Durham, Town of
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Durham township was originally settled in the 1750s while still a part of the district of Coxsackie in old Albany County. Partition from Coxsackie in 1790 as the Town of Freehold, Durham was renamed in honor of Durham, Connecticut where many of its earliest settlers hailed from in 1805. The oldest settlements in Durham are at Oak Hill, which predates the Revolutionary War, and at Meeting House Hill near the present hamlet of Durham which dates immediately following the end of the Revolution. Situated at the junction of the Windham and Susquehanna Turnpikes, the town of Durham prospered from its location along some of the region's main highways in the earliest days of the Republic. A portion of Durham was allocated to the town of Conesville in Schoharie County, and today it is bounded on the north by Westerlo and Rennselaerville [Albany County], on the west by Conesville [Schoharie County] and Windham, on the South by Windham and Cairo, and on the east by Greenville. Durham contains the hamlets of Durham, Oak Hill, Cornwallville, Durso Corner, East Durham, East Windham, Hervey Street, Mount Pisgah, Sunside, West Durham, and South Durham.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
A Selection of Documents from Ken Mabey
Collection — Box MSS Box 31
Identifier: MSS 2022.0013
Scope and Contents
This small collection represents a handful of historic documents and ephemera kept by Ken Mabey related to the history of the hamlet of Cornwallville, Durham, NY. Of note are two cardpaper handbills of the Mitchell Hollow Telephone Company listing their rules and regulation and the names and corresponding ring sequences of residents connected to the phone system. Also included is a manuscript history of the Durham Central School.
The Ralph Hull Memorial Collection
Collection — MSS Box 341: [MSS 2020.0016.0001]
Identifier: MSS 2020.0016
Scope and Contents
Collection comprises a selection of Deeds and miscellaneous papers of the Reed and Hull families of Durham. The majority of the early deeds within pertain to a selection of lots in the towns of Durham, Greene County, and Conesville, Schoharie County - The Durham lots being located along route 145 in the vicinity of and adjoining the old Church lot on Meeting House Hill, and the Conesville documents relating to parcels on a the road from Cooksburg to Potters Hollow. Later documents pertain to...
Cornwallville Papers from the Anson Strong House
Collection — Box MSS Box 350
Identifier: MSS 2021.0020
Scope and Contents
Collection comprises a selection of materials which have historically resided in the historic home of Anson Strong in Cornwallville, a hamlet in the Town of Durham. Of particular note are some early materials relating to land ownership which convey the location of early businesses in the vicinity of Cornwallville, as well as materials related to the boarding of Nancy Merwin who was likely a ward of the overseers of the poor. Also included is an indenture between a farmer in Durham and the...
Record of the Second Presbyterian Church of Durham [Jean D. Worden Greene County Book], 1816 - 1862
Item — Genealogical Shelves Bay One
Identifier: 2004.3387
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is meant to be a representative listing of published vital statistics materials for churches in Greene County currently available at the Vedder Research Library.
Record of the Susquehanna United Methodist Church [Staff Photocopy], 1944 - 1982
Item — Genealogical Shelves Bay One
Identifier: 2004.3376
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is meant to be a representative listing of published vital statistics materials for churches in Greene County currently available at the Vedder Research Library.
Records of the First Presbyterian Church of Durham [Jean D. Worden Greene County Book], 1798 - 1853
Item — Genealogical Shelves Bay One
Identifier: 2004.3387
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is meant to be a representative listing of published vital statistics materials for churches in Greene County currently available at the Vedder Research Library.
Stiefel Laboratories Collection
Collection — Box MSS Box 350: Series Folder 4; Series Folder 5; Series Folder 6; Series Folder 7; Series Folder 8; Series Folder 9; Series Folder 10; Series Folder 11; Series Folder 12; Series Folder 13
Identifier: MSS 2021.0022
Scope and Contents
Collection comprises a small selection of documents related to Stiefel Labs and their lines of products and services as offered from the mid-1960s through the 1990s. Also included are an assortment of news clippings, a trade magazine detailing Stiefel Lab's buyout of a soap manufacturer, biographies of upper management, and a description of the research facility at Oak Hill. Photographic materials from this collection which include scenes of their original Oak Hill plant, groundbreaking...