Historigram Newsletter
The Historigram is the Society's newsletter, containing articles about local history, people, events and exhibits. It is developed and mailed to members approximately 8 to 9 times a year. It is included free as a part of membership.
For information about membership, go to the Membership page.
- The Welcome Mat is out for the Historic House Tour 2023, by Lucy McCormick
- From Your President
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- How you can Support the Society
- Getting in the spirit of the 70s on the Colonial Belle, by Nadine Fiero
- Village Employees Create Fence for Greenvale
- Window Dressing
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of August 2, 2023
- Join or Renew Your Membership Form
- Where’s Waldo at the Museeum, by Lucy McCormick
Aug. 2023 (no issue)
- Historic House Tour - “It’s a Lovely Day” in the Faircroft Neighborhood
- From your President
- Perinton Ambulance
- Canal Days 2023
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- File Fixer Upping
- Coming Soon Member Survey
- Society Members Celebration
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of June 15, 2023
June 2023 (no issue)
- Perinton’s Long Lost Landmarks - The Home of Hiram and Claramond Hayes
- From your President
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of April 19, 2023
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- How You can Support the Society
- Tree and Historic House Scavenger Hunt, by Jane DeMeis
- Relive the ‘70s on the Colonial Belle! by Kay Joslyn
- White Haven Cemetery Tour
- New in the Museum Gift Shop
- Original Ferris Wheel was Literally, One of a Kind
- Celebrating Our PHS Members
- Rosalie Bartolotta’s 1962 portrait by photographer John North
- Perinton’s Long Lost Landmarks, An Occasional Series by Bill Poray
- From your President - Welcome, spring!
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of March 15, 2023
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- How You can Support the Perinton Historical Society
- Calling all Rail and Photo Enthusiasts, by Lucy McCormick
- New in the Museum Gift Shop
- Donald Ecott’s Portrait by Photographer John North
- Canning the Old-Fashioned Way at Cobb Preserving Company
- From your President
- One Hundred Years Ago this Month “Leave Your Order for Hot + Buns”
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of February 15, 2023
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- How You can Support the Perinton Historical Society
- Museum Display Features History of Filkins Block
- Charlie Kopp’s enterprise
- Chamber of Commerce Profiles from the 1960s
- From your President
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of January 14, 2023
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- John Clayton Article
- How You can Support the Perinton Historical Society
- Volunteer Recognition & Training Seminar
- Photographer John North
January 2023 (no issue)
- From Blasting Powder to Powder Mills Park – And the Bell That Survived it All –
- From your President
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- One Hundred Years Ago - Published in the Monroe County Mail on December 14, 1922
- Special Recognition Level Memberships as of November 13, 2022
- Final Bidding for Gift Baskets on Tuesday, December 6th
- With Appreciation to the individuals, organization and businesses that donated to Yuletide Traditions
- Cemetery Records Reveal Previously Unknown Revolutionary War Veteran
- From your President
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of October 15, 2022
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- How You can Support the Society
- Enjoy Your Museum!
- Strolling South Main - Hundreds Toured Homes
- The Famous DeLand Band, Predecessor to the Fairport Fire Department Band by Keith Boas
- From your President
- Yuletide Traditions, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (registration form included)
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of June 14, 2022
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- Fairport FD Band, Continuing the Tradition
- How You can Support the Perinton Historical Society
- New in the Museum Gift Shop
- House Tour 2022 – Strolling South Main: Growing up on Fairport’s South Main Street, by Elaine Shepardson Lanni
- From our President
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- Scarecrow Festival - We Need Your Creativity
- We Get By with a Little Help from Our Friends
- Saying Goodbye – Matt Wells & Bob Hunt
- 100 Year Ago This Month
- Another Successful Open House
- Cruising on the Colonial Belle
- Support the Society with Your Membership – Form
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of August 14, 2022
- Christmas Ornament 2022, Now Available
August 2022 (no issue)
- The Carpenter Poet (Harold R. Spaulding), by Terry E. Holt
- From your President
- Another Successful Canal Days
- The Flag Waves Proudly
- How You can Support the Society
- Coming Programs & Events
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of June 14, 2022
- 2022 PHS House Tour, by Lucy McCormick
- Big Crowd Enjoys Virtual Cemetery Tour
- Perinton Ambulance, the Past and the Future
June 2022 (no issue)
- 200 Years on the Erie Canal!
- From your President
- Coming Programs & Events
- 200 Years on the Erie Canal! - May 20th Celebration Events
- Surveying the Erie Canal - Transits Display
- House Tour - Save the Date (October 2) For a Stroll Down South Main
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of April 15, 2022
- Celebrate on the Colonial Belle, by Kay Joslyn
- DeLand Family on Permanent Display
- 1893 DeLand Fire Sparked Establishment of Waterworks
- From your President
- A Merry Band of Volunteers!
- Volunteer Gathering
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- How You can Support the PHS
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of March 15, 2022
- Susan B. Anthony’s Many Trips to Perinton
- From your President
- Looking back – Winters on the Erie Canal, by Keith Boas
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- Welcome Our New Volunteer Coordinators: John and Nancy Bowley
- Events Committee Assistance Needed
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of February 15, 2022
- Remembering our friend, Harmonica Pete
- Conclusion to the Oxbow Story: The Last 100 Years
- From Your President
- It Took a Village –and Then Some–for Yuletide Traditions 2021, by Lucy McCormick
- Upcoming Programs
- How to Support the PHS
- An Invitation to the PHS Volunteer Recognition & Training Seminar
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of January 15, 2022
- PHS Trustee and Volunteer Coordinator, John Laurence (1947–2022)
January 2022 (no issue)
- The Oxbow: The Early Years
- From your President, Vicki Profit
- Celebrating a Centenarian, Floris A. Lent
- Yuletide Traditions – Organizations & Businesses Who Donated
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of November 15, 2021
- How you can support the Society
- Museum Gift Shop is Open Through December 12th
- Treasurer’s Report, by Linda Wiener
- Charlotte Clapp (1884–1964)
- Life of an American Hero Lester W. Conover
- Comments from your President
- House Tour, Premiere Event a Success, by Kay Joslyn
- Special Thanks to Outgoing President, Bob Hunt
- Yuletide Traditions Holiday Fundraiser, by Lucy McCormick
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of October 12, 2021
- How to support the Perinton Historical Society
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- ‘Tis the Season to be Tacky! You’re Invited to Participate in the Yuletide Traditions Ugly Sweater Contest
- The Potter Family, Following the Money
- Greetings from your President
- Photo Archive Documents Lift Bridge, by Kay Joslyn
- Yuletide Tradition, by Lucy McCormick
- Special Recognition Levels, as of September 2021
- Fairport’s New Bronze Sculpture, A Celebration of Canal History
- Virtual Houses Tour Ready, by Lucy McCormick
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- Halloween Happenings
- The Potter Memorial Story
- Greetings from the President
- Coming Soon: The Society’s Virtual House Tour 2021
- Volunteer Voices
- Committees Need Your Help: Scarecrow Festival, Yuletide Traditions, Property, & Tech Support
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of August 15, 2021
- More About Mules, by Keith Boas
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- Yuletide Traditions 2021
- Support the PHS - Membership Form
August 2021 (no issue)
- Mules to Mud to Recreation: Renaissance of the Canal in Perinton, by Keith Boas
- Greetings from your President
- The Museum - Open to Visitors
- Save the Date – in Person Program, September 21, 2021
- Annual Meeting & Open House: Basket Winners
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of June 15, 2021
- Pandemic Perspectives and Village Developments, by Lucy McCormick
- Thank You - Greenbrier Garden Club, by Lucy McCormick
- Virtual House Tour 2021 - A View of Perinton’s Homes and Gardens
June 2021 (no issue)
- Underwear Factory Burns, Community Goes Without!
- Greetings from your President
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- Celebrating PHS Members on June 15th
- Make a Special Card for Father’s Day & Mother’s Day
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of April 15, 2021
- Authors, Don Shilling and Karen Shughart to Attend PHS Members Only Event
- Treasurer’s Report
- Visit your Local Museum!
- A Shocking Loss of Life: Death by Trolley
- Greetings from your President
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- With Appreciation to the Fairport Public Library
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of March 15, 2021
- Three New Exhibits at the Fairport Historical Museum
- The Hose Tower on John Street
- The Parce Brothers & Their Greatest Achievement
- Comments from the President
- Special Recognition Level Memberships—As of February 16, 2021
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- Your Support is Appreciated
- Thanks to Matt Hegarty Superintendent, Fairport Electric
- The Lois McClure -Has Visited Fairport Several Times by Keith Boas
- A life of Perseverance Perinton’s English Annie Hallett
- Optimism and Perseverance, A Life of Service in Fairport - Dr. James W. Welch, by Bill Poray
- Comments from the President
- Special Recognition Level Memberships - As of January 16, 2021
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- Your Support is Appreciated
- The Tour Boat Mary Jemison - In Use from 1931 to 2014, by Keith Boas
- Capturing Tomorrow’s History Today, by John Laurence
- An Invitation to the PHS Volunteer Recognition & Training Seminar
- This Month 100 Years Ago – East Ave school was enlarged
Jan. 2021 (no issue)
- Fairport’s William Woolworth Howard: A Life of Intriguing Complexities, by Bill Poray
- Comments from the President
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- Your Support is Appreciated
- Recognized for Service to PHS for Over 50 years - George Wolf
- 6th in the Series: Notable Boats Through Fairport The Niagara Prince, by Keith Boas
- Special Recognition Level Memberships—As of November 2020
- Historic Marker Dedication : Fireworks Company explosion November 6th, 1942
- Keepers of Local History: Electra Griffith Barber & Susan Collins Roberts, by Lucy McCormick
- Comments from the President - Participants in the recent Alzheimer's Association Walk
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- Home Schoolers Visit Museum
- Garden Club Sale
- Special Recognition Level Memberships
- Gift Shop Clearance
- 5th in the Series: Notable Boats Through Fairport - U.S. Navy PT Boat 728 passed through Fairport in 2012, by Keith Boas
- Where is the Old School Bell?, by Bill Poray
- Above the Line of Charitable Deduction for 2020, by Linda Wiener
- 4th in the Series: Notable Boats Through Fairport, Tug Urger—Flagship of the Erie Canal, by Keith Boas
- Comments from the President
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- Yuletide Traditions Canceled
- Special Recognition Memberships
- Leadership Changes at PHS; Catherine Angevine & George Wolf
- Is There a Doctor in the House? Dr. Sophia Howard (1844 – 1893) & Dr. Frances Hulbert White (1869 – 1943), by Lucy McCormick
- History of Fairport Welfare System – 1914 to 1920
- Upcoming Programs via Zoom
- Volunteer Voices
- PHS Pioneers: Merriman for President! Clark for Vice President!
- Special Recognition Level Memberships
- 3rd in the Series: Notable Boats Through Fairport The Motorship Day Peckinpaugh
Aug. (no issue)
- Remembering Perinton’s Past Pandemic; The 1918–1919 Spanish Influenza, by William Allen
- Comments from your President, Bob Hunt
- A Message from Vicki Profitt – Reopening August 1st
- Artistry on South Main; Ida Marion Dougherty Aylward & Kate Cox Goddard, by Lucy McCormick
- Special Recognition Level Memberships, as of June 15, 2020
June (no issue)
- History Revealed in Helen DeLand’s Photo Album - Lessons from Album: Jessie Jack Hooper & Death of a Grandfather Shapes Perinton History
- Comments from your President
- Upcoming Programs & Events - The Fairport Historical Museum is temporarily closed.
- Traveling on the Canal in 1836 - From the Journal of William Pope
- Special Recognition Level Memberships
- Remembering the Canal – Message from Betsy Garner Carpenter
- Of Milliners and Minutemen, by Lucy McCormick
- 2nd in the Series: Notable Boats Through Fairport -SUBMARINE CHASERS Here? On the Canal? You Must Be Kidding! by Keith Boas
- Happy Birthday to a Special Lady - Mary Masciangelo celebrates her 95th birthday.
- 1st in the Series: Notable Boats through Fairport: The Packet Boat Seneca Chief, by Keith Boas
- Welcome to New Volunteers
- Upcoming Programs & Events (editor’s note, all events postponed through April)
- My Parents Built the Mushroom House, by Nancy Antell Slaybaugh
- Rev. Brokaw Presentation Launches the 2020 Museum Opening
- Special Recognition Level Memberships (March 11, 2020)
- Village to Determine Future of the Potter House
- In the Country Again, A Two Days’ Ride
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- Museum Gift Shop – your thoughts
- Volunteers Voices & Thank You
- Special Recognition Level Memberships (Feb. 15, 2020)
- Museum Reopens for Season March 7
- A Warm Welcome in DeLand, Florida - story and photos by Vicki Masters Profitt
- With Gratitude - Yuletide Traditions Success
- An Invitation to PHS Recognition & Volunteer Training
- Special Recognition Level Memberships (Jan. 15, 2020)
- Impact of a 19th Century Fairport Boy (Allen Ross Defendorf) on Modern Medicine
- Yuletide Tradition is also Fun Raising
- Treasurer’s Report – Linda Wiener
- Yuletide of Yesteryear by Karen Allen
- Special Recognition Level Memberships
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- Kids Create with Karen
- Nativety Scenes from Around the World
- Yuletide Appreciation and Final Bidding Dec. 10th
- John Kucko: From Sportscaster to Digital Journalist
- The Goose Diamond on Roselawn Avenue
- Photo - Hockey Tournament 2010 - 2011
- Senior Class Trip – 1958 Style, by Betsy Garner Carpenter
- Special Recognition Level Memberships
- Milton H. Yonkers, by Betsy Garner Carpenter
- Upcoming Programs & Events
- Yuletide Traditions – Nov. 19th to Dec. 10th
- Milton H. Yonkers, by Betsy Garner Carpenter
- Museum Gift Shop – New Ornaments, Puzzles, Canal Coasters & Bread Warmers
- Scarecrow - Celebrated 40 years at the Perrin Street location
- Another Successful House Tour - 2019
- 1940s Genesee Light Can from American Can sold for almost $5,000
- Making History – National Register of Historic Places Marker Installed at Museum
- Special Recognition Level Memberships
- Upcoming Programs and Events
- New Museum Gift Shop Items – Puzzles & Ornaments
- WNY Postcard Club Show & Sale Oct. 20 – PHS members FREE!
- Exhibit - Return of Downton Abby
- Yuletide Traditions Registration Open
- Fairport Lift Bridge Receives Much Needed Renovation
- 7th Federated Garden Club visited Museum
- 40 years at Perrin St Presentation
- House Tour Sept. 29
- Celebration of National Register Designation
- 4th of July Parade Float
- Friends for years – PHS & Greenbrier Club
- Yuletide Traditions 2019
- Growing Presence at Museum of artist Carl W. Peters
- Special Recognition
- Upcoming Programs
- Time to Renew Membership - Form
Aug. 2019 (no issue)
- Fairport's Shade Trees, by Andrew J. Deal Editor Fairport Herald 1901
- A message from the Fairport Tree Board, Matthew J. Brown, MD, Fairport Village Trustee and Tree Board Chair
- Return to Fairport, by John Douglas Clayton
- Chester Hutchinson's Relatives Visit Museum
- House Tour - West X West X Woodlawn
June 2019 (no issue)
- Historic Discovery in a Landmark Home (Daniel & Minerva DeLand Home, 185 S. Main St.)
- Special Recognition Memberships
- Celebration of Paul Earl
- 2019 House Tour Goes West
- Buffalo Soldiers Big Hit
- Bushnell’s Basin Cemetery
- 100 Years Ago This Month - Brief Items
- Greenbrier Garden Club’s Annual Plant Sale - May 11th
- Annual Meeting & Picnic (RSVP form)
- Eye-Opening Story for Fairport Homeowner - 48 East Church, 11 Filkins & 16 West Church Street
- Civil War Artifacts On Display - Cheater Hutchinson
- Civil War Nurse Mary Jewett Telford On Display
- Volunteers Snap to Attention - Ready to Take On Our 40th Year at the Museum
- Upcoming events - Buffalo Soldiers Presertation
- Fairport Horseshoe Club: 1932–1937, by Nancy Antell Slaybaugh
- The Respect of His Community - Charlie Hull
- Upcoming events - Mary Jewett Telford–Civil War Nurse
- Mr. Hupp - Businessman, Community Leader & Philanthropist, by Karen Gould
- Yuletide Glow, by Lucy McCormick
- Invitation to the PHS Volunteer Recognition & Training
- Celebrating 40 years at the Fairport Historical Museum (1979 - 2019)
- PHS exhibits at Fairport Savings Bank & Perinton Town Hall
- Welcome to John Laurence - new Volunteer Coordinator
January 2019 (no issue)
Dec. 2018 (Vol LI No 4)
- Peter Daley and His Hotels
- Yuletide Traditions Special Programs and Holiday Party
- Yuletide Traditions Donors
- Special Recognition Memberships
- Lives of Passion: Dr. George Dean & Louise Griswald Dean
- National Register Landmarks in Fairport & Perinton
- Pirate Pete (Scarcrow) and Pals Park on Main Street
- Another Successful House Tour
- Yuletide Traditions
- New in Gift Shop
- Photo: Richardson Canal House
- House Tour: Loving Life on Dewey
- Early History of Dewey Avenue
- Military Men & Models - Three Howards
- Milestones
- Special Recognition
- Programs & Yuletide Traditions Dates
- Photo: Civil War Monument Mount Pleasant Cemetary
- Photo: Certo on N. Main
- Dean Collection Donated to Museum
- Team Creates Another Historic Float - July 4th Parade
- Join the Swiffer Patrol - Cleaning Opportunity
- Support the Museum as a Volunteer
- What is Yuletide Traditions
- Scouts Assist
- Membership Form
August 2018 (no issue)
- Highs & Low of George E. Burgess - Evangelical Preacher
- DeLand Descendant Visits
- Remembering Robert Croll Stevens - PHS longest tenured member
- Lovin' the Dewey Ave Life - A Quiz
- Deer Spotted in Village - Stop the Presses
June (no issue)
- Apparent Murder of Mr. Mooney
- Museum: 4th Grade Trips & Exhibit Remodel
- Greenbrier Garden Club Plant Sale May 12th
- Support Museum, Volunteer
- David Marsh, A Man of Courage
- House Tour - Dewey Avenue
- Annual Meeting & Picnic Form
- Tarnishing the Family Name - The Leslie Hulburt Story (Part 2)
- Fairport Museum Listed on the National Register
- Agnes Sproul's Millinery Shop - 100 Years Ago
- Tarnishing the Family Name - The Leslie Hulburt Story (Part 1)
- Museum News - New Exhibits
- Support the Museum - Volunteer
- Lift Bridge Rehabilitation Project
- Treasurer's Report
- Potter Historic District Listed on National Register
- Yuletide Tradistions A Great Success
- Special Recognition
- USS Fullam & Fullam's Basin Connection
- New Volunteer Coordinator - Renee Barry
- Volunteer Recognition & Training - Fe. 24th
- Hedge Caper - March 3rd (a trim the hedge party)
January 2018 (no issue)
- A Navy Man, Paul Earls Story
- Life Aboard the U.S.S. Chester in 1942
- Yuletide Tradition Donor List
- Support the Society by Shopping Smile.Amazon.com
- Yuletide Collaborators
- The Big Celebration Old Home Week
- Scarecrow Festival - Susan B Makes an Appearance
- Yuletide Traditions
- Mr Smith Goes to Fairport - David Wooster Smith
- Special Recognition
- Canal Boat Model Donated
- Volunteer Coordinated Needed
- Two Months in a Houseboat excerpt Monroe Cty Mail Nov. 27, 1913
- Celebrating 21 Year Museum Volunteer - Eileen Slocum
- Yuletide Traditions Registration
- A Matter of Perspective - Eugene Harmor
- House Tour 2017 - Sunday, Oct. 1st
- Fall Event Schedule
- Yuletide Traditions Fundraiser
- Celebrating 150 year - Fourth of July Float
- Membership Form
August 2017 (no issue)
- 1879 - A Big Year for Growth in Fairport
- Honoring Fairport's WWI Veterans Exhibit
- Museum Volunteers Needed
- Historic Tour Filkins & George Streets - Oct. 1, 2017
- Colin McKechney Awarded Eagle Scout Rank
June 2017 (no issue)
- Bad Business for Mr (Rev Charles) Goodwin
- Museum News - 4th Grade Classes Visit
- Special Recognition - BusinessesSave the Date - Historic House Tour Oct. 1, 2017
- VoteTilla - Celebrating Women in NYS Gaining the Vote
- Annual Meeting & Picnic Form
- Special Remembrances of My Grandfather - Charles Menzies Briggs, M. D. by Betty Briggs Satterwhite Stevenson
- Exhibit: Over the Top: Honoring Fairport's World War I Veterans
- Exhibit: Postcard Collections
- Fairport Village Sesquincentennial
- Boy Scouts Complete Eagle Projects at Museum
- The General of (83)West Avenue - John Alfred Reynolds
- Photo: WPA workers set beams at Public Library
- Amicitia Club of Fairport 1921 - 1969, by Nancy Antell Slaybaugh
- Fixer Upper in the Museum - Organizing Collections
- Museum Greeters/Docents Needed
- Special Recognition
- Pictures of Perinton
- Upcoming Programs & Event
- Robert C. Stevens, Member of 67 Years and His Landmark Home
- Boy Scouts Awarded Eagle Ranks
- Yuletide Gratitude
- New - First Baptist Church Ornament
- VoteTilla - Celebrating 100 Years of Women's Voices & Votes in NYS
Jan. 2017 (No issue)
- Dolomite Shipbuilding Corporation (Pre-WWWII years), by Jack Odenbach
- Yuletide Traditions donors list
- Santa has Come to Town - Exhibit
- Chesbro Trades Foofball Uniform for that of Infantryman WWI
- LT. Fred Chesbro Tells of Soldier's Life in Siberian Country
- Scarecrow Honors Canal Workers
- Conant House a Local and Nationally Listed Landmark
- Perinton Sesquicentennial Aqua Parade, Part 2 - 1962, by Patrick L. & Frank N. Pittinaro
- Volunteer Recognition & Training Oct. 22
- Yuletide Traditions Nov. 15th to Dec. 13
- Special Recognition Level Memberships
- House Tour - Oct. 9th
- From the Archives - Fred Chesbro
- Perinton Sesquicentennial Aqua Parade, Part 1- 1962, by Patrick L. & Frank N. Pittinaro
- The Old Rocking Chair, by James M. Vines
- Yuletide Traditions for 2016
- Property Committee Needs Volunteers
- Membership Renewal Form
- North Side Stories & Tour
- Special Recognition Levels
August (no issue)
- House Tour 2016 – Oct. 9th The Northeast Neighborhoods
- New Slate Tiles - In the Gift Shop
- Volunteers Needed!
- Special Recognition Level Memberships
- The State of the Museum - Technology & Property Committee
- Painting Seminar - August 20 - 21
- Scouts Beautify Museum - Troops 207 & 208
- Communication Director Extraordinaire - Pat May
- Gone Fishing - A. C. Hooker, son James & One Horse Grocery
June 2016 (no issue)
- New National Register Home Listed in Fairport – Thomas Hulburt House, 106 Hulburt Ave.
- House Tour 2016 – Oct. 9th The Northeast Neighborhoods
- Volunteers Needed at Museum
- Local Landmarks Designated – Cole – Briggs House, 116 West Ave. and the Silver House and Carriage Barn, 53 Roselawn Ave.
- Memories of a Perinton Pioneer – Notes of Lorenzo Orson Woolsey
- Dancing on the Tables – 6ft folding table and round café tables FREE!
- New Gift Shop Items – Erie Canal Coasters, Bun Warmer and Ornaments
- Memories of Matson Ewell
- Special Recognition Level Memberships
- Shovel Rides & Indian Adventures, An Essay by Tom Arnold
- Christmas in Perinton Seventy Years Ago, by Thomas H. Arnold, aged 84
- Want to be a Volunteer?
- A Blacksmith, a Veterinarian, and Horseless Carriages – Part 2
- From Your President – Canal Boards & Ghosts in the Barn at 53 Roselawn Ave
- Boy Scout Will Kaiser Gives North Wing a Makeover
- New to the Gift Shop ROC-OPOLY
- Blacksmith, Veterinarian and Horseless Carriages
- Sign Maker Leaves Photographic Legacy
- Austin Quintana Completes Eagle Scout Project at the Museum
- Annual Treasurer’s Report
Jan. 2016 (no issue)
- The Pittinaro House, by Patrick Pittinaro
- Blue Star Memorial
- Before the Pittinato House, by Bill Poray
- PHS Received Donation - Fairport - Perinton Merchants Association
- Yuletide Traditions Donations
- Special Recognition Level Memberships
- Colonial Belle - Where Have you Been?
- Thanks to House Tour Volunteers
- Scarecrow - Celebrating 80 Years
- Carl Peters Gift Items in Shop
- Vintage Tug Visits
- First PHS House Tour in 1935
- Perinton & the Underground Railroad, by Scholarship Winner Daniel Smith
- Carl W. Peters Mural in Art for the People exhibit at Memorial Art Gallery
- College of Brockport Lends a Hand
- Yuletide Traditions Schedules
- Pat Ahern, Jerry Earl & the USS Missouri (WW II)
- Fairport’s First Congregational United Church of Christ, by 2015 Scholarship Winner Seth Weidman
- Society Received $1,000 Donation from Friends of Fairport
- Class of 1965 Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
- Yuletide Traditions Returns for Second Year
- Fall Schedule of Events Announced
- Online Architectural Style Guide Complete
- Renew Your Membership Form
August (no issue)
- Ida Dougherty Remembers Fairport continued...
- Scholarship Winners 2015; Seth Weidman & Daniel Smith
- Village of Fairport's Historic Resources Survey 2014
- Boy Scout Chris Grace Awarded Eagle Rank
- Flying the Flag Photo Exhibit, Keith Boas
- Potter Place House Tour 2015 Update
June 2015 (no issue)
- Ida Dougherty Remembers Fairport
- Civil War Exhibit
- How to Name a House Tour - Potter Place: Past & Present
- Flying the Flag Photo Exhibit, Keith Boas
- Wanted! Tech Committee Volunteer
- Events for May & June
- Picnic & Annual Meeting Form
- When President Lincoln Came to Town, Bill Poray
- From Pianos to Maple Syrup, by Keith Boas
- New Gift Shop Item – Erie Canal Playing Cards
- Talman’s Stop on the Underground Railroad
- April 21st An Evening with Andersonville Survivor Oliver Clarke
- May 19th Members Picnic and Annual Meeting
- June 16th Cemetery Tour
- Life and Times of Dr. J. B. Cowles
- House Tour to Feature Potter Place - Oct. 4, 2015
- Slave Experience & Underground Railroad Program - March 17, 2015
- PHS Receives Grant from FACET
- Special Recognition Level Memberships
- Museum to Open March 1, 2015
- Fairport's Magnificent Carnegie Library
- North Woods Bean Soup Recipe
- Museum Open March 1, 2015
- New Technology in Museum
- Museum Volunteer Orientation - Feb. 28 at 2 p.m.
- The Corner Bookstore Opens - Used & Collectible Books
- Financial Report - Fiscal Year Ending Aug. 2014
Jan. 2015 (no issue)
Dec. 2014 (Vol. XLVII, No 4)
- Memories of the Bushnell’s Basin School, by Lois Gibert
- Comments from Your President with a Norwegian Sweet Bread Recipe
- Upcoming Events Lift Bridge 1914 – 2014 Ornament – Commemorating the the Bridges’s 100th Anniversary
- Yuletide Traditions Donators – Thank you!
- Special Recognition Membership Levels
- Life through the Lens of Frank Beaumont
- Special Recognition
- Lift Bridge Ornament for sale in Gift Shop
- Upcoming Events
- Scholarship Winner Meghan Crawford - Joe Cummings
- History of Music Boxes Program
- Special Recognition Level Memberships
- Yuletide Traditions, the PHS holiday fundraiser
- Erie Canal Cousins Book Series, Author Appearance
- College of Brockport's Saturday of Service
- Celebrating 100 Year of the Lift Bridge, Encore
- George Southworth Filkens: His Impact on the Village of Fairport
- Parade Float 2014 - Honoring the 100th Anniversary of the Lift Bridge
- Annual House Tour - Featuring Roselawn Ave., Tour the Sunflower canal boat
- Celebrating 100 Year of the Lift Bridge Program
- Membership Form
- Program Calendar
August 2014 - no issue
- Civil War Display through July 31st
- New Mown Hay Always Smells the Same, poem by Bob HuntGreenbrier Garden Club Sale Successful
- Museum Visits by Chapter U, PEO, Maplewood Estates, 4th Graders
- Scholarship Winners Announced, Hannah Donnelly & Meghan Crawford
- Annual Meeting & Picnic
- Lift Bridge Artwork for sale in Gift Shop
- Greenvale Cemetery Program
- Wizard of Oz Collection from Aug. 2 to Sept. 30th
June 2014 - no issue
- Happy Birthday Fairport Lift Bridge
- Green Lantern Dinnerware For Sale
- Operation Potter Patriot
- Joseph Yale Parce, Fairport's First Inventor
- Annual Meeting & Picnic Form
- Decades of I Do: Wedding Gowns of the 20th Century Exhibit
- Going to the Mill with Eight Bushels of Wheat, by William Henry Dobbin
- Dobbin & Moore Planing Mill and Lumberyard
- Collection of Wire Mesh Purses & Hatpins Display to April 26th
- Photo of Charlotte Clapp family house
- Upcoming Events
- Fairport High School on West Avenue, Architects Otis W. Dryer & Harwood B. Dryer
- Outer Space and Footlocker Filled with Memories, Betsy Garner Carpenter
- Exhibit - Decades of I Do: Wedding Gowns of the 20th Century
- Great Snowstorm of 1879
- Merchants Association Holiday Party
- Reminiscences of William Henry Dobbin
- Canal Wall Repaired
- Antoinette Brown Blackwell Program Feb. 18
Jan. 2014 - no issue
- A Grandmother Remembers, by Betsy Garner Carpenter
- Cold Weather Clothing Exhibit through Dec.
- Book signings; Dec. 7th Michael Keene & Dec. 14 Donavan Shilling
- Annual Party with program by Chris Bensch - Tuesday, Dec. 17
(note, the date within the article is incorrect) - Frederick Ferris Thompson's Diaries presented by Sonnenburg - Jan. 21st
- Looking Back - The FHS Marching Band, by Keith Boas
- Levi DeLand, Blacklisted from the Sons of Temperance, by Bill Keeler
- Carmen Peck, Remembering Fairport
- Special Recognition of Members
- Book Signing - Pat Gorthy author of Peppermint Summer, Nov. 9 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
- Halloween Collection on Display at Museum
- Cold Weather Costumes on Display
- Scarecrow Festival Entry - Tweets
- Hiram B. Moseley by Scholarship Winner, Sam Broking
- Museum Sparkles -Brockport Students Day of Service
- Scout, Chris Grace of Troop 208, Paints Merriman-Clark Room
- Joan Alliger Remembered
- Albert Knapp: A Piece of Perinton Legend, by Jessica Wurzer
- Downton Abbey & Postal Service Exhibits until Sept. 15th
- Electronic Communications
- Downpour Fails to Sink PHS July 4th Parade Float
- Annual House Tour Update
- History of the Town & Village of East Rochester, by Jim Burlingame
- West Avenue in the 1950's, by Tom Bastian
- Support PHS with Your Membership - Form Included
Aug.- no issue
- Tugs Through Fairport & Their Need for Coal
- Peter McDonough Scholarship Winners 2013 - Jessica Wurzer & Samantha Broking
- Irondequoit and Fairport Rivers
- Greenbrier Plant Sale
- Elmwood Cemetery Tour
June (No Issue)
- Thomas Creek Inspired Art - Fred K. Van Almelo
- The Railroad Bridge at Peddie Spring
- John McLaughtin, Barbershop, 29 West Ave in the Jacobson Block
- Monroe County Chemical Co., N. Main St.
- Members Picnic & Annual Meeting, May 21st
- History of the Post Office
- Index of Residents Post Office Records - 1913
- Railroading in Fairport
- Fashions of Downton Abby Exhibit
- Memories of Roselawn Avenue
- Postcards and the US Post Office
- Children's Program - 1st Kids: Life in the White House, March 10
- An Evening with Abe Lincoln, March 19
- William P. Ellsworth's Home
- Pure Oil Gas Station Designated a Village Landmark
- Old Jefferson Mill
- Largest Collection of Fairport Yearbooks
- Musings of a Philatelist (stamp collection)
- New Bridge Recalls RSE Electric Railway Bridge
- House Tour Oct. 2013
- Treasure's Report
Jan. 2013 - No issue
- Canal Brought New Occupants to Bushnell's Basin, by William Keeler
- ROC the Day, A Special Day of Giving
- Dec. & Jan. Programs
- Packet Boats Operating in Bushnell's Basin in 1828
- House Tour Co-chair Needed for 2013
- The Firehorn, by Matt Wells
- The Old House - 438 Macedon Center Road
- Scarecrow Winner
- Life & Times of Oliver Thomlinson
- Children's Nov. Program - Celebrating Veterans
- Pig's Whistle
- John H. Howard House - 70 South Main Street
- Scholarship Winner - "The History of Fairport's Only Statue" by Brady Meixell
- Fairport Vintage Fire Truck
- Ontario Black Cap Raspberry
- 42 Annual House Tour
- Scholarship Winner - "The Little Brown Jug", by Megan Gilmore
- July 4th Parade Float - First Place
- The Great Race
- September Events
- 42nd Annual House Tour
July 2012 (Vol. XLIV, No 9) Special Bicentennial Issue
- Bicentennial Schedule of Events
- 200 Years Ago
- 50 Years Ago
- 1945 Celebration of VJ Day
- Oldest House in Fairport
- Footprint 4th Graders
- Children's Programs - Summer 2012
- Life & Times of Oliver M. Tomlinson
- South Perinton Cemetery Tour, June 19th
- Picnic & Annual Meeting, May 15th
- Minister & Founder of Peddie Springs - Molly Wilson Peddie, John Peddie
- Crystal Rock Spring & Water Company
- Barrancos, 32 N. Main - 100 years in business
- Delphine Hanna - Pioneer of Physical Education
- Antique Toy Car Presentation
- Building at 38 West Ave moved from Main Street
- Betsy Garner Carpenter, Letter to the Editor
- Chester Hutchinson, Veteran, Patriot & Loyal Citizen
- Egypt Band Won the Prize, March 18, 1905
- Tony's Shoe Repair - A Slice of Fairport History
- Earlier Perinton Pioneers - Pioneer Association of Western NY
- Spotlight on Landmarks - First Congregational Church of Christ
- An Evening with Susan B. Anthony Presentation
- Tale of Two Barns; by Catherine Angevine
- Fairport's First Trolley Station
- Fairport's Founding Fathers, Part II
- Rochester Easter Line - Program Feb. at 7:30 p.m.
- Prohibition Raid 1932; Bill Keeler
Jan. (no issue)
- Big Snow Storm of 1944 - Betsy Garner Carpenter Remembers
- Another Story of Baseball – Donkey Ball
- Fall Clean Up – Greenbrier Garden Club
- Perinton Landmark – Orchard Glen, est. 1832
- Forgotten Founding Father - Augustus C. Hill
- Underground Railroad Program – Jan. 17, 2012
- Windows to the Past, 200 Years of Perinton, NY History; by Jean Keplinger
- Presidents Message - Bob Hunt
- Five New Properties & Artifacts Designated
- Just Around the Corner; C. R. Sawdey
- Art & Life of Fairport Artist Carl W. Peters
- New in Our Gift Shop; Civil War Journal
- Potter War Memorial
- Presidents Letter - Bob Hunt
- Baseball in Fairport
- Fairport Herald; Friday - August, 27 1875
- Baseball Artifacts at the Museum
- Herb Howard's Memories of Baseball Games from Sept. 2, 1915
- Monroe County Mailm "Home News" May 21, 1903
- Greenbrier Garden Club
- Life and Letters of Kate Gleason
- Looking Back; the Last 12 Months - Catherine Angevine
- New President Message - Bob Hunt
- Treasurer Report; Sept. 2010 to Aug. 2011 - Bob Hunt
- Happenings at the Museum - Bill Keeler
- Membership Renewal Form
- Inventor - Dr. Albert J. Burns
- Keck's Farm - National Hill Climb
- Inventors - The Nicosia Brothers
- William M. Newman -His Fabulous Houses
- May House Tour - Forest Hills
- Abram E. Crane, Inventor of Cabbage Harvester
- John Rochester Thomas Display - March 2011 to Oct. 2011
- Fellowship Repairs Museum
- Solon H. Bushnell, Inventor of Improved Hay Rakes
- Perinton Inventors: Daniel C. Rand & Mortimer Wadhams
- Landmarks of the Village of Fairport Presentation Feb.15th
- How the Hamlet of Egypt Got Its Name
- Rare Architectural Drawings in Museum; 8 Woodlawn, 88 West Church
- Transitioning Society into 21th Century
- "Discovery of a Lake Ontario Schooner Program" - Jan. 18th
- Albert E. Clark, Inventor - Device for Conductors
- Nov. 16th Speaker Christopher Bensch, Strong Museum of Play
- "Decking the Halls to Shopping Malls"
- Earliest Maps of the Erie Canal
- The Rose Breeders; Part 2 of 2: George B. Hart, Horticulturist, Hart's Green House
- Lincoln Inaugural Book & Plate on Sale in Gift Shop
- Village Barns Cataloged
- Mary Jewett Telford, Civil War Nurse
- Cartwright's Fairport Poultry
- Frank Van Duzen, "Deadly Catch" from NY Times July 1900
- The Rose Breeders; Part 1 of 2: Thomas Edison Motose, Horticulturist
- Greetings from the President- Catherine Angevine
- Whatcha Got Cookin'? - Cookbook Project
- “We Dig History” Float in July 4th Parade
- Editor of the Historigram Stepping Down
- Support the PHS with Your Membership
- Tribute to Peter J. McDonough
- Annual Meeting & Picnic May 18th
- Cookbook Committee Needs Recipes
- Museum Staff and Canal Days Booth Needs Volunteer
- Museum Extended Summer Hours
- Donations in Memory of Peter J. McDonough & Imogene C. Blum
- Long Term Members Recognized
- April-No Newsletter; Historic Tour Booklet & Ticket Mailed
- The Panic of 1907 and the Sanitary Can Company; Part 2 The Formation of the American Can Co. and Demise of the Sanitary Can
- New Commemorative Stamps Honor 2 Fairport Women; Minerva Lewis Deland & Marjorie Snow Merriman
- Crime in Fairport 1874
- Historagram Crossword Puzzle
- Fundraising - Cookbook in the Works
- Fourth of July Float Plans - Volunteer to Help
- The Panic of 1907 and the Sanitary Can Company; Part 1 The Creation of the Sanitary Can Company
- Pioneer Prohibition Club Banner Recalls Third Party Politics in America
- The Canal, by Henry Rose - published in Gentleman’s Magazine in 1891
- Canal Riot of 1871; The Troops Arrive; Part 4
- Inventor of the Mirocopist's Turn Table, Ezra H. Griffith
- Lift Bridge Plaque Donated to Museum
- Canal Riot of 1871: The Riot; Part 3
- Village Landmark at 18 Perrin Street, by Jean Whitney
- Deland Artifacts Display: Ontario County Historical Society
- Canal Riot of 1871: The Break; Part 2
- Book Available in Gift Shop "Morrison's History of Perinton, Monroe County 1812-1876"
- Fairport Puzzles Available in Gift Shop
- Improved Medical Compound, Patent Held by William Evans Robinson, M.D. 5-18-1869
- Re-roofing of Museum Slated to Begin
- Canal Riot of 1871: The Prelude; Part 1
- Landscape Changes at Museum; includes Edward Lawson's Architect Drawing
- June, July & Aug. - No Newsletter
- Inventors of Egypt: The Woolsey Brothers; Part 2, Lorenzo Jerome Woolsey
- Don't Do That; article on hitching posts and mounting blocks in the Village of Fairport
- May-No Newsletter
- Inventors of Egypt: The Woolsey Brothers; Part 1; Elliot Hartman Woolsey
- August Schilling & his Physician Contrive a Jolter of Great Power
- Gift Shop Now Selling Genuine Fairport Commemorative Postage Stamps
- Board Adopts New Logo for Society
- Novel Shaking Machine Invented for a Lakeside Patient
- Rare 1817 Geddes Survey Maps; Erie Canal
- Early Housing Subdivision - Village; Faircroft
- Early Housing Subdivisions - Town of Perinton
- Invented in Fairport 1875; Clothes Pounder-Chauncey B. & George W. Hart
June, July & Aug. (No Newsletter)
April (No Newsletter; Historic Tour Booklet & Ticket Mailed)
Jan. 2007 (No issue)
Jan. 2003 (No issue)
