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Local History
Agriculture and Farming records
General Resources
LH r630.9747 H456
Hedrick, Ulysses Prentiss. A History of Agriculture in the State of New York. New York: Hill and Wang, 1933.
LH r909 G892a
Gruppé, Virginia. Apples and Corn Stubble. Rochester, NY: County of Monroe History Office, 1976.
LH r970.4 P238i
Parker, Arthur C. Iroquois Uses of Maize and other Food Plants. Albany, NY: University of the State of New York, 1910.
Granges and Agricultural Societies
LH r334.683 R666g
Robinson, W.L. The Grange, 1867-1967; First Century of Service and Evolution. Washington, DC: The National Grange, 1966.
LH r338.106 B858b
Secretary’s Roll Book: Brighton Grange No. 689, 1900-1907. Unpublished, [?].
LH r338.106 B858r
Secretary’s Roll Book: Brighton Grange No. 689, 1890-1911. Unpublished, [?].
LH r338.106 C222
Letter from Stewart A. Canfield, Pittsford Grange No. 424 to George Miller, Brighton Grange No. 689, 27 January 1930. Unpublished, 1930.
LH r338.106 L123l
Labor Saving Minute Book: Brighton Grange No. 689, 1926-1936. Unpublished, [?].
LH r338.106 T784t
Treasurer’s Book: Brighton Grange No. 689, 1890-1930. Unpublished, [?].
LH r641.5 L155
Ladies of the Henrietta Grange No. 817. Grange Cook Book: A Feast of Good Things. West Henrietta, NY: Ladies of the Henrietta Grange No. 817, 1905.
Personal and Family Farming Records
LH r338.13 B365 v.1 and v.2
Beach, Raymond and Mabel Beach. Beach Family Financial Record Books, 1951-1953. Unpublished, 1953.
LH r338.13 N561
Newton, William. Cash Book: William Newton, 5 June 1862 - 23 December 1872. Unpublished, 1872.
LH r630.092 G976
Gunn, Winslow. Winslow Gunn Daily Diaries, 1862-1865, and Accounting Book for 1865. Unpublished, 1865.
LH r636.2 M169
Archive: James McNall. Three letters pertaining to the management of the McNall dairy farm, 1915-1917, from C.L. West, F.B. Booth, and the Burr and Starkweather Company.
LH r818 R644
Roberts, George M. Daily Journal of George M. Roberts, April 30, 1853 – May 3, 1859.
LH r818 S728
Southworth, M.S. M.S. Southworth Diary of 1867: a schoolgirl from a farming family.
LH BIO rG198p
Two pamphlets on the farming interests of newspaper publisher Frank Ernest Gannett: “Welcome to 1085 Middle Road: Gannett Farms, Henrietta, New York”, and “Operation Hay Day at Gannett Farms”. Gannett Newspapers, [?].