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Explore publications and collections from the past.
Community History Archive Partner
Fayetteville Free Library
Fayetteville, New York
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Fayetteville.
1840 to 2011Dates represented
See individual titles for available dates.
236,416Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
Explore local history
Discover the people, places, and stories of Fayetteville, New York.
Explore the past of Fayetteville, New York through newspapers as well as yearbooks and annuals in the Fayetteville Free Library's digital archive. Its fourteen titles include material from 1840 to 2011.
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Selected titles
A selection from Fayetteville Free Library: “Eagle Bulletin” and “Yearbooks”.
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Free and open access
No subscription or payment required.
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Different views of the past
Yearbooks and annuals bring together the people and activities their editors chose to remember, offering a view of life within a particular year. An earlier generation comes into view through the stories its newspapers chose to report, placing familiar names and events within the concerns of their time.
Reporting from the time can reveal how people described the events, work and concerns of their day, placing a local story within the history unfolding around it. Whether you are tracing a family connection, exploring a local event or sharing history with a class, there is more to discover than names and dates alone. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.
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Titles in this collection
Browse fourteen titles and 236,416 digitized pages, with material from 1840 to 2011. Through a partnership with Advantage Archives, Fayetteville Free Library shares these sources from the past. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
A family story or a question about a familiar place can lead somewhere unexpected. Browse the titles below and see which detail draws you in.
Eagle Bulletin
138,068 pages from 1933 to 2011
Eagle Bulletin And Dewitt Times
4,166 pages from 1959 to 1961
Eagle Bulletin DeWitt News Times
41,624 pages from 1962 to 1979
Fayetteville Bulletin
8,072 pages from 1901 to 1933
Methodist Reformer
392 pages from 1841 to 1842
National Citizen and Ballot Box
420 pages from 1878 to 1881
Onondaga Independent
718 pages from 1899 to 1900
Recorder
104 pages in 1887
The Fayetteville Bulletin
12,340 pages from 1914 to 1928
The Fayetteville Luminary
476 pages from 1840 to 1841
The Fayetteville Recorder
5,268 pages from 1892 to 1899
The Manlius Eagle
16 pages in 1929
Weekly Recorder
13,032 pages from 1866 to 1892
Yearbooks
11,720 pages from 1929 to 1977
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About the Library
About The Fayetteville Free Library
The Fayetteville Free Library (FFL) is passionate about serving and engaging the community. We understand and embrace the fact that the community drives and shapes the mission and philosophy of the FFL. The FFL supports the evolving needs of our community by providing equitable access to ideas, information, and resources needed for success in 21st Century life. Our vision is that individuals and groups in our community will have their information needs met so that they can fully participate in the life of the community. Individuals will utilize library services and resources for enlightenment and entertainment. They will find free, diverse, accessible, and up-to-date materials, resources, and technologies. The library provides a pleasant and safe environment for instructional, informational, and entertaining experiences. At Fayetteville Free Library, we don’t just accept difference—we celebrate it. We prioritize providing access to collections, programs, spaces, and services that represent and serve diverse backgrounds, experiences, and voices. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We recognize that building a team of employees with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and voices is not only the right thing to do, but also allows us to better serve our entire community.
Library History
The History Of The Fayetteville Free Library
For more than a century, the Fayetteville Free Library has been a cornerstone of the community, offering a welcoming place for residents to congregate and enjoy reading and learning. The library's extensive collection includes numerous children's books in Spanish and French, as well as access to reference databases like America’s News Database, Hornell Evening Tribune, and Heritage Quest. The library continues to evolve, providing essential resources and services to support personal growth and lifelong learning.
About the Community
About Fayetteville, New York
Fayetteville, located in Onondaga County, New York, is a vibrant community with a rich history. Known for its charming landscapes and historical significance, Fayetteville has played an important role in the region's development. The Fayetteville Free Library serves as a key resource for residents, offering access to a wealth of historical documents and supporting educational and recreational needs.
Local History
Did You Know?
Did you know that the Fayetteville Free Library's digital archive includes the Eagle Bulletin, which has been in publication from 1933 to 2011? This extensive collection provides a valuable window into the past of Fayetteville and its surrounding areas, offering invaluable resources for historians and genealogists.
More ways to explore and share local history
Research Guidance
Look beyond a familiar name
When a name appears in a yearbook tied to Fayetteville, check its caption, page, and nearby content in the yearbooks and annuals shared by the Fayetteville Free Library. Activities or group references may add context where shown, but one page does not represent every student's experience. These pages can reconnect a family with a place or moment while leaving some identities and relationships open to confirmation.
Where the available dates overlap, use a name, activity, or organization in a yearbook or annual as a starting point for a newspaper search. Compare the details carefully; a similar name is a lead to investigate, not an identification by itself.
Keep the title, date, page or item reference with each useful finding. Separate the words in a historical account from your interpretation, and note conflicting perspectives rather than choosing one too quickly. These notes help you connect a local story to its evidence and explain what remains uncertain.
Community Partnership
Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Fayetteville Free Library, its community, and Advantage Archives. Together, these partnerships preserve local sources and give people a way to explore, learn from, and share the history around them.
Advantage Archives covers ongoing archive hosting, storage, development, and maintenance. The institution and its community do not pay a subscription, seat license, annual support contract, or other recurring archive-service charge. Local history remains a community resource, not a subscription to maintain.
Would you like to see more of your community's history preserved and accessible? Start a conversation with your library, newspaper publisher, historical or genealogical society, museum, or school about the materials they would like to share and a possible partnership with Advantage Archives.
Learn about partnerships
Stories, research tips, and archive news
Read All About It connects archive research with the people and institutions preserving local history. Explore partner and community stories, project updates, research ideas, and perspectives on digitization, education, and working with primary sources. Use the articles as a starting point for your next question or a new way to share a discovery.
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