Fenimore Art Museum
Cooperstown, New York 13326
Phone: 607-547-1470
Fax: 607-547-1405
Fenimore Art Museum
About
The Fenimore Art Museum, located in Cooperstown, New York, has several collections in New York Heritage, including electronic finding aids for its noteworthy manuscript collections. Formerly the New York State Historical Association, NYSHA was founded in 1899 by New Yorkers who were interested in promoting greater knowledge of the early history of the state. They hoped to encourage original research, to educate general audiences by means of lectures and publications, to mark places of historic interest with tablets or signs, and to start a library and museum to hold manuscripts, paintings, and objects associated with the history of the state. Since its founding, the Research Library’s collections have grown to include more than 95,000 volumes specializing in 19th century American and New York State history and culture, American art history, and Native American art.
Fenimore Art Museum is a member of the South Central Regional Library Council.
Collections
Roughly 500 manuscript pages of Lockwood’s various lectures, including some from the time of her campaign for president.
Correspondence between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr and their seconds before the historic duel in 1804, plus correspondence and eye-witness statements made after the duel, in 1805.
Photographs relating to a family farm in New Kingston, New York, showing family, neighbors, and the surrounding Catskill landscape. Of special interest are the everyday objects which Fay's eye and camera transform into unique images.
The John J. Burger Railroad Collection consists of extensive research material related to the Southern New York Electric Railway and other New York State railroads.
Pamphlets from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, documenting salacious murders from around the country. This collection is of the covers only.
Primary sources relating to the historical significance of Otsego Lake in Cooperstown, NY.
The photographic work of Washington G. Smith (1828-1893) and Arthur J. Telfer (1859-1954) documents life in Otsego County, New York, for almost a century.