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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...

Scope and Contents The collection comprises one container with folders holding a sampling of various types of family documents ranging from correspondence to legal papers and evidential records of business transactions. When possible, items are processed and identified at the item level. Of note are several bills of sale between the Van Loon and Van Hoesen families for enslaved persons.

Scope and Contents This collection comprises a selection of fourteen maps prepared by the firm of Raymond and May Associates, Planning and Urban Renewal Consultants of Pleasantville, New York on behalf of the Village of Catskill. These maps illustrate a plan to convert Willard's Alley, a small neighborhood off Main Street, into a municipal parking lot as part of a broader plan to revitalize the business and commerical section of the east side of the Village of Catskill in the late 1950s and early 1960s.