Universities and Colleges--New York (State)--New York--Anniversaries, etc.
After noting the "unusual" faculty, students, and curriculum, the writer gives an appreciation of President Klapper, who "understood" the "hopes" and "difficulties" of both students and faculty.
Stamped noting the rarity of this edition; Copy No. 130 out of 600 copies of this Letter-Press Edition for sale; G.P. Putnams Sons publishers; September, 1887
Universities and Colleges--New York (State)--New York--Anniversaries, etc.
Through a newsletter entitled Postscript, the writer assisted in the placement of women, minorities, and the handicapped in wartime jobs, including the famed "Rosie the Riveter." The college received national recognition for its "unique preparatory...
Universities and Colleges--New York (State)--New York--Anniversaries, etc.
Description of the special challenges and benefits of housing and feeding 360 "soldier students" at the college from 1943-1944 under the Army Special Training Program. The writer provides descriptions of how to toast 900 slices of bread in two and...
Universities and Colleges--New York (State)--New York--Anniversaries, etc.
Editor's note about the challenges facing the college after the war, including absorbing returning veterans, as well as expanding the physical plant and the teaching staff.
Town of New Windsor; Woodlawn cemetery; Plum Point; Town of Cornwall; Cornwall; West Cornwall P.O.; Cornwall on Hudson; Storm King Mountains; Moodna Creek;Town of Fishkill; Matteawan; Fishkill Bay; Break Neck Mountain; Town of Philipstown; Mount...
Section 14; Portion of Orange County; Portion of Dutchess & Putnam County; Scale 1200 feet to the inch
Districts; Coeymans Creek; Shad Island; Coeymans Junction; Upper Schodack Island; Little Schodack Island; South Schodack; Schodack Landing P.O.; Town of Schodack; Muitzeskill; Town of Stuyvesant; Houghtaling Island; Districts; Lower Schodack...
A two-page map with color; Section 30; Portion of Albany & Greene County; Portion of Rensselaer & Columbia County; Scale 1200 feet to the inch
Districts; Plattekill Mountains; Marlborough; Hudson River; Camelot P.O.; Spacken Kill; Town of Poughkeepsie; Town of Wappingers; Wappingers Falls cemetery; Hudson River Stone Supply Co.;
Section 17; Portion of Ulster County; Portion of Dutchess County; Scale 1200 feet to the inch
Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892; Clark, Aaron, 1783 or 4-1861; Davis, Cornelius, Jr.; Harral, H. K.; Jones, W. F.; Penney, George W.; Rathbone, Joel; Rotch, W. J.; Sedgwick, C. B. (Charles Baldwin), 1815-1883; Shotwell, H. R.; Smith, Francis H....
Correspondence, drafts of essays and speeches, drawings, and autobiographical writings of Alexander Jackson Davis. Letters to Davis and some misc. papers, 1835-59, chiefly about building residences. The correspondents include Francis H. Smith of...
Clouds; Flags; Hills; Shrubs; Smokestacks; Passengers; Black & white postcards; Lifeboats; Ships; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Close-up views; Rivers
A steamship named the NEW YORK carrying passengers on the Hudson River. Written message in the blank space at bottom of card (N.Y. July 4/05 My Dear Edyth We arrived this P.M. after having a beautiful trip on the Hudson. Tomorrow we go to Coney...
Bills of sale; Slaves--Kentucky--Lincoln County; Slavery--Kentucky--Lincoln County
Four-page bill of sale of the estate of George Harlan by his executor Henry Harlan, including the slaves Myra, Mary, Sarah, Cyrus, George, and Henry, in Lincoln County, Kentucky.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Chris, born November 20, 1802, to a 'Negro woman Slave named Bet [possibly Betsey]' belonging to New York City gentleman Peter P. VanZandt. Document signed by James VanZandt for Peter P. VanZandt.
Slaves--Kentucky--Lincoln County; Slavery--Kentucky--Lincoln County
Two-page deed of mortgage between Stephen Sampson and Willis P. Blank, William Graves, Elizabeth Sampson, and William Adams, in Lincoln County, Kentucky.