Documentary Heritage Program - Directory of Repositories
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Wednesdays, 9:00 am-3:00 pm.
Access to the material is available at other times. Please see the "Using the Collection" section of the Hill Collection web page for more information and procedures.
Holdings:
Comprehensive book, pamphlet, document and manuscript collection relevant
to the history and development of Warren and Washington Counties and the Adirondack
Mountains.
Route 30 / P.O. Box 99
Blue Mountain Lake, NY 12812
Contact:
Jerold Pepper
Phone:
(518) 352-7311
Fax:
(518) 352-7653
Email:
jpepper@adkmuseum.org
Website:
http://www.adkmuseum.org/
Hours:
M-F 9am-5pm. Appointments strongly recommended.
Holdings:
Manuscripts, maps, microfilm, books, and serials relating to the Adirondack
Region. Special collecting areas include: small boat design and history, environmental
conservation, outdoor recreation, land use, and 19th century American landscape
painting. The Library will make microfilmed materials available interlibrary
loan.
Historical archives concerning the profession of pharmacy including
the establishment as a profession. Evolution of New York State involvement in
the regulation of pharmacy practice. Patent medicine. Botanical sources related
to pharmacy. Old prescriptions. An authentic pharmacy museum (store) established
in the 1800s.
Local government records of the City and County of Albany include
deeds, mortgages, farm surveys, land patents, naturalizations, census records,
marriage certificates, and court records. Special collections consist of early
Common Council laws and Chamberlain receipts, property maps of 18th & 19th
century landowners, city police blotters, building permits and city assessment
rolls.
Museum: May 1-Dec 15: Th,Fr 10am-4pm; Sa,Su 1pm-4pm;
Archives: By Appointment
Holdings:
18th and 19th century decorative arts and domestic artifacts from Albany
and the surrounding area. Uncataloged archival records. Housed in the Ten Broeck
Mansion.
Collections relate to the history of the city and county of Albany
and the Upper Hudson Valley from the 17th century to the present. Major collections
document 19th and 20th century economic, political, and social interests in
Albany. Primary research materials include Dutch and English colonial manuscripts,
business and organization records as well as private papers. Special collections
also include photographs, deeds and indentures, maps, broadsides and ephemera.
A secondary research collection includes a 15,000 volume reference collection
and 60 periodicals in the fields of American art and history.
Some rare and old legal treatises. Hard-copy records and briefs of
U.S. Supreme Court, 1870-1970. Records, exhibits, and other litigation materials
of two major proceedings and one major commercial arbitration in which Judge
Francis Bergen was involved.
M 5pm-8pm (City Historian Tony Opalka is available 6pm-8pm);
W 9am-1pm; F 2pm-5pm
Holdings:
Published histories of the City and County of Albany and the Capital
District. Albany newspapers on microfilm. City directories and census records.
Newspaper clipping file. Photographic images of Albany streets and buildings.
Special collections of Albany authors and Albany imprints. Pamphlet collection
of late 19th and early 20th century community organizations.
Materials relating to the City of Albany, especially the South End
of the city. These include City Directories, maps, photos, artifacts and manuscripts.
Information on prominent houses and South End residents is also collected.
American Locomotive Company's photographic collection. Collection
consists of over 28,000 images from 1880 to the end of production in 1969.
Includes photographs of steam and diesel locomotives built by the company as
well as company operations. A catalog of the photographs that are available
for sale can be purchased.
Records pertaining to the history of the village of Altamont (Incorporated 1890): 3,000 vintage photographs and post cards(1860 to 1950); Hotel Guest Register's; Deeds; Wills; Indentures; newspaper clippings, mortgages, Village legal documents (1880-1910, some to 1750); personal correspondence from residents, including the letters (1851-1875) of Mary Crounse; scrapbooks (1880-1940); birth, marriage and death records. Also the archives for the Altamont High Free School, which closed in 1955 (photographs; yearbooks; class records; photographs and ephemera) and the archives of the Altamont Hose Co.
Information on Amsterdam and surrounding area. Holds Amsterdam city
directories on microfilm (most years 1876-1942) and hard copy (most years 1945-1988).
Has papers of Sir William Johnson.
M-F 9am-9pm; Sa 10am-5pm; Su 1-5pm. (Closed Su, Jul-Aug)
Holdings:
Material related to the history of the Town of Bethlehem and the surrounding
area. Material includes, but is not limited to, high school yearbooks, directories,
local newspapers, genealogy and family history material, and photographs of local
buildings and events.
P.O. Box 441 / 4924 Main Street
Bolton Landing, NY 12814
Contact:
Bill Gates
Phone:
(518) 644-9960
Website:
http://www.boltonhistorical.org/
Hours:
Spring and Fall M-F 11am - 4pm
Holdings:
Artifacts, photographs and other material depicting the history of
Bolton, its steamboats, hotels, businesses, schools, churches, events and people,
and Lake George. Bolton census records from 1790-1920.
Collections covering history of Saratoga County, predominately Ballston
Spa and immediate area. Personal papers of some prominent residents, personal
diaries, church records, a few business records. Strong Ballston Spa photograph
collection. Business directories.
In 2010 Heritage Hunters of Saratoga County donated their library and archives collection to Brookside Museum/Saratoga County Historical Society. This material includes: surname pages periodicals, instructional books, state and local histories, lists of primary sources and a few videotapes and other media. Contact the museum for details.
M-Th 10am - 7:30pm; F 10am - 4:30pm; Sa 10am - 1:30pm
Holdings:
Local history materials relative to the Town of Canajoharie and vicinity
from the 18th century to the present. A wide range of primary sources; ephemera;
rare books; genealogical references in published and manuscript form; maps and
atlases; local newspapers (microfilm and hard copy collection, 1863 through the
present); an extensive 19th and 20th century photograph collection; a postcard
collection of Mohawk Valley interest; and some oral history recordings.
85 South Main Street
Castleton-on-Hudson, NY 12033
Contact:
Amy Peker (Director)
Phone:
(518) 732-0879
Fax:
(518) 732-0835
Email:
director@castletonpubliclibrary.org
Website:
http://www.castletonpubliclibrary.org/
Hours:
M-W noon-8pm; Th-F 10am-6pm; S 10am-4pm
Holdings:
A small local history collection that includes maps, local authors, directories and books specific to the history of the Village of Castleton-on-Husdon or the Town of Schodack.
Approximately 20,000 photos. Includes the Seneca Ray Stoddard collection: 3,500 prints plus books, guidebooks, publications, maps and artwork. Archives for the Glens Falls Insurance Co., McMullen Leavens Co., Sandy Hill Corp., Union School District and YMCA. Small manuscript collections of individual papers from the 19th century, including the Civil War. Vertical files on genealogy, businesses, organizations and miscellaneous subjects. Approximately 100 maps, approximately 800 books and small art collection. The museum also has 30,000 three- dimensional artifacts and an historic house.
Charleston Historical Society
RR1 / Box 713
Esperance, NY 12066
Contact:
Edythe Meserand
Phone:
(518) 875-6533
Hours:
Jun-Aug: Sa-Su 11am-4pm
Holdings:
Records of the 1st Baptist Church dating 1793-1868 including burial
records. Oral histories have been compiled from old residents of the area. Photographs
have been donated by members of the society.
Charlotteville, Museum of the History of
511 Charlotte Valley Road
Charlotte, NY 12036
Contact:
Dr. Marilynn Karp
Phone:
(607) 397-8606
Email:
marilynn.karp@nyu.edu
Hours:
Mid-Jun - late Aug: Su Noon-3pm
Holdings:
Collections relate to the Town of Charlotteville only. Exhibits include
1,200 photographs of the town in various stages of its history; artifacts spanning
the full range of farm and town life in the 19th and early 20th centuries as
well as prehistoric and Indian implements from sites in Charlotteville; archives
of town documents, cemetery records, maps, deeds, ledgers, souvenir postcards,
newspapers, genealogies, oral histories and a small library.
Local History Room
475 Moe Rd
Clifton Park NY 12065
Contact:
Lauren Cardinal
Phone:
(518) 371-8622
Email:
lcardinal@sals.edu
Website:
http://www.cphlibrary.org/
Hours:
Mondays from 1-4 pm;
Wednesday from 9 am to noon;
First and third Tuesdays of the month from 7-9 pm;
Other times by appointment
Holdings:
Materials relating to the history of the Towns of Halfmoon and Clifton Park. Larger collections include the Howard Becker Collection, unofficial historian of Clifton Park for many years; George Dows Collection; Clifton Park, Halfmoon and Waterford Town Files; and Pre-Shenendehowa Schools Collection.
The College of Saint Rose Archives, 1920 - present, consists of minutes,
reports, correspondence, college publications, scrapbooks, audio and video recordings,
clippings, theses, photographs, microfilm and memorabilia. The collection documents
the history of the college as well as, to some extent, the history of the Pine
Hills neighborhood. Included in the College's Special Collections is an Early
Textbook Collection with over 600 textbooks ranging from 1653 through the 1950s.
M-Th 9am-9pm; Fr 9am-6pm; Sa 9am-5pm; Su 1pm-5pm
(Jul-Aug: Closed on Su)
Holdings:
The Local History collection is comprised of reference books, city directories in print and on microfilm, maps, Town of Colonie Veterans oral history tapes, and a news clipping file pertaining to the Town of Colonie and the surrounding area. The library also maintains the Colonie-Area Cemetery Digital Collection . At this time, there are no rare volumes in the collection.
Administrative records of the Provincial Government; the history of
the services rendered by the Daughters of Charity in the 30 houses of the Province
which include 7 large hospitals, educational institutions from pre-school to
college level, and many aspects of social services including 19 orphanages founded
between 1814-1895. As an international community, members serve in Third World
Countries.
Holdings: Contains manuscripts, letters, documents, photographs, and ephemeral
materials relating to: Individuals important in the history of the Observatory
since its founding in 1852 (e.g., Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Jr., G.W. Hough, Lewis
and Benjamin Boss, Curtis Hemenway); Important astronomical research projects
undertaken by the Observatory (e.g., Albany Star catalogues of 1900-1920, research
on cosmic dust, 1956-1975); Astronomical Journal under the editorship of B.A.
Gould, Seth Carlo Chandler and Lewis Boss; U.S. Coast Survey in its involvement
with the Observatory, 1854-1859; Institutional history of the Observatory, especially
under directors Lewis and Benjamin Boss; Astronomical research in the U.S., especially
in the period 1875-1915.
Collection of Yearbooks published by Society. Genealogical records
of individual members. Published church records and regional histories. Copies
of family genealogies.
Materials relating to the Emma Willard School (formerly Troy Female
Seminary), including archival records from the school, private records of school
faculty, staff, and students. Holdings include manuscripts of Emma Willard and
several of her students, dating from 1817. The collection also includes a large
number of photographs, videotapes, audio-recordings and ephemera from the school.
Also included are school records & catalogs; student records, letters, diaries & notebooks;
curriculum materials and records from administrative offices, all dating from
1814 to present.
Large historical and technical collection relating to aviation and
aerospace history. 6,500 books, 9,000 periodicals and 400 videos currently cataloged;
approximately 3,000 technical manuals and 4,000 photographs being processed.
Special features include: Brian Flanagan WWI Research Collection; Attil Pasquini
Photograph Collection; and Frank Coffyn Collection of 200+ photographs of the
1910-1912 Wright Brothers Exhibition Team.
Ephratah Historical Society
R.D.#1, Box 137
St. Johnsville, NY 13452
Contact:
Elaine Hill
Phone:
(518) 762-1551
Hours:
3rd W 7-9pm
Holdings:
Materials related to the history of the Towns of Ephratah and St. Johnsville.
Esquatak, Historical Society of
Box 151
Castleton, NY 12033
Contact:
Irene Saganich
Phone:
(518) 477-5421
Hours:
By appointment
Holdings:
Materials relating to Town of Schodack and Town of Nassau.
Records related to the Feeder Canal, which runs between where Feeder
Dam meets the Hudson River in Queensbury, NY and the Champlain Canal in Fort
Edward. Historic material related to the building and use of the Canal
as well as Feeder Canal Alliance records documenting the group's work to preserve
and beautify the Canal area.
Records of the First Unitarian Society of Albany since its formation
in 1842 and some of the Albany Universalist Church, with which the Society
later merged, from the 1830s. Unitarian records include early trustees minutes,
accounts, correspondence and, from 1895 on, membership lists, some marriages
and deaths, and a great many sermons. Since 1956, records include newsletters,
committee reports, etc. as well. A centennial history was published in 1942,
and a sesquicentennial history in 1994.
Fort Edward Historical Association
P.O. Box 106
Fort Edward, NY 12828
Contact:
R. Paul McCarty
Phone:
(518) 747-9600
Hours:
Jun-Sep: 1pm-5pm, or by appointment
Holdings:
Old Fort House Museum c. 1772: An old one-room schoolhouse located
on West River Rd. in Moreau, which contains local period furnishings and decorative
arts reflecting the various occupants' roles in the community. Toll House c.1840:
furnishings typical of a 19th century toll keepers quarters. A.D. Wait Law Office
c.1853: furnishings and law books of local attorneys. John P. Burke Research
Center: Historic books, documents, genealogy records, maps and photographs covering
the history of the Town and Village of Fort Edward, the Village of Hudson Falls
(formerly Sandy Hill) and the Town of Kingsbury. Many items and memorabilia from
the Fort Edward Collegiate Institute and Fort Edward schools from the 1840s through
the present.
Collection contains materials relating to the Mohawk Valley especially
the Fort Plain, Montgomery County, area. Collection includes family genealogies,
church records, cemetery records, writings of local authors. Photographs and
memorabilia of the Clinton Liberal Institute, former preparatory school and military
academy, are also included.
Collection of records pertaining to history of Fort Plain, cemetery
records, newspapers, and some family histories. Field notes on local archeological
work. Photographs.
Fort Royal Foundation, Inc.
1 Starin Place / Box 445
Fultonville, NY 12072
Contact:
Karen Chaplin
Phone:
(518) 853-4542
Hours:
By appointment
Holdings:
Material related to John H. Starin, Fultonville, Erie Canal, Mohawk
Valley, Native Americans, and artists.
Kenneth R. Dorn Regional History Collection
2805 State Highway 67
Johnstown, NY 12095-3907
Contact:
Peter C. Betz
Phone:
(518) 842-8056
Fax:
(518) 762-3834
Email:
libinfo@fmcc.suny.edu
Website:
http://libguides.fmcc.edu/reghistory
Hours:
M-T 8:30am-9pm; F 8:30am-4pm; Sa 10am-3pm
Holdings:
The Evans Library holds a collection of regional historical materials
known as the Kenneth Dorn Regional History Collection. Also holds the David F. Nestle Collection of records related to the Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad.
Historical records and journals pertaining to the Town and Village
of Galway.
Gilboa Historical Society
103 Mace Road
Gilboa, NY 12076
Contact:
Shirley Kutzscher
Phone:
(518) 827-6304
Email:
skutz@midtel.net
Hours:
By appointment
Holdings:
Materials relating to Gilboa, New York and surrounding area. Includes
town histories of neighboring communities; vital records of Gilboa Reformed
Church, 1801-1884; Baptism records of Blenheim Reformed Church, 1797-1839;
material from Broome Center School, 1877.
Center for Folklife History and Cultural Programs
251 Glen Street - City Park
Glens Falls, NY 12801
Contact:
Todd DeGarmo
Phone:
(518) 792-6508 x237
Fax:
(518) 792-5251
Email:
degarmo@crandalllibrary.org
Website:
http://www.crandalllibrary.org/
Hours:
M,Tu,W, Th, F 10am-12 noon, 1-4 pm; Tu 5-8 pm; and by appointment.
Holdings:
Special Collections related to the living and historical cultural heritage of the upper Hudson Valley and southern Adirondacks of upstate New York, with emphasis on the library's chartered area (Glens Falls, Queensbury and Moreau) and its four county service area (Saratoga, Washington, Warren, Hamilton). Materials include books, serials, directories, folk music library; NYS vital records indexes; photographic collections (over 60,000 images); manuscript materials including records of area businesses and organizations, personal papers, scrapbooks, family histories; 3 research file collections (Glens Falls/Queensbury, Regional, Biographical); folklife collections; etc.
M 3pm-8pm; T,W,Th 10am-8pm; F 10am-6pm; Sa 10am-5pm
Holdings:
Materials related to the history of Fulton County and the Mohawk Valley;
some genealogical material; archives of some local institutions and scrapbooks.
Grafton Historical Society
P.O. Box 244
Grafton, NY 12082
Contact:
Dorothy Surprise, Secretary
Phone:
(518) 641-9660
Email:
historicgrafton@aol.com
Website:
www.graftonny.org/wordpress/historical
Hours:
By Appointment
Holdings:
Genealogies; photographs taken by Elmer Jacob in the early 20th century;
Dunham, Burdick, Hayner genealogy books; scrapbooks; postcards; Civil War enlistees
records for Grafton residents; cemetery records; "The Defender" community
newsletter, 1945-1954; Mina Stewart collection (diaries 1898-1908); correspondence
of Hydorn family.
The Pember Library has a small local history collection and a set of
microfilm of the Granville Sentinel from 1875. A microfilm reader-printer
is available, but the microfilms are not indexed so searching is a time consuming
task. The collection includes two boxes of DAR materials; three cabinets of local
history materials including photographs; and yearbooks for Granville High School
from 1949-1988. (The library welcomes donations of Granville High School yearbooks!)
Granville - Town of Granville Heritage Society
Granville, NY 12832
Contact:
James Ayres
Phone:
(518) 642-1500
Hours:
By appointment
Holdings:
A miscellaneous collection of cultural artifacts such as bicycles and
articles of Quaker clothing; photographs from early-mid 1900s (glass plate negatives
and prints); a collection of local newspapers - the Granville Sentinel (also
on microfilm at the New York State Library and the Pember Library); oral histories
of Granville's ethnic heritage on audio and video tapes.
Greenbush Historical Society
P.O. Box 66
East Greenbush, NY 12061
Contact:
Joseph Parker
Phone:
(518) 283-1923
Hours:
By appointment
Holdings:
Books, photos and maps on the history of East Greenbush and North Greenbush.
The library's historical collections are housed in the I.V. Gill Room. Islay Van Horn Gill (1875-1964) was a community leader for many years and an early supporter of the Greenwich Free Library. He began working for the local electric company in 1898, and in the 1920s and 1930s was instrumental in bringing electricity to rural Washington County. He had a life-long interest in local history, authoring several books, including "The Greenwich Community of 1850." After his death in 1964, his voluminous collection of history books, documents and handwritten notes were donated to the Greenwich Free Library. This donation comprises the core of the Greenwich Free Library's historic holdings, known collectively as "The Gill Room." Although initially it was a single room, the collection is currently housed in two rooms in the library basement. The Gill Room Collection has continued to grow since Mr. Gill's initial donation and includes old and rare local historic items of Greenwich and other Washington County communities, as well as of those of surrounding New York State and Vermont communities. It houses a large collection of microfilms of Federal and New York State Census records, local newspapers from the mid-1800s and the Asa Fitch manuscripts. Many local genealogies have been donated and are available for research.
Hadley-Luzerne Historical Society & School House
Museum /
Kinnear Museum of Local History
P.O. Box 275 / 52 Main Street
Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
Contact:
Kinnear Museum
Phone:
518/696-4520
Email:
kinnearmuseum@gmail.com
Hours:
Sat 1pm-4pm, or by appointment; July & Aug 11am-2pm;School House Museum is open July & Aug only 11am-2pm. NOTE: If your visit is for research purposes, we strongly recommend contacting us via email to set up an appointment. (We are totally staffed by volunteers and rely on their help to assist our visitors.)
Holdings:
Local (Hadley-Luzerne) account books, newspapers, billheads, photographs.
Holdings include over 1,800 paper related items and more than 1,200 photographs
dating from 1850 to the present. Also, logging implements, tools, Abenaki Indian
made baskets, Adirondack guide Ira Grey display, rotating displays, local store
signs of 1930's vintage.
County Office Building, Route 8
Lake Pleasant, NY 12108
Contact:
Bill Zullo
Phone:
(518) 548-5526
Email:
historian@hamiltoncountyny.gov
Hours:
June-Aug: M-F 8am-5pm; Sept-May: By appointment
Holdings:
Materials relating to Hamilton County including 1903 – present Board of Supervisors Proceedings; Conservation Department Annual Reports 1920’s – 1940’s; histories of Fulton, Hamilton, Warren counties; atlas of Essex, Montgomery, Warren counties; Vol. 2 – 5 of Adirondack Tales, by W. H. H. Murray; several books on Adirondacks, its people and places; collection of Tefft photos; several NYS Museum Bulletins; Hamilton County genealogical information; videotapes of several Hamilton County residents; photo albums; boxes for all nine Hamilton County towns with files.
1744 Washington Avenue Extension
Rensselaer, NY 12144
Contact:
Justin DiVirgilio
Phone:
(518) 283-0534
Fax:
(518) 283-6276
Email:
jdivirgilio@hartgen.com
Website:
http://www.hartgen.com/
Hours:
By appointment
Holdings:
Original archeological records of surveys and excavations conducted
primarily in eastern New York from 1973 to the present. Includes notes, photographs
and collections. Private business, but researchers can have access.
Hebron Preservation Society Museum
P.O. Box 328
Salem, NY 12865
Contact:
Jerrie Porrier
Phone:
(518) 642-2579
Hours:
Jun-Sep: Su 2pm-4pm, by appointment
Holdings:
The Society maintains a museum consisting of two buildings located
on Route 22 in the hamlet of East Hebron. One, a one room school house built
in 1845 and the other, a small tenant farm house built in the early 1800s. The
museum houses both a display of school memorabilia as well as a collection of
varied articles, books, ledgers and family genealogies pertaining to the residents,
businesses and organizations in Hebron.
Helderberg Reformed Church
Main Street
Guilderland Center, NY 12085
Contact:
Shirley Carman
Phone:
(518) 861-8031
Hours:
No on-site use; will do phone reference.
Holdings:
Birth records from 1797 to date; marriage records from 1825 to date.
Photocopies of these records are also housed in New York State Library.
Heritage Hunters of Saratoga County
In 2010 Heritage Hunters of Saratoga County donated their library and archives collection to Brookside Museum/Saratoga County Historical Society. To access the collection, contact Brookside Museum.
Hill View Free Library
Lakeshore Drive / P.O. Box 95
Diamond Point, NY 12824
Contact:
Dr. Jane O'Connell
Phone:
(518) 668-3012
Email:
hillviewlibraryfree@yahoo.com
Hours:
By appointment
Holdings:
Seneca Ray Stoddard photographs of Lake George, Adirondack Collection,
George Yewell prints and paintings.
Materials relating to the history of the city of Albany.
In 2010 Historic Albany Foundation received the holdings of the now-defunct Albany South End Historical Society. This material includes city directories, maps, and photos related to the City of Albany, with a focus on the South End, and information on prominent South End houses and residents.
Holdings include ephemera, photographs, books, manuscripts, maps, diaries,
and legal documents pertaining to the VanRensselaer/ Elmendorf/ Gould/ Rankin
families of the 18th and 19th centuries.
The collections focus on the industrial heritage of the Hudson-Mohawk
region. Major holdings include: Matton Shop Yard (Cohoes) records; Wheeler
Bros. Foundry (Troy) records; Meneely Bell Co. (Troy) records; Manning Paper
Co. (Troy) records; Republic Steel Blast Furnace blue prints (Troy). Additional
research/clipping files cover the industrial heritage of the region. HMIG
also has museum exhibits and artifacts on display in the organization's historic
Burden Iron Company Office Building.
The holdings of the HVCC Archives include inactive permanent administrative
records of college departments, materials documenting the history of the college,
official college publications, and faculty publications.
The Italian Renaissance home of Lewis and Charlotte Hyde, exhibiting
the paintings of the Dutch masters, and 18th century French artists. A collection
of photographic archives.
Materials relating to "Order of Friars Minor Conventual." Correspondence:
Pope, Bishops, Superiors, Members, Churches, Schools. Photos, manuscripts, diaries,
records, periodicals, newspapers, scrapbooks, Indians. Van Rensselaer Manor.
Foreign missions. Much of the material dates from the late 18th-19th century, in Latin written
in German script.
Contains over 600 volumes covering such topics as the history of Ireland,
Irish art and music, the folklore and culture of Ireland, and travel in the Emerald
Isle. Also, a large portion is devoted to genealogy and reference sources. In
1992, the IAHM published a bibliography of its holdings. Copies of the 67 page
booklet are available for purchase. Bibliographic information on the books is
also available through CaDiLaC at www.cdlc.org.
Newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs and ephemera relating to
Iroquois communities, arts, environmental concerns, economic, social and political
issues. Most of material is from the 20th century. Copies of land papers, maps
and deeds of Schoharie county area in the 18th century.
Wevertown Community Center
Rt 28 / P.O. Box 144
Wevertown, NY 12886
Contact:
Delbert Chambers
Phone:
(518) 251-5788
Email:
johnsburghistory@gmail.com
Hours:
Monday, 9:00 am-1:00 pm. Appointment recommended.
Holdings:
Material related to Johnsburg, including artifacts, textiles, photographs,
papers, and books.
Johnstown Historical Society
17 North William Street
Johnstown, NY 12095
Contact:
James F. Morrison
Phone:
(518) 762-7076
Hours:
By appointment or Sa-Su 1pm-4pm
Holdings:
Photographs, genealogical materials, several letters from Sir William
Johnson's era (1750s) through the Civil War era. Small library on Johnstown and
Fulton County area; museum collection focused on Johnstown.
Sept-May: M,Th 1pm-8pm; Tu,W 10am-8pm; Sa 10am-1pm; Su 1pm-4pm / Jun-Aug: M,Th noon-8pm; Tu,W 10am-8pm; F 10am-5pm; closed on the weekend.
Holdings:
Local history materials relating to Johnstown and surrounding towns
in Mohawk Valley. Extensive information on Sir William Johnson and Elizabeth
Cady Stanton. Materials include cemetery records, scrapbooks, church records,
books, etc. covering development of town and businesses beginning in mid-1700s.
Collection also includes Federal Census beginning with 1800 and newspapers beginning
in 1849.
(518) 235-7647 Recorded message at: (518) 235-3501
Email:
lhssecretary@gmail.com
Website:
www.lansingburghhistoricalsociety.org
Hours:
By appointment
Holdings:
A wide variety of historical records, mostly relating directly to the history of Lansingburgh. Areas of special significance include photographs (1865-1940, 450 items), maps and atlases (1767-1971, 35 items); records of the former Town and Village of Lansingburgh (1807-1900, 13 vols.); business records, records of civic and fraternal organizations, an outstanding collection of 19th century broadsides (over 150 items), an outstanding pamphlet collection (70 items), postcards and educational records. The majority of this collection is available for reference on deposit at the Library of the Rensselaer County Historical Society.
Town of Coeymans history and museum, particularly relating to the one-room
schoolhouse. Includes some 18th and 19th century diaries, a collection of pictures
of the school, school books and slates. The museum mounts three historical exhibits
during the six weeks that it is open. This one-room schoolhouse, built in 1879,
has been restored to its original condition. It is open to the public at specific
times during the year and can be viewed at other times by prior arrangement.
It includes a variety of reference materials relating to the community and local
history.
Log Village Grist Mill & Museum
P.O. Box 5
East Hartford, NY 12838
Contact:
Floyd Harwood
Phone:
(518) 632-5237
Email:
floydharwood@juno.com
Hours:
M-F 9am-5pm
Holdings:
Library collection is primarily old farm magazines, Agricultural
Yearbooks (USDA), New York State Agricultural Society yearbooks and New York
State Education Reports, area newspapers from the 19th century. Many old religious
books and magazines.
4800 Lake Shore Drive / Box 417
Bolton Landing, NY 12814
Contact:
Anita Richards
Phone:
(518) 644-2492
Fax:
(518) 644-2191
Email:
sembrich@webtv.net
Website:
http://www.operamuseum.org
Hours:
June 15-Sept 15: Daily, 10am-12:30pm & 2pm-5:30 pm
Holdings:
National Historic Register lakeside teaching studio of Metropolitan
coloratura Marcella Sembrich (1858-1934). Memorabilia of her career: opera
costumes, paintings, art on paper, decorative art, sculpture, period furnishings,
photographs, tributes, musical scores, books.
323 Main Street / P.O. Box 670
Middleburgh, NY 12122
Contact:
Teresa Pavoldi
Phone:
(518) 827-5142
Fax:
(518) 827-5148
Website:
http://www.middleburghlibrary.org/
Hours:
Call for hours
Holdings:
140 published genealogies, 200 family name folders, extensive Schoharie
County church, cemetery, obituary and vital statistics records. Also, early
New York State history references and a complete Schoharie County reference
section.
The historical and genealogical research library of Montgomery County
contains thousands of original county records (common pleas, deeds, supreme court
and surrogate's court) along with a vast collection of genealogical material
(census, cemetery, military, church, etc.), and over 500 historical and genealogical
folders. Also diaries, bibles, journals, logbooks, photographs, postcards, private
papers, business papers, scrapbooks, etc.
Small photographic collection documenting American dancers in the 20th
century. Focus of collection is on documenting Hall of Fame dancers, directors,
designers and choreographers. Archives also includes costumes and programs.
Approximately 13,000 photographs,
5,000 serials and monographs, archival collections and memorabilia relating to
American thoroughbred racing and the Museum's Hall of Fame jockeys, trainers
and horses.
New York State Library
Cultural Education Center - 8th floor
Albany, NY 12230
Contact:
Charles Gehring
Phone:
(518) 474-6067
Fax:
(518) 473-0472
Email:
nyslfnn@mail.nysed.gov
Website:
http://www.nnp.org/index.shtml
Hours:
M-F 9am-4pm
Holdings:
Articles and books on 17th century New Netherland. No original historic
documents. Microfilm of original manuscripts related to New Netherland and held
in other repositories. Microfilm of West India Company records.
Cultural Education Center / Room 11A36
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12230
Contact:
James Folts
Phone:
(518) 474-8955
Fax:
(518) 408-1940
Email:
archref@mail.nysed.gov
Website:
http://www.nysarchives.org/gindex.shtml
Hours:
M-F 9am-4:30pm
Holdings:
Holdings document many aspects of New York State history and heritage.
Records include resources for social, political, economic, and cultural history.
Holdings include: Colonial and Revolutionary War era records, records of several
New York State Governors, records documenting the reconstruction and operation
of the canal system, land records from 1630 to the present, health and social
welfare materials, education records, and materials of genealogical interest.
Records exist on paper, parchment, film and electronic media. Also held are records
of the Motion Picture Division of the State Education Department, which contain
many pre-1965 motion picture scripts. Information on holdings of the State Archives
is available in "Guide to Records in the New York State Archives (1993)," and
through the online catalog, accessible through the web page.
Cultural Education Center
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12230
Contact:
Kathi Stanley
Phone:
(518) 474-6282
Fax:
(518) 474-5786
Email:
mscolls@mail.nysed.gov
Website:
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/mssdesc.htm
Hours:
M-F 9am-5pm
Holdings:
Responsibility is to acquire, catalog, preserve and provide reference
service for a collection of manuscripts, rare books, cartographic material, prints & posters,
broadsides, musical scores & ephemera. The collections chiefly illustrate
New York State history from the 17th century to the present, although a number
of collections have national significance. There are nearly 20,000 accessioned
manuscript collections ranging from a few documents to over 2,000 cu.ft. Historical
materials for military, economic, political, scientific, art, family, social,
religious, environmental, institutional and organizational history. Correspondence,
diaries, business & legal records, literary papers, sketchbooks, estate papers,
church records.
Tu-Fr 10am-4pm (appointments recommended). Museum is open additional
weekend hours.
Holdings:
Library contains books, pamphlets, technical manuals and periodicals
dealing with the New York National Guard, New York State military units, and
military history in general. The archives contains manuscripts, individual
service records, photographs, and broadsides.
Cultural Education Center
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12230
Contact:
Anne Tyrrell
Phone:
(518) 474-5877
Website:
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/
Hours:
By appointment
Holdings:
Historic photographs emphasize thematically-specific, intact collections.
The White Studio of Schenectady Collection consists of a quarter of a million
negatives from the 1920s to the 1970s, views of groups, store interiors and street
scenes. The Michon Collection from Waterford features film negatives of tugboats
and barges c.1935 on the New York State Barge Canal. The James Irving Collection
includes views c.1870 of Troy and early photographs of the Shaker communities.
The Gifford-Wood Collection documents the turn-of-the-century installations of
this Hudson, NY manufacturer of coal and ice-handling equipment, portraying industrial
life in the Northeast.
Bellevue Alumnae Center for History
2113 Western Avenue
Guilderland, NY 12084
Contact:
Gertrude B. Hutchinson
Phone:
(518) 456-7858 x24
Fax:
(518) 452-3760
Email:
ghutchinson@FoundationNYSNurses.org
Website:
http://www.foundationnysnurses.org
Hours:
M-F 9am-4pm, appointments recommended
Holdings:
The archives of the Foundation of the New York State Nurses
Association contains approximately 1400 cubic feet of records and papers
of New York nursing organizations and leaders. Major collections include
the records of the New York State Nurses Association; National Student
Nurses Association; Nursing Education Alumni Association of Teachers
College, Columbia University; Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae
Association and the St. Luke’s Hospital
School of Nursing Alumnae Association and the papers of Martha Rogers, Eleanor
Lambertsen, Erline McGriff and Sylvia Barker. Collections date to the 1870s
and include photographs, audio-visual material and artifacts as well as paper
records.
North Greenbush Public Library
P.O. Box 249
Wynantskill, NY 12198
Contact:
Daryl McCarthy
Phone:
(518) 283-0303
Fax:
(518) 283-0303
Email:
mccarthd@uhls.lib.ny.us
Hours:
M-F 11am-8pm; Sa 10am-2pm
Holdings:
Local history pertaining to the Town of North Greenbush.
Northville/Northampton Historical Society
412 South Main Street
Northville, NY 12134
Contact:
Gail Cramer
Phone:
(518) 863-2628
Hours:
By appointment
Holdings:
School House Museum and an inventory of stored documents.
Local history collection begun in 1889, with approximately 5,000
bound volumes pertinent to Schoharie County history including atlases; cemetery,
church, court and war records; family Bibles, area newspapers, county directories,
and regional genealogical and history books; 10,000 manuscripts including 18th
and 19th century maps, land grants, indentures, wills, scrapbooks and ledgers;
and approximately 15,000 photographs and postcards.
Mid June-Labor Day: W & Sa 1pm-4pm or by appointment
Holdings:
Records pertaining to one room schoolhouse, which existed from 1857-1959.
Many books, pictures of former teachers and students, 1858 map of the area.
Also, original teacher and student desks, recitation bench, George Washington's
picture, globe, bible and other accessories.
Included are: the archives of the Print Club of Albany, 1933 to present
- programs, correspondence, minutes, financial records and related information.
The club has been a leader in the print field and its archives include material
about some of the most important printmakers in the U.S. The club owns the
papers of Dorothy Lathrop and family. She was one of the most important children's
book illustrators in the U.S. The papers include material about her father,
a founder of the Albany Boys Club and community leader and about Gertrude Lathrop,
important sculptress, and Ida Lathrop, artist. Period covers 1860-1980. Lathrop
papers also include a number of photographs.
For genealogy questions: genealogy@coeymanshistory.org
For all other questions: history@coeymanshistory.org
Hours:
Su Noon-8pm or by appointment
Holdings:
Collection of documents, photographs and books related to the Town
of Coeymans. Also cemetery records, yearbooks, Civil War ledger (copy), scrapbooks,
ledgers, Blaisdell family deeds and writings of Robert Blaisdell, a local amateur
historian (deceased).
Materials related to the history of Rensselaer County from the days
prior to county founding (1791) to the present. Materials related to the social,
political and cultural history of the county and immediate area. Personal papers;
commercial, industrial, religious, and other organizational papers including
those of the Society; maps; journals and other related published material. Of
particular importance are collections related to the Hart family (the Society
owns their town house) and the newly acquired Cluett, Peabody & Co. Archive.
Collections are non-circulating.
Materials related to RPI, its alumni, northern New York, and the history
of engineering and applied science in the U.S. Included are the archives of the
Institute as well as collections related to 19th century chemistry, railroads,
and the Brooklyn Bridge.
Rensselaerville Historical Society
Box 8
Rensselaerville, NY 12147
Contact:
Janet Haseley
Phone:
(518) 797-3194
Fax:
(518) 797-3981
Email:
edhase@aol.com
Hours:
By appointment
Holdings:
The Rensselaerville Historical Society has local history materials
from 1790 to the present, including photographs, audio tapes/interviews/oral
history, organizational records including minutes, correspondence, articles,
genealogical records, cemetery records, etc. on hamlet and Town of Rensselaerville.
Archives of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany include: records
of the administration of each of the nine Bishops of Albany from 1847 to the
present; records of the Clergy of the Diocese; Catholic education in the Diocese;
social services in the Diocese; property records; records of individual parishes;
the Official Catholic Directory 1844, 1848 to the present; Alexander Roseman
Historical Collection of the Diocese; collection of Cardinal McCloskey's correspondence
(Gift of the Diocese of LaFayette, LA).
Round Lake Historical Society
Box 22
Round Lake, NY 12151
Contact:
Edna VanDuzee
Phone:
(518) 899-2130
Hours:
By appointment
Holdings:
Uncataloged material relating to the Village of Round Lake. Sound
and video recordings and programs of performances at Round Lake Auditorium,
sponsored by Round Lake Historical Society.
Materials relating to the history of Russell Sage College and to its founder, Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage, who named the college in honor of her late husband, Russell Sage. The repository holds Board of Trustees records, administrative offices and department records, architectural drawings, audio and visual material, alumnae and faculty biographical files, Honorary Degree Recipient files, student literary publications, assortment of memorabilia, framed artwork and artifacts, apparel, blueprints, yearbooks, theses, scrapbooks, and photographs.
St. Johnsville Enterprise 1901, 1902 & 1903. An ongoing birth,
death, and marriage index is maintained. In addition, the paper printed numerous
family histories about Mohawk Valley families. While these were printed in
the 20s, 30s and 40s, they were written in reference to the colonial and revolutionary
roots of these local families.
St. Peter's Armenian Apostolic Church
100 Troy-Schenectady Road
Watervliet, NY 12189
Contact:
Rev. Fr. Stepanos Doudoukjian
Phone:
(518) 274-3673
Fax:
(518) 274-3103
Hours:
M-F 9am-3pm
Holdings:
Founded in 1899, the church moved to its present site in 1970. Church
records include Parish Council minutes, baptismal and funeral records, photographs,
and a history of the church written on its 75th anniversary and its 100th anniversary.
Archives of St. Peter's Church
107 State Street
Albany, NY 12207
Contact:
Lee Stanton or Nigal DuJack
Phone:
(518) 434-3502
Fax:
(518) 462-4419
Email:
books@stpeterschurchalbany.org
Website:
http://www.stpeterschurchalbany.org/
Hours:
By appointment
Holdings:
Materials relating to the history and development of St. Peter's
Protestant Episcopal Church. Included are diaries, manuscripts, books, maps,
photographs, architectural drawings, correspondence. Of special prominence
is a land grant and charter and silver issued to St. Peter's Church in the
18th Century from Queen Anne of England.
Library has 1,000 items, from 1922 to present. Archives and historical
records of religious and ethnic interest; minutes of Parish Council meetings;
photographs and ephemera; artifacts; Byzantine music; books and other materials
pertaining to the Greek Orthodox Christian religion; books about Classical Greek
civilization; videocassettes of religious interest; church community photographs
in a special collection of 150, dating from 1922. Seeking historical materials,
especially before 1922, relating to St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church of Albany,
NY.
M-F 1:30-4:30pm; T,Th 10am-12pm & 7-9pm; Sa 10am-12Noon; August: Closed
on Sa
Holdings:
Bancroft Public Library: Records, 1889-1970. Robert C. Cruickshank:
Letters, 1862-1865, during the Civil War - typed by him as a memento for his
children. Genealogy Collection: 1847-1978. Cemetery records, town vital statistics,
genealogies of Fitch, McKie families, Easton families & other Washington
Co. families. Local History Collection: 1834-1979. Church records, biographies,
directories, etc. Photograph Collection: 1863-1940. Record Book Collection: 1828-1935.
Town, school, highways, etc. Scrapbook Collection: 1831-1970. Various, including
obituaries, 1887-1927. Repository for Historical Society of Whitehall/Whitehall
Town and Village Historian.
Tuesday 10am – 3pm; Wednesday 4-7pm; & by appointment
Holdings:
Census, cemetery, DAR, military records, historical books, genealogy, town histories, photographs, Research library related to Sand Lake and the surrounding area.
Records of New York State Management Period, 1927-1948; NPS Management Records, 1948-present; maps, reports, photographs. Archeological reports (subject to ARPA regulations); some rare books and manuscripts; Edwin Hoyt Research Collection.
The Casino, Congress Park, Box 216
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Contact:
Doris Lamont
Phone:
(518) 584-6920
Fax:
(518) 581-1477
Email:
historicalsociety@spa.net
Website:
http://www.saratogahistory.org/
Hours:
By appointment
Holdings:
Materials relating to the history of Saratoga Springs from the late
18th century to the present, including letters, diaries, journals belonging to
the Walworth family. (Reuben H. Walworth was the last Chancellor of New York
State; Ellen H. Walworth was a founder of the Daughters of the American Revolution;
Clarence Walworth was a founder of the Roman Catholic Paulist Order); books,
letters and clippings by and about Frank Sullivan, a member of the "Algonquin
Club"; books, photos, prints and documents about the mineral springs, hydrotherapy,
hotels, and clubs and organizations in Saratoga Springs. Also includes George
Bolster Photograph collection - 60,000 images of "Old Saratoga."
M,Th 7pm-9pm; Tu,F 2:30pm-4:30pm, W 9am-1pm, Sa Noon-4pm
Holdings:
Saratoga Springs history from early Indian settlements through development
as a world spa. Extensive book collection & subject files, photographs, prints,
maps, posters, sheet music, audio & visual material. City directories from
1868, local newspapers on microfilm from 1840, local high school yearbooks from
1897. Scrapbook collections reflect specific decades in both 19th & 20th
centuries. McClellan Collection on hydrotherapy & balneology includes technical
books & personal files plus scrapbooks describing the development of The
Saratoga Spa. Early descriptions & analyses of local mineral springs. Frank
Sullivan Collection of 20th Century literature with personal inscriptions to
the humorist, the "Sage of Saratoga."
Materials related to the founding of SCCC and to the two historic buildings
on the campus, Elston Hall (the former Hotel Van Curler) and the Center for Science
and Technology (previously a General Electric Company facility and the site of
early television broadcasts) are collected. These include correspondence and
other documents as well as blueprints and numerous photographs, negatives and
newspaper clippings. Such items as College catalogs, student handbooks, yearbooks, postcards,
and commencement and honors convocation programs are collected on an ongoing
basis along with other documents deemed to be relevant to the history of the
institution. Earliest items in the collection date from the mid-1920s. Also included is a collection of restaurant menus that supports culinary coursework at the college.
Documents, photographs, maps, geneaology files, and other materials
relating to the residents and history of the city and the county of Schenectady
from the time of settlement to present day.
Approximately 2,000 items covering the city and county of Schenectady:
census records, telephone books, church, school yearbooks, photographs, maps,
city directories, genealogical materials, local author collection, some New York
State Colonial documents and public papers of Sir William Johnson and George
Clinton, and indexes to public records of Albany County 1630-1894. See the Library's
website for extensive information and links to history and genealogy in Schenectady
County.
Schenectady City Hall, Top Floor
105 Jay Street
Schenectady, NY 12305
Contact:
Cynthia Seacord
Phone:
(518) 382-5088
Email:
hscenter@nycap.rr.com
Hours:
M, W, F 9:30am-1pm and by appointment
Holdings:
Includes photographs, scrapbooks, books, postal cards, a WWI poster collection, historical publications and manuscripts, maps, blueprints, building permits and plans, newspaper clippings, ledgers, letters (government and private) and more that tell the story of Schenectady, her government, and her people at work and play. Collection topics include ALCO, the Erie Canal, Volunteer and Municipal Fire Departments of Schenectady, the Federal Writers' Project (of the WPA, New Deal Era), Carpenter's Union, GE, Schenectady Public Education, Schenectady Railway Company (trolley), Charles Steinmetz, George Lunn, and socialism in Schenectady.
The Schenectady Museum Archives contains manuscript collections, photographs,
trade literature, and other materials relating to the history of General Electric
and Schenectady. A highlight of the collection is the General Electric
Photograph Collection, a collection of nearly 1.5 million images that depicts
the development of the electrical industry and 20th century American life. There
are also manuscript collections highlighting the founding and early history of
General Electric. Papers from Gerald Swope and Owen D. Young, President
and Chairman of GE from 1922-1939 and 1942-1944 highlight the welfare capitalism
of the 1920s. Other collections highlight the GE Research Lab, the first
industrial research laboratory in the world, and its researchers. There
are also books and periodicals, including a complete run of the GE Schenectady
Works News, the employee newsletter for GE's Schenectady Works. The archives
has a growing collection of materials relating to Schenectady, from records of
old Schenectady businesses such as the American Locomotive Company to Schenectady
High School newspapers and ephemera of the 1920s. The museum is actively
working to document the ethnic groups and immigrants of Schenectady.
Schoharie County Historian
P.O. Box 449 / Route 30 South
Middleburg, NY 12122
M 9am-Noon; Tu 12:30pm-5:30pm; Th 1pm-5pm & 7pm-9pm; F 12:30pm-6pm;
Sa 9am-12:30pm
Holdings:
About 250 items relating to local history and geneaology. Material
related to Don Cameron Shafer, local author od "Smokefires in Schoharie." This
includes files of his brief works annotated by the author, manuscripts, and original
periodicals containing some of his published articles. The major holder of historical
information for this region is The Old Stone Fort Museum Complex.
Papers of Philip J. Schuyler (1733-1804) and family primarily on microfilm,
and paper copies and noncurrent records of Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site.
875 Watervliet Shaker Road,
Suite 2
Colonie, NY 12211
Contact:
Henry G. Williams
Phone:
(518) 456-7890
Fax:
(518) 452-7348
Website:
http://www.shakerheritage.org
Hours:
By appointment; closed in January
Holdings:
Manuscript collections of the Shaker presence in Albany and Watervliet
are on loan to the Manuscripts and Special Collections Department of the New
York State Library. Holdings at the Society consist primarily of books on the
Shaker sect, with a concentration on local Shakers. Includes a complete set of "The
Shaker," published mainly in Albany.
St. Joseph Provincial House
385 Watervliet-Shaker Road
Latham, NY 12110
Contact:
Sister Carol Peston
Phone:
(518) 783-3601
Fax:
(518) 783-5209
Email:
cpeston@csjalbany.org
Website:
http://www.csjalbany.org/index.cfm/Home/
Hours:
By appointment
Holdings:
Collection includes papers of the foundresses, including requests from
the mid-19th century from New York priests for the services of the Sisters. Correspondence
and a common book of Sister Francis Joseph Ivory (1824-1902) document transition
from Missouri to New York State in 1858, and a diary by Sister Monica Corrigan
details the trek of seven sisters from St. Louis to Tucson, AZ in 1870. Historical
materials include statistics, school histories and faculty lists, institutional
data for The College of Saint Rose in Albany and St. Mary's Hospital in Amsterdam;
biographical details for both living and deceased sisters, diaries, writings,
photo albums, published and unpublished theses and dissertations, a collection
of books authored by sisters and papers of the Educational Conference of the
Sisters of St. Joseph from 1933. In addition, there are artifacts and historical
materials from the foreign missionary work of the Congregation. Finding aids
are mainly indexes and a topical card file.
74 South Hudson Avenue
PO Box 485
Stillwater, NY 12170
Contact:
Sara Kipp
Phone:
(518) 664-6255
Website:
http://stillwater.sals.edu/
Hours:
Call or check web site
Holdings:
Limited information on the history of the town and village of Stillwater,
NY.
Stony Creek Historical Association
P.O. Box 45
Stony Creek, NY 12878
Contact:
Rhonda Allison
Phone:
(518) 696-5211
Email:
Pres@stonycreekhistoricalassociation.org
Hours:
June-Sept: 2nd Sa & 4th Su 1pm-3pm; October-May: by appointment
Holdings:
Material related to the Stony Creek area: local histories, extensive
Stony Creek genealogies and many from surrounding towns, cemetery records, diaries,
publications, photographs, census microfilm, newspaper clippings, and school
records.
Wednesdays, 9:00 am-3:00 pm.
Access to the material is available at other times. Please see the "Using the Collection" section of the Hill Collection web page for more information and procedures.
Holdings:
Comprehensive book, pamphlet, document and manuscript collection relevant
to the history and development of Warren and Washington Counties and the Adirondack
Mountains.
Materials relating to Schoharie County history and genealogy including
books, government documents, early periodicals, Grange records. SUNY Cobleskill
College archives 1910 to date. Books and periodicals of historical value related
to agriculture particularly in New York State. Small collection of rare children's
books and small speleology collection featuring caves of Schoharie County.
M-Th 9am-8pm; F-Sa 9am-5pm (Closes Sat. at 1pm in summer)
Holdings:
Local history and genealogy collection focusing on Rensselaer County
and Troy history. Includes labor and social history of the area. Extensive
collection of 19th century newspapers. Genealogies, special collections ( photographs,
folios, & postcards), pamphlets and ephemera; maps - all relating to the
city of Troy and Rensselaer County.
Materials relating chiefly to the history of Union College, its alumni,
faculty, and staff, local (i.e., Schenectady County) history, history of the
Schenectady branch of the General Electric Company, and also papers of General
Electric scientists and engineers who made significant contributions to their
fields. Included are the records of Union College, the papers of some alumni
and faculty, the Schenectady Archives of Science and Technology, the William
James Stillman Collection, the Ernst F.W. Alexanderson Papers, and some papers
of Charles P. Steinmetz.
United Methodist Church -Upper New York Annual Conference of the
University Archives: Official records of the University at Albany and its predecessor institutions from its origins in 1844 to the present, including records of the Milne School, 1890-1977; New York State Modern Political Archive: Records of more than 300 political-interest groups, professional associations, labor unions, and other statewide organizations and individuals concerned with regional and state public-policy issues in the 20th century, including the papers of more than 60 former members of the New York State Assembly, New York State Senate and the U.S. Congress; National Death Penalty Archive: a collection of personal papers and organizational records documenting the important history of capital punishment in the United States. German Intellectual Émigré Collection: Papers of more than 100 individuals on the social sciences and humanities who fled the Nazi regime and came to the US beginning in the 1930s; and Business, Literary, and Art Collections: Chiefly 19th century New York and New England local history manuscripts and business records, children's authors and illustrators, New York State writers.
The Conference Archives serves all the Methodist churches in northeastern
New York and all of Vermont. It is the repository for Methodist Church records
when a church closes. Records include files on open local churches, records
of closed and merged churches, pastors, Conference boards, agencies, etc. Complete
collections of both Troy and Vermont Conference Journals, Methodist periodicals,
General Minutes and other books about the Troy Conference area and Methodist
history.
Science and nature studies; Montgomery County local history; Native
Americans; Colonial era in the Mohawk Valley. Amsterdam City Directories, 1882-1974;
Amsterdam Common Council minutes, 1890-1970; Board of Trade books, 1900-1917;
photographs of Amsterdam industry, community life and architecture; Montgomery
County Chamber of Commerce scrapbooks from early 1900s.
Warren County Historian
Municipal Center
1340 State Route 9
Lake George, NY 12845-9903
Contact:
Ann M. McCann
Phone:
(518) 761-6544
Fax:
(518) 761-6551
Email:
historian@co.warren.ny.us
Hours:
M and Th 9am-5pm
Holdings:
Published bibliographies, census records w/indexes, cemetery records,
local history publications; unpublished records re: town assessment, town minutes,
abstracts, deeds and wills, some church and vital records, family history files,
local history subject files, military references, atlas/maps-1858,1876-, directories,
almshouse records - all relating to Warren County.
Photographs, postcards, documents, artifacts and other material related
to Warren County. Collections include: Old Quaker Burying Ground, Queensbury;
Barker & Henry Architectural Firm, Glens Fall; League of Women Voters; Ladies'
Auxiliary - World War I; Everywoman's Council.
Warrensburgh News, Warrensburg-Lake George News, and Adirondack Journal
on microfilm, bound volumes, and loose copies. Holdings - 1878-1889 -incomplete;
1890 - present (missing pieces in 1930s).
Washington County Historian's Office
Washington County Municipal Center
383 Broadway
Fort Edward, NY 12828
Contact:
Edith Sparling
Phone:
(518) 746-2178
Email:
wchist@washington.ny.us
Hours:
W 8:30am-4:30pm
Holdings:
Some of the materials available are: New York State census for 1790;
Washington County census for 1820; later census records through 1925. Local and
area histories from many towns; family genealogies; bible records; cemetery records
from all towns except Catholic cemeteries; volumes of books on history of Washington
and nearby counties; 1866 Washington County Atlas; some military info; over 40
yrs. correspondence filed by family name. Also available are some land records,
wills (1788-1825; various years through 1880's). (Fees may be required for these.)
School District records for 1847-1849 are available from this office--later vital
statistics are not open to the public.
Historical material for the social, political and cultural history
of Washington County and area surroundings. Church records, photographs, maps,
diaries, journals, scrapbooks, genealogical material, documents, manuscripts,
post cards, local authors, canal history, books, magazines, calendars, pictures,
slides, census records, cemetery inscriptions, current materials of historical
importance.
Watervliet Arsenal history and cannon manufacturing history. Technical
manuals, books, microfiche, microfilm, manuscripts, newspaper copy, and photographs.
Watervliet Historical Society
P.O. Box 123
Watervliet, NY 12189
Contact:
Eugene Burns
Phone:
(518) 235-6699
Hours:
By appointment
Holdings:
Photos and locations of some of the bells cast in the Meneely Bell
Foundry in Watervliet; photos of past floods, Erie Canal, side cut, etc.
The collection contains materials on Watervliet, Troy, and selected
materials on Albany County. It includes city directories, town histories
and a vertical file of published materials, clippings and other materials dealing
with the Town of Watervliet.
Wells Historical Society
Main Street / P.O. Box 443
Wells, NY 12190
Contact:
Elsie Maile
Phone:
(518) 924-4209
Hours:
By appointment
Holdings:
Material related to Wells, NY and surrounding area.
