Manuscript Files
The Manuscript File is a potpourri of information collected over time. It encompasses an array of topics. Browse the index, topics you are interested in may be scattered, depending on whether it was placed by locale, subject or author. Many are copies rather than originals.
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Albany
Copy of newspaper poster of Capitol Blg. Piano ad.
1855 census
15th Regiment, copied from 1899 S.C.H.S. catalog
Wagar series of historic prints of old Albany
Almshouse, Schoharie Co. 1830-1955
American Legion Post 1261 List of post commanders, district commanders, 1920-1980's
American Revolution:
Battle of the Flockey: on-line article by Jeff O'Connor
Brigade of; clothing patterns and references
War calendar
See also: Albany, 15th Reg.; Revolution
Ames, Ezra: Portrait of Artist 1793[?] to 1840[?] Albany
Anti-Horse Thief Society, Esperance
Anti-Rent Wars:
Kaatskill Life articles
"The Patroon System and the Anti-Rent Wars of New York State" by William J. Lynch
Archeological sites:
A. Early Man in Orange County
B. Ten Mile River Rockshelter
C. Old Fort II- Wallkill
D. Sugar Loaf Mastodon
E. Duchess Quarry Cave
Architecture: Field guide published by the Old House Journal
Arnold Conspiracy: Harper's 1861
Asbury, Frances: Letter from William H. Kroger to Fred Vogal
Ashworth, Freeman: "Orville and the Food Factory" & "The Day Baby Earth Was Born"
Atlantic Gateways: National Geographic Society
Automobile: Article on Perry Taylor's
B
Badgley, William: Drawings of the museum annex
Ballots: 1906 (Schoharie), 1915 & 1916 (Wright)
Ball's Cave
Barner, David: home of... at Mineral Springs
Barnerville, Annals of: by Chauncey Rickard
Barns: Decker's (Gilboa)
Battle of the Flockey: on-line article by Jeff O'Connor
Becker and Schafer: patent March 19, 1754
Becker Stone House: Town of Wright
Beekeeping
Beekman, Judge William
Best, Dr. Duncan L: house
Black history
findings
Schoharie County
Blenheim explosion
Blenheim Hill
Jefferson Courier column
1905-1906
M.E. Church "Brimstone Church"
Blenheim Hill, Sketches of; by Ray Pollard, July 1927
Blodgett, Hiram 1836-1922
Bogardus, Capt. Adam H.
Boquet's Expedition
Bouck, Gov. William C.
Boundary Dispute between New York and New Jersey
Boyd, Thomas; by Leona Haslun
Brant, Joseph (Thayendanege) 1742[?]-1807
Breadbasket of the Revolution
Bridges:
Blenheim (4 folders)
Covered
Schoharie covered bridge over Fox Creek,
1982
Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Sunday, Sept 21, pg 7 & 8
Broome, Town of: Grist Mills
Brown, Capt. Christian 1741-1784: Battle of Cobleskill
Brown, John Mathias (1745-1838)
Budget Roster, 1963
Building Structure Inventory Forms prepared by Norman Olsen
Bull's Head Inn
Burnett, John: Trial May 1846
Butler, Capt. Walter: Tory Ranger, Cherry Valley Massacre
Buttons, from uniform
C
Cannons: Construction of Trails
Cannon: Schoharie School
Cape May, New Jersey
Carpenter's and Joiners from Schoharie Republican
3/17/1864
Catholic Church in Schoharie County
Chronicle of Northeastern Caves
Caves
Garden of Eden
Lesser Caverns of Schoharie County
See also: Chronical of
Northeastern... Cemetery, Middleburgh-typed copy of first
minutes, 1865
Cemeteries
1930's NYS laws regarding
East Cobleskill Burying Grounds; by
Donald Keyser
Maintenance and types of
See also Graveyards
Charleston
Cherry Valley
Massacre
Turnpike
Churches
Bethany Lutheran (Central Bridge)
Lawyersville Dutch Reformed
Churches and Libraries
1801-1813-incorporation
Churches of Schoharie County
Reformed Dutch Church, Schoharie
County
St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran
Church
Methodist Church-Middleburgh
Episcopal/Methodist
Blenheim Presbyterian
Greenbush Church
Civilian Conservation Corps
Clothing
Women's dress
Uniforms of the American Revolution
Cobleskill
History of; by Chauncey Rickard
Exchange Club 1973, membership
Historical dates
Illustrations and biographical
sketches
Photos (copies)
Community survey
Colden, Cadwallader
Cole, Thomas (painter)
Colonial Historic books
Cooperative Extension (2 folders)
Corbin, Margaret: 1776 Fort Washington Heroine
Costume collection reference
Costumes, historic American
Cotton machinery, history of
Cranberry scrapbook (Ocean Spray)
D
Dailey, Rev.
Danforth Hall, by Judge Walter Bliss
Daughters of the American Revolution
Death customs
Declaration of Independence, New York signers
Delaware County: maps and Cooperative Extension
Diamonds, Herkimer; article on SF collection
Dorloo: 1866 map (copy)
Drafts, military; first in Schoharie County
Dutch (the Halve Maen Magazine) various topics
E
East Cobleskill: Howe, Garden of Eden
East Worcester
Ecker Hollow history
Edmonds, Walter Dumaux; They Had a Horse
Educational Needs Assessment in Schoharie County 1981
Education: Students Tours of Local Government
Egg Tree Exhibit
Elm Tree; largest in New York State
Erie Canal Prints
F
Fair/Circus; P.T. Barnum's World Fair
Farm
Equipment
Stands
Fence, evolution and history of
Ferguson, John; writings of
Fire engine
Flag
Flood, 1996
Fonda Courthouse Celebration
Forts of New York
Fort Stanwix and Fort Frontenac
Fossils
Fossil Forest of Gilboa
Fracturschriften (Marcus Mensch)
Freeman's Journal 125th anniv. 1993
French Pioneers in North America
Fulton, Town of
Fultonham area, from scrapbook
G
Games
Gardnersville 1866 map
Gebhard home (Marsh House)
Genealogical Observer: Church of J.C.L.D.S.
Genealogical Society of the Church of J.C.L.D.S.
Geological Survey Maps
Geology (Glaciers of West Kill, by Robert Titus, Kaatskill
Life Fall '97)
Geology of New York 1966
Gilboa
Fire of 1890
Dam N.Y.C. water
Stories of old... 1988-89 4th grade G.-C.
Central
Stryker property and Schemerhorn cemetery
information
1927, assessors N.Y.C. water supply
Graduates
Graduation, H.S. 1904, 05, 17-15, 23, 47, 49
Graham, Hugh
Grand Gorge Gazette Bicentennial 1986
Gravestone Symbols
Graveyards of Schoharie County
Great Flats Aquifer
Grist Mills
Broome
Schoharie
Guns, German
H
Hangings in NYS
Hallock, Eugene
Haynes, Mills and Homestead
Helderberg Advocate 12/3/1841
Heraldry
Herkimer, General Nicholas
Highway military
Historic
Homes, glimpses of
Home and site list
Markers
History
Of State and Local Conference, Albany
State and Oral History
Historical Societies of New York State
Hot Whiskey for Five Ed Hagan
Houck House
Hovercraft
Howe's Cave
Cement Company
Article
Churches
History
12 drawings
Howe, Lester; photo
Hudson
Champlain Celebration 350th
River 1859-1860
Valley and American Revolution
River Magazine
Huntersland
I
Indian(s)
Artifacts
Geographical names
Iroquis Museum
Of New York State
Of North America
Place Names: Ruttenbar, Hudson, Delaware,
Schoharie, Mohawk
Village Restoration
J
James, Frank Noxon: Folk and Places Along the Schoharie Creek
Jamestown (VA) Festival
Jefferson, copy of town minutes, 1805, '06, '10.
Jeffersonian 1872-1880, Jefferson Courier
1894-1918
Joslyn reminisces
Lansing
John
Manor, 10th anniversary
Manor, NYS Power Authority
Lape, Herman; diary 1885
Larkin, Daniel: Political Analysis of Schoharie County
Lasell
Hall
Park
Park Association
Lawrence, Katherine S.
Lexington and Concord, Battle of
Libertarian Club
License Plate Collection
Loomis, Dr. Mahlon
Loyalists of NY (Tories)
M
Machin, Capt. Thomas
"Thomas Machin and Mason" by Chauncey
Rickard 2/22/1933
Madison Garden Village
Mammoths and Mastodons
Maple Festival, Jefferson, NY
Maps
Colonial
Historic sites and landmarks, Schoharie
County
Hyndsville 1866
Mineral Springs, 1866
Showing the Liberties of the Goal (jail)
1823
Masters: Schoharie, Carlisle, Seward
NYS
Schoharie County, 1976, 1980, 1984
Schoharie and Greene Counties
Sharon Hill 1866
Sloansville 1866
Town maps 1953
Memorial Day
Speech, Maus 1987
1958
Addresses
Middleburgh's 250th Anniversary
Middleburgh Gazette 1882
High School Grads
Highway records
Minutes and highway records
History, Story of
History
News "The Sheriff Empanels Jury"
Reformed Church
Middleburgh Central School, May 1943, "All Out for Victory"
Middleburgh Memorial Park, speech by Charley Spickerman
5/28/2001
Military
Drill manual
Enlistments-Jefferson, Civil War
Listings
"The Long March to Steven's Run: The
134th NY Vol. Infantry at Gettysburg" by George Conklin in
Gettysburg Magazine.
Organizations, 15th regiment,
histories
Uniforms
Milk distribution
Mills in Schoharie: study on 19th Cent. Settlement
Mix, Simon Hosack
Montgomery, General
Morgan's riflemen
Mohawk Valley and the American Revolution
Motion Pictures
Murphy, Timothy (several folders)
Music
Day camp
Military
Others
N
New Dorlach Massacre 1780
New Jersey Forts on the Delaware River 1755-1783
NYS
Bridge Co's 1802-1828
Census reports
Counties (Orange, Sullivan, Ulster,
Schoharie)
Bicentennial Commission copies of
docs
Forest Preserve
History
Militia
Niagara Mohawk
Niagara Fire Engine Co.
North Jersey Highlander-forts on the Delaware
Norton, Mary-retirement
O
Octagon House-Mattice
"Old Fountain Town" by A.B. Gregg
"Oriskany and the Upstate Imagination" by Thomas O'Donnell
Orphan Train
Orton, Helen Fuller: "The Brave Frontier"
P
Palatines
"They had a horse"
Customs ("Tales, Tunes and Tastes..." by
Kimberly Meistens)
Parrott House
Report by Darren
School Report 3/1986
Patchin, Harley; diary and other papers
Pavilion Hotel, Sharon Springs
Paintings of Schoharie, location
Pewter
Physicians of Schoharie
Poetry
Hay, Richard F., Sr.
Politics
Culture of politics in the late 19th
Cent.
Political Revolution and NY's 1st
Constitution
Pony Express Map
Post offices
Discontinued in Scho. Co.
Postmasters of Fultonham
Postal Service in Schenectady
Prehistoric Man in the Mohawk Region
Presidency
Bicentennial of American Presidents
History of Events
Printing arts, 500 years of... by Otto Maurice Forbert
Q-R
Quarries
Quilt patterns identification
Raid on the Valley and Fort: Bicentennial 1980
Railroads (2 folders)
Representatives in Congress-Scho. Co.
Republican Party
Revolutionary War
Battle of the Flockey: on-line article by Jeff O'Connor
Pension papers
Residents of Mohawk Valley
War forts
See also: American Revolution
Rhineland, copy of map
Richmondville
1873 report
Phoenix printer
Town Supervisors
Riflemen of Schoharie Co.
Rogers, John-groups
Rossman Hill Road
Rotary Historical Outline
Ryder, Charles; "Charles Courter"
S
Saddles-McClellen
Save Outdoor Sculpture project
Schoharie
Court minutes, 1819
Free movies and Ed. Scribner
Promotional Association
Patent-map
Valley Tour by Federal Writers
"An Old Dutch Settlement"
Houses-Sites
Valley
Fire department
Crossing
"A Brief History of..."
Hotels
Sketch and map of
Lutheran Parsonage Archeological
Survey
Militia Vindicated
The Settlement of
A Sketch of Schoharie Village
Historical Society receipts, notes
Caretakers and curators of S.C.H.S.
Central School History, by Louis
Tremante
Schoharie County
Arts Council; See Save Outdoor
Sculpture
Jails
Almshouse inspection March and Sept.
1913
Bicentennial 1995
History of the press
Board Of Health
History course, 1987
Office building dedicated 12/87
Data from Colonial Laws of New
York
Forts
Court, first case
Courthouse
Women
Seal
Business directory 1977
Settlers
Collage graduates
Historical Society 100th anniversary
Historical markers
Clerk's office
Community Assessment 1988
Grange
Early immigrants 1712-1730
Miscellaneous
Schoharie Valley Lore: Tales of the Days When the Old Stone Fort
Was Young, by Ellsworth Vrooman
Schools
"Early Academies and Seminaries of
Schoharie Co., N.Y." by Marion French Noyes, 1938
Central School Districts
Daily Vacation Bible School
Middleburgh, Anniversary
Schoharie Academy
Schoharie Central, new addition,
photos
"Brick Schoolhouse" Town of Wright, by
Diedre Snowden
District #7 Town of Broome, 1847-1893 (2
folders)
District #18, Town of Middleburgh (4
folders)
Scott's Patent, statement of rents due, Jan 1820
Servants, indentured
"Seven Dorfs of Schoharie" review
Seward, First Baptist Church of
Shafer, Don Cameron "Blind Trails"
Shaffer, Gail S.
"Sharon Springs Spa: Landscape of Memory" by Ellen McHale in NY
Folk Lore Newsletter
Shaylor Funeral Home Account Book
"Shunpiking in Old Schoharie" by Jean Webb Williams
Simms to Brown, copy of letter
Simms, Jeptha
Slaves in Schoharie
Snow Birds: See Warner, Harold
Sons of Revolution (NY)
"SS Schoharie"
Staffordshire Pottery
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Schoharie
Starkey Seminary; W.E. Bassler
Stevens, Gersham: Manorkill II Stevens Mountain
"Stone Arabia, From" by Charles Makem Nelles
Stone Store
Stone Wall, Construction of
Summit Hotel, old
Summit: Plank Road
Swann, Aldrich; diary
Surveys, Bartholomew Becker
T
Theide, Hugo
"The Toll Bridge War" by Albert Brumely
Tonko, Paul
Tools
Topographic maps
Tornado-Schoharie Co., July 10, 1989 (2 folders)
Trains
Transportation, Schoharie Co. Report 1974-1996 (Office for the
Aging)
Trees-Different Varieties
Turnpikes
VanAlstyne, John; trial of
VanDeusen, James; Dept. of Public Works
Van Epps Percy M.
Historical Tables and Markers of
Glenville, N.Y.
Prehistoric Man in the Mohawk Region
Stories & Legends of our Indian
Paths
Story of the Maalwyck
VanPatten, John; trial of
Vietnam War & Schoharie County
Vintonton
Volunteer Fire Dept. of Old New York
Voting
"Vrooman's Nose" by V. Schaefer
Vrooman, Col. Peter
W
War records, dates
Warner, Harold
Washington, George, obituary
Weaver, Jim; postcard of with barn
Weiser, Conrad
Westinghouse, George (Gregg collection)
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
White, Bouck
Williams, David
Wolf Hollow: Glenville's Notable Scientific Feature, 1939
Women of the American Revolution
Women's Exhibit 1985
World War II
Ads for videos
Inductees to April 1942
Memorial dedication
Smoke armor testing near Vrooman's Nose
(Popular Science, 1943)
See also: Middleburgh Central School
X-Y-Z
Yorktown, By C. Hatch, Jr.
"Zarviah Wing's Bravery" by Elijah E. Brownell