The Power of Archives - Exhibit Opening, Wine & Cheese Reception

The Power of Archives: Historical Records From the Delaware County

Historical Association

Exhibit Opening, Wine & Cheese Reception

 

A new exhibit at the Delaware County Historical Association highlighting the museum’s archives will open on February 14 at 4pm with a wine and cheese reception. Items from DCHA’s archives on display will include materials pertaining to the War of 1812 and the Civil War; milk strikes; nineteenth-century land records; maps; genealogical information; women’s suffrage; personal diaries; and numerous posters, photos and ephemera. The Power of Archives exhibit will remain on display in the Elijah Thomas Gallery until May 27, 2014.

Admission to the opening reception and to the exhibit is free. For more information call DCHA at (607) 746-3849, e-mail dcha@delhi.net , or on the web at: www.dcha-ny.org . DCHA is located 2.5 miles north of the village of Delhi on State Hwy. 10.

Pictured below is a 1901 Civil War Veterans reunion, Ben Marvin Post, Walton.