Daily Archives: February 27, 2024


Schuylerville Public Library Local History Collection

Box #1 – Schuylerville Public Records                                                           A-3 Box 1 of 5

Folder 1: Meeting minutes, 1935 – 1950

Folder 2: Official Documents, 2005-2014

Folder 3: (3) Reports of Examination, 1975, 1978

Folder 4: Annual Reports, 1968-1969

Folder 5: Financial papers, 1975-1990

Folder 6: Correspondence, 1938-2007

Folder 7: Southern Adirondack Library System, 1977-2010

Folder 8: Bookmark Contest, undated

Folder 9: Local History and Revolutionary War Library Collection Inventory List, undated

Folder 10: Library Award: 2016 Library Program of the Year Award – Counting Down to Kindergarten

            Library Award: 2018 Better Readers Program

            Library Award 2019 Library Program of the Year – Better Readers, 2019 May 31

            Library  Award 2019 Grand Opening of the Reading Room, 2019 October 20

            Newspaper article Painting Presented to Schuylerville (Harold Walenta donates the General Schuyler painting, 1972 May 11)

Box #2 – Schuylerville Public Records                                                          A-3 Box 2 of 5

Folder 1: Library Photos

Folder 2: Bessie Haas papers

Folder 3: Friends of the Library Meeting Notes 1976

Folder 4: SALS memos & events 1971

Folder 5: Library Comic Strips Clippings

Folder 6: Contributions to the Library 1998

Folder 7: Events and Authors

Folder 8: Newspaper Clippings – events held at Schuylerville Public Library

Folder 9: Schuylerville Public Library Original Correspondence

Folder 10: Events leading up to new library 1964

Folder 11: Newspaper Clippings library news

Binder – Schuylerville Public Library history and photos

Box #3 – Local Governance, Projects, and Reports                                      A-3 Box 3 of 5

Folder 1: Village of Schuylerville Master Plan, 1968

Folder 2: Comprehensive Plans, 1999, 2005

Folder 3: Economic Reports, 1980-1997

Folder 4: Zoning Codes and Regulations, 1980, 2010

Folder 5: Village of Schuylerville Government Personnel Index, 1987-1999

Folder 6: Village of Victory Mills Government Personnel Index, 1987

Folder 7: Town of Saratoga Government Personnel Index, 1988-1989

Folder 8: Old Saratoga Central Business Alliance (OSCBA), 1984

Folder 9: Correspondence, Battle of Saratoga name change, 1980

Folder 10: Schuyler Mansion Historic Site, 1980 Donated by Lillian Dunbar

Box #4 – Local Governance, Projects, and Reports                                      A-3 Box 4 of 5

Folder 1: Saratoga County Commission Report, 1987

Folder 2: Environmental Reports, 1975, 1983

Folder 3: Preservation Reports, 1958, 2007

Folder 4: Capital District Transportation Committee Reports, 2010

Folder 5: Capital District Office of Planning Coordination Reports, undated

Folder 6: Saratoga County Democratic Yearbook, 1983 May 1

Box #5 – Local Governance, Projects, and Reports                                      A-3 Box 5 of 5

Folder 1: Visual Analysis Report, 2012

Folder 2: 100’ Telecommunications Tower Facility Project Report, 2007

Folder 3: 100’ Telecommunications Tower Facility Project Report, 2007

Folder 4: 100’ Telecommunications Tower Facility Project Supplementary Materials, 2007

Folder 5: Mohican-Battenkill Rebuild Project, 2013

Folder 6: Mohican-Battenkill Rebuild Project Restated Exhibit 7, 2012

Folder 7: Mohican-Battenkill Rebuild Project Correspondence, 2010-2015

Folder 8: Mohican-Battenkill Rebuild Project Petitions, 2012-2015

Box #6 – Historical Materials                                                            A-4 Box 1 of 5

Folder 1: Schuylerville Historical Pamphlets, 1912-2001

Folder 2: Ephemera, undated

Folder 3: Barbara Aldrich Local Research, undated

Folder 4: Saratoga County Historical Data, 1963-1964

Folder 5: Saratoga County Bibliography, 1977

Folder 6: Saratoga Court Records (1791-1900), 2002

Folder 7: Saratoga County Historical Publications, 1976, 1995

Folder 8: Saratoga Train History, 1967

Folder 9: Alexander Hamilton Biography, 1957

Folder 10: Erie Canal History, 2001

Box #7 – Local Family Records                                                          A-4 Box 2 of 5

Folder 1: Local Families Correspondence, 1854-1898

Folder 2: Local Families Ephemera, 1882-1948

Folder 3: Webster Family Correspondence, 1893-1925

Folder 4: Webster Lineage Correspondence, undated

Folder 5: William B. Webster Records, 1888-1941

Folder 6: Willis Lyman James, 1897

Folder 7: Marcella Nacy Barrett, undated

Folder 8: William Butz, 2005

Folder 9: George Strover Family Papers Finding Aid, 1999

Box #8 – Local Family Records                                                          A-4 Box 3 of 5

Folder 1: Locating Marriage, Birth and Death Records, 1967, 1976

Folder 2: Schuylerville Cemeteries, 1893, 2002

Folder 3: Revolutionary War Genealogy, circa 2006

Folder 4: French-Canadian and Dutch Colony, 1984, 2014

Folder 5: Sylvester Family, 1965

Folder 6: Bielkiewicz Family History, 1994

Folder 7: Alexander Bryan Lineage, 1995

Folder 8: Jonathan Griffen Lineage, 1983

Folder 9: James McGeoch Lineage, 1999

Folder 10: Arnold Family, 1992

Box #9 – American Revolution Published Materials, Bicentennial Stamps, and Ephemera

                                                                                                            A-4 Box 4 of 5

Folder 1: Battle of Saratoga, 1952, 1985

Folder 2: John Burgoyne, undated

Folder 3: Philip Schuyler, undated

Folder 4: Saratoga Battlefield

Folder 5: Saratoga Monument

Folder 6: Soldiers Monument, 1904

Folder 7: American Revolution Themed Events, 1926, 1950-1952

Folder 8: Activity and Coloring Books, 1966-2005

Folder 9: Cookbooks

Folder 10: Bicentennial Published Materials, 1973-1999

Folder 11: Bicentennial Correspondence, 1975

Folder 12: Bicentennial Ephemera, 1975-1977

Box #10 – Rare Book Box                                                                   A-4 Box 5 of 5

Saratoga County, edited by the Saratogian, 1899

Box #11 – Oversize Materials                                                            B-4 Box 1 of 4

Historians and Collectors of Rare Americana Ought to Posses that Rare Publication “Captain        Norton’s Orderly Book, 1776, by Keating-Barnard Publishing Co, Fort Edward, NY, 1898       July 11

Menu: Some Place Else, Route 29 Atop Schuylerville Hill, N.Y., n.d.

Map of “Troop Movements-Battle of Sept. 19, 1777”

Map of “Troop Movements-Battle of Oct. 7, 1777”, Charles Snell, 1950 December

Map: “Saratoga Springs Street Map Including: Town of Saratoga, Greenfield, Wilton”, n.d.

Map of “Saratoga City and County”, printed by JIMCO, 14th edition, 2003

Map: The Adirondack Atlas, printed by Visual Encyclopedia, 1982

Map: Historical and Recreational Site Development Plan by M.J. Engineering P.C., Consulting       Engineers, 1993

Atlas: New Topographical Atlas of Saratoga Co. New York”, surveyed by S.N. and D.G. Beers and             Assistants, limited edition, 1866 reprinted 1969 November

Newspaper: “Loom Stilled, Victory Mills Chants Requiem”, by John Wanhopem, and “Albany       Symphony Orchestra”, 824 # 221st Bronx New York City, 1930 February

Newspaper: “Fitchburg Station becomes new restaurant” by Marie D. Whitford and “Day of        house has arrived in tri-county area” by Shelley Riley, publication unknown, 1973 May          20

Newspaper: Atwell’s Reader, pg. 1-4, Vol. 1 (1), Schuylerville, N.Y., 1877 August 4

Newspaper: “Swimming against the current: Early environmentalist Sam Aldrich was a guardian of the Hudson River: Shad turns the tide on the Hudson” by Alexander Aldrich, The         Saratogian, 2009 December 27

Newspaper: “Old Champlain Canal on the way back: Schuylerville rallies behind restoration”,      publication unknown, 1974 September 22

A Map of Saratoga and Suburbia Incl: Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Lake, State Park, Malta, Malta Ridge, by JIMAPCO, 1972

A Map of Greenwich Cambridge Incl: Middle Falls, Hedges Lake, Willard Mountain, by JIMAPCO,             1973

A Map of Northumberland Suburbia Incl: Argyle, Fort Miller, Bacon Hill, by JIMAPCO, 1973

American Battlefields Watercolor Map Series The Battlefields of Saratoga New York 1777, by      McElfresh Map Co., 1997

Box #12 – Rare Book Box                                                       B-4 Box 2 of 4

New York in the Revolution As Colony and State, by James A. Roberts, Comptroller, 1898

Box #13 – Rare Book Box                                                       B-4 Box 3 of 4

New York in the Revolution As Colony and State Vol. II, A Compilation of Documents and Records From The Office of the State Comptroller, 1904

Box #14 – Rare Book Box                                                       B-4 Box 4 of 4

History of Saratoga County, New York. With Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, by Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester, Author of Historical Sketches of Northern New York and the Adirondack Wilderness, Saratoga and Kay-Ad-Ros-Se-Ra, Etc., 1878

Box #15-17 – Heritage Hunters Newsletters: April 1996 – present (incomplete)  B-5 Boxes 1-3

PAM Box 18 – Historical Materials and Ephemera              B-5 Box 4 of 6

Official Program Saratoga Pageant Congress Spring Park August 19-24, 1912

The University of Southern California at I25 2005 address by Dr. Steven B. Sample

Saratoga and Kay-Ad-Ros-Se-ra: An Historical Address, by N.B. Sylvester, July 4, 1876

New York Statewide Comprehensive Recreation Plan, March 1978

Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan Forest Preserve Centennial Edition, January 1985 Schuylerville, New York, “The Historical Village”: Official Souvenir Book, Historical Week,        October 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1912

Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1909

Advance and Retreat to Saratoga Burgoyne Campaign, by C.E. Bennett, A.M., 1927

Neely’s Photographs Views of Saratoga, by F. Tennyson Neely, 1899

Early Days in Gansevoort and Vicinity, Book 3, by Mrs. J.B. Vanderwerker, 1938

The Hudson Valley and the American Revolution, by New York State Conservation Department, 1968

The Penn Germania Vol II, No. 1, January, 1913

Addenda: Old Fort Edward Before 1800, by William H. Hill, 1956

New York History: The Quarterly Journal of the New York State Historical Association, vol 39,      No. 4 October 1958

Saratoga County Wetlands Guidebook, March 1998

Reminiscences of Bacon Hill and Vicinity, by Mrs. J.B. Vanderwerker, 1928

Remniscences of Bacon Hill and Vicinity Early Days in Eastern Saratoga County (Book 1), In the    Vicinity of Northumberland and Bacon Hill (Book 2), In Gansevoort and Vicinity (Book 3),      by Mrs. J.B. Vanderwerker, 1928

Early Days Index by Alice Lowder Zetterstrom, 1994

Eisern Gespartes 1776 bis 1783, by Jaochim Fischer, 1979

Bicentennial Day at the Saratoga County Fair July 28, 1976

Official County, Town, City & Village Officers Directory, Saratoga County, New York, 2009

Heroines of the American Revolution, by David James Harkness, February 1961

Mr. W.H. Bartlett’s History of the United States of America Part 11, 27, 30, 31, 32

PAM Box 19 – Historical Materials and Ephemera              B-5 Box 5 of 6

Old Saratoga Reformed Church 1770-1970

Schuylerville Business Directory, 1983

Washington in the Mohawk Valley, by N. Berton Alter, 1944

Official Program Saratoga Pageant, 1912

Home Cooking Secrets of Quaker Springs: The Ladies Auxiliary of the Quaker Springs Fire             Department, Quaker Springs, New York, 1979

A Memorial Tablet at Ticonderoga: The Landing on “The Grand Portage”, 1910

Fort Ticonderoga: A Short History, 1946

Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1609-1807-1909, 1909

Decision on the Hudson, by John Luzader, 1975

A Few Chimes from a Distant Bell Tower, Poems by Elizabeth L. Cluff, 2002

Historic and Scientific Sites of New York State, by John J. Vrooman, 1949

Historical Area Markers in New York State, The State Education Department, 1970

The Champlain Valley in the American Revolution, by Edward Pierce Hamilton, 1972

Long Island in the American Revolution, by Myron H. Luke and Robert W. Venables, 1976

Historical Views Saratoga Battleground and Vicinity, n.d.

Inside/Outside: Finding a Sense of Place, by Linda Stanley and Ellen Manning, 1989

Two Hundred Years in Salem, N.Y.: The First United Presbyterian Church, 1967

A Year in the Life of Saratoga County, 1999

They Were Here Too, by Jane Betsey Welling, vol. 1, 1964

They Were Here Too, by Jane Betsey Welling, vol. 2, 1965

They Were Here Too, by Jane Betsey Welling, vol. 3, 1971

Descriptive Guide of the Battlefield of Saratoga, by Rev. Delos E. Sprague, 1930

PAM Box 20 – Historical Materials and Ephemera              B-5 Box 6 of 6

Life In A Mill Town, by Todd Degarmo, 1990

A Summer Paradise, by The Hudson and Delaware Railroad, 1930

Advance and Retreat to Saratoga: Burgoyne Campaign, by C. E. Bennett, A.M., 1927

Reminiscences of the Revolution, or, Le Loup’s Bloody Trail from Salem to Fort Edward, by Arthur Reid, 1859

Out of the North Country: Christian Pioneers of Northern New York, by Rev. Lewis N. Powell,      n.d.

Historic Sites of New York State, University of the State of New York, 1962

The Bacon Hill Reformed Church 1820-1970

Saratoga National Historical Park New York, by Charles W. Snell and Francis F. Wilshin, 1961

Old Days at the Chester House, by C. Albert Jacob, Jr., 1966

Your Home Town, A Public Service Presentation of WGY, Schenectady, New York, 1943

The Constitution of the United States with Tree Planting Instructions by the American Tree  Association to mark the Sesquicentennial, n.d.

Saratoga Illustrated, by Union Associated Press, 1910

Early Days in Eastern Saratoga County, Book 1, by Mrs. J. B. Vanderwerker, 1938

A Few Chimes from a Distant Bell Tower, poems by Elizabeth L. Cluff, 2002

Philip Skene of Skenesborough, by Doris Begor Morton, 1995

Deep Roots Humble Lives: The Story of Our Family in America, by Hollis Albert Palmer with Donna Palmer King, 1995

Seeing Saratoga: A Scenic And Historic Guide, by Marjorie Peabody Waite, 1935

Enjoy Saratoga County, 1974

Some Sources For The Study Of The Loyalist And Canadian Participation in the Military Camp of Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne 1777, by Stephen G. Strach, 1983

Poems, by Mae E. Northrup, n.d.

100-Year Adirondack Park Roots 1982-1992

Town of Saratoga Day, 1989

Landmarks of the Revolution in New York State, by David C. Thurheimer, 1972

A Brief History of the Cambridge Valley Agricultural Society, 1990

Life and Adventures of Timothy Murphy The Benefactor of Schoharie, Middleburgh Gazette, 2003

Canal Boat Children on the Chesapeake and Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York Canals, by Ethel M. Springer and Thomas F. Hahn, 1977

America and the Spirit of ’76, 1952

Experience the Legend Champlain Canal Byway and the Hudson River U.S. Route 4 Waterford to Whitehall, celebrating 175 years New York State Canal System

Heritage Hunters of Saratoga County, NY membership brochure

Old Saratoga and the Burgoyne Campaign, by William S. Ostrander, 1897

Brief Biographies of our Presidents and the First Ladies of the Land, American Weekly 1927

Descriptive Guide Schuylerville (Saratoga 1777), by W. B. Webster, M. D., n.d.

Saratoga: Winter and Summer, edited by Prentiss Ingraham, 1885

Old Saratoga and the Burgoyne Campaign, by William Ostrander, 1897

Philip Schuyler’s Saratoga, by Don R. Gerlach, n.d.

Advice to the Officers of the British Army, by John Williamson (facsimile) 1783

National Park Service Guide to the Historic Places of the American Revolution, by James V. Murfin, 1974

Box #21 – Rare Book Box                                                                   C-4 Box 1 of 5

The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, by William Michael Rossetti, n.d.

Box #22 – Rare Book Box                                                                   C-4 Box 2 of 5

Centennial Celebrations of the State of New York, by A.C. Beach, 1924

Box #23 – Booklet & Newspaper Box                                               C-4 Box 3 of 5

Life Magazine Special Issue The Decade in Pictures: Life in the 70’s, 1979 December

Look Magazine Vol. 31 No. 4: Flight From Dallas: The Abrasive relationship between Kennedy and Johnson partisans during the hours aboard Air Force One, Part Three of The Dead of a President, by William Manchester, 1967 February 21

Official Program Inaugural Ceremonies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, Washington D.C., 1961 January 20

JKF Memorial Book, by Cowles Magazines and Broadcasting, 1964

Look Magazine: The Dramatic Conclusion of the Death of a President, 1967, March 7 issue

Time Union Newspaper Memorial Supplement: The John F. Kennedys: A Family Album, 1964, May 29

My Weekly Reader Picture Reader Newspaper Special Memorial Section Vol. 41 Issue 13A, 1963 December

My Weekly Reader News Parade/The Junior Newspaper Special Memorial Section Vol. 45 Issue 13A, 1963 December

My Weekly Reader Picture Reader Newspaper The Children’s Paper: Our New President, Vol 41 Issue 14, 1964, Jan. 6-10

Bicentennial U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating 200th Anniversary Battles of Saratoga and the Surrender of Burgoyne, 1977, October 7

JFK, Jr. 5th Anniversary Issue Magazine: The Untold Story, 2004 Summer

Atlas: New Topographical Atlas of Saratoga Co. New York”, surveyed by S.N. and D.G. Beers and Assistants, limited edition, 1866 reprinted 1969 November

Post Star Newspaper article “Schuyler statue to move”, 2020 June 13

Gettysburg Address copy

Bill of Rights copy

Declaration of Independence copy

Emancipation Proclamation copy

The Monroe Doctrine copy

Atlas: The Lake Champlain Basin, by Northern Cartographic, 1999

Saratoga ’77 Souvenir Newspaper Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Saratoga, Oct. 7, 1777, published 1977, Oct. 7

The Saratogian Souvenir Newspaper, 1977, Oct 7

Post Star Newspaper “Summer Sees Slim Shelves: Food Pantries in Need of Donations for Tough Season”, by Thomas Dimopoulos, 2011, July 11

Times Union Newspaper “Battles of Saratoga Turning Point of the Revolution” 2002, October 6

Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan Map Forest Preserve Centennial Edition, 1985 January

Essays “The Vacant Niche”, “Formation and History of Stark’s Knob”, “The American Stars and Stripes”, Author unknown, n.d.

Saratoga County American Revolution Bi-Centennial Commission announcement

Time Magazine Special 1776 Issue Vol. 105 No. 20, 1975

Time Magazine Special Bicentennial Issue Vol. 107 No. 21, 1976

Military History Magazine “George’s Secret Spy Ring”, 2009 June-July

Saratogian Newspaper article “Times magazine article unfairly portrays village of Schuylerville”, 1990 March

Post Star Newspaper article “Story gave untrue portrayal of town”, 1990 April

Saratogian Newspaper article “Time article unfair to village”, 1990 April

Journal Press Newspaper article “Letter to the Editor”, 1990 April

Saratogian Newspaper article “Schuylerville kids know history of the battle”, 1990 April

Patent Letter “Thomas Streeter and James S. Wibirt Machine for preparing clay for Bricks, preparing Mortar, or Grinding Apples for Cider, 1827 April

Atlas: Adirondack Park Open Space Protection Plan Map, 1990 April

The National Park Service Visitor Center Dedication pamphlet, 1962 October 7

Atlas New Topographical Atlas of Washington County, New York, Stone & Stewart, 1866

Box #24 – Rare Book Box                                                                   C-4 Box 4 of 5

Closson Funeral Home Records, 1916-1922

Box #25 – Rare Book Box                                                                   C-4 Box 5 of 5

Closson Funeral Home Records, 1922-1928

Box #26 – Rare Book Box                                                                   C-5 Box 1 of 14

Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the people of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene, Vol. IV, by Cuyler Reynolds, 1911 (copy 1 of 2)

Box #27 – Rare Book Box                                                                   C-5 Box 2 of 14

Samantha At Saratoga, by Josiah Allen’s Wife, 1891

Reminiscences of Saratoga, Compiled by Cornelius E. Durkee, Reprinted from The Saratogian, 1927-28

Box #28 – Rare Book Box                                                                   C-5 Box 3 of 14

The Story of Old Saratoga, by John Henry Brandow, M.A., 1900

Directory of the Townships of Greenwich, Schuylerville, Victory Mills, and Adjacent Villages, by   R.S. Dillon and Co., 1900

Robinson Crusoe, Jr.: A Story for Little Folks, by Oliver Optic, 1863

The Course of Time, a Poem, by Robert Pollok, A.M., 1830

Methodist Hymns, by Rev. John Wesley, M.A., 1836

Box #29 – Rare Book Box                                                                   C-5 Box 4 of 14

The Hudson: From the Wilderness to the Sea, by Benson J. Lossing, 1866

Box #30 – Rare Book Box                                                                   C-5 Box 5 of 14

Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the people of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Withing the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene, Vol. IV, by Cuyler Reynolds, 1911 (copy 2 of 2)

Box #31 – Rare Book Box                                                                   C-5 Box 6 of 14

The British Invasion From the North: The Campaigns of Generals Carleton and Burgoyne From Canada, 1776-1777, With the Journal of Lieut. William Digby, of the 53d, or Shropshire Regiment of Foot, Illustrated with Historical Notes, by James Phinney Baxter, A.M., 1887

Box #32 – Rare Book Box                                                                   C-5 Box 7 of 14

Reminiscences of Saratoga and Ballston Spa, by William L. Stone, 1875

Box #33 – Rare Book Box                                                                   C-5 Box 8 of 14

Closson Funeral Home Records, 1929-1936

Box #34 – Rare Book Box                                                                   C-5 Box 9 of 14

Closson Funeral Home Records, 1893-1894, 1895-1899, 1904-1916

Schuylerville Old and New: Past, Present, and Future, 1911

Combination Atlas of Saratoga and Ballston Spa From Recent and Actual Survey Records, 1876

Box #35 – Rare Book Box                                                                   C-5 Box 10 of 14

Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs: a record of achievements of the people of the Hudson and Mohawk valleys in New York state, included within the present counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia, and Greene, by Cuyler Reynolds, 1911, Vol. 1

Box #36 – Rare Book Box                                                                   C-5 Box 11 of 14

Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs: a record of achievements of the people of the Hudson and Mohawk valleys in New York state, included within the present counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia, and Greene, by Cuyler Reynolds, 1911, Vol. 2

Box #37 – Media Box                                                                         C-5 Box 12 of 14

VHS: Frances Ostrander, guest speaker at Saratoga Battlefield, November 17, 1991

VHS: Rose Germain: My Life on a Canal Boat

VHS: Old Saratoga Historical Association Meeting

VHS: Schuylerville Discover Group “A Battle of Saratoga”

VHS: K-1st Grade Teddy Bear Plays

VHS: “Agriculture and the Constitution”

CD: The Hudson River Ramblers Once Upon the Hudson, 2009

Cassette: 4-6 Grade Library, Author, etc.

Box #38 – Rare Book Box                                                                   C-5 Box 13 of 14

Autobiography, reminiscences and letters of John Trumbull, from 1756 to 1841

            Saratoga Battle Monument notes and envelopes

Map Ticonderoga & its Dependencies, August 1776 (copy)

Box #39 – Magazine                                                                           C-5 Box 14 of 14

Early American Life, Published by Early American Society 1977-1980

Box #40 –Historical Materials and Ephemera                                  C-6 Box 1 of 14

Master Index Supplement 1972-1978 Records and Corrections

The Connecticut Nutmegger issues Jun 1977, Sep 1977, Dec 1992

New York State and the Civil War issues Jul 1961-Feb 1963, incomplete                                                                                                                                                

Box #41 –Historical Materials and Ephemera                                  C-6 Box 2 of 14

Saratoga County Bicentennial Times

Heritage Hunters

Poems by Elizabeth L. Cluff

Some Sources for the Study of the Loyalist and Canadian Participation in the Military Campaign of Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne 1777

Yankee Magazine April 1979

Four Traditions: Women of New York During the American Revolution

Schuylerville Business Directory 1983

The Saratoga Campaign

The Borderlands: A Brief History of Still Water and the French & Indian War

Nebraska Wesleyan University 2005 address by Dr. Jeanne Watson

David and Helen Porter Collection of Books from the Hogarth Press

Discover Saratoga map

Advance and Retreat to Saratoga, by C.E. Bennett, A.M.

Duke Power Company 2005 address by Dr. Ruth Shaw

Saratoga County at Work 1865-1918 by David Chapin Weeks, 1979

Saratoga October 17,1777 A Place and Date to Remember

Official Souvenir Historical Week, Schuylerville, NY, 1912

The Hudson Valley in the American Revolution, 1975

Bide-A-Wee at Schuylerville, N.Y.

Argyle 1764 Then-Now-and Forever, 1964

The Deserted Village, by Oliver Goldsmith

Old Saratoga and the Burgoyne Campaign, by William Ostrander, 1897

Philip Schuyler’s Saratoga, by Don R. Gerlach

Longhouse Diplomacy and Frontier Warfare, by William T. Hagan

The Diary of Jabez Fitch, Jr in the French and India War 1757, 1966

Box #42–Local Organization Papers and Published Materials 1989-1998    C-6 Box 3 of 14

Wilton Town Calendars, incomplete set

Box #43 –Academic Reports 1940-1973                                            C-6 Box 4 of 14

Folder 1 – R. Arthur Johnson Report, 1973

Folder 2 – John F. Luzader Reports, 1958-1960;

Folder 3 – Charles Snell Reports, 1951

Folder 4 – Francis F. Wilshin Report, 1940;

Folder 5 – Primary Source report, undated

Box #44 – Local Organization Papers and Published Materials      C-6 Box 5 of 14

Folder 1 – Schuylerville Organization Directory, 1977

Folder 2 – Schuylerville Study Club, 1994;

Folder 3 – Schuylerville Association for Growth & Enterprise, Inc. (SAGE), 1983

Folder 4 – Turning Point Diary, 2008

Folder 5 – Friends of Saratoga Battlefield, 2007

Folder 6 – Capital District Civil War Round Table, 2011-2012

Folder 7 – Waterford Historical Museum and Cultural Center

Folder 8 – Historical Society of Moreau and South Glens Falls, 2013-2014

Folder 9 – Saratoga County Historical Society, 2006-2012

Folder 10 -Warren County Historical, 2011-2013;

Folder 11 – Washington County Historical Society, 2007-2008

Folder 12 – Canal Brochures, 1997, undated

Folder 13 – Miscellaneous, 1978-2013

Folder 14 – Schuylerville Religious Organizations, 1884, 1970-1995

Box #45 – Photographs                                                                     C-6 Box 6 of 14

Folder 1 – Unidentified Family Photographs, n.d.

Folder 2 – Photographs and Research;

Folder 3 – Schuylerville Historical Week, n.d.

Folder 4 – Schuylerville Central School 1974-1994;

Folder 5 – Lake George, n.d.

Box #46 – Local Authors Published Works                                       C-6 Box 7 of 14

Folder 1 – Kathy Ceceri, 2008

Folder 2 – Mildred Curtis Drew, 1989, 2001

Folder 3 – Friends of Schuylerville Public Library 1977

Folder 4 – Friends of the Taylor Public Library, 2007

Folder 5 – Lilian Pearson Muzikar, n.d.

Folder 6 – Ken Tate, 1996

Box #47 – Newspaper articles                                                           C-6 Box 8 of 14

Folder 1 – Schuylerville Public Library News, 2003-2006

Folder 2 – Town Planning and Development, 1969-2003

Folder 3 – Town Concerns, 1970-1985

Folder 4 – Schuylerville Central School, 1930-1970

Folder 5 – Kathleen Bartholomay Articles, 1999

Folder 6 – Local News, 1969-2003

Folder 7 – Opinion Pieces, 1970-1985

Folder 8 – Letters to the Editor, 1972

Folder 9 – Event and Announcement, 1961-1984

Folder 10 – Historical Topics, 1973-1986

Folder 11 – American Revolution, Saratoga Monument, Bicentennial, 1962-1971

Folder 12 – Local Obituaries, 2004-2012

Box #48 – Saratoga County Magazines, 1977, 2009-2013                C-6 Box 9 of 14

Folder 1 – Schuylerville Community Guide, 2012

Folder 2 – Welcome Home, 2011-2013;

Folder 3 – Autumn Lane, 2009

Folder 4 – HerLife, 2011-2012

Folder 5 – Saratoga Magazines, 1977, 2011-2013

Box #49 – Newsletters                                                                       C-6 Box 10 of 14

Schuylerville High School Gradnews 1940-1946

Box #50 – Newsletters                                                                       C-6 Box 11 of 14

Town of Greenfield Historical Society Newsletter September 2009-April 2010  

Box #51 – Local Magazine                                                                 C-6 Box 12 of 14

518 Profiles (featuring Walter Grom, the Bullard Building, Erik Laffer, The Laffer Gallery), 2020 October

2021 January

Box #52 – Rare Book Box                                                                   C-6 Box 13 of 14

The Story of Yaddo, by Katrina Trask, 1923

The Mighty and the Lowly, by Katrina Trask, 1915

The Little Town of Bethlehem, by Katrina Trask, 1929

Christalan, by Katrina Trask, 1903

Yaddo Yesterday and Today, by Marjorie Peabody Waite, 1933

Sonnets and Dreams, by William Reed Huntingon, 3rd ed. 1922

In My Lady’s Garden: Pages from the Diary of Sir John Elwynne, by Katrina Trask, 1907

Spencer Trask (died) December 31, 1909, by Katrina Trask, 1910

Box #53 – Magazine                                                                           C-6 Box 14 of 14

New England Ancestors, 2004-2008

Rare Book Phase Boxes                                                                      D-5

Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts, by Rev. Elias Nason, M.A., 1877

Women of Colonial and Revolutionary Time, by Catherine Schuyler, 1897

The Sexagenary: or Reminiscences of the American Revolution, by J. Munsell, 1866

The Sexagenary: or Reminiscences of the American Revolution (copy 2)

A Journal Kept in Canada and Upon Burgoyne’s Campaign in 1776 and 1777, by James M. Hadden Roy. Art., 1884

Military Journal of the American Revolution, by James Thacher, M.D., 1862

A History of the United States, by Charles A. Goodrich, 1833

A History of New York, by Washington Irving, n.d.

Old Saratoga Scrapbook, newspaper clippings, n.d.

Bound Reports, Plans, Surveys                                                         D-5

Village of Schuylerville Proposed Zoning Code, 2011

Saratoga County Soil & Water Conservation District’s Water Quality Coordinating Committee, 2012 June

Village of Schuylerville Final Report of Village Dissolution Study, 2011 January

NEPA Environmental Assessment Victory Woods Old Saratoga Unit, 2008 June

NYSDEC Brownfield Cleanup Program Remedial Investigation Work Plan Former Victory   Specialty Products Site, 2006 February

NYSDEC Brownfield Cleanup Program Remedial Investigation Work Plan Victory Mills, 2020 February 24

NYSDEC Brownfield Cleanup Program Remedial Action Work Plan Victory Mills, 2020 July 20

Town of Saratoga Historian’s Office Historical Records Collection Policy, n.d.

Assorted Memorabilia – Schuylerville (postcards, pamphlets, invitations, copies of maps, copy Ye Cohorn Caravan, by Wm. L. Bowne, 1975), n.d.

The Green Sabres Collection

Cemetery Index, by Saratoga County Historical Society, n.d.

Prospect Hill Cemetery Records 2007

Notre Dame Church Records 1889-2002

Visitation Church Records 1867-1987

A Comprehensive Plan Town of Saratoga, N.Y., 1971

Village of Victory Comprehensive Plan Update, 2003 January

Saratoga National Historical Park Draft General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, 2003

Historical Documentation Report Inventory King William’s and King George’s Wars Battlefields: 1689-1697 and 1744 to 1748, by Hargen Archeological Associates, Inc., 2015

Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement Saratoga Lake Aquatic Invasive Species 2019 Long-Term Management Plan, 2019 April 2

Comprehensive Land Use Plan Town of Saratoga, 2001

Finch’s Dry Dock Schuylerville, N.Y. A Cultural Resources Mitigation Report, by Michael N. Gimigliano, PhD, R. Liana Hoodes, David Church, 1983 December

Soil Survey of Saratoga County, New York, 1993

Quaker Records: Easton and Saratoga Monthly Meetings, by James E. Hazard, 1999

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Preferred Citation: Local History Collection

                                    Schuylerville Public Library Local History Collection

                                    Schuylerville Public Library, Schuylerville, NY

Accession Information:  Accession number:

Processing Information: Arranged and described by Julia Martin, February 2024