FRANKLIN COUNTY

Akwesasne Library & Cultural Center Address: 321 St. Rt. 37, Hogansburg, NY 13655 Telephone: (518) 358-2240 Fax: (518) 358-2649 Contact: Glory Cole Position: Director E-mail: akwlibr@northnet.org Business hours: Library: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.; and Saturday, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Museum hours: Monday thru Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Saturday, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., or by appointment. (518) 358-2461. Collection: Local history (newspapers and pamphlets), Native American books and videos. The museum holds a large collection of photographs, restrictions on reproductions. Restrictions: Historical reference does not circulate. Copies may be made. ` Bellmont Town Clerk Address: 1251 Ct. Rt. 24, Malone, NY 12953 Telephone: (518) 483-2728 Contact: Judylane Nason Position: Town Clerk Business hours: Monday thru Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.; Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Or by appointment. Collection: All town records, birth and death certificates, tax rolls, maps, and copies of contracts with fire departments, and other materials. Restrictions: Chateaugay Memorial Library Address: P.O. Box 10, 191 East Main St., Chateaugay, NY 12920 Telephone: (518) 497-6931 Contact: Eileen Clar Position: Director E-mail: chatmeml@northnet.org Business hours: Monday and Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.; Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.; Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - noon Collection: Chateaugay records from 1881-1995 on microfilm, scrapbooks, pamphlets, clippings, archival records and pictures, cemetery records videotape of bicentennial events. Restrictions: Most of the materials in the historical collection may not be taken from the library. Copies may be made. Constable, Town of Address: P.O. Box 43, 159 Poplar Rd., Constable, NY 12926 Telephone: (518) 483-1936 Contact: Martha Gardner Position: Town Historian E-mail: hgardner@twcny.rr.com Business hours: By appointment. Collection: Some church records, cemetery records and photographs. The town clerk has birth, death, and marriage records available from 1883. (Previous records were lost in a fire.) Restrictions: Duane Town Historian Address: 356 Co. Rt. 26, Malone, NY 12953 Telephone: (518) 483-4369 Contact: Gloria Gori Position: Town Historian Business hours: Please write for information. Collection: All town records, birth and death certificates, tax rolls, some maps, copies of contracts with the Duane Fire Department, and some materials on early settlers. Materials are housed in a new room built onto the Duane Town Garage on Route 26 in Duane. Restrictions: Please write; copies of pertinent records are available. Fort Covington Reading Center and Museum Address: Route 37, Fort Covington, NY 12937 Telephone: (518) 358-2025 or (518) 358-2511 Contact: Elizabeth Mount or Jacqueline Harvey Position: Town Historians Business hours: Library: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday. Collection: Old "Fort Covington Sun" weekly newspaper, 1889-1991 Restrictions: Franklin County Historical & Museum Society's House of History Address: 51 Milwaukee St., P.O. Box 388, Malone, NY 12953 Telephone: (518) 483-2750 Contact: Anne W. Smallman Position: Museum Director E-mail: fchms@franklinhistory.org Business hours: June 1 thru Labor Day: Tuesday thru Saturday, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. September thru May: Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., and by appointment. Collection: Victorian-era period rooms; Kilburn Research Library with genealogy records; country store and gift shop; spinning, weaving and broom making craft rooms; Vice President Wheeler Memorial Room; photographs, textiles/clothing, furniture and decorative arts. Restrictions: Although copies of materials may be made, no original source material may leave the library or the museum. Website: www.franklinhistory.org Goff-Nelson Memorial Library Address: 41 Lake St., Tupper Lake, NY 12986 Telephone: (518) 359-9421 Contact: Linda Auclair Position: Library Director E-mail: goffnelson@adelphia.net Business hours: Monday thru Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., and 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.; Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; closed Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday. Collection: We have a fairly large collection of printed Adirondack materials and the local newspaper "Tupper Lake Free Press" on microfilm. Restrictions: Please call ahead for appointment. No original soruce materials may leave the library. Harrietstown, Town of Address: 39 Main St., Saranac Lake, NY 12983 Telephone: (518) 891-3471 Contact: Patricia Gillmett Position: Town Clerk E-mail: townclerk@harrietstown.org Business hours: Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Collection: Marriage records, road dedication book for road in Harrietstown, tax assessment rolls. Maps, cemetery map records for Adirondack Regional Airport (town owned). Minutes and marriage records on microfilm. Restrictions: On-site use only. Historic Saranac Lake Address: 89 Church St., Suite 2, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 Telephone: (518) 891-4606 Contact: Mary Hotaling Position: Executive Director E-mail: mary@historicsaranaclake.org Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Collection: Material related to the nomination of 187 properties to the National Register of Historic Places, as well as prints and slides; materials related to the curing days in Saranac Lake, including patient surveys, photographs, and related material collected from former tuberculosis patients. Also, c.180 blueprints from Branch & Callanan Lumber Co., 1909-1980. Larry Wayne Reprint Collection: approximately 11,000 reprints of 20th century (c. 1950-1999) scientific studies on mycobacteria, numbered sequentially and catalogued in Reference Manager, allowing searches by author, year and 134 keywords relating to subject matter. Material related to history of Lower Saranac Lake, especially tent platforms permitted by NYS Conservation Dept. until 1970s. Restrictions: Based on our limited staff we rely heavily on volunteer services. We request a letter or phone call in advance. Must be used on premises. Material may be copied. Website: www.historicsaranaclake.org Moira Historical Association, Town of Address: Box 75, St. Rt. 776, Moira, NY 12957 Telephone: (518) 529-7426 Contact: Sue Robideau (210 Co. Rt. 8, Brushton, 12916) Position: Chairperson E-mail: brobideau@twcny.rr.com Business hours: May 1 thru November 7: Saturday, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., or by calling 518-529-6080 for an appointment. Collection: Collection pertinent to the township. Items in general store, hardware store, railroad, barber shop, school supplies, military, bank and church can be found. Scrapbooks for area chruches, postcards and schools, as well as Moira's first ballot box availabe on-site. Genealogy collection is located upstairs. Restrictions: On-site use only.

Paul Smith's College, Joan Weill Library Address: Route 86 & 30, PO Box 257, Paul Smiths, NY 12970 Telephone: (518) 327-6313 Contact: Neil Surprenant Position: Director of Educational Resources Business hours: Monday thru Thursday, 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Summer hours vary. Collection: Adirondack-Smith Collection (many photographs), archives of the Smith family. Town of Brighton history and early college history. ADK history. Restrictions: Must be used on premises. Material may be copied. Saranac Lake Free Library Address: 109 Main St., Saranac Lake, NY 12983 Telephone: (518) 891-4190 Contact: Betsy Whitefield E-Mail: betsyslfl@roadrunner.com Position: Director Business hours: Monday thru Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Summer months, Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Collection: Federal and some state census data for Essex, Franklin, Clinton and St. Lawrence counties covering federal census years 1850-1920 (1925 NY). Adirondack Genealogical and Historical Society's books of cemetery inscriptions for southern Franklin County. (One microfilm reader.) Some church records and an obituary index for the Tri-Lakes area. Restrictions: Must be used on premises. Materials may be copied. Website: www.saranaclakelibrary.org Saranac Lake Free Library/Adirondack Collection Address: 109 Main St., Saranac Lake, NY 12983 Telephone: (518) 891-0807 Contact: Michele Tucker Position: Curator E-Mail: micheleslfl@roadrunner.com Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 10:00 a.m. - noon, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Collection: Books, manuscripts, documents, maps, photographs and other printed materials illustrating the history of the Adirondacks with emphasis on Saranac Lake and the central Adirondacks. Tuberculosis related materials are listed on SLFL's website (listed below). Restrictions: Materials may not be removed from the depository; must be handled with care. Photocopying possible if condition of material warrants it. Website: www.saranaclakelibrary.org/research/research.htm Saranac Lake Village Clerk Address: 3 Main St., Suite 1, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 Telephone: (518) 891-4150 Contact: Kareen Tyler Position: Village Clerk Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Collection: Usual records associated with the administration of village business. Restrictions: To be used at the discretion of the clerk. Access to some records restricted. Six Nations Indian Museum Address: 1462 Co. Rt. 60, Onchiota, NY 12989 Telephone: (518) 891-2299 Contact: John Fadden Position: Director E-Mail: redmaple@northnet.org Business hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Open by appointment in late spring (June). Open Tuesday thru Sunday (closed Mondays). July 1 - Labor Day. Open by appointment in early fall (September). Collection: Pre-contact, post-contact, and contemporary artifacts, paintings, charts, and diagrams concerning the Haudenosaunse (Six Iroquois Nations Confederacy). Restrictions: There is an admissions fee of $4.00 for adults and $2.00 for children. Trudeau Institute, Inc. Address: 154 Algonquin Ave., Saranac Lake, NY 12983 Telephone: (518) 891-3080, ext. 127 Contact: Kelly Stanyon Position: Information Specialist E-mail: kstanyon@trudeauinstitute.org Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Collection: A collection of laboratory studies, minutes of meetings, annual reports, and reprints of Trudeau's scientific publication (1885-present). Restrictions: Please call ahead for appointment. Website: www.trudeauinstitute.org Waverly Town Historian Address: 60 N. Main St., P.O. Box 83, St. Regis Falls, NY 12980 Contact: Judy R. Wever Position: Waverly Historian/Waverly Reading Center Director E-mail: judywever@twcny.rr.com Business hours: By appointment Collection: All issues (56 in all) of St. Regis Falls Historian's Newsletter available for sale or reading - containing historical information of St. Regis Falls, Dickinson Center, Nicholville and Santa Clara. The Historian's Association has several books of old pictures at the town museum. Copies of the Adirondack News newspaper are on microfilm and on-line (1889-1931). Several area and Adirondack History Books for loan at Waverly Reading Center (open Monday, 11:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m., and Tuesday 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.). Cemetery records available from historian. Log museum containing artifacts of local history at entrance to St. Regis Falls Campsite. Open during summer. Closed after Labor Day. Restrictions: All information may be copied or used for research but is not available for loan. Wead Library Address: 64 Elm St., Malone, NY 12953 Telephone: (518) 483-5251 Fax: (518) 483-5255 Contact: David W. Minnich Position: Library Director E-mail: vnplib@nnyln.net Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 10:00 am. - 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Summer hours: Monday thru Wednesday, and Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.; Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Collection: Local history materials including local newspapers on microfilm and county histories. Restrictions: Some of this collection is reference material. Westville Historical Organization Address: Westville History Center, 3510 State Rt. 37, Westville Corners; P.O. Box 157, Constable, NY 12926 Telephone: (518) 358-9222, or 358-2374 Contact: Susan Tobias Position: President E-mail: mcgibby57@charter.net or lgoddard@twcny.rr.com Business hours: Hours by appointment. Regular hours will be set at a later date. Collection: Genealogies, photographs, cemetery records, census, maps, newspapers, newsletters, school records, and displays of antique items. Restrictions: Westville Town Historian Address: P.O. Box 157, Constable, NY 12926 (Located in the Westville History Center.) Telephone: (518) 358-9222 Contact: Jean Goddard Position: Historian E-mail: lgoddard@twcny.rr.com Business hours: Collection: Clerk has birth, death and marriage records for period 1890 - present. Previous records burned in a fire in the late 1800s. Access to the Westville History Center's cemetery records, tax records, family genealogies, and many other records for research. Restrictions: The town historian or another qualified person must be present when the archives are made available for researchers. (Almanzo and Laura Ingalls) Wilder Association Address: 177 Stacy Rd., Burke, NY 12917 Mailing Address: Box 283, Malone, NY 12953 Telephone: (518) 483-1207 (Association), (518) 483-4507 (home) Contact: Elizabeth Menke Position: Archivist Business hours: Tuesday, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.; or by appointment. Collection: Information on the founding of the James Wilder Farm, and the building of this site to reflect the home life of Almanzo Wilder, husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder. He is Farmer Boy in the book by that title. Laura wrote the Little House book series. Most published books about the Ingalls Wilder families, scrapbooks, photo albums, newspaper clippings, and genealogical records of the Day family and Wilder family. Some Wilder Day family cemetery records. Restrictions: The archivist or another qualified person must be present when the archives are open. Association members have free use of the material. There is a 10 cent per page fee for copying. For non-members there is a $5.00 fee for use of the material and a 15 cent fee per page for copying. Requested information requiring the archivist to research material is at the rate of $10.00 per hour. The requester will first be notified of the cost to see if they want the archivist to proceed before research is commenced. Postage and copying is extra at the rate of 15 cents per page. The only items a person may take into the archives are a pad and pencils. There is a secure location for their valuables while they are researching.

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