Chautauqua County Historical Society Lecture List 1884 to Present
Some of these documents are 100 plus years of age, please note that the information contained therein may or may not be accurate based on today's knowledge.
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| YEAR |
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
| 1884 |
Some Geological Features of WNY |
Obed Edson |
| 1884 |
The Pioneer Press of Chautauqua County |
Willard McKinstry |
| 1885 |
Pioneer Homes and Characteristics |
Judge L. Bugbee |
| 1885 |
Pioneer Lumbermen and Mills of Cassadaga and its Tributaries |
Emery Armstrong Ross |
| 1886 |
Birds of Chautauqua County |
John M. Edson |
| 1886 |
A New Philosophy of the Sun |
Dr. Henry R. Rogers |
| 1886 |
A Sketch of Judge Abner Hazeltine |
A. Hazeltine Jr. |
| 1886 |
Early History of the NY and Erie Railroad |
Judge Richard P. Marvin |
| 1886 |
Gleanings from the Past |
Nathan Brown |
| 1886 |
Hiram Sackett |
Marcus Sackett |
| 1887 |
Biographical Sketch of Alvin Plumb, Westfield |
Mary Bliss |
| 1887 |
Robert Morris and the Holland Land Co. |
Hon. Loren Blodget |
| 1888 |
Ancient Mounds and Earthworks along the Cattauragus Creek |
Marcus Sacket |
| 1888 |
The Nebular Hypothesis |
Dr. Henry R. Rogers |
| 1889 |
Absolute Vacuum |
Dr. Henry R. Rogers |
| 1889 |
The Ice Lens and Its Unheeded Teachings |
Dr. Henry R. Rogers |
| 1891 |
Chautauqua Flat and Store Boats |
Nathan Brown |
| 1892 |
Judge Peacock |
W.J. Doty |
| 1892 |
Random Collections of Jamestown |
J. Warren Fletcher |
| 1892 |
The Progress of Telescopic Knowledge |
Rev. J. Peate |
| 1892 |
A Sketch of Nathan Fay |
Horace C. Taylor |
| 1894 |
A Sketch of Moses Marsh |
Mrs. Joseph Clark |
| 1895 |
The Sun's Dazzle |
Dr. Henry R. Rogers |
| 1896 |
A Few Immortals |
Daniel Sherman |
| 1897 |
Amos Sottile |
Marcus Sackett |
| 1897 |
Memorial Sketch of the Late Benjamin Williams |
W.W. Henderson |
| 1897 |
A Sketch of the Life of James Allen |
Obed Edson |
| 1898 |
State of Cuba |
W.W. Henderson |
| 1898 |
The Universe |
Dr. Henry R. Rodgers |
| 1900 |
Erie RR Celebration at Dunkirk |
Obed Edson |
| 1900 |
Griffith Family |
W.W. Henderson |
| 1900 |
Samuel Sinclair |
Obed Edson |
| 1902 |
Chautauqua Paleontology - Mastodon and Mammoth |
W.W. Henderson |
| 1906 |
The Eries |
Obed Edson |
| 1906 |
The Influence of Women |
Lois E. Kibbe |
| 1907 |
History of an Orchard |
Mrs. Newel (Ellen) Cheney |
| 1907 |
Judge William Peacock |
Judge Abner Hazeltine |
| 1908 |
Joseph Dix |
Judge Abner Hazeltine |
| 1909 |
Oliver Wendel Holmes |
George W. Strothard |
| 1910 |
An Uninteresting Place - Prendergast Blowers in Jamestown |
Obed Edson |
| 1910 |
History of the Triangle |
D.A.A Nichols / Mrs. Furman |
| 1911 |
Rafting and Running Rivers |
Daniel Griswold |
| 1911 |
Natural Gas in Fredonia |
Lewis McKinstry |
| 1912 |
Col. Willett of the Mohawk Valley |
C. Reed / Gilbert W. Strong |
| 1913 |
DeCeleron's Bayonet |
A. Hazeltine |
| 1914 |
David Eaton |
Julia Stone |
| 1914 |
Dr. George Harrison - A Brief Sketch of His Life |
unknown |
| 1914 |
Hon. Geo. W. Patterson |
Frank Hall |
| 1914 |
The Haunts of the Leatherstockings |
Charles Reed |
| 1914 |
Sketch of Hon. Lewis C. Todd |
Phin Miller |
| 1915 |
The Risley Brothers |
Lewis Mckinstry |
| 1915 |
Elliott P. Harrington Sea Diver |
F.A. Hall |
| 1916 |
A Sketch of James McClurg |
Dr. W. J. Moore |
| 1916 |
The Eason Family |
Lillia Shaw Histed |
| 1917 |
Chautauqua County at the Battle of Buffalo |
Caroline Manchow |
| 1917 |
Donald McKenzie - The King of the North West |
Earnest Cawcroft |
| 1917 |
Poles in Chautauqua County |
Francis S. Stegelske |
| 1917 |
The Eries |
Obed Edson |
| 1919 |
Equal Suffrage |
Martha Fuller Prather |
| 1919 |
A History of the Draft in Chautauqua County |
Harley N. Crosby |
| 1920 |
Book Trails of Chautauqua County |
Lucia Tiffany Henderson |
| 1920 |
Memorial to Obed Edson |
Charles Reed |
| 1922 |
A Partial History of the Red Cross |
William S. Bailey |
| 1923 |
Capture of John Booth |
Benjamin S. Dean |
| 1923 |
Historic Sketch of the Town of Sherman |
W. A. Edmonds |
| 1924 |
Pioneer Rail Road Construction |
James W. Aular |
| 1926 |
Revolutionary Soldiers in Chautauqua County |
Roscoe B. Martin |
| 1927 |
The History of Chautauqua Lake Railway |
Martin Arend |
| 1927 |
Historical Sketch of James Penderghast |
Eleazer Green |
| 1927 |
Wreck of the Schooner "New Connecticut" |
Mary Applebee |
| 1927 |
The Nation of the Cat |
Walter Edson |
| 1928 |
Archaeological Discoveries |
Arthur C. Parker |
| 1928 |
A Chautauqua King |
C.M. Reed |
| 1929 |
James Jesse Strang |
Roscoe B. Martin |
| 1929 |
The Sesqui-Centennial Celebration of Sullivan's Raid |
H.S. Sweatland |
| 1929 |
The Sullivan Expedition of 1779 |
George A. Persell |
| 1930 |
The Passing of the County Hamlet |
H.S. Sweetland |
| 1931 |
Some Early History of the Town of Villenova |
H.S. Sweatland |
| 1932 |
George Washington's Nearest Approach to Chautauqua Co. |
C.B. Sampson |
| 1934 |
Bird Women |
George A. Persell |
| 1934 |
History of Vocal and Instrumental Music |
Gilden R. Broadberry |
| 1934 |
A Chautauqua Family - The Story of the Cushings |
C.M. Reed |
| 1934 |
Historical Places in Allegheny County |
H.S. Sweetland |
| 1934 |
The Crime and Hanging of Damon |
C.B. Sampson |
| 1935 |
John McAllister Schofield - General. U.S. Army |
John J. Thompson |
| 1936 |
Transportation Transitions in Chautauqua County |
William Doty |
| 1936 |
Early History in the History of the Town of Ripley |
Hon. Joseph A. McGinnies |
| 1936 |
James McMahan & Pioneer Days in Northern Chautauqua |
Arthur Tennant |
| 1936 |
Chautauqua County & Perry's Victory, September 10, 1813 |
Arthur Tennant |
| 1937 |
Women in Science |
Berneise Zenns |
| 1937 |
Chautauqua County 1825-1875 |
Arthur Tennant |
| 1938 |
Grape Growing |
B.S. Swetland |
| 1938 |
More of Chautauqua County 1875-1914 |
Arthur Tennant |
| 1938 |
Digest of Pioneer Homes and Characteristics |
Mrs. Harvey M. Osgood |
| 1939 |
National Songs |
Vesta V. Mills |
| 1939 |
NY State World's Fair |
Walter H. Edson |
| 1939 |
Historical Sketch of Villenova |
Sweatland, H.S. |
| 1939 |
County Highways |
William Doty |
| 1939 |
William Seward, Agent |
G.P. Crandall |
| 1939 |
Our Swedish Heritage |
Daniel F. Lincoln |
| 1940 |
The Origin and Develpmt. of the Textile Industry in Jamestown |
William A. Broadhead |
| 1940 |
Schools of the Town of Chautauque and Chautauqua |
George R. Raynor |
| 1940 |
Dairying in Sherman |
Mary Kidder |
| 1940 |
Rambling Along the Rds of Mina/Incidents in the History of the Twnsp. of Mina |
Carlton Robertson |
| 1940 |
Town of Sherman |
Clara Hawley Casselman |
| 1940 |
The Coming of the Erie Railroad to Dunkirk |
Wallace Brennan |
| 1940 |
Sampson, Clayburne B. |
Clayburne B. Sampson |
| 1941 |
An Early Industry of Jamestown |
John M. Cushman |
| 1941 |
The Development of the Cassadaga Valley |
Walter Edson |
| 1941 |
Early North East, PA |
A. Loop
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| 1941 |
The "Genesee" Valley Canal |
H.S. Sweetland |
| 1941 |
Steamboating on Chautauqua Lake |
John F. Jones |
| 1942 |
Old Hotels and Men Along Chautauqua Lake |
John F. Jones |
| 1942 |
Early Churches in Forestville and "Vicinity" |
Juliana J. Shepard |
| 1942 |
How Ripley Came to Be |
Effie L. Mason |
| 1942 |
The Patchwork Quilt |
Clayburne B. Sampson |
| 1942 |
Topography of Chautauqua County |
Ruth A. Page |
| 1943 |
Swedish Influences in the City of Jamestown |
Lloyd L. Malmstrom |
| 1943 |
Ellery - Yesterdays |
Clayburne B. Sampson |
| 1943 |
Past and Present Schools of Fredonia |
Blair F. Simons |
| 1943 |
Fish and Fishing in Chautauqua Lake |
George R. Raynor |
| 1943 |
How the Chautauqua Portage Changed World History |
Marianne Holder |
| 1944 |
Ninety Four Years of the Episcopal Church in Dunkirk |
Rev. Leslie F. Chard |
| 1944 |
The History of Locomotive Building in Dunkirk |
Henry Wille |
| 1945 |
Joseph A. McGinnies |
Effie L. Mason |
| 1945 |
Development of the Furniture Industry in Jamestown |
Ralph W. Taylor, Jr. |
| 1945 |
My Great-Grandfather John Blowers |
Clayburne B. Sampson |
| 1945 |
The Hartfield-Dewittville Area |
George R. Raynor |
| 1946 |
History of Clymer |
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| 1946 |
The Old Plank Roads of Chautauqua County |
William J. McNamara |
| 1946 |
Henry Leworthy |
Mrs. W. Rollin Morse |
| 1947 |
The History of the Chautauqua Lake Railway |
Martin N. Arend |
| 1947 |
Some Writers of Chautauqua County |
Lucia Tiffany Henderson |
| 1947 |
Early Religious Activities in Sheridan |
Mrs.H.G. Miner |
| 1947 |
The Lakeside School of New Theology |
Clayburne B. Sampson |
| 1948 |
Forest Conservation in NYS and Chautauqua County |
Harry E. Dobbins |
| 1948 |
The Old Erie to Buffalo "Accommodation" |
Emma Phetteplace Schell |
| 1948 |
Rival Claims to WNY |
Hawley B. Rogers |
| 1948 |
The Griffith Family in Ellery |
Catherine Griffith Cheney |
| 1949 |
Forestville, Its Environs, Past and Present |
Mrs. Leroy H. Harrington |
| 1949 |
The Early History of Panama |
William J. Howes |
| 1950 |
Destruction of the Eries or Cat Nation |
Walter H. Edson |
| 1950 |
Cordova and Vicinity |
Mrs. E.P. Crandall |
| 1950 |
Fredonia Suburbs |
Mrs. D.W. Padden |
| 1950 |
The Aims, Past, Present and Future of Chautauqua Institution |
George R. Raynor |
| 1951 |
Early Busti |
Belle Foster Westrom |
| 1951 |
James McClurg and His Family |
Arthur S. Tennant, Jr. |
| 1951 |
Our Grange |
Mrs. Alfreda Woolley |
| 1952 |
The Circus - In Early Chautauqua County |
Gerald L. Todd |
| 1952 |
Clymer and its People-Then and Now |
Mrs. Effie W. Ruslink |
| 1952 |
Treasures I have Found in Our Society's Collections |
Emma W. Piehl |
| 1953 |
Phin Miller, His Life and Time |
Archie D. Warren |
| 1953 |
Silver Creeks' Early Harbour Days |
Marion Ward Thomas |
| 1954 |
Boat "Cincinnati" |
Victor Norton |
| 1955 |
Arkwright Township History |
John D. Griswold |
| 1956 |
Changing Style in Religion |
Mrs. Lance Zavitz |
| 1956 |
The Story of Mina |
Lee L. Ottaway |
| 1957 |
Jamestown Store Boats |
Clayburne B. Sampson |
| 1957 |
History of The Town of Charlotte |
Walter H. Edson |
| 1958 |
The Chautauqua-Erie Story |
Donald H. Kent |
| 1960 |
The Coming of the Italians to Chautauqua County |
Samuel C. Alessi |
| 1961 |
William H. Seward |
Caroline Betts |
| 1962 |
Chaut. Co. Waterways - Past and Present |
Ernest D. Leet |
| 1967 |
Robert Morris |
J. Chester Molyneux |
| 1967 |
Speaking of Small Towns |
Marie McCutcheon |
| 1971 |
The Unknown Tourgee |
Dean H. Keller |
| 1975 |
A Preliminary Survey of Folk Arts and Skills in Chaut. Co. |
Joyce Ferris Swan |
| 1975 |
The Continuing American Revolution in Chautauqua County |
Jacob Ludes |
| 1975 |
Causes of the American Revolution |
Lee Towne Adams |
| 1976 |
The Prendergast Family |
William A. Evans, Esq. |
| 1976 |
Walter Smith and His Times |
Rev. Leslie F. Chard |
| 1976 |
Austin Smith |
Arthur S. Tennant |
| 1976 |
Elial Todd Foote, Historian |
Herbert A. Beckman |
| 1976 |
Profiles of Chautauqua County Historians |
Samuel S. Edson |
| 1977 |
A Memorial to John Bowman |
James M. Wheeler |
| 1977 |
Chautauqua County, 175th Birthday |
Joseph Gerace |
| 1979 |
Arkwright |
Ruth Griswold |
| 1984 |
Preserving the Past for the Future |
Mrs. Paul Barden |
| 1986 |
The Holland Land Company in Chautauqua County |
Franciska Safran |
| 1987 |
The Summer of 1787: A Bicentennial Remembrance |
Dr. Donald A. MacPhee |
| 1988 |
New Sweden '88 - A Prelude |
Gerald Heglund |
| 1988 |
Mayors of Jamestown of Swedish Decent |
Paul Johnson |
| 1991 |
History of Ripley |
Marie B. McCutcheon |
| 1992 |
Some Chautauquans |
Lee Towne Adams |
| 1994 |
Strange Stories of Chautauqua Lake |
Norman Carlson |
| 1995 |
Gov. Reuben Fenton, The Fenton Mansion, and the Fenton Historical Soc. |
Dolores B. Thompson |
| 1999 |
George Washington: His Relationships to the Area of Chaut. and Adjoining Cos. |
Norman Carlson |
| 2000 |
Henry Rouse and Other Chautauquans at the Great Exploding Oil Well |
Lois Barris |
| 2001 |
Albion W. Tourgee and His Biographer, Roy F. Dibble |
Fran Anderson |
| 2001 |
Mabel Powers |
Rev. Dr. William Lytle |
| 2001 |
Edna Button Dunn |
Nancy Hanks |
| 2002 |
Cemeteries: Not a Deadly Topic |
Lois Barris |
| 2002 |
The First Frontier - Chautauqua County in the Unfolding of American History |
Jacob Ludes III |
| 2002 |
Mormonism |
Wayne Mori |
| 2007 |
History of the Chautauqua County Home |
Michelle Henry and Pam Brown |
| 2007 |
Photographic Vision of John O. Bowman |
Katie Landrigan |
| 2008 |
Albion W. Tourgee's Reconstruction Novels: Promoting Political Change Through Literature |
Carolyn L. Karcher |
| 2009 |
Making Women's History - Chautauqua County and the Suffrage Movement |
Traci Langworthy |
| 2009 |
The Geology of the Lake Plain |
Dr. Thomas Erlandson |
| 2010 |
Historical Significance of Rev. James G. Townsend's Lakeside School of New Theology, New Theology, and Liberal Religious Writings |
Len Faulk, Ph.D. |
| 2011 |
The Amazing Life of James Jesse Strang |
Roger Gilbert |
| 2011 |
Mayville Lakeside Park and Mayville Shoreline |
Devon Taylor |
| none |
unknown |
| none |
Twenty Thousand Immigrants Aided in Chautauqua County |
Lois Barris |
| none |
Inland Lake and River Fishing Contest, The Silver Troll |
O.B. Heath |
| none |
Joseph McGinnies |
unknown |
Location: Moore Park / NYS Rts 394 & 20 / Westfield, NY