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Essays of Augusta Hallock at Norton Hill
Item — Container: Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1716
Scope and Contents
This volume contains the handwritten compositions of Augusta Ann Hallock of Norton Hill in the town of Greenville, New York. Entries are ordered numerically rather than by date, and the first two pages of the book contain an index of composition titles. Compositions are in some cases possibly copied passages delivered by an instructor, and in other cases possibly original work of Augusta. The compositions are as follows: Valentines;
Friends;
Composition Day;
Twilight;
Nothing...
Found in:
Vedder Research Library
Fire Insurance Maps
Collection — Box: Manuscript Oversize Box 2
Identifier: MSS 2021.0001
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a selection of fire insurance maps by the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company and Niagara Fire Insurance Company. The maps cover the villages of Athens, Catskill, and Coxsackie and show street and building plans with miscellaneous descriptive data used to aid in the identification of insured properties and structures.
These maps were originally on file with the local agents for these respective companies, and were donated to the Greene County Historical Society...
Found in:
Vedder Research Library
Flint-Van Valkenburg Memorial Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2019.0010
Scope and Contents
The contents of this collection are primarily handwritten documents donated in three separate accessions in 1995, 2010, and 2021 by grandchildren of Orin Q. Flint. Boxes one and two are organized separately in their own chronological arragements, with some overlap covering the lifetime of Orin Flint himself. The Third accession comprises two boxes sorted chronologically containing primarily documents of the Van Valkenburg Family, and the final series comprises the Flint Diaries in chronological...
Found in:
Vedder Research Library
Frank Mucich Memorial Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2020.0015
Scope and Contents
Collection comprises the personal materials of Frank Mucich of Cementon and Catskill, NY. Materials relate to the history of Cementon/Smith's Landing, an industrial hamlet south of the Village of Catskill on Route 9W near the Ulster/Greene County line. Of note are a selection of articles on Cementon's history and residents as authored by Frank Mucich, as well as two audio cassette oral histories in which Mr. Mucich disucsses Cementon and the regional mushroom industry which he was a part of in...
Found in:
Vedder Research Library
Greene County Courthouse and Jail Commemorative Album
Item — Box: LOB 54
Identifier: PA 2019.0004
Scope and Contents
Item is a photographic album containing images commemorating the construction of the "new" Greene County Courthouse and Greene County Jail in 1908. Images include photographs of the exterior of the Courthouse, Jail, and Sherrif's Home, as well as photographs of the interior of the Courthouse showing the courtrooms and various offices of county departments. Also included are portraits and group photos of members of the County Board of Supervisors who spearheaded the project and photos of the...
Found in:
Vedder Research Library
Greene County Interracial Council Papers
Collection — Carton: MSS Box 91
Identifier: MSS 2019.0009
Scope and Contents
Collection comprises a selection of correspondence and papers from the Catskill Interracial Discussion Group, Catskill Interracial Council, Society for Negro Art and Culture of Catskill, and the Greene County Interacial Council [GCIR]. Of particular note is a selection of letters mailed by candidates for local offices in 1968 in which the candidates give their opinions in writing on the role and ability of local government and citizens to improve opportunities for African-American community...
Found in:
Vedder Research Library
Greene County Public Health Department Collection
Collection — Box: LOB 102
Identifier: MSS 2019.0015
Scope and Contents
Collection comprises two scrapbooks and a selection of loose papers related to the Public Health Department in Greene County and the role and functions of the Home Healthcare Nurses employed by that department from its inception through the late 1990s. The Scrapbooks contain clippings selected from a variety of local Newsapers including the Examiner-Recorder, Coxsackie Union-News, Windham Journal, and Athens Herald among others, and all clippings relate to local health education, healthcare,...
Found in:
Vedder Research Library
Greene County Sheriff's Department Scrapbook
Collection — Container: Scrapbook Shelves
Identifier: Scrapbook 142
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook contains a selection of newsclippings selected by the secretary and staff of the Greene County Sheriff's Office as being representative of the activities and notable events of the department subsequent to 1958 and proceeding until the early 1970s. Events of note include the arrest of Hayward Newcomb and a subsequent manhunt following his escape, as well as news related to the Greene County Jail and various other activities and expanded duties of the Sheriff's Office.
Found in:
Vedder Research Library
Greene Lake School Papers of Alice E. Williams
Collection — Box: MSS Box 49
Identifier: MSS 2021.0023
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a small assortment of attendance books from the 1940s and an attendance sheet from the 1920s for students at the Green Lake School.
Found in:
Vedder Research Library
Guest Register of Griffin's Retreat
Item — Container: Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1733
Scope and Contents
Item is a guest register for a small boarding house in Hensonville, Town of Windham for the decade of 1940. Guest names appear with their permanent place of residence. Occasionally arrival and depature dates are given. Of note is the prevalence of visitors from Connecticut in addition to the metropolitan area of New York City.
Found in:
Vedder Research Library
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