North Tonawanda History Museum Wish List

Latest Items Added: 04/11/08

Office supplies and furniture we could use (Contact us for more information if necessary):

  • Steel shelving for permanent museum storage areas.
  • Please begin saving your good condition boxes for us; we can't store them right now but will soon be needing many.
  • Large and small dollies
  • Bookshelves and standalone shelving units
  • A small wardrobe for our beginning clothing and textile collection
  • Folding chairs, folding tables or card tables
  • Picture frames, especially large ones for maps and artwork and large photos
  • Heavy duty extension cords, power strips, surge protectors, a UPS (uninterruptible power supply)
  • Toner for our Canon Model H12255 copier; laser printer ink cartridges (Samsung ML-170D3/XAA) and inkjet printer ink cartridges (HP 94 and HP 95) and (HP 15 and HP 17)
  • CD-RW's – 700 MB min.
  • DVD-R's – 4.3 GB
  • Mini Digital Video cassettes – 90 minutes
  • Postage stamps
  • Copy paper; laser printer paper
  • #5260 mailing labels
  • Manilla file folders
  • Pendaflex folders (letter size)
  • #10 envelopes
  • 9"x12" envelopes (plain)
  • Swingline standard staples
  • Paper clips (large and small)
  • Archive boxes
  • Cash box
  • Letter trays
  • Post-its
  • 9”x12” bubble mailing envelopes
  • Waste baskets
  • Wall-mounted toilet paper holder
  • Legal filing cabinets
  • Storage cabinets
  • Computers for use by volunteers when primary computer is in use
  • Good quality staplers, including a heavy-duty one
  • Small postal scale
  • Electric/manual pencil sharpener

Books/Videos we could use (Contact us for more information if necessary):

  • "Big Book of Forms" by the American Museum Association
  • "A Shared Authority" and "Field Work"
  • "Making Old Houses Into Charming Homes" by Weatherbest
  • "Prehistory of Western New York", 1993, by Elaine B. Herold
  • "The Niagara Frontier:  A Narrative Documentary History" in 4 volumes, 1931, by Merton M. Wilner
  • "The Tonawandas Historic Photo Album" by presented by the Tonawanda News, 2000
  • "The 1920 Small Homes Catalog of the Ray H. Bennett Co."
  • "Managing a Nonprofit Organization in the Twenty-First Century" by Thomas Wolf
  • "The Nonprofit Handbook" by Gary M. Grobman
  • "Boards that Make A Difference" by John Carver
  • "Using Public Relations Strategies  to Promote Your Nonprofit Organization" ISBN:0-7890-0258-2
  • "Non-Profit Handbook" by White Hat Communications
  • "Non-Profit Internet Handbook" by White Hat Communications
  • "Improving Quality and Performance in Your Non-Profit Organization" by White Hat Communications
  • "Identifying American Architecture" ISBN: 0-7619-9159X by AltaMira Press
  • "Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations: A Practical Guide and Workbook" by Michael Allison, Jude Kaye
  • "Growing Up Italian American" by John M. DiBiase, Author House, Bloomington, IN
  • "Canalboat Mystery" by Lois Trimble Benedict
  • "Canal Town" by Samuel Adams
  • "Out of the Saltbox: The Savour of Old Vermont" by Ruth Rasey Simpson
  • "Western New York Land Transactions, 1804-1824" by Karen Livsey, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD
  • "Western New York Land Transactions, 1835-1835" by Karen Livsey, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore MD
  • "A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Immigrant & Ethnic Ancestors" by Sharon DeBartolo, Betterway Books, Cincinnati, OH
  • "Locating Your Immigrant Ancestor" by James C. Neagles, Everton Publishers, Logan, UT
  • "New York Soldiers in the Civil War:  A Roster of Military Officers and Soldiers...as Listed in the Annual Reports of the Adjutant General of the State of New York", Heritage Books, Bowie, MD
  • "They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins" by Ancestry, Salt Lake City, UT
  • "The Genealogist's Companion and Sourcebook" by Emily Croom, Betterway Books, Cincinnati, OH
  • "Polonia", WNED-TV video 2005
  • "The Niagara Frontier", Boyd Printing co., Albany, NY 1923
  • "Historical Sketches of Western New York" (Hardcover) by Alicia Vanderhoof
  • "Ethnicity and Social Structure: Irish, Germans, and Native-Born of Buffalo, N.Y." by Laurence Admiral Glasco
  • "The Italian Immigration of Our Times", by Robert Foerster, Cambridge, Mass., 1919
  • "Italians, Rumanians, and Slovaks in an American City: 1890-1950", by Josef J. Barton, 1975
  • "Italian-American History, Vol. 2", by Giovanni Schiavo, 1949
  • "The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity in the United States: Second Edition" by Joan Ferrante and Prince Browne, Jr.
  • City Directories and Yearbooks, church anniversary booklets, etc. - any years, duplicates appreciated
  • "They Came in Ships" by John Philip Colletta, Ph.D.
  • "Finding Italian Roots" by John Philip Colletta, Ph.D.
  • "Only a Few Bones" by John Philip Colletta, Ph.D.
  • "Civil War Ghost Stories" - from The Scholar's Bookshelf
  • "Brassey's Almanac:  The American Civil War" - from the Scholar's Bookshelf
  • "The Germans in the Making of America" - from the Scholar's Bookshelf
  • "Secret Societies" from the Scholar's Bookshelf
  • "Unfinished People" from the Scholar's Bookshelf
  • "Portrait of An Age" from the Scholar's Bookshelf
  • "Civil War Sourcebook" from the Scholar's Bookshelf
  • "War out of Niagara" by Walter Butler and the Tory Rangers - Howard Swiggett - From the Scholar's Bookshelf
  • "True Irish Ghost Stories" by Seymour & Nellean from Dover Publications
  • "Native American Mythology" by Alexander from Dover Publications
  • "The Celtic Twilight" by Yeats - from Dover Publications
  • "Wardway Homes, Bungalows, and Cottages, 1925" Montgomery Ward & Co. - Dover Publications
  • "Small Brick Houses of the Twenties" by Ralph P. Stoddard - Dover Publications
  • "Distinctive House Designs and Floor Plans, 1929, National Building Publications" - Dover Publications
  • "Hooded Knights on the Niagara:  The KuKlux Klan in Buffalo, NY" by Shawn Lay, NY University Press
  • "Pulaski Place" by Ruth Tabrok, Harper Bros., NY.
  • "The Season of Hope: A Risk Management Guide for Youth-Serving Nonprofits" available at http://www.nonprofitrisk.org
  • "Managing Risk in Nonprofit Organizations: A Comprehensive Guide" available at http://www.nonprofitrisk.org
  • "Managing Facity Risk: 10 Steps to Safety" available at http://www.nonprofitrisk.org
  • "A Golden Opportunity: Managing the Risks of Service to Seniors" available at http://www.nonprofitrisk.org
  • "Risk Management Essentials Series" available at http://www.nonprofitrisk.org
Books/videos/DVD's to develop a series of programs all from PBS Home Video:
  • "Destination America" - book and video or book and DVD
  • "In Search of Ancient Ireland" VHS or DVD
  • "The Celts:  Rich Tradition and Ancient Myths" - DVD
  • "The War That Made America" - DVD or VHS
  • "Liberty!  The American Revolution" - Video or DVD
  • "The Presidents" - DVD
  • "The Civil War" - Video and book or DVD and book
  • "The Complete History of US Wars:  1700-2004"  DVD
  • "The War of 1812" - DVD

Items for Museum Collections:

  • Identified photographs of North Tonawanda's buildings, people, businesses, organizations.
  • Small household items and appliances/tools used in North Tonawanda from the 1800's through 1950's.
  • Recreational and occupational items used in North Tonawanda, photos of teams and/or playing fields, pre-1950's toys and sporting goods, uniforms.
  • Documents and memorabilia of individuals, homes, businesses, schools, churches, and other organizations; photos, membership cards, badges, pins, minute books, ceremonial booklets.
  • 1800's and through 1950's clothing.
  • Furniture from 1800's through 1950's.

If you have any of these and are willing to donate to the Museum, please contact Donna Zellner Neal at the number below for information. Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to offer.


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North Tonawanda, NY 14120
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