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A Plan of Part of the Flats on the North Side of the Catskill
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 13
Identifier: MAP 2022.0009-3.27
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A Plan of the Flats on the North Side of the Catskill [Alternate Version 1]
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 13
Identifier: MAP 2022.0010-7.12
Scope and Contents
In 1795 John Cantine was granted the tidal flats on the northern mouth of the Catskill Creek. The lands were broken into large tracts and subdivided in order to convey the land evenly by ballot to seven proprietors a decade later in 1805.
This map, prepared by John Kiersted on behalf of the proprietors shows the color coded divisions or "classes" with a number and letter assigned to each subdivision of each lot. On this map, the names of the proprietors are given as such: [unknown] Van Gorden,...
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Vedder Research Library
A Selection of Documents and Maps from Peter Luke
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2021.0004
Scope and Contents
This small collection of documents are a random sample of items assembled by Peter Luke in the course of his business as a rare book dealer. An inventory of items is included, but notable items include an early indenture from the Embought in Catskill, as well as a small map titled "Ashley's Plan of Catskill" which was likely a draft suggested layout of the proposed Village of Catskill in 1806. The Ashley Map shows the Presbyterian Meeting House, Benton's Slaughter House, A Shipyard, Court...
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Vedder Research Library
A Selection of Documents from Ken Mabey
Collection — Box: MSS Box 31
Identifier: MSS 2022.0013
Scope and Contents
This small collection represents a handful of historic documents and ephemera kept by Ken Mabey related to the history of the hamlet of Cornwallville, Durham, NY. Of note are two cardpaper handbills of the Mitchell Hollow Telephone Company listing their rules and regulation and the names and corresponding ring sequences of residents connected to the phone system. Also included is a manuscript history of the Durham Central School.
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Vedder Research Library
A Selection of Documents from Linda Deubert
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2021.0008
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a selection of Materials related to the Craw and Deubert families of Coxsackie. Of particular note is a selection of ephemera related to local businesses during the interwar period, some mid-20th century election ephemera, and a fragment of canvas from an aircraft that crashed in Coxsackie in 1936. Also included are materials from the 1937 and 1938 classes of Coxsackie High School.
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Vedder Research Library
A Selection of Materials from Thomas Satterlee and Joan Satterlee
Collection — Box: MSS Box 31
Identifier: MSS 2021.0006
Scope and Contents
This selection of documents represents a batch of materials collected by Thomas and Joan Satterlee at various local antique stores over the past thirty years. The items represented are mostly promotional handbills and advertising for local businesses, and represent ephemera which is unique to the historical society's holdings because of their disposable nature. Of particular note is a handbill explaining the symbolism of the Ku Klux Klan which was printed and distributed by a chapter of the...
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Vedder Research Library
A Survey and Partition of Lands belonging to Barker and Judson lying at Reed's Landing
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 21
Identifier: MAP 2022.0001
Scope and Contents
This map is an early survey of Reed's Landing covering the area of Reed Street and lower Mansion Street in the Village of Coxsackie. The lots owned by Thomas Barker, William Judson, Ralph Barker, and others are color coded and numbered. Buildings are not shown on lots.
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Vedder Research Library
Abbie Lisk Hallock Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2021.0013
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises eight photographic albums and miscellaneous personal materials of Abbie Lisk Hallock of New Baltimore, New York. Of note are numerous images taken around Greene County and New Baltimore from roughly 1914 through 1966 showing Woodlawn Farm (the Benjamin Lisk Homestead), the farm's livestock and cultivated crops, farm implements and machinery in use, and scenes in Abbie Lisk Hallock's daily life there. Also included are images related to Echo Grange of New Baltimore, the...
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Vedder Research Library
Account Book of the Ferryboat W. V. B. Heermance
Item — Container: Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1690
Scope and Contents
Item is a ledger of accounts related to the operation of the W. V. B. Heermance Steam Ferryboat at Coxsackie as well as miscellaneous accounts of the firm of Hamilton and Smith engaged in the freight and shipping business at Coxsackie. Some accounts are abstract tallies of expenses listed under "Reed and Powell" and "Hamilton and Smith" while others give individual names and itemized expenses accrued by those individuals for various services rendered. Some of these include the...
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Vedder Research Library
Account Book of the Hudson and Athens Ferry
Item — Container: Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1717
Scope and Contents
Item is a ledger of accounts of the "Horse Boat" and "Small Boat" operated as ferries between the Village of Athens and City of Hudson between 1820 and 1838. Included within are revenues from each boat as well as names of those compensated for operating the ferry and servicing it. The most notable aspect of this ledger is the level of detail included in the accounting of revenues and debts, and the vast list of names of those involved with supplying and operating the Hudson-Athens Ferry at this...
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Vedder Research Library
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