Catskill, Village of
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: The village of Catskill lies within the boundaries of the town of Catskill and is the second-oldest incorporated village in Greene County, founded in 1806. The village was founded at the location of an existing landing on Catskill creek which was utilized during the colonial period by farmers from the backcountry looking to ship and receive products which could only be transported via sloop on the Hudson River. Styled as "Catskill Landing," the community would come to be referred to as "Cats' Kill" or "Catskill" by the end of the 18th century. The community's initial growth was bolstered by its location; Main Street itself was the starting point of the Susquehanna Turnpike which was a major thoroughfare which and one of the primary routes available for settlers moving from southern New England into western New York and the Ohio after the close of the Revolution.
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Catskill Sports Scrapbooks of Orliff W. Heath
Collection — Scrapbook Shelves
Identifier: MSS 2021.0011
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises several decades worth of news clippings, photographs, and promotional flyers for athletic programs and events in the Village of Catskill as compiled by Orliff Heath. The earliest materials relate to sports teams at Catskill High School in the early 1900s as well as the 16th Separate Company basketball team at the Catskill Armory, but the majority of clippings relate to Catskill High School's various varsity teams from the 1930s to the 1980s. Of particular note are...
Catskill Village Athletics and Sports Events Scrapbook, 1935 - 1955
Item — Scrapbook Shelves
Identifier: MSS 2021.0011.0003
Scope and Contents
This unbound scrapbook contains materials on basketball teams and events held at the Catskill Armory. Included are a selection of clippings on early games played by the 16th Separate Company which were reprinted in the paper in the 1950s. Also included is a painting of the court of the Catskill Armory as it appeared from 1890-1920, and a selection of posters for baskeball leage and exhibition matches.
Catskill Village Street and Road Descriptions by Civil Engineer Charles H. Van Orden, 1885
File — Carton MSS Box 320
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents
This volume is a compilation of the descriptions of the streets of the Village of Catskill, being the same document referred to as the "Book of Roads" cited on many surveys of the Village either composed or traced by Charles Van Orden during his career as a civil engineer and surveyor in the Village.
Coal Book of C. L. Beach and Company
Item — Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1735
Scope and Contents
Item is a bound ledger containing the accounts of various residents of the Village of Catskill with Charles L. Beach and Company for deliveries of Coal. It appears that accounts were both for residential users and businesses. An alphabetical index of all account holders appears at the front of the ledger. On pages 415 to 422 appear what seems to be an account possibly of coal useage or sales from the Steamboat Redfield, and a separate account follows for the "McManus Hay Dock."
Copy of a map of Lands Under Water at Catskill Granted to John Cantine
Item — Case Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2020.0018-LOB 6.24
Scope and Contents
Map is a blueprint made by Charles H. Van Orden from an original map of John Cantine's grant for Lands Under Water at Catskill Point in 1795. Van Orden's map faithfully copies the complete description and survey, and includes a separate description of "Original allotments by balloting of lots drawn by the seven proprietors December 3, 1805" which probably refers to owners of the divisions of the Lindsey Patent which this grand adjoined. Features of note on the map include the home occupied by...
Copy of a Map of the Divisions of the Lindsey Patent
Item — Case Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2020.0017-LOB 6.22
Scope and Contents
Map is a blueprint of a survey by Charles H. Van Orden showing measurements and headings for a survey of the first and second divisions of the Lindsey Patent. This map, which is an alternate description of MAP 2020.0016, gives the initials of original owners of the lots in both divisions as well as the lot numbers, but provides no narrative description of the Patent nor a cardinal point to orient it. This was likely meant to be read in conjunction with MAP 2020.0016 and was probably also made...
Copy of a Map showing the First and Second Divisions of the Lindsey Patent
Item — Case Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2020.0016-LOB 6.21
Scope and Contents
Map is a blueprint copy by Charles H. Van Orden of an earlier map once in the possession of Theodore A. Cole. The Lindsey Patent was the original grant covering the east side of the Village of Catskill confirmed in 1738. The First division of 10 lots was made in in 1741, and a second division comprising 20 lots was made the same year. The Map shows the first and second divisions as well as some geographic and manmade features for reference. The Hudson River comprises the eastern boundary, the...
Day Book of Dr. Nelson Fanning
Item
Identifier: MV-108
Scope and Contents
Large bound volume with daily accounts of Dr. Nelson Fanning's medical practice in Catskill, New York. Patients and debtors listed include many notable Catskill residents from the time, including Frederic E. Church, Maria Cole, Mary Cole, and Theodore Cole.
An inscription on the front cover reads, "Dr. Fanning's Day Book Catskill - cor. Bridge St. and Prospect Ave." This implies that the book belonged to Dr. Nelson Fanning Sr. (1808-1896) who lived at 49 Prospect Avenue in Catskill. However,...
Edith S. Wilson Collection
Collection — Box LOB 105: [MSS 2019.0003.0001]
Identifier: MSS 2019.0003
Content Description
Contents are primarily photographic materials and documents concerning Amos Post, Inc. of Catskill, NY. Included also is a scrapbook by Edith S. Wilson as a graduate of Catskill High School class of 1947.
Found in:
Vedder Research Library
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Edith S. Wilson Collection
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
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Fire Insurance Maps