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...

Scope and Contents File contains two contracts concerning the opening of a canal to facilitate navigation.

Scope and Contents File contains a single letter conveying an estimate for the construction of the Steamboat "Catskill."

Scope and Contents Materials within the collection deal primarily with legal issues that plagued the last years of the Canajoharie and Catskill Railroad (C and C RR) and later concerned John T. Mann as receiver of the company when it ceased to exist. Of particular note are State legislative reports concerning the C and C, and several legal cases concerning the recovery of funds by stockholders with interest in the defunct railroad.

Scope and Contents File contains a selection of letters addressed to Amos Post and Amos Post, Inc. concerning business transactions of all types related to cider and vinegar bulk shipment, soda and beverage supply, and automotive sales and service. Of particular note is the number of letters addressed from various boarding houses around Greene County seeking deliveries of carbonated beverages, requests for wells to be dug, and requests to have cars put in order for use by boarders shipping them to Catskill via...

Scope and Contents File contains various invoices and receipts of vendors that ordered from or fulfilled orders for Amos Post. The businesses represented in this file are too numerous to list, and are all located in the vicinity of the Village of Catskill.

Scope and Contents This departure book contains entries noting guests with their date and time of departure from the Catskill Mountain House from either the Otis Summit Station of the Otis Elevating Railway or the Kaaterskill Station of the Catskill and Tannersville Railroad. This register was likely kept in order to track the handling and transfer of baggage.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 File is an assortment of Documents donated by Jane and Aaron Schultis of Kingston which the family collected over time. Documents are inventoried below and are comprised of materials not specifically related to any family group or sole creator. Of particular note is a mortgage for the Grant House Hotel, an early indenture, and some stock certificates for the Mountain Turnpike.

Scope and Contents Map is two fragments of what was once a much larger multi-page survey map and description of the Turnpike between Athens and Leeds, NY, now modern Leeds-Athens Road. Page one shows the commencement of the turnpike at the Village of Athens, and several buildings are shown along the route. Page two shows the terminus of the turnpike at Madison [Leeds] and marks the location of a toll house. The map was composed by William Tolley on behalf of the proprietors of the Turnpike.