Libertas (Liberty HS yearbook)  (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962)

If these are of interest to you, please let us know what years you would like us to republish first.  1960 is at the top of the pile right now, but we're reasonable people and will include the years that seem to be of most interest.  (see our current Liberty NY project as well)

Monticello, NY materials, including the following:

--Account book of John Murrain's store, Monticello, NY (1910-11) 200 pages of grocery orders -- well, if your family was one of his customers, or if you have an interest in what people bought in stores a hundred years ago, particularly in the capitol of Sullivan County at a point of time when one of the resort booms of the area was headed into eclipse, this will be of interest to you. 

--Centennial of the Presbyterian Church, Monticello, NY (1910)This is a nice history book of one of the two major protestant denominations represented in Monticello in 1910 (the other was Episcopalian).  130 pages in length, it includes the customary historical articles about the church and community, and most notably includes a list of all members of this church, and the circumstances under which they joined.  It's an important adjunct to the history of any family represented, and necessary for any kind of community history.

--Gertrude Barber's records of the Rock Ridge cemetery (circa 1929)

--Gertrude Barber's records of the Bridgeville Circuit of the ME Church (includes Glen Wild, Rock Hill, and Bridgeville) (copied from the original records in 1929),

--Sullivan County Court Calendars --We have three of these:  the calendar for the July term of 1893, for the June term of 1899, and for the January term of 1904.  They are short -- each consisting of a few pages of court rules, followed by the litigation scheduled (parties to the litigation as well as their counsel are named).  Interesting ephemera, particularly if you recognize the surname of a litigant!

--Miscellaneous post cards and other ephemera

One more good source to add, and this could be a project!

This is now an active project!  Please Click Here to learn more about our "Callicoon Historian" project.

Duanesburg NY School Attendance Registers.

These attendance records, mainly for School District 22 in the Town of Duanesburg, were an impulse purchase on eBay.  The school years for which we have the originals include 1902-1903, 1905-1906, 1906-1907, 1909-1910, 1910-1911, 1911-1912, 1913-1914, 1914-1915, 1917-1918, 1918-1919, 1919-1920, 1921-1922, 1922-1923, 1923-1924, 1925-1926.  We also have District 17's record book for 1923-1924 only.  The State Education Department altered the format of the books from year to year.  However, many have a reconciliation to the census, all identify the school children and their parents or guardians by name, all contain extensive attendance records by the child for the year, at least one has a schedule of physical defects noted in each child, and some have registers of visitors to the school.  This is local history absolutely first-hand, but due to its very limited scope we will defer publication until we have an indication of interest in it.  Please let us know if this is of interest to you.

Schenectady and the Great Western Gateway, Past and Present.

This 1926 book was published uner the auspices of the Schenectady Chamber of Commerce as a memorial of the dedication of the Great Western Gateway Bridge that year.  76 pages long, it's got some memorable photos (including two of the covered bridge that once spanned the Mohawk at that location), and essays about Schenectady and the Mohawk Valley during the various historical periods that predated dedication of this bridge.  We think it's pretty interesting, and when we find some companion documents, we'll publish it.

Frederick J. Seaver's Historical Sketches of Franklin County, New York

(1918). This is a first-rate county history of the county known as "The Siberia of New York" -- a county that was settled late but still managed to accumulate some interesting history in the years between its settlement and Mr. Seaver's book's original publication.  It's 819 pages long, and contains not only county history but also considerable material on the towns, including an appendix with the then-current and previous officials and institutions.  The book also includes 75 pages of short biographical sketches.  We would like to hear from you if this is of any potential interest to you.  It's not currently prioritized, but it can be if we receive sufficient indications of interest.

Daniel E. Wager's Oneida County, New York

(1896). A three part book of local history about a section of New York State with plenty of it to recount.  Part 1, consisting of 636 pages, is a more or less traditional county history, including history of all the townships that make up the county.  Part 2 is biography of locally eminent personages -- 211 pages of it.  That is followed by 382 pages of family history in Part 3.  The indices for parts 1 and 2 are complete, and the family history index is complete through the letter L and includes the early M entries.  Before undertaking to publish this one, we will see if we can locate the remainder of the index to part 3.  However, this volume will be a major undertaking so we appreciate those with an interest letting us know of it beforehand, with no obligation to purchase.  We recently had a request for it, so we will be raising its priority.  Do let us hear from you if you are interested!

Washington Frothingham's History of Montgomery County

(1892). 450 pages of history of the county that includes Amsterdam, Canajoharie, and a significant section of the historic Mohawk Valley, plus 325 pages of family histories of the area, plus three indexes comprise this volume.  Included as well on unnumbered pages are some nice portraits of significant people of the era when the book was written.  This one, a recent purchase by us, is pretty certainly in the queue for production as it is complete, well-written, of high quality, and already indexed.  Let us know if this is of interest to you, and perhaps we can advance it on the priority list a bit.

The History of the City of Ogdensburg, by Rt. Rev. P.S. Garand, D. D., V. G.

(1927) 449 pages of well-researched, well-written history of the only city in St. Lawrence County, going back to exploration and missionary activity in the area in colonial times.  We purchased this volume only recently, and at this point it is the only St. Lawrence County item we own.  We would like to ascertain if visitors to our website think we should pay more attention to this area.  Please let us know!

W. Max Reid's The Mohawk Valley: Its Legends and Its History

(1907). This is a nice area history with abundant colorful legends to supplement it.  In its 545 (including index) pages are also included a number of photographs by J. Arthur Maney.  It's light reading, and a good introduction to the area, as perceived a century ago.  Tell us if this looks like something you would be interested in!

Historic Wallkill Valley

(1903). "Historic Wallkill Valley, Orange and Ulster Counties, New York, Sussex C., New Jersey, and Their Environs" is the full title of this 146 page "booklet," evidently the 10th in a series.  This issue concentrates on Walden and also contains articles on such topics as historical incidents in the Valley, New Fort, Goodwill, Wesley Grove (Neelytown), Montgomery, and Mount Beacon.  As well as many pages of advertisements by area businesses, there are photographs of dignitaries, living and dead, and lists of leaders of various civic and governmental institutions in the area.  This one is near the top of our priority list to re-publish.  Be sure to let us know if you feel the same way!

The Kingston Academy Spectator for 1909

This is an attractive early example of a school yearbook of 68 pages.  There's a surprising large number of photographs for a yearbook of this vintage, as well as several pages of ads.  This looks like it will be part of an Ulster County offering when we collect sufficient material to justify one.

The Saugerties High School Sawyer for 1935

A nice, useful yearbook, with higher quality photography and printing than one expects from these depression times.  We're holding this one in reserve to accompany some still to be determined publishing project for that area. 

The Maroon of Kingston High School  (1924)

153 pages.  A useful source, with lots of text and pictures.  Unfortunately, a few of the photos have been carefully clipped out -- although the text remains.  In the interest of full disclosure, we will identify the missing pictures when we undertake this project.

Our Catskill Mountains, by H. A. Haring (1931)

350 pages, with 42 illustrations and two maps.  A very nice, well-produced history and guidebook of the Catskill Mountains, emphasizing the high Catskills area.  Includes chapters on geography and geology, general area history, historical industries including hemlock bark harvesting and tanning, hoop making, glass blowing, and bluestone quarrying.  In more recent history, the New York City water system and the Catskill State Forest, as well as trout fishing receive entire chapters.  It concludes with four chapters on hiking the Catskills and motoring and vacationing there.  Also includes an index. 

The Catskill Mountains and the Region Around, by the Rev. Charles Rockwell (1869)

351 pages.  Interesting! Articles -- chapters -- about historical and then-current cultural matters.  There's an entire chapter on Thomas Cole, the painter, reminiscences about the Catskill Mountain House, the usual articles about life in the wilds of the Catskills in bygone years.  In addition, a map, some drawings.  This was not one we were familiar with when we acquired it, but it looks like a good addition to a Catskill Mountains CD-ROM at some point in the future.  What do you think?

Edgar C. Emerson's Jefferson County, New York

Here is a nice Jefferson County item that looks like it should be useful to anyone doing genealogy and local history in that locale.  Published in 1898, it is in three parts:  part 1, consisting of 875 pages, is the county and town history section.  Part II, biographies of notables, is around 60 pages long.  Following that, Part III consists of 276 pages of "personal references."  There are three separate indexes, consisting of around 50 pages -- saving us the necessity of indexing such a large volume. There is also a large number of pictures, both portraits and views of county scenes, in addition to the numbered pages.  All in all, there's a huge amount of information here, in what appears to be a very accessible form for that era.  If the Watertown, NY area is of interest to you, you'll want this one.

Day Book:  Brown's Store, Stone Mills, Jefferson County, NY

(November 1853 - November 1854). This is a one-of-a-kind original day book (sales and purchases) for a pre-Civil War country store located in Orleans Township. If you had an ancestor in that tiny community, or if you have an interest in knowing how country stores worked at that period of time, you will have a wonderful time with this.  We're certainly not expecting to sell many copies of this one, and the page size is too large for our scanners so we would need to incur the expense of sending it out to be scanned.  Therefore, we'll wait for an indication of interest before we prepare this CD-ROM.

Proceeding of the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors (1934)

There is quite a bit of local history and some genealogy in this 367 page volume.  These include the coroner's report (with names, dates, and causes of death), the sheriff's report (including information about all those consigned to mental health or delinquent facilities during the year, with some family information) and minutes of all of the meetings during the year, as well as financial information.  This is a pretty specialized item, so we'll wait for indications of interest before we schedule republication. 

(See our list of current projects)

Washington Irving's A History of New York from the beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty

by "Diedrich Knickerbocker" (1864). This is a classic, but somewhat scarce.   Find out more about Washington Irving's History of New York.

Gazetteer of the State of New York

by J. H. French (1860).  751 pages.  This is really a classic New York State source, and difficult to locate at anything approaching an affordable price.  There is detailed information about every county in the state, together with fact-loaded chapters on railroads, banks, other corporations, religions and religious organizations, and much, much more.  We've begun to include excerpts on future CDs about New York State locales, and we're offering the chapter about Sullivan County as a free download.

Annual Report of the State Board of Charities for 1906

This three volume report, totaling more than 2700 pages, is a study of the state and private welfare structure in New York State in that year.  Frankly, we have not decided what to do with this one.  We think, for starters, whenever we publish a CD about a county or locale in New York State we will include extracts from these volumes related to that locale.  We doubt that there would be much demand for the entire set of volumes, so we'll defer consideration of their publication as a unit.  Having said that, the pages of verbatim testimony on the part of various organizations might be of considerable interest to someone doing historical research on the subject of attitudes toward the less-fortunate more than a century ago.

The Life and Letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, and advocate

by Alfred R. Conkling (1889).  709 pages.  Roscoe Conkling?  Think of the Tweed Ring, the disputed presidential election of 1872, the Utica NY area.  Roscoe Conkling was a man who wielded tremendous power on a national level in the days of the political "spoils system" -- written by a family member, and thus a considerably more sympathetic view than you'll find in the history books.

"Boss" Tweed: the Story of a Grim Generation

by Denis Tilden Lynch (1927).  433 pages, including index.  The name of Boss Tweed is synonymous today with our current variety of crooked politicians.  The man was a New York City politician whose influence spread far beyond the city boundaries.  The writing style is journalistic rather than scholarly, but it is an absorbing read.  More about his administration has emerged in recent years, but this is a view of the way the man was perceived in the 1920s.  Let us know if this interests you!

Barnard College annuals and the The Barnard College Song Book. 

See more information about these Barnard items from the 1920s. 

Two Decades:  a History of the first 20 years of the WCTU in New York State

by Frances W. Graham and Georgeann M. Gardenier.  (1894)  ~ 90 pages.  Today, the Women's Christian Temperance Union is viewed more as a slightly amusing antique than as a serious political and social movement that achieved sufficient national strength to get a Constitutional amendment enacted.  That represents considerable political power, especially considering that women at the time were not considered to have much brains or be worth listening to!  (This volume was published decades before women even had the right to vote!)  Regardless of the ultimate failure of prohibition, the movement itself is worth understanding as a successful pressure group.  This book documents the first 20 years of the WCTU in New York State, and includes biographies of many of the women who were in leadership roles.  Interesting reading!

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