►Chronicles Of Elma, New York 1956-2014, a newly-released hardcover history book.
DETAILS: Approx. 200 pages; 6 by 8½ inch nominal page size; limited-edition hardcover; see preview file below with Table Of Contents.
COST: $30 at Museum; $35 by USPS Media Mail to Continental U.S. (send check or M.O. to Museum); please contact the Museum for mailing to AK, HI, APO or outside U.S.
►History of Elma NY For Children, by Caitlin Edwards, 2009.
COST: $4 (U.S.) at Museum; $7.50 by USPS Media Mail to Continental U.S. (send check or M.O. to Museum); or contact the Museum for pricing.
DETAILS: softcover, children visiting the Museum receive a free copy; see cover image at lower-right.
►It Is For Your Country, by William J. Jackson and James T. Hurd, 2010.
DETAILS: 231 pages; 8.3 by 10.8 page size; softcover; "19th century colonial life events and opinions leading up to the Civil War and Allen Hurd's family and service for the Union Cause;" Allen Hurd was in the NY 44th a.k.a. Ellsworth Avengers, his letters home are "the soul" of this book; see cover image at lower-right.
COST: $20 (U.S.) at Museum; $25 by USPS Media Mail to Continental U.S. (send check or M.O. to Museum); or contact the Museum for pricing.
►History of East Elma, by Henry Laughton Allen, 2009 update of 1942 original; softcover reprint.
DETAILS: softcover, 26 pages; 5.5 by 8.5 inch page size; extensively updated in 2009 (new ©) by Town Historian Robert Newton and Kenny Schaff.
COST: $5 at Museum; $8.50 by USPS Media Mail to Continental U.S. (send check or M.O. to Museum); or contact the Museum for pricing.
►No Stoppin' This Boppin', by Bob & Terri Skurzewski, 2013
DETAILS: softcover, 358 pages; 7 by 10 inch page size; the story of popular Buffalo-area radio & DJs from 1950-to-1964; see cover image at right.
COST: $19.50 (U.S.) at Museum; $24.50 by USPS Media Mail to Continental U.S. (send check or M.O. to Museum); or contact the Museum for pricing.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: All history books listed hold copyright (©) by their respective author(s) or by the Elma Historical Society. All rights reserved.
►The Centuries In Elma, edited by Fred I. Sigman, (former town historian) with accounts by many authors, 1956, reprinted & recopyrighted (©); hardcover; covers 1901 to Elma's Centennial -- NEWLY REPRINTED.
DETAILS: 336 pages; nominal 6 by 9 inch page size; see preview file below with Table Of Contents.
COST: $25 at Museum; $30 by USPS Media Mail to Continental U.S. (send check or M.O. to Museum); please contact the Museum for mailing to AK, HI, APO or outside U.S.
1956 The Centuries In Elma book preview.pdf
►Two Quiet Heroes and One Grateful Son, by Norman Sigrist, 2010.
DETAILS: softcover, 142 pages; 6.0 by 9.0 inch page size; "three generations of soldiers and wars;" five stars on Amazon; see cover image below.
COST: $15 (U.S.) at Museum; $20 by USPS Media Mail to Continental U.S. (send check or M.O. to Museum); or contact the Museum for pricing.
►Were They Truly Champions?, by Terrence Grant, 2015.
DETAILS: softcover, 296 pages; 8.6 by 11.0 inch page size; "the remarkable story about Oliver Cabana Jr.'s Pine Grove Farm in Elma, and the milk-testing scandal in the 19-teens;" five stars on Amazon; see cover image below.
COST: $16 (U.S.) at Museum; $20 by USPS Media Mail to Continental U.S. (send check or M. O. to Museum); or contact the Museum for pricing.
Veterans receive 15% off prices at Museum.
Collectibles commemorating Elma's History are available for purchase at the Museum. To purchase by mail, please call or email for pricing.
COMMEMORATIVE PLATES
Please see images at right.
ELM TREE CHARM
Please see ad at right. Also available at the Elma Town Hall in the Town Clerk's Office, 1600 Bowen Road.
HURD HOUSE WOODEN REPLICA: $15
Veterans receive 15% off prices at Museum.
1957 Commemorative Plate for 100 Years
►Saving Little Fawn, written & illustrated by Catherine Kraynik of Elma, 2021 by Elma Press.
DETAILS: softcover, 27 printed pages; 6.5 by 8.5 inch page size; using beautiful color illustrations this book tells the story of a fawn in Elma who lost its mother, and of the fawn's rescue by representatives from a local animal preserve; teaches life lessons.
COST: $10 at Museum; $15 by USPS Media Mail to Continental U.S. (send check or M.O. to Museum); or contact the Museum for pricing.