2 10 1318 https://openvalley.org/files/original/a2814969cb5964c9984c5ae08424e796.jpg c5a034decee2085c756c62c092bc0752 https://openvalley.org/files/original/20a04f2cb65ac65e5b87412254f7c9dc.jpg 6e1615e2a42b69b9a6c1fa4005e76ba8 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Paper ledger, 15 x 12.6 in. folded to 7.5 x 12.6 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Genesee Valley Canal tolls paid by Wadsworth Mills, Avon, N.Y., November-December 1846 Description An account of the resource The first paragraph of this handwritten document written by B. Boorman reads "Sir The totals of last Month (Nov.) which was put on book the beginning of this Month I do not know if you have taken act of Therefore give it below[:] 17 Bus 30 lbs Wheat 7/- 20 Bus Provender 2/6 1 Bus Corn 4/-" The last paragraph states "The totals of this Month Dec are[:] 12 Bus 30 lbs Wheat 7/- 2 Bus Corn 4/- 1 Bus Buck Wheat 4/- 22 Bus Provender 2/-" The document also lists December returns from several local farms, including flour and other grain products produced at the mills. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Boorman, B. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1846-12-31 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wadsworth Family Papers, Cabinet 1, Drawer 2 Milne Library Special Collections, SUNY Geneseo Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1.22 MB Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Genesee Valley Canal Grist Milling mills wadsworth https://openvalley.org/files/original/35321c8bf87f9ca1adea8cff62c0a12c.jpg 2ae53117a734eb7f1d24f49655fb13f4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mills of Genesee Valley Description An account of the resource Before the commercial extraction of fossil fuels from the Oil Creek region of northern Pennsylvania, most mechanical work in the Genesee Valley was done by human and animal power, or some source ultimately derived from the sun: burning wood, wind power, or flowing water. The exception to this, of course, was coal--by the 1880s America's dominant source of energy. Due to the Genesee region's ample supply of wood and running water, along with the cost of shipping coal, it's quite common to find instances of various water mills in the area's history. They were adapted to a wide range of uses: cutting wood into timber and milling it into specialized shapes (lumber mill); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (grist mill); grinding wheat or other grains (flour mill); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (paper mill); fabricating metals (triphammer mill); powering industrial equipment (textile mill); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines. This collection gathers various documents concerning mills in the Genesee Valley. In addition to images and written texts, there is also an interactive map illustrating the density of their usage during the mid-nineteenth century. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Paper handbill, 4.7 x 4 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Advertisement for mills and mill properties for sale in Rochester, N.Y., 1828 Description An account of the resource A handbill published by Matthew Brown, Jr. advertising property for sale near the High Falls of the Genesee River in Rochester, N.Y. Among these are a "merchant flouring mill, in good order for business" and a triphammer forge/mill, all located on a canal (mill race) "about sixty rods distant from the Grand Erie Canal." That mill race is called Brown's Race, named after Matthew and his brother Francis who together owned several mill enterprises in Rochester. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Brown, Dr. Matthew, Jr. (1766-1851) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1828-07 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rochester (N.Y.) Historical Society Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 910 KB Brown Brothers Milling mills Real Estate Rochester, NY https://openvalley.org/files/original/57cc8bd3512045e9e036232cc8a8a0d7.jpg 11cfa925f0c07a0c1f6e527be877f6f6 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Paper broadside, 10.7 x 13.56 in Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Broadside advertising land for sale in Western New York, 1837 Description An account of the resource Poster printed in New York City advertising land for sale in Genesee, Cataraugus (Cattaraugus), and Alleghany (Allegany) counties in the southwestern part of New York State, originally part of the Holland Land Company's vast tracts. The advertisement mentions as inducements to potential buyers the area's favorable climate and soil for farming (especially grain), the proximity to the Genesee Valley Canal and the Erie Canal, and the presence of existing settlements. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Macomber, D. O. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available New York: Henry Ludwig, printer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1837-05 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dubois, Muriel L. New York State History. Adapted by Muriel L. Dubois and Janet Morrissey from the Jackdaw New York State by Andrew Bronin. Amawalk, N.Y.: Jackdaw, 2001. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 2.6 MB Type The nature or genre of the resource Text GENESEE VALLEY Real Estate Settlement Western New York https://openvalley.org/files/original/ae4efd7250a776f5790f1f69e8d6f64b.jpg 6ca59b72acc11db9ba03cc6520d2b702 https://openvalley.org/files/original/8df2be64965d615d4752e5ff0354aacb.jpg dcc08ec887b29fbbb6c807622f53e9c2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mills of Genesee Valley Description An account of the resource Before the commercial extraction of fossil fuels from the Oil Creek region of northern Pennsylvania, most mechanical work in the Genesee Valley was done by human and animal power, or some source ultimately derived from the sun: burning wood, wind power, or flowing water. The exception to this, of course, was coal--by the 1880s America's dominant source of energy. Due to the Genesee region's ample supply of wood and running water, along with the cost of shipping coal, it's quite common to find instances of various water mills in the area's history. They were adapted to a wide range of uses: cutting wood into timber and milling it into specialized shapes (lumber mill); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (grist mill); grinding wheat or other grains (flour mill); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (paper mill); fabricating metals (triphammer mill); powering industrial equipment (textile mill); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines. This collection gathers various documents concerning mills in the Genesee Valley. In addition to images and written texts, there is also an interactive map illustrating the density of their usage during the mid-nineteenth century. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Paper sheet, 15.34 x 12.17 in. folded to 7.67 x 12.17 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Insurance policy on Wadsworth Flour Mill, 1841-1846 Description An account of the resource An original copy of an insurance policy (including receipt) purchased from the Ontario and Livingston Mutual Insurance Company by James Wadsworth of Geneseo, N.Y. on "His Custom Flouring Mill" in Livingston County, N.Y. (probably on Conesus Creek in the town of Avon). Wadsworth paid a $1200 premium for five years of coverage in the amount of $6000. The text of the law incorporating the insurance company and an extract of its by-laws are printed on the interior pages of the folded sheet. The policy is signed by the company's president, Oliver Phelps. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ontario and Livingston Mutual Insurance Company Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1841-10-28 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wadsworth Family Papers, Cabinet 1, Drawer 2 Milne Library Special Collections, SUNY Geneseo Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 3.21 MB jpeg, 490 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Text GENESEE VALLEY Grist Insurance Milling mills wadsworth https://openvalley.org/files/original/d3917089768ec076af978fb4d3678097.jpg 5770de809152c3205ce1e80d82ffabd8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mills of Genesee Valley Description An account of the resource Before the commercial extraction of fossil fuels from the Oil Creek region of northern Pennsylvania, most mechanical work in the Genesee Valley was done by human and animal power, or some source ultimately derived from the sun: burning wood, wind power, or flowing water. The exception to this, of course, was coal--by the 1880s America's dominant source of energy. Due to the Genesee region's ample supply of wood and running water, along with the cost of shipping coal, it's quite common to find instances of various water mills in the area's history. They were adapted to a wide range of uses: cutting wood into timber and milling it into specialized shapes (lumber mill); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (grist mill); grinding wheat or other grains (flour mill); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (paper mill); fabricating metals (triphammer mill); powering industrial equipment (textile mill); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines. This collection gathers various documents concerning mills in the Genesee Valley. In addition to images and written texts, there is also an interactive map illustrating the density of their usage during the mid-nineteenth century. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Photograph, black and white Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 5.9 x 3.7 in Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource View of mill race and grist mill in Mount Morris, N.Y. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 526 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Description An account of the resource Grist, or flour, mill in the village of Mount Morris, N.Y., situated next to the mill race, which flows beneath the arch of a stone bridge across State St. A 1902 map indicates that it is the Galbraith Mill, built approximately where the Humphrey Mill once stood. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Livingston County (N.Y.) Historian's Office GENESEE VALLEY Grist Milling mills Mount Morris, NY https://openvalley.org/files/original/98d26bd6e0d197d9df7f966b35d655ca.jpg 8b4b92ea6d906899607d03b372efcef4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mills of Genesee Valley Description An account of the resource Before the commercial extraction of fossil fuels from the Oil Creek region of northern Pennsylvania, most mechanical work in the Genesee Valley was done by human and animal power, or some source ultimately derived from the sun: burning wood, wind power, or flowing water. The exception to this, of course, was coal--by the 1880s America's dominant source of energy. Due to the Genesee region's ample supply of wood and running water, along with the cost of shipping coal, it's quite common to find instances of various water mills in the area's history. They were adapted to a wide range of uses: cutting wood into timber and milling it into specialized shapes (lumber mill); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (grist mill); grinding wheat or other grains (flour mill); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (paper mill); fabricating metals (triphammer mill); powering industrial equipment (textile mill); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines. This collection gathers various documents concerning mills in the Genesee Valley. In addition to images and written texts, there is also an interactive map illustrating the density of their usage during the mid-nineteenth century. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Photograph, black and white Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 9.88 x 7.61 in Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Grist mill in Mount Morris, N.Y. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 791 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900 Description An account of the resource A photograph, looking east, of people bringing sacks of grain to a large mill in the village of Mount Morris, N.Y., for milling and/or storing. This mill appears to be located on State St., next to the mill race that crosses it there, . A 1902 map indicates that it is the Galbraith Mill, situated approximately where the Humphrey Mill once stood. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Livingston County (N.Y.) Historian's Office GENESEE VALLEY Grist Milling mills Mount Morris, NY https://openvalley.org/files/original/f52acf6b1a02de18ffdbe7913a6e7a53.jpg 1a47944a75bbe58684bbbd03b4bd13b9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mills of Genesee Valley Description An account of the resource Before the commercial extraction of fossil fuels from the Oil Creek region of northern Pennsylvania, most mechanical work in the Genesee Valley was done by human and animal power, or some source ultimately derived from the sun: burning wood, wind power, or flowing water. The exception to this, of course, was coal--by the 1880s America's dominant source of energy. Due to the Genesee region's ample supply of wood and running water, along with the cost of shipping coal, it's quite common to find instances of various water mills in the area's history. They were adapted to a wide range of uses: cutting wood into timber and milling it into specialized shapes (lumber mill); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (grist mill); grinding wheat or other grains (flour mill); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (paper mill); fabricating metals (triphammer mill); powering industrial equipment (textile mill); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines. This collection gathers various documents concerning mills in the Genesee Valley. In addition to images and written texts, there is also an interactive map illustrating the density of their usage during the mid-nineteenth century. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Photograph, black and white Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 4 x 3 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Paper Mill Falls, Conesus Creek, town of Avon, N.Y. Description An account of the resource Paper Mill Falls is the site of several early mills, including a grist (or flour) mill owned by the Wadsworth family of Geneseo, N.Y. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 791 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wadsworth, Martha Blow (1864-1934) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1907? Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Martha Blow Wadsworth Image Collection Milne Library Special Collections, SUNY Geneseo GENESEE VALLEY Grist Milling mills wadsworth Waterfalls https://openvalley.org/files/original/3dcf3e703651451186bad7476f70b711.jpg 80dd42dd5408d09151bbf7a731127e5d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mills of Genesee Valley Description An account of the resource Before the commercial extraction of fossil fuels from the Oil Creek region of northern Pennsylvania, most mechanical work in the Genesee Valley was done by human and animal power, or some source ultimately derived from the sun: burning wood, wind power, or flowing water. The exception to this, of course, was coal--by the 1880s America's dominant source of energy. Due to the Genesee region's ample supply of wood and running water, along with the cost of shipping coal, it's quite common to find instances of various water mills in the area's history. They were adapted to a wide range of uses: cutting wood into timber and milling it into specialized shapes (lumber mill); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (grist mill); grinding wheat or other grains (flour mill); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (paper mill); fabricating metals (triphammer mill); powering industrial equipment (textile mill); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines. This collection gathers various documents concerning mills in the Genesee Valley. In addition to images and written texts, there is also an interactive map illustrating the density of their usage during the mid-nineteenth century. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Drawing, black and white Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 6.87 x 2.21 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Flour mills along Brown's Race, Rochester, N.Y., in 1880 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 399 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Description An account of the resource Brown's Race, a mill-canal built in 1816 on the west side of the Genesee River near the High Halls in Rochester, N.Y., accommodated many mills, including those depicted in this drawing: Whitney Mills (Ferguson and Lewis), Mill "B" (Moseley and Motley), Frankfort Mills (Smith and Sherman), Irving Mills (Stone and Campbell), Mill "A" ( Moseley and Motley), People's Custom Mill (Mertz and Co.), Shawmut Mill (Whitney and Wilson), and Washington Mill (Hinds and Co.). Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rochester, N.Y.: Rochester Historical Society Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1880? Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Motley, Maude. "The Romance of Milling: With Rochester the Flour City." Centennial History of Rochester, New York. Ed. Edward R. Foreman. Rochester, N.Y.: Rochester Historical Society, 1931. 141-231. Print. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Brown Brothers Milling mills Rochester, NY https://openvalley.org/files/original/66b84ac79db51f203bbc9cd550ab39ae.jpg a2703029a797d6cfa87e984166b6c582 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mills of Genesee Valley Description An account of the resource Before the commercial extraction of fossil fuels from the Oil Creek region of northern Pennsylvania, most mechanical work in the Genesee Valley was done by human and animal power, or some source ultimately derived from the sun: burning wood, wind power, or flowing water. The exception to this, of course, was coal--by the 1880s America's dominant source of energy. Due to the Genesee region's ample supply of wood and running water, along with the cost of shipping coal, it's quite common to find instances of various water mills in the area's history. They were adapted to a wide range of uses: cutting wood into timber and milling it into specialized shapes (lumber mill); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (grist mill); grinding wheat or other grains (flour mill); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (paper mill); fabricating metals (triphammer mill); powering industrial equipment (textile mill); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines. This collection gathers various documents concerning mills in the Genesee Valley. In addition to images and written texts, there is also an interactive map illustrating the density of their usage during the mid-nineteenth century. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Photograph, black and white Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 5.4 x 3.10 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Triphammer Falls, town of Avon, N.Y. Description An account of the resource Bathers, friends of Martha Blow Wadsworth (wife of Herbert Wadsworth), frolicking in the falls at the Triphammer site in the southern part of the town of Avon, N.Y. The Wadsworth family of Geneseo owned a flour mill at this spot on Conesus Creek, near where a trip-hammer and forge were also located. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wadsworth, Martha Blow (1864-1934) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1907? Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Martha Blow Wadsworth Image Collection Milne Library Special Collections, SUNY Geneseo Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 833 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image GENESEE VALLEY Grist Milling mills wadsworth Waterfalls https://openvalley.org/files/original/eac7d540c61e4ed45d0cd6d7a39c8e5d.jpg 07eb0a057b82fb91d0b1ec622b9de61f https://openvalley.org/files/original/1fbe214cd8f4e7468c1e7a6dbbca4c90.jpg 55b9685ca211aed06060b48f475a06af https://openvalley.org/files/original/c707aab428dc9ad6c3824ea1bdd397dc.jpg 00112abf1d8f76e28435b80ba9875fdb Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Paper contract, 10 x 16 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1849 lease for Ellis Farm (Wadsworth property), Geneseo, N.Y., showing wheat rent Description An account of the resource Original contract between Daniel Fitzhugh, as agent for William Wolcott Wadsworth of Geneseo, N.Y. and lesees Thomas Tyler, Benjamin Tyler, and Zachariah Roberson, all of Geneseo. Article 2 of the lease (enlarged snippet view )pertains to rent, both in cash and in wheat, and the back of the document lists specific details concerning crops, acreage, and rent amounts per field. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wadsworth, William W. (1810-1852) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1849-04-01 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wadsworth Family Papers, Box C3 Milne Library Special Collections, SUNY Geneseo Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 686 KB jpeg, 982 KB jpeg, 198 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Text GENESEE VALLEY wadsworth Wheat Wheat rent