Entries categorized as ‘Research Center’
Park for Free while visiting the Onondaga Historical Association Museum & Research Center!
Have you wanted to visit OHA’s museum to see the latest exhibit, or research your famous (or infamous) ancestor in the research center, or buy that loved one a special gift from OHA’s gift shop but haven’t because finding a parking spot is too much of a hassle?
Well, have we got news for you! For the next 6 months you can park FREE, yes FREE for the first hour in the five downtown garages! And the second hour is only $1.00! Conveniently, located to OHA’s museum and research center is a parking garage at the corner of Montgomery and East Fayette Sts.
OHA’s board of directors and staff are encouraging all OHA members to take advantage of this limited time offer to park in the downtown garages when visiting our marvelous organization.
So, what are you waiting for? Come buy OHA’s latest pictorial book, Historic Photos of Syracuse or see the 1950s toy exhibit by parking for FREE!
Beginning on December 3, 2008 , OHA is introducing our NEW museum gallery hours, Wednesday-Friday, 10-4; Saturday and Sunday, 11-4. The exhibit also will be open special hours each third Thursday, December-January, 5-8pm . The 1950s toy exhibit closes on Sunday, January 18, 2009.
Categories: Museum · OHAM&RC · Research Center
In celebration of New York State Archives month, OHA’s Research Center has organized a special display of five original Revolutionary War era documents from the George G. Fryer Papers. These will augment an ongoing exhibition at the OHA Museum that tells the mysterious story of a May 26, 1775 manuscript that was long thought to have been destroyed in 1911. The General Association for the Rights and Liberties of America was signed by the delegates to New York’s First Provincial Congress and is considered a seminal document in the story of New York’s march toward signing the Declaration of Independence the following year. It also is from the Fryer Papers, which were donated to OHA several decades ago.
Included in this new, temporary display is an August 1777 letter from the president of the Massachusetts Executive Council, Artemas Ward, to New York Lt. Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt concerning a request for troop reinforcements. At this time, British General John Burgoyne was advancing toward Albany. Within weeks, Burgoyne would be stopped at the decisive Battle of Saratoga.
Other documents include a 1780 list of officers serving in New York regiments, a 1776 letter of resignation from one of New York’s delegates to the Continental Congress who was disappointed with the Declaration of Independence, and a 1770 letter penned by Sir Guy Carleton, British governor of Quebec.
Born in 1854, George Gross Fryer was a man of many talents and interests. As well as being a collector of rare documents, he was an inventor, engineer and president of the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, predecessor to the Everson Museum. He also served as president of the Onondaga Historical Association board until his death in 1936.
Archives Month is a collaborative effort by professional organizations and repositories around the nation to highlight the importance of records of enduring value. Archivists are professionals who assess, collect, organize, preserve, maintain control of, and provide access to information that has lasting value, and they help people find and understand the information they need in those records.
Categories: Research Center
I was trying to pick a subject area out of so many different subjects I’m interested in to scan more photos for OHA’s online Photo Store. Mike Flanagan, OHA Archivist, suggested I scan the Yates Castle photos from OHA’s research center vertical files. Which is exactly what I did. Wow, what a great assortment of photos! You’ll want to check them out here. If you find you’re in love with one or more of the photos in the OHA Photo Store, you can order reprints for your home!
As I was planning to write about the interesting and diverse history of Yates Castle I remembered that the latest Syracuse University Magazine ran an article on it. You’ll want to click on the link and read about it! And now I can move on to the next subject area. I have another one in mind for this week. But if you have a subject area whose photos you would like to see in OHA’s Photo Store, please leave a comment here! Stay tuned to see what’s next!
Categories: Photos · Research Center
