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Hudson Area Library

A Hudson Area Local Historical Maps & Atlases Exhibition

February 14, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Hudson by Daylight Map, Albany Day Line Steamers, 1878 showing parts of Columbia and Greene CountiesThe Hudson Area Library is hosting an exhibition from its Local Historical Maps & Atlases collection, on view March – April 2023.

The opening reception for this in house curated exhibition is Thursday, March 2nd, at 6 pm in the Community Room. The reception will include a discussion with Library’s History Room staff on the importance of these resources in Hudson and Columbia County, NY, history. [Read more…] about A Hudson Area Local Historical Maps & Atlases Exhibition

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New Exhibits Tagged With: Hudson Area Library

Hudson Area Library Launches Online Oral History Collections

December 5, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Black Legacy Association of Columbia County Oral History ProjectThe Hudson Area Library has announced two newly-launched online oral history archives: the Hudson Area Library Oral History Project (HAL OHP), an open collection of interviews collected locally over the past decade, and the Black Legacy Association of Columbia County Oral History Project (BLACC) collection from the 1980s. [Read more…] about Hudson Area Library Launches Online Oral History Collections

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Black History, Columbia County, Hudson, Hudson Area Library, Hudson River, Industrial History, Labor History, Online Resources, Oral History, Social History

Colonial New York As A Model For The Nation

October 23, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

New York City, view of the Fort and Town, circa 1708 (New York Historical Society)Colonial New York contributed vitally to the formation of the United States, as did New England or the colonial South, although historians have been slow to acknowledge those contributions.

[Read more…] about Colonial New York As A Model For The Nation

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Hudson Area Library, Jacob Leisler Institute

Tales from Hudson’s Crypts Tour on Sunday

October 21, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Kelley Drahushuk leads a tour of Hudson’s Cedar Park CemeteryLong-touted as “a virtual treasure trove for historians and enthusiasts of American funerary art,” the Hudson Cemetery includes over 10,000 grave sites for a wide range of interesting and notable individuals, including European settlers and their ancestors, war heroes, famous artists, paragons of industry, disaster survivors and much more. [Read more…] about Tales from Hudson’s Crypts Tour on Sunday

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Hudson Area Library

Hudson’s Urban Renewal 50 Years Later

September 19, 2022 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

demolition of a building at Warren and South First Streets in Hudson during urban renewalUrban renewal transformed the city of Hudson. Front Street and the blocks between Columbia and State Street, west of Second Street. Franklin Square, Chapel Street, Fleet Street and Market Place were erased from the network of city streets.

Approximately 176 buildings in all were demolished, requiring the relocation of about 850 people. Demolition and the subsequent new construction took place between 1970 and 1972. [Read more…] about Hudson’s Urban Renewal 50 Years Later

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Hudson Area Library

Hudson Area Library Acquires Urban Renewal Papers

September 12, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Koweek family in the History RoomThe Hudson Area Library has announced that the Koweek family has donated the Arthur Koweek Urban Renewal Papers to the library’s History Room. Arthur Koweek chaired the Hudson City Planning Commission during the urban renewal project of 1971-1973.

With Hudson again in a debate about housing and business development, much can be learned from the Koweek Papers about the history of urban renewal in the city. The collection is an invaluable resource for Hudson and its residents as they seek to create a city that meets the needs of all the diverse people who live and work in its environs. [Read more…] about Hudson Area Library Acquires Urban Renewal Papers

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Archives, Columbia County, Historic Preservation, Hudson, Hudson Area Library, Libraries, Urban History

Spaces of Enslavement: A History of Slavery and Resistance in Dutch New York

May 13, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Spaces of Enslavement and Resistance in Dutch New YorkSpaces of Enslavement: A History of Slavery and Resistance in Dutch New York (Cornell University Press, 2021) by Dr. Andrea Mosterman explores the history of slavery and resistance in Dutch New York. [Read more…] about Spaces of Enslavement: A History of Slavery and Resistance in Dutch New York

Filed Under: Books, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City Tagged With: Books, Columbia County Historical Society, Hudson Area Library

Reconsidering Slavery in New Netherland (A Virtual Talk)

April 26, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

List of Purchasers of “a lot of male and female Negroes,” from a Slave Auction in Manhattan, May 29th, 1664 courtesy Volume X, part III, pg. 228 New York Dutch Colonial ManuscriptsThe Hudson Area Library History Room has announced “Reconsidering Slavery in 17th century New Netherland – What do We Know? What Can We Learn?,” a talk by Dennis J. Maika on Thursday, April 28th.

This talk will take a look at the enslaved, slavery’s institutional origins and development, the slave trade, and how slavery impacted New Netherland society. [Read more…] about Reconsidering Slavery in New Netherland (A Virtual Talk)

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: Hudson Area Library, New Netherland Institute

Albany-Hudson Electric Trail Exhibit & Lecture in Hudson

April 18, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Albany-Hudson Railway trolleys dropping passengers off at "Electric Park" amusement park on Kinderhook Lake at Niverville courtesy Nassau Free LibraryThe Hudson Area Library, in partnership with Columbia Friends of the Electric Trail, have announced an exhibit on the interpretative panels along the Electric Trail in Columbia and Rensselaer counties, set to open on Saturday, May 7th. The exhibition runs through June 30th. [Read more…] about Albany-Hudson Electric Trail Exhibit & Lecture in Hudson

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Columbia Friends of the Electric Trail, Electric Trail, Hudson Area Library

City of Hudson & Its River: Oral History Excerpts, Discussion

March 15, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

two men on boats in the Hudson River by Shantytown during a 1948 flood courtesy Hudson Area Library CiancettaThe Hudson Area Library will host “The City of Hudson & Its River: Discussion & Excerpts from the Hudson Area Library’s Oral History Collection,” a virtual presentation set for Thursday, March 24th. [Read more…] about City of Hudson & Its River: Oral History Excerpts, Discussion

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Hudson Area Library

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