Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:
Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org
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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources: At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.
Also of note, we have local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!
Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:
Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org
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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources: At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.
Also of note, we have local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!
Hi everyone, here are the local history photos & vintage newspaper of the week.
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Local History & Newspaper blog posts are published on Fridays; and the next post will be out on Friday, April 25, 2025.
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As I was scanning a copy of the The Leader for this blog post, I came across an article, on the final page of the April 18, 1925 paper, notes that the Corning glassmaker, Frederick Carder had been appointed by the then Secretary of Commerce, and future President, Herbert Hoover as Commissioner to Attend International Exposition of Decorative Arts in Paris; and it got me thinking that I don’t talk much about local notables from the past in this blog, other than whomever is highlighted in the Leader issue spotlighted each week. So I thought I’d adding some information on citizens who lived in Corning in the past and made a notable contribution to our local community; this also compliments the library’s in-house Notable Locals display, which by the way will be updated in May – but I digress!
Getting back to the point, as Frederick Carder is mentioned in The Leader that was published 100 years ago today, on April 18, 1925, I thought I’d share a bit of information on him to refresh the memories of many of us and perhaps enlighten a few others.
In a nutshell, Carder was born in England, learned glassmaking there and was later recruited by glassmaker Thomas Hawkes* to come to Corning and manage The Steuben Glass Works, which he did from 1903-1932. He then took a position as design director for Corning Glass Works. Carder was a very creative and industrious individual, and spry too and continued working locally in the glassmaking business until his retirement at age 96!
In addition to his passion for glassmaking, Frederick Carder was a firm believer in getting a good education and supported the advancement of local education and as a result had a school, my alma mater named after him – Frederick Carder Elementary School in Corning.
For more information on Carder, and there is quite a bit to be found online; however, if you wish to go the traditional route, you can check out a book from the library – a neat one is: Frederick Carder: Portrait Of A Glassmaker by Paul Gardner.
And as a FYI note, while you’re traveling about town, check out the historic marker for The Steuben Glass Works; it was located where today we have a parking lot, across Denison Parkway in Corning from Burger King & the historic marker is on the north side of the street adjacent to Burger King.
Here is a link to a photo of the marker, which if you’re anything like me and you live in Corning – you buzz around town and don’t tend to notice the historic markers – but they are cool! https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=249463
And with all of that in mind, our first photo for this week is of Frederick Carder posing with the corner stone of Carder Elementary School in 1954.
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Local History Photo 1:Frederick Carder With Carder School Corner Stone
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Local History Photo 2:Pine Street Looking North
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Local History Photo 3:Getting Into A Carriage With Corning Glass Works Buildings In Background
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A Glimpse of Local Life: A Hundred Years Ago!
Here is an entire issue of The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. published on this day in 1925.
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The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | April 18, 1925
Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:
Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org
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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources: At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.
Also of note, we have local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!
Hi everyone, here are the local history photos & vintage newspaper of the week.
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Local History & Newspaper blog posts are published on Fridays; and the next post will be out on April 18, 2025.
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The local history photos for this week are from the book History of Steuben County New York With Illustrations And Biographical Sketches Of Some Of Its Prominent Men And Pioneers by Professor W. W. Clayton, published in 1879. This is a cool book and a newer and smaller edition of this title can still be purchased today. If you’re looking to purchase one though, just be aware a second volume, covering later eras, was published by Irvin Near in 1911 and it has a very similar title – so check the author; and that second volume too, is available for sale as a reproduction. And of course, both books can be viewed at the library.
But I digress! This is a cool book that features neat illustrations of a selection of prominent local residents of the day; and the photos I’ve taken of the book are a little rough – because, as I’m sure you can understand, I didn’t want to bend the binding of a book published in 1879 to get a really good shot.
Here is the title page of the book, just FYI (it is a library thing to like to share title pages!)
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Hiram Bostwick Corning Pioneer
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Original Corning Free Academy
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John & Louisa Storms Corning Farming Family
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Storms Family Home, Corning, N.Y.
A Glimpse of Local Life: A Hundred Years Ago!
Here is an entire issue of The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. published on this day in 1925.
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The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | April 11, 1925
Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:
Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org
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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources: At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.
Also of note, we have local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!
Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:
Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org
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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources: At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.
Also of note, we have local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!
Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos and vintage newspaper of the week.
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Local History & Newspaper blog posts are published on Fridays; and the next post will be published on April 4, 2025.
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If you’ve every read the terrific local history book History of The Corning Painted Post Area: 200 Years in Painted Post Country by Thomas Dimitroff & Lois Janes, you may recall that early in the book the authors make mention of an 1851 travel guide that features vintage descriptions of our area; that book, Harper’s New York And Erie Railroad Guide Book by William Macleod is in the public domain and can be found and downloaded via Google Books. In addition to the description of locations along the New York and Erie Railroad of the day, the book also features some neat illustrations and three of them follow as the Photos of the Week. The photos are followed by a link which will allow you to view and/or download to view a copy of the Railroad Guide Book.
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Local History Photo 1:Corning circa 1851
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Local History Photo 2:Painted Post circa 1851
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Local History Photo 3:Elmira circa 1851
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Harper’s New York And Erie Railroad Guide Book (1851) by William Macleod
Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:
Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org
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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources: At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.
Also of note, we have local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!
Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week!
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Local History & Newspaper blog posts are published on Fridays; and the next post will be up on March 28, 2025.
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This week our local history photos are actually one collection of photos, featuring all twenty-seven pages of the Sanborn Insurance map for the City of Corning in 1908.
The photos are from The Library of Congress’s Public Domain collection
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A Glimpse of Local Life: A Hundred Years Ago!
Here is an entire issue of The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. published on this day in 1925.
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The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | March 21, 1925
Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:
Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org
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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources: At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.
Also of note, we have local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!
Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week!
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Local History & Newspaper blog posts are published on Fridays; and the next post will be up on March 21, 2025.
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Local History Photo 1:Sanborn Insurance Map of Corning (1873)
From the Library of Congress Digital Collection
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Local History Photo 2:Baseball Card of James “Deacon” White
James “Deacon” White was a pioneering baseball player. He played in the years after the Civil War and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013. And…He was born in nearby Caton, New York!
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Local History Photo 3:Tropical Storm Agnes
This is actually a 69 page PDF from the U.S. Army, created in 1972 & features a number of photos – available free through Google Books, or by simply downloading a copy from our blog.
And as a bonus, here is preview of the library’s Women’s History Month Display, which you’ll find just to your right if you enter the library through the Tioga Ave., entrance. The women featured all have local connections, and I have just discovered today that one of the co-founders of Corning Meals on Wheels who we have listed as “Heather Lanning” actually went by the name of “Helen Lanning,” so we’ll be updating her photo shortly.
The Women’s History Month Display Photos
Have a great weekend everyone,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Local History Online Library Resources:
Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:
Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org
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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources: At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.
Also of note, we have local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!
Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:
Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org
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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources: At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.
Also of note, we have local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!
Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:
Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org
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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources: At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.
Also of note, we have local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!
Corning History 