Regional Newspapers and Genesee Valley Collections on Microfilm

Milne Library has a number of regional newspapers and other local collections on microfilm in the Genesee Valley microfilm cabinet (cabinet #1), located on the Lower Level.  Newspapers are filed alphabetically by title; other collections are filed by call number. 

 

Newspapers

Allegany County

•    Angelica Reporter, 1837-1870
•    Genesee Valley Press (Belmont), 1863-1889

 

Genesee County

•    Spirit of the Times (Batavia), 1822-1869
•    Republican Advocate (Batavia), 1822-1876, 1891
•    Progressive Batavian (Batavia), 1889-1895
•    LeRoy Gazette News, 1826-1902

 

Livingston County

•    Livingston Register (Geneseo), 1824-1840
•    Livingston Republican/Livingston County Leader - Republican (Geneseo), 1837-1994
•    Genesee Valley Herald (Geneseo), 1868-1869
•    Livingston County News, 1989 to present (also see the LCN website)
•    Clarion, 1989 to present

 

Monroe County

•    Democrat and Chronicle, 1969 to present (located in microfilm cabinets 8 and 9)

 

Ontario County

•    Western Repository (Canandaigua), 1803-1805
•    Ontario Repository and Freeman (Canandaigua), 1809-1826
•    Geneva Courier, 1831-1851


Also available in this collection is microfilm of the College's student newspaper, the Lamron, for 1922 through 1974. A full run of print issues is kept in the College Archives.

 

Other Collections on Microfilm

Iroquois Indians: A Documentary History


Wadsworth Family Papers at the Library Congress, 1730-1952


William Pryor Letchworth Papers, 1859-1911


Robert Morris Papers. Account Books, 1791-1801


U.S. Census (New York State, selected counties - 1790-1880, 1900-1930). 

  • Name indexes to the 1810-1860 censuses are available in the Genesee Valley Historical Collection (Milne 218) at call numbers beginning gen F118 .J
  • See the U.S. Census Bureau website for online access to historical census data