Bibliography of the Genesee Region, 1790 to 1990: Browse

The Genesee Region, 1790 to the Present; a Guide to its History is a bibliography of the books, pamphlets, and periodical articles on the history of a ten-county area of upstate New York. The counties are Allegany, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates. Rochester, in Monroe County, is the largest city in the area covered. Most of the 6917 entries in the bibliography are briefly annotated.

The main volume (1978) and the first supplement (1984) were compiled by James D. Folts, Jr. and the second supplement (1992) was compiled by Karl Sanford Kabelac. The three volumes were digitized by Melissa Mead , digital librarian in Rush Rhees Library, The University of Rochester.

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19th CENTURY PROTESTANTISM
19th CENTURY MEDICINE
19th CENTURY MOVEMENTS
19th CENTURY PROTESTANTISM
19th CENTURY ROCHESTER ECONOMY
20th CENTURY PROTESTANTISM
20th CENTURY ROCHESTER ECONOMY
20th CENTURY SOCIAL ANALYSIS & REFORM
ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS & PRICES
AGRICULTURE SINCE THE CIVIL WAR
AGRICULTURE TO THE CIVIL WAR
ALCOHOL & DRUGS
ALLEGANY COUNTY
ANTI-MASONRY
ARCHITECTURE IN INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES
ART & ART MUSEUMS
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GENEALOGY
GENERAL
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GENERAL CULTURE
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GENERAL WORKS & PROMOTIONAL LITERATURE
GENESEE COUNTY
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HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
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ICONOGRAPHY
IMPRINTS
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JUDAISM
LABOR
LETCHWORTH PARK
LIBRARIES
LIVINGSTON COUNTY
LUMBERING
LUTHERANS
MANUSCRIPTS
MAPS & ATLASES
METHODISTS
MISCELLANEOUS
MONROE COUNTY
MONROE COUNTY GOVERNMENT
MORMONS
MULTI-COUNTY
MUSIC & THEATER
NEWSPAPERS
NEWSPAPERS & PRINTING
ONTARIO COUNTY
ORLEANS COUNTY
OTHER DENOMINATIONS
PHELPS & GORHAM PURCHASE
POPULAR HISTORY & FOLKLORE
POPULATION STATISTICS
POPULATION STATISTICS (Including Census)
PRESBYTERIANS
PRISONS & REFORM SCHOOLS
PROMOTIONAL LITERATURE (arranged roughly by date)
PUBLIC HEALTH IN ROCHESTER
PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE GENESEE REGION
PULTENEY-HORNBY PURCHASE
RAILROADS
REFERENCE & BIBLIOGRAPHY SECTION
REGIONAL COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
REGIONAL PLANNING DOCUMENTS
ROCHESTER
ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY ARCHITECTURE
ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY DIRECTORIES
ROCHESTER BUSINESS FIRMS
ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
ROCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT
RURAL SOCIAL STUDIES
SCHOOLS IN INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES
SCHOOLS IN INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES (OUTSIDE MONROE)
SCHOOLS IN ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY
SENECA COUNTY
Seventh-Day Baptists
SHIPPING
SOILS & AGRICULTURAL LAND USE
SPORTS
STATE & COUNTY GOVERNMENT
STATE & COUNTY GOVERNMENT (EXCEPT MONROE)
STATE & LOCAL POLITICS
STATE & REGIONAL HISTORY
TRANSIT
TRAVEL LITERATURE: GUIDES & COLLECTED ACCOUNTS
TRAVELLERS TO THE GENESEE COUNTRY: 1615-1976
UNITARIAN-UNIVERSALIST
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
WARFARE
WAYNE COUNTY
WILDLIFE REFUGES ETC.
WOMEN, CHILDREN & THE AGED
WYOMING COUNTY
YATES COUNTY