Scope and Contents File contains primarily records of land transactions and court papers concerning the recovery of debts by Herman Dernell, manufacturer of Ice Tools at Athens during the second half of the 19th century.

Scope and Contents File contains an agreement from 1914 between John E. Cairns and the Montgomery-Dotter Ice Company for the guaranteed harvesting and purchase of ice cut by John Cairns and stocked in the "Winnie Ice House" at Athens. The agreement goes on to state the conditions each party needed to meet to satisfy the purchase agreement, and the agreement was binding only for the Winter of 1914-1915. Also included is a separate onionskin sheet with a statement made by William Williams in June of 1929 to...

Scope and Contents File contains a a selection of documents related to the properties and operations of ice companies with interests at Catskill in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Of note is a mortgate and bond of the New York Ice Company with Gilbert Seaman of New York placed on a parcel of riverfront land at Catskill. Also included are several agreements described as the following: - A lease agreement of the firm of Stead and Hughes [Rachel Stead and William Hughes] with the firm of Johnston...

Scope and Contents This file contains correspondence of Theodore Cornell with his brother Frederick for the year 1855. Of note is a mention of ice harvesting prospects in January and details on patients he ministered to.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection compiled by the staff of the Vedder Research Library comprises an assortment of materials related to the history and operation of the Catskill Mountain House. The majority of the materials in this collection are from two separate donations, the first being a selection of thirteen registers of the Catskill Mountain House and miscellaneous material donated to the Greene County Historical Society by the estate of Milo Claude Moseman in 1963. The second batch of materials is an...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection compiled by the staff of the Vedder Research Library comprises an assortment of materials related to the history and operation of the Catskill Mountain House. The majority of the materials in this collection are from two separate donations, the first being a selection of thirteen registers of the Catskill Mountain House and miscellaneous material donated to the Greene County Historical Society by the estate of Milo Claude Moseman in 1963. The second batch of materials is an...

Scope and Contents This ledger contains an accounting of debits and credits for the operation of a small Ice House operated by Louis Teich and brother Charles Teich. Accounts with various customers and suppliers are given within.

Scope and Contents This map is a survey probably conducted in the late 1880s or early 1890s showing the lands under water owned by the Knickerbocker Ice Company at Athens. The survey shows the shoreline of the river with names of lot owners given between the corners of modern Market Street and Route 385 northward to Wheat Street and the alley now known as South Street. The location of one ice house is given and drawn to scale.

Scope and Contents This photo album contains early images by Abbie Lisk prior to and following her marraige to Thomas Hallock, a neighbor from the farm up the road from the Lisk Homestead. Images in this collection cover agricultural activities at the Benjamin Lisk Farm [Woodlawn Farm] showing farm equipment and vehicles, farm animals and livestock, laborers working, and domestic activities. Also included in the album are scenes of trips to Windham, Catskill, New Baltimore Hamlet, Schoharie County, Lake George,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection compiled by the staff of the Vedder Research Library comprises an assortment of materials related to the history and operation of the Catskill Mountain House. The majority of the materials in this collection are from two separate donations, the first being a selection of thirteen registers of the Catskill Mountain House and miscellaneous material donated to the Greene County Historical Society by the estate of Milo Claude Moseman in 1963. The second batch of materials is an...