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Central New York Transportation Collection

An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University

Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 29 Jul 2009

Revision history:
7 Dec 2009	additions (MRC)
8 Jan 2010	additions (MRC)
6 Oct 2011	additions (MRC)
8 Sep 2014	additions (MRC)
2 May 2019	additions, rehoused, assigned new series (KD)

Biographical History

Central New York (often abbreviated "CNY") is a term used to broadly describe the central region of New York State, roughly including the counties of Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Tompkins, and Herkimer. Towns, villages and cities in the area include Auburn, Cortland, Oneida, Rome, Sherrill, Utica, Syracuse, Fulton, Oswego, Ithaca, Cazenovia, and Seneca Falls. The Central New York Military Tract, land reserved from soldiers of the American Revolution, was located here, and many towns derived from the tracts have classical names.

The borders of Central New York are not precisely defined, however. The core of the region consists of Onondaga County, Cayuga County, Oswego County and Madison County. Tompkins County and Cortland County are often considered part of New York's "Southern Tier" region, while Oneida County and Herkimer County are often considered part of the "Mohawk Valley" region.

In 2009 the region had a population of about 1.1 million.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Central New York Transportation Collection is divided into three series: canals, railroads, and roads.

Canals contains photographs and miscellaneous. Miscellaneous consists of business records, correspondence, and a newspaper.

Railroads contains photographs and miscellaneous. Miscellaneous consists of business records, correspondence, and an oversized poster.

Roads consists of miscellaneous items such as correspondence and business records.

Arrangement of the Collection

Items are arranged in chronological order with undated material at the end of the folder.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Related Material

Special Collections Research Center has numerous collections relating to local history. For a complete list, please refer to the the SCRC Subject Index . In particular, see also the Central New York Trade Catalogs and Business Ephemera, Central New York Cultural Ephemera, and Central New York Local History collections. There are also a number of collections relating to railroads in the Northeast; please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a full listing.

Subject Headings

Persons

Corning, Erastus, 1794-1872

Corporate Bodies

First Company of the Great Western Turnpike Road.

Subjects

Canals -- New York (State)
Chenango Turnpike Road (N.Y.)
Roads -- New York (State)
Tariff -- Law and legislation.
Toll roads -- New York (State)
Transportation -- New York (State)

Places

Albion (Orleans County, N.Y.) -- History.
Camden (N.Y.) -- History.
Chenango (N.Y.) -- History.
Rochester (N.Y.) -- History.

Genres and Forms

Correspondence.
Minutes (administrative records)
Newspapers.
Petitions.
Photographs.
Stereographs.
Stock certificates.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Central New York Transportation Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Purchase, various.

Table of Contents

Canals

Railroads

Roads

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