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The Cornwall Public Library
Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson.
1876 to 2025Dates represented
See individual titles for available dates.
167,872Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
Explore local history
Discover the people, places, and stories of Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York.
Explore the past of Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York through newspapers in The Cornwall Public Library's digital archive. Its seven titles include material from 1876 to 2025.
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Selected titles
Examples from The Cornwall Public Library’s collection include “Cornwall Reflector” as well as “Cornwall Times and Temperance Herald”.
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Free and open access
No subscription or payment required.
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A closer look
A familiar name or event takes on another dimension in the newspaper coverage of its time, alongside the stories that mattered to the readers of that issue.
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 seven titles and 167,872 digitized pages, with material from 1876 to 2025. This collection is shared through The Cornwall Public Library's partnership with Advantage Archives. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
Start with a detail you already know, then browse the titles below for another perspective on the people and places connected with this collection.
Cornwall Reflector
1,090 pages from 1880 to 1887
Cornwall Times and Temperance Herald
432 pages from 1879 to 1880
The Cornwall Local
2,372 pages in 2024
The Cornwall Local
149,788 pages from 1890 to 2025
The Cornwall Local Press
5,104 pages from 1908 to 1914
The Cornwall Press
7,916 pages from 1914 to 1923
The Cornwall Times
1,170 pages from 1876 to 1882
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About the Archive
About The Cornwall Public Library’s History Archives
The Cornwall Public Library offers free and open access to its digitized collection of historical newspapers, photographs, and oral histories, providing an invaluable educational resource for researchers, genealogists, and community members interested in exploring Cornwall's collective history. In partnership with Advantage Archives , the library has digitized a significant number of pages spanning from the late 1800s to the present. This initiative underscores a shared responsibility to preserve and make accessible the firsthand accounts and perspectives that document history as it happened.
Partner Story
Photographs and Illustrations
- Cornwall Images and Documents (Various Years)
Partner Story
Oral Histories
- Cornwall Memories Oral History Collection (Various Years)
These digitized materials serve as a portal to the community's past, capturing the people, places, and events that have shaped Cornwall's history. The collection offers a snapshot of time, preserving cultural assets and providing practical online access to local primary source documents.
About the Library
About The Cornwall Public Library
Located at 395 Hudson Street in Cornwall, New York, the Cornwall Public Library is dedicated to serving the informational and educational needs of the community. The library provides a welcoming space for reading, research, and community events, reflecting its commitment to greater access to historical content. Through partnerships and outreach, the library continues to engage the community in preserving and discovering local history.
Library History
The History Of The Cornwall Public Library
Established in the early 20th century, the Cornwall Public Library has evolved to meet the changing needs of its patrons. In 1935, a new colonial-style building was opened in Cornwall-on-Hudson. Over the years, the library system expanded, and in 1997, a plan was approved to build a new 10,000 square foot library. Construction began in April 1999, and the new facility opened in 2000. Today, the library houses a collection of close to 195,000 items and serves as a community center for residents of the Cornwall Central School District and beyond, continually striving to meet the needs and requests of the Greater Cornwall Community.
About the Community
About Cornwall, New York
Cornwall, located in Orange County, New York, is a town rich in history and cultural heritage. Founded in 1788 as New Cornwall and renamed Cornwall in 1797, the town became a popular summer resort in the late 1800s due to its natural beauty, mountain vistas, and accessibility to New York City via riverboat or railroad. Notable figures such as Nathaniel Parker Willis and Winslow Homer spent time in Cornwall, contributing to its reputation as a health retreat and artistic haven. In the 1960s, Cornwall played a significant role in environmental advocacy, with the successful opposition to a proposed hydroelectric plant on Storm King Mountain setting a precedent for environmental protection in the United States.
Local History
Did You Know?
Cornwall is home to the Sands-Ring Homestead Museum, one of the oldest buildings in the area, dating back to 1760. The homestead served as a meeting place for Quakers and was a station on the Underground Railroad, highlighting Cornwall's commitment to social justice and community engagement throughout its history.
More ways to explore and share local history
Research Guidance
Check a text match against the page
A family name, a familiar street or a story passed down through generations can lead to a closer look at the history of Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson. The digital archive shared by The Cornwall Public Library offers a place to begin. When using historical newspapers, try alternate spellings and nearby dates, then read the surrounding page to place a local story in its time. Compare later reporting or another available title to explore different perspectives rather than treating one account as the whole story. If a search result looks incomplete or misspelled, inspect the scanned page when available. Record the issue date and page, then distinguish the printed wording from search text before following the story to another mention.
If a text match looks incomplete, compare it with the scanned newspaper page when available. Check whether wording or names differ, then record the page's printed wording with the issue date and page. Keep the search result distinct from what the page itself shows.
As you connect materials, note where each detail came from and what it can support. Record the title, date, and page or item reference where available. Keep names and relationships tentative until the evidence is strong enough to connect them, and mark which words come from the record and which are your interpretation.
Community Partnership
Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of The Cornwall Public 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
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