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  Title

  Oliver C. Ganiard papers, 1889-1936; bulk, 1896-1936

  Author

  Ganiard, Oliver C. (Oliver Case), 1860-1936.  

  Pages:

  3

  Item info:

  1 copy available at Manuscripts and Special Collections.
  

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  Control Number:

  (OCoLC)939537244

  Local call number:

  SC23358

  Author:

  Ganiard, Oliver C. (Oliver Case), 1860-1936.

  Title:

  Oliver C. Ganiard papers, 1889-1936; bulk, 1896-1936.

  Quantity:

  3 boxes (1.0 cubic ft)

  Arrangement:

  Diaries arranged chronologically.

  Historical/biog note:

  Oliver C. Ganiard owned and operated a farm near Bergen (Genesee County), New York.

  Review:

  These papers consist chiefly of an almost complete run of diaries kept by Oliver C. Ganiard, from 1896 to 1936. Although the daily entries tend to be brief, the information recorded provides a good depiction of farm and rural life in upstate New York during the time period. Weather conditions are a recurrent theme as are details of farm chores at a time when increasing mechanization was transforming farm operations. Tilling fields, planting seeds, harvesting crops, milking cows, making deliveries to the creamery, selling produce, raising and trading livestock are typical chores that were meticulously noted year after year in his diaries. The diaries also provide information about financial transactions as well as news about births, deaths, and marriages.

  Finding aids:

  Unpublished finding aid available in the repository and online: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc23358.htm

  Subject:

  Farmers--New York (State)--Genesee County Diaries.

  Subject:

  Farms--New York (State)--Genesee County--History.

  Subject:

  Farm life--New York (State)--Genesee County.

  Subject:

  Rural families--New York (State)

  Geographic terms:

  Bergen (N.Y.)--History--20th century Sources.

  Geographic terms:

  Bergen (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century.

  Geographic terms:

  Genesee County (N.Y.)--History--20th century Sources.

  Electronic access:

  Finding aid: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc23358.htm