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Scope and Contents Ledger contains maps corresponding to descriptions of deeds filed at the Greene County Clerk's office for lands on the east side of Catskill Creek covering the neighborhoods of lower/middle Main Street and Catskill Point. Original Deed descriptions commence apparently with purchases by John Cantine around 1795, and each described patent or parcel contains a chain of custody for subsequent divisions of each lot dating forward to the 1870s. Terms used to describe features in the original patents...

Scope and Contents This extensive survey of the lands east and south of the Kiskatamanisha Patent [Kiskatom] shows the divided lands of David Abeel made among his heirs as well as the lands of William Cockburn and his family to the south on ajoining patents. The map's bounds extend northward to the boundaries of the Catskill and Kiskatamanisha Patents, westward to the lands of Vicnent Matthews and others, south to the Pantent of Cornelius Ten Broeck, and east to the banks of the Caders Kill [Kaaterskill...

Scope and Contents This map shows a selection of the lands of David Abeel, Garrett Abeel, Catherine Abeel, Anthony Abeel, and their neighbors situated along the Cauders Kill [Kaaterskill Creek] in the Town of Catskill. The lands of various family members and neighbors are delineated with separate colored lines, and both built and natural landscape features are shown. Included is an accurate rendering of the course of the Kaaterskill Creek and the high bluffs that overlook it where the old Catskill Turnpike [State...

Scope and Contents The collection comprises primarily family letters and ephemera relating to the Becker and Allen families of Catskill, a considerable share of these materials relate directly to the life and career of Mary Becker, a nurse employed for many years at the Catskill Hospital. other notable materials within include: a selection of letters by and concerning the life Samuel Allen, a former resident of Catskill who moved west to California in the 1870s to become a miner; papers and biographical materials...

Scope and Contents This album comprises three snapshot images and a class roster for the Cauterskill School located on Cauterskill Road in the Town of Catskill beneath the modern New York State Thruway Bridge on Kaaterskill Creek. The inscription in the cover reads "Presented to Fred Fiero by his teacher Clarence Powell, 1902-1903."

Scope and Contents The maps in this collection comrpise a selection of maps from various sources which detail the industrial landscape around the hamlets of Cementon/Smith's Landing and Alsen in the Town of Catskill during the first quarter of the 20th century. The first map in the collection gives a broad overview of the full scope of land ownership by cement companies in what is styled the "Catskill Cement District" by the mapmaker. Three cement plants are shown in the map along with related workers housing...

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...

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 documents, plans, and blueprint maps related to the construction and early operation of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge. Of note are blueprint plans in flat file drawer 30 showing structural components of the bridge prepared by the Frederick Snare Corporation, General Contractors in partnership with the Harris Structural Steele Company of New Market, New Jersey in 1933. Also of note are files related to the condemnation proceedings required to acquire the land...

Scope and Contents Map is a survey composed by William Tolley on behalf of the heirs of Barent Staats Salisbury. The survey is described as being parts of lot 1, 12, and 13 as well as all of lot 2 of a parcel of land owned by Salisbury on his death. Shown on the survey is a long parcel extending between with several geographic features orienting the map. The parcel extends from the Susquehanna Turnpike near Catskill Creek in modern Jefferson Heights to the Athens Road as it enters the vicinity of modern Leeds....