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Featured Collections

Featured Collection: St Lawrence Co Genealogy Resources

August 21, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

St Lawrence County Historical AssociationThe Archives and Reading Room at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association (SLCHA) in Canton, NY, offers resources to help the public learn about aspects of history and genealogy.

The Archives and Reading Room features: [Read more…] about Featured Collection: St Lawrence Co Genealogy Resources

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Featured Collections, Genealogy, St Lawrence County, St Lawrence County Historical Association

Featured Collection: Merchant’s House Costumes

December 9, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Tredwell Costume CollectionThe Tredwell Costume Collection at Merchant’s House Museum comprises more than 400 articles of clothing, including a remarkable 39 dresses documented to have been owned and worn by the women of the family. Many are outstanding examples of the 19th century dressmaker’s art, composed of fine and delicate fabrics and ornamentation. [Read more…] about Featured Collection: Merchant’s House Costumes

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Fashion History, Featured Collections, Fiber Arts - Textiles, New York City

Featured Collections: Fort Ti’s Early American History Materials

October 14, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Erin Benz provided by fort ticonderogaFort Ticonderoga holds one of North America’s largest collections of military material culture, covering the colonization of North America and the ensuing colonial conflicts, the Seven Years’ War (a.k.a. French & Indian War), the American Revolution, and the War of 1812. [Read more…] about Featured Collections: Fort Ti’s Early American History Materials

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Atlantic World, Featured Collections, Fort Ticonderoga, French And Indian War, Military History, Online Resources

Featured Collection: NYS Underwater Land Records

October 8, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Survey of lands under water for Andrew Cornwall and Charles and John F WaltonThis collection of applications to the Commissioners of the New York State Land Office, later the Division of Land Utilization, for grants to lands under water is located at the New York State Archives. [Read more…] about Featured Collection: NYS Underwater Land Records

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Featured Collections, Labor History, Maritime History, New York State Archives, Transportation History

Featured Collection: Van Rensselaer Library Collection

September 29, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

books from the Van Rensselaer library collectionThe Van Rensselaer library collection at Historic Cherry Hill includes books inherited and collected by the Van Rensselaers who lived at the house from 1787 to 1963.

Books span the 16th through the 20th century and demonstrate the changing patterns and tastes in literature consumption, production, and marketing. [Read more…] about Featured Collection: Van Rensselaer Library Collection

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Books, Featured Collections, Historic Cherry Hill

Featured Collection: Harold Toles’ Schoharie County Photos

September 13, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

harold toles a sentimental journeyHarold Toles took a lot of pictures. If anything big happened in Schoharie County from 1948 to 1984, Toles was probably there with his camera.

The Old Stone Fort Museum Research Library has more than 150,000 of his negatives in its collection, as well as 13 notebooks recording a description of each shot. [Read more…] about Featured Collection: Harold Toles’ Schoharie County Photos

Filed Under: Events, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Featured Collections, Historic Preservation, Old Stone Fort, Photography, Schoharie Co Hist Soc, Schoharie County

Featured Records: The Jeanne Robert Foster Papers

June 19, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Jeanne RobertThe Jeanne Robert Foster papers are available at The Adirondack Research Library of Union College.  Jeanne Robert Foster (1879-1970), born Julia Elizabeth Oliver in the Adirondacks, had numerous vocations during her lifetime: fashion model, literary editor, poet, and social worker. During the 1920s, she became immersed in European literary and artistic circles, including a friendship with Irish poet William Butler Yeats. [Read more…] about Featured Records: The Jeanne Robert Foster Papers

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Adirondack Kelly Center, Adirondacks, Featured Collections, Literature, Mohawk Valley, Schenectady, Union College, Warren County

Featured Records: NYS Gov. Harriman’s 1954, 1958 Campaigns

June 6, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Victory celebration for the election of Averell Harriman as governor of New YorkW. Averell Harriman served as the Governor of New York from 1955 to 1958. A collection of records held at the New York State Archives, which cover both Harriman’s 1954 and 1958 campaigns, include copies of speeches, addresses, press releases, correspondence, party platforms, and fact sheet binders.

[Read more…] about Featured Records: NYS Gov. Harriman’s 1954, 1958 Campaigns

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Archives, Featured Collections, New York State Archives

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