financial report.
Scanned: Partial
Indexed:No

Oriskany Chapter D.A.R. Cookbook

Collection: ORG-003
Dates: 1924
Description: The booklet-style cookbook was compiled by the Oriskany DAR Chapter and comprises recipes that were contributed by chapter members. The booklet includes advertisements from local businesses located in Marcy, Yorkville, Rome, Whitesboro, and perhaps other places. Proceeds from cookbook sales were used “for the proper marking and identification of graves of Soldiers of The American Revolution and of Historical Places.”
Scanned: No
Indexed: No

Westmoreland Grange Records

Collection: ORG-004
Dates: circa 1940-1978
Description: This collection includes a scrapbook of local Grange history titled "Grange Scrapbook Start 1949"; a scrapbook titled "Obituaries of Grange Members and Newspapers Clippings of Grange Events Also Photographs"; a guest book, 1953-1978; and many loose photographs. It also includes two published works: L. L. Allen's History of New York State Grange 1873-1933 and Elizabeth L. Arthur's The History of New York State Grange 1934-1960. Items of note include a "Juvenile Honor Grange Certificate" from 1940 and an "Oneida County Pomona Anniversary Bochure" from 1968.
Scanned: No
Indexed: No

Westmoreland Reading Center Scrapbook

Collection: ORG-005
Dates: 1987
Description: In 1987 the Westmoreland Reading Center asked children to “write or draw a description of your favorite Family Holiday Tradition” and promised to add the entries to a scrapbook for preservation. The resulting essays and drawings are saved in this scrapbook. The volume, titled “ Regarding Reading Center 1987 letters from children,” also includes a folder of loose thank you notes on lined paper from elementary school students who visited the library.
Scanned: No
Indexed: No

Banner Image: Example documents from the 1874 Mary Ann Ackley probate file.