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Special Collections
PERSONAL
AND FAMILY PAPERS (1672-1998). Descriptive List and some
finding aids available.
Includes papers created or kept by individuals and families
chiefly of southern Ulster County, specifically the towns of
New Paltz, Gardiner, Plattekill, Rochester, Shawangunk, Esopus,
Marbletown, and the city of Kingston, although other localities
are also mentioned. Types of records within these collections
typically fall into three categories: 1) legal and financial
documents such as wills, deeds, estate inventories, contracts,
court records, property survey maps, account books, promissory
notes, and receipts; 2) military records such as soldiers' correspondence,
company rosters, equipment lists, orderly books, certificates
of appointment, discharges, and pension papers; and 3) family
items such as scrapbooks; photographs and photograph albums,
diaries, greeting cards, family letters, invitations, marriage
certificates, poetry and other creative writings, death notices,
genealogical notes, and other records. Subjects represented
in the papers mostly concern farming, land speculation and development,
and local business activities. Other issues documented include
slavery, local and state politics, religious and church related
activities, military affairs, schooling and education, missionary
activities, the Temperance movement, and travels to the western
United States. The majority of the papers date from the late-eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries, although earlier and later time periods
are also represented. Records from the seventeenth century and
early-to-mid eighteenth century are generally limited to financial
and legal documents, many of which are in French and Dutch.
Very few descriptive records such as letters and diaries appear
before 1790.
INSTITUTIONAL
RECORDS, Non-Huguenot Historical Society (1651-1959).
Descriptive List and some finding aids available. Includes original records and copied records of local churches,
schools, municipal governments, businesses, clubs, fraternity
lodges, committees, and other organizations. Most of the collections
relate to organizations in Ulster County and vicinity. Records
typically include minutes, reports, legal and financial records,
correspondence, membership records, vital statistics (births,
deaths, marriages, etc.), photographs and memorabilia, and attendance
registers.
ARTIFICIAL
COLLECTIONS (1582-1989). Descriptive List and some finding
aids available.
Includes collections of materials artificially
created at the repository for specific research use. Materials
stored in the artificial collections include Bibles and rare books,
maps, genealogy collections, photographs, newspapers, account books,
recipe books, and ciphering books. Many of the items in these
collections share provenance with collections of Personal and Family
Papers and Institutional Records.
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