These files are available in the Bethlehem Public Library local history cabinet.
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| Pinkster and slavery in Dutch New York | |||
| African Americans | n/a | De Halve Maen | Spring 1993 |
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| Three dark centuries around Albany: a survey of black life… before WWI | |||
| African Americans | n/a | Afro-Americans in New York Life and History | January 1983 |
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| Black baseball in New York State’s Capital District, 1907-1950 | |||
| African Americans | n/a | Afro-Americans in New York Life and History | January 1992 |
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| Pinkster in Albany, 1803: a contemporary description | |||
| African Americans | n/a | New York History | April 1989 |
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| For posterity’s sake (bicentennial quilt) | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | Spotlight | July 7, 1993 |
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| Bicentennial book visits Bethlehem’s past | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | News Herald | April 8, 1993 |
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| Bethlehem bicentennial group needs help | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | Spotlight | February 26, 1992 |
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| Hendrick to chair panel for Bethlehem’s 200th | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | Times Union | February 18, 1991 |
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| Historian covets photos for chronicle | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | Spotlight | April 8, 1992 |
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| Gone but not forgotten (Bethlehem’s bicentennial time capsule) | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | Spotlight | October 20, 1993 |
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| Authors dig up dirt on former town residents | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | Spotlight | November 25, 1992 |
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| Making history: writing Bethlehem’s history | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | Spotlight | February 8, 1988 |
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| Bethlehem’s second bicentennial book documents 10 years of everyday life in the Hudson Valley | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | News Herald | September 29, 1994 |
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| Town’s history taking shape | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | Spotlight | December 31, 1986 |
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| Bethlehem Bicentennial Commission, background information (includes historic events timeline) | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | Bethlehem Bicentennial Commission | unknown |
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| Bethlehem Bicentennial Commission (preliminary list of participating organizations) | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | Bethlehem Bicentennial Commission | unknown |
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| Letter to Town of Bethlehem residents seeking donations | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | Bethlehem Bicentennial Commission | December 1991 |
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| Bethlehem Bicentennial Commission organizational chart | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | Bethlehem Bicentennial Commission | May 1989 |
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| Bicentennial Edition of the Spotlight (March 10, 1993) | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | Spotlight | March 10, 1993 |
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| Bicentennial Supplement to the Spotlight (June 30, 1993) | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | Spotlight | June 30, 1993 |
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| Bicentennial Edition of the Spotlight (September 1, 1993) | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | Spotlight | September 1, 1993 |
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| Hudson River Historical Bicentennial Ride (map and description) | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | Michael Laiosa | 1992 |
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| Five Rivers Historical Bicentennial Bike Route (map and description) | |||
| Bethlehem Bicentennial | n/a | Michael Laiosa | 1992 |
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| Reason for split from Bethlehem foggy as New Scotland turns 150 | |||
| Boundaries | n/a | Knickerbocker News | April 8, 1983 |
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| Town yields to city growth | |||
| Boundaries | n/a | Spotlight | February 20, 1985 |
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| When New Scotland split from Bethlehem | |||
| Boundaries | n/a | Spotlight | April 21, 1982 |
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| A glimpse of a hamlet that is no more | |||
| Boundaries | n/a | Spotlight | May 1, 1985 |
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| They marched to war – and took both sides | |||
| Boundaries | n/a | Knickerbocker News | March 13, 1992 |
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| The Peter Winne House at Bethlehem, New York: a site report | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Dutch Barn Preservation Society Newsletter | Fall 1999 |
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| Reconnaissance level survey of the Town of Bethlehem (inventory of historic structures) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | unpublished | June 1996 |
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| 700 years of ceramics on the Nicoll-Sill Estate, Bethlehem, New York | |||
| Buildings | n/a | The Bulletin: Journal of the NYS Archaeological Association | Fall 1990 |
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| A schoolhouse ‘ringing” with memories | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Knickerbocker News | October 6, 1971 |
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| Bill and Gladys Tinney ‘at home’ in Bonnicastle on the Hudson | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Helderberg Sun | June 10, 1975 |
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| Dutch farms are built to endure | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | August 11, 1982 |
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| Cemetery and house link local history (Benjamin Van Etten House) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | April 12, 1989 |
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| Farming from the ground up (Lyman Farm) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | September 7, 1983 |
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| A hotel they call home (Home Lawn Hotel – Slingerlands) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Knickerbocker News | unknown |
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| A supervisor’s farmstead at Beckers Corners | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | October 7, 1976 |
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| Don’t leave town for fall colors tour (Map of historic houses in the Town of Bethlehem) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | September 1977 |
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| Mid-1800’s home in classical style (Hayfield) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | February 15, 1984 |
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| A careful restoration on the river (Pieter Winne House) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | June 17, 1976 |
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| A touch of history: landmark building changes hands (Delmar Four Corners) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | April 17, 1980 |
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| Onesquethaw: a story in stone houses | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | April 1, 1979 |
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| A historic house that love built… and preserved (First Presbyterian Church Parsonage) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | May 17, 1979 |
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| Homestead in one family for two centuries (Furbeck Homestead) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | November 14, 1984 |
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| Bethlehem House will be a challenge | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | August 25, 1983 |
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| Bethlehem House – a link with the past | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | November 5, 1970 |
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| Heath farm put up for sale | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | May 30, 1984 |
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| Historic house tour this month | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | September 11, 1985 |
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| A Doric classic with original lines (William Henry Slingerland home) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | May 13, 1976 |
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| A wedding present house on the river (Elizabeth Nicoll-Sill House) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | April 8, 1976 |
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| Haswell house: 7 generations since Patroons | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | October 21, 1976 |
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| Barracks-barroom on the plank road | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | unknown |
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| Vanishing America …sketched by a Bethlehem Artist | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Knickerbocker News | June 1, 1976 |
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| Fortress on the frontier (Van Dyke house) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | August 24, 1983 |
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| Return to the land in Feura Bush (Elmendorf house) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | December 4, 1982 |
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| The Castle at Van Wies Point | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | unknown |
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| Times change site of Vanderzee house | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | March 1, 1989 |
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| Spirit spans the centuries (Teunis Slingerland house) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | April 25, 1984 |
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| Remembering the quite life in Font Grove | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | September 1, 1982 |
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| The Teunis Slingerland House | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | October 20, 1982 |
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| The red schoolhouse | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Knickerbocker News | March 21, 1968 |
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| Spacious living on old Westervelt farm | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | April 10, 1985 |
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| A country manor for family living (Elmendorf homestead) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | October 27, 1982 |
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| Slingerland’s abode a distinguished home (John I. Slingerland house) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | January 2, 1985 |
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| Corn plantation in Slingerlands | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | May 18, 1983 |
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| Looking back (Home Lawn Hotel) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | December 1, 1982 |
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| The Slingerlands Toll Gate | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | October 3, 1968 |
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| Historic house on Game Farm Road burns | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | January 22, 1981 |
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| Air of the manor still on Font Grove | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | March 13, 1985 |
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| Home rises above the ordinary (McHaugh homestead) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | March 14, 1984 |
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| A gracious landmark in Slingerlands (Miner house) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | November 11, 1979 |
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| Colonial elegance on the Turnpike | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | December 29, 1982 |
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| Living the privileged life (Lyons Estate) | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | unknown |
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| Bennett Hill: a house reborn | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | January 19, 1983 |
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| Empire-style home has elegance | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | March 28, 1984 |
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| Haswell Farms: a bicentennial – 1774-1974 | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Helderberg Sun | November 20, 1974 |
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| They remember Bouck White and his Castle | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Spotlight | September 28, 1982 |
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| Little red schoolhouse has antique flavor | |||
| Buildings | n/a | Helderberg Sun | July 6, 1976 |
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| The making of a church | |||
| Churches | n/a | Spotlight | July 14 1982 |
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| Church’s fortune wax and wane | |||
| Churches | n/a | Spotlight | July 18 1982 |
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| Church dates to nation’s infancy (old Jerusalem Church) | |||
| Churches | n/a | Spotlight | June 27, 1984 |
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| 200th year for New Salem Church | |||
| Churches | n/a | Spotlight | September 28, 1983 |
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| A finger pointing heavenward (Slingerlands Community Methodist Church) | |||
| Churches | n/a | Spotlight | March 16, 1983 |
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| Church grew from discontent | |||
| Churches | n/a | Spotlight | May 16, 1984 |
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| Parish comes to Elsmere | |||
| Churches | n/a | Spotlight | September 5, 1984 |
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| Stone church guards rural crossroads | |||
| Churches | n/a | Spotlight | January 18, 1984 |
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| Bethlehem’s first church | |||
| Churches | n/a | Spotlight | July 27, 1983 |
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| Bethlehem to mark 175th anniversary | |||
| Early History | n/a | Times Union | March 10, 1968 |
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| Rich Soil drew the first settlers to Bethlehem | |||
| Early History | n/a | Times Union | October 26, 1983 |
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| A unique township: Henry Hudson landed here, Bethlehem historian says | |||
| Early History | n/a | Knickerbocker News | February 27, 1975 |
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| Trading furs launched Bethlehem enterprise | |||
| Early History | n/a | Spotlight | unknown |
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| Documents shed new light on Slingerland’s role | |||
| Early History | n/a | Spotlight | January 14, 1982 |
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| Town of Bethlehem: 175th year | |||
| Early History | n/a | Spotlight | March 7, 1968 |
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| A history of Delmar | |||
| Early History | n/a | Albany County Post | November 20, 1936 |
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| Town of Bethlehem history (pamphlet) | |||
| Early History | n/a | Capital District Business Review | unknown |
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| A brief history of the Town of Bethlehem | |||
| Early History | n/a | unpublished Bethlehem Town Historian memorandum | unknown |
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| Rowe documents: a historical treasure surfaces | |||
| Early History | n/a | Spotlight | February 19, 1981 |
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| History of town dates back to early 1600’s (includes picture of Delmar Four Corners circa 1952) | |||
| Early History | n/a | Albany County Post | November 21, 1952 |
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| Various local history articles | |||
| Early History | n/a | Bethlehem Chronicle | September 12, 1959 |
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| Tri-Village area offers suburban comforts to a good many Albany ‘Daylight Residents’ | |||
| Early History | n/a | Knickerbocker News | March 27, 1950 |
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| Grange filled social, economic need | |||
| Early History | n/a | Spotlight | unknown |
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| River and turnpike spurred early growth | |||
| Early History | n/a | Spotlight | unknown |
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| Town of Bethlehem map, 1851 | |||
| Early History | n/a | Spotlight | April 15, 1971 |
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| Reminiscences of Bethlehem from the historian’s files | |||
| Early History | n/a | Spotlight | May 4, 1972 |
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| Fifty Years of Excellence: 1934-1984 (pamphlet) | |||
| Education | n/a | Parent-Faculty Organization of the BCHS | 1984 |
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| The little red schoolhouse grows up: Bethlehem – a bridge, a stove and… | |||
| Education | n/a | Knickerbocker News | May 28, 1957 |
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| Bethlehem Central High School Fourteenth Annual Commencement (pamphlet – 1939) | |||
| Education | n/a | Bethlehem Central High School commencement | June 28, 1939 |
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| Christmas Souvenir, Delmar School (1905-1906) | |||
| Education | n/a | Delmar School pamphlet | 1905 |
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| Van Wie’s Point School | |||
| Education | n/a | Town of Bethlehem Historical Association Newsletter | April 1996 |
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| St. Thomas halls echo with history | |||
| Education | n/a | Spotlight | August 16, 1995 |
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| On the cover: the first class to graduate from Delmar High School (photograph – 1929) | |||
| Education | n/a | Spotlight | September 29, 1984 |
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| Two from the class of 1934 look back | |||
| Education | n/a | Knickerbocker News | October 3, 1983 |
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| W. Jack Weaver… ‘Father’ of Bethlehem School District | |||
| Education | n/a | Helderberg Sun | May 23, 1978 |
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| Members of the class of 1894 at the South Bethlehem School (photograph) | |||
| Education | n/a | unknown | August 23, 1979 |
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| Gift to School | |||
| Education | n/a | Spotlight | unknown |
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| Fifty years of excellence, 1934-1984 | |||
| Education | n/a | Spotlight | March 7, 1984 |
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| The fiftieth anniversary celebration of the first high school graduating class of BCSD | |||
| Education | n/a | unpublished | 1984 |
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| History of BCSD elementary schools (Clarksville, Elsmere, Glenmont, Hamagrael, Slingerlands) | |||
| Education | n/a | unpublished | 1984 |
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| School days long ago | |||
| Education | n/a | Spotlight | August 14, 1985 |
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| Breakfast at BC a learning tool | |||
| Education | n/a | Spotlight | August 14, 1985 |
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| Not just a suburb of Albany | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | unknown | unknown |
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| A short history of Delmar | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | unknown | unknown |
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| In 61 years, Delmar has changed a lot | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Spotlight | August 27, 1986 |
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| Post Office notes 40th anniversary | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Spotlight | February 14, 1980 |
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| Building to come down, space open for Brockley’s | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Spotlight | April 3, 1985 |
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| A history of Delmar | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Albany County Post | November 20, 1936 |
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| Landmark marks passage of time | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Spotlight | November 6, 1985 |
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| 50 years ago: bus line made Delmar a transit hub | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Spotlight | May 10, 1979 |
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| Early recollections of Delmar | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | unknown | unknown |
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| Interview with Mr. Abram Allen, 449 Kenwood Avenue, Delmar | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | unpublished interview courtesy of Town Historian | July 1948 |
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| Old Delmar at Yuletide: an event for the book | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Knickerbocker News | December 15, 1966 |
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| Liberator of slaves has passed away: Jacob Long… dies at Delmar | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | unknown | unknown |
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| Delmar post office sequence via Frank Patterson | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | unpublished | July 13, 1950 |
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| Reformed Church of Bethlehem history dates back to 1763 | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Albany County Post | November 21, 1952 |
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| Delmar Fire Co. formed in 1911 | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Albany County Post | November 21, 1952 |
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| Dear Jim: Delmar Post Office is ready | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Knickerbocker News | December 10, 1940 |
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| The Four Corners of Delmar, NY | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | unpublished interview courtesy of Town Historian | September 30, 1991 |
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| Delmar then and now, 1926-1974 | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | unpublished | 1974 |
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| Domino falls and the Four Corners rise | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Spotlight | November 6, 1985 |
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| Fixing up the Four Corners | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Spotlight | November 6, 1985 |
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| The past lives on at Delmar 4 corners | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Knickerbocker News | November 11, 1985 |
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| New bank and stores to keep Four Corners “village motif” | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Spotlight | October 7, 1976 |
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| Yesteryear on Delaware Avenue | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Spotlight | October 5, 1988 |
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| Suburbia visits nostalgia-land | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Spotlight | June 25, 1969 |
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| A Facelifting for Delmar… | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Spotlight | November 17, 1982 |
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| The shape of things to come (construction of the new BPL building) | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Spotlight | December 17, 1970 |
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| Oh, those mixed-up villages! (Tri-Village history) | |||
| Hamlets | Delmar | Spotlight | August 17, 1983 |
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| The suburban, residential hamlet of Elsmere | |||
| Hamlets | Elsmere | Times Union | January 24, 1993 |
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| Cedar Hill woman recalls family history (Mathusa family) | |||
| Hamlets | Glenmont | Spotlight | February 2, 1994 |
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| Life was quieter at Babcock’s Corner’s | |||
| Hamlets | Glenmont | Spotlight | October 4, 1989 |
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| Interview with Mrs. Orlin Wheeler, April 20, 1948 (Van Wies Point) | |||
| Hamlets | Glenmont | unpublished interview courtesy of Town Historian | April 20, 1948 |
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| Will historic land give way to change | |||
| Hamlets | Glenmont | Spotlight | January 1, 1981 |
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| No man’s land: those shifting isles down the Hudson | |||
| Hamlets | Glenmont | Spotlight | unknown |
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| Van Wie’s Point on the Hudson | |||
| Hamlets | Glenmont | Spotlight | unknown |
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| Cymry Landing (Van Wie’s Point) | |||
| Hamlets | Glenmont | unpublished article by Bill Strong | December 1999 |
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| Plans grow for Albany’s ‘secret’ farm on ‘yellow brick road’ | |||
| Hamlets | Normansville | Schenectady Gazette | July 24, 1989 |
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| Normansville: quiet hamlet is making noise | |||
| Hamlets | Normansville | Knickerbocker News | August 29, 1985 |
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| Normansville resident charts past | |||
| Hamlets | Normansville | Times Union | September 24, 1989 |
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| A road to the past may have a future | |||
| Hamlets | Normansville | Knickerbocker News | December 10, 1985 |
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| Follow another yellow brick road | |||
| Hamlets | Normansville | Spotlight | September 6, 2000 |
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| Group still wants to keep a piece of yellow brick road | |||
| Hamlets | Normansville | Knickerbocker News | November 12, 1985 |
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| Yellow brick road a link to history | |||
| Hamlets | Normansville | Knickerbocker News | November 14, 1985 |
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| Democrats take to the roads | |||
| Hamlets | Normansville | Spotlight | August 28, 1985 |
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| Yellow brick roads find a safe haven | |||
| Hamlets | Normansville | Knickerbocker News | September 9, 1986 |
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| The Slingerlands Toll Gate | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | unpublished | unknown |
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| Slingerlands residents seeking to preserve hamlets history | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | Knickerbocker News | April 20, 1981 |
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| Font Grove re-visited | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | Spotlight | March 19, 1959 |
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| Historic homes are surveyed | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | Times Union | June 15, 1981 |
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| Historic vault site has a new owner | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | Spotlight | October 2, 1980 |
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| Slingerland plot declared historic site by board | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | Times Union | November 29, 1980 |
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| Firm offers to buy land near tomb | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | Knickerbocker News | July 1, 1982 |
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| Town takes control of cemetery | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | Spotlight | December 4, 1980 |
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| Judge sides with town in Slingerlands vault | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | Spotlight | April 10, 1994 |
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| Shopping center concern revived in Slingerlands | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | Spotlight | November 19, 1981 |
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| 1800s Slingerland graveyard may be named a historic site | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | Knickerbocker News | November 25, 1980 |
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| Reagan school chum recalls his ‘presidency’ | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | Times Union | October 31, 1980 |
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| Play Ball!… Slingerlands ‘Village Wonders’ made baseball history 60 or more years ago | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | Altamont Enterprise | May 29, 1970 |
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| Slingerland suit near settlement | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | Spotlight | September 19, 1990 |
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| History of MacCormick Road | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | unpublished | 1980 |
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| Community United Methodist Church, Slingerlands, New York | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | unpublished | 1979-1980 |
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| Slingerlands house tour (pamphlet) | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | Slingerlands Homeowners Association | 1991 |
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| Oldest in the village: Slingerlands family house | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | Albany County Post | November 21, 1952 |
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| Slingerlands’ old master (painter Asa W. Twitchell) | |||
| Hamlets | Slingerlands | Spotlight | February 1, 1984 |
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| Spring harvest on the Hudson | |||
| Hudson River | Fishing | New York Alive | May/June 1990 |
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| A Hudson River chronology | |||
| Hudson River | General History | unpublished | unknown |
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| Where the Hudson begins: it’s really Indian Pass | |||
| Hudson River | General History | New York Alive | Nov/Dec 1983 |
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| Henry Hudson (entire issue of magazine devoted to) | |||
| Hudson River | General History | Knickerbocker, The | August 1959 |
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| The storied Hudson (pamphlet) | |||
| Hudson River | General History | Hudson River Night Line | 1927 |
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| Winter Sailing | |||
| Hudson River | Iceboating | Hudson Valley | February 1995 |
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| Hudson River ice harvests | |||
| Hudson River | Industry | Hudson Heritage Notebook Series | 1974 |
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| Whaling on the Hudson | |||
| Hudson River | Industry | Hudson Heritage Notebook Series | 1974 |
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| Channel dredging, teeming new plants herald busy era on upstate’s ‘Main Street’ | |||
| Hudson River | Industry | Times Union | July 9, 1961 |
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| Logs floated down Hudson pioneered river industries | |||
| Hudson River | Industry | Times Union | July 10, 1961 |
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| Genet an early advocate of deeper Hudson River | |||
| Hudson River | Industry | Knickerbocker News | June 18, 1955 |
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| No man’s land: those shifting isles down the Hudson | |||
| Hudson River | Industry | Spotlight | unknown |
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| Stony Point Lighthouse: the last of its kind | |||
| Hudson River | Lighthouses | Times Union | May 22, 1966 |
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| River lighthouse goes automatic | |||
| Hudson River | Lighthouses | New York Times | August 19, 1965 |
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| Cruise into the past on a lighthouse tour | |||
| Hudson River | Lighthouses | Times Union | July 17, 1988 |
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| Lighthouses along the Hudson | |||
| Hudson River | Lighthouses | Hudson Valley | September 1985 |
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| Historic lighthouse gets much-needed repairs | |||
| Hudson River | Lighthouses | Times Union | August 7, 1990 |
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| Beacons of yore: the Hudson’s romantic relics flicker with hope | |||
| Hudson River | Lighthouses | Times Union | May 25, 1986 |
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| Hudson River Sidewheelers (pamphlet) | |||
| Hudson River | Ships & Sloops | National Commercial Bank and Trust Company | unknown |
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| Steamin’ down the river | |||
| Hudson River | Ships & Sloops | Hudson Valley | July 1991 |
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| Hudson steamboating in the 1950’s | |||
| Hudson River | Ships & Sloops | Catskills, The | 1975 |
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| A serenade and lament to the Reindeer | |||
| Hudson River | Ships & Sloops | Catskills, The | 1974 |
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| Romantic ship, mighty river: romantic sloops, mighty river | |||
| Hudson River | Ships & Sloops | Knickerbocker News | August 15, 1969 |
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| Steamboats made a big splash 180 years ago | |||
| Hudson River | Ships & Sloops | Times Union | August 9, 1987 |
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| Seaman recalls steamboats ruling the Hudson | |||
| Hudson River | Ships & Sloops | Times Union | March 2, 1980 |
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| The Albany I remember | |||
| Hudson River | Ships & Sloops | Times Union | April 29, 1962 |
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| Old steamer comes to life | |||
| Hudson River | Ships & Sloops | New York Herald Tribune | May 23, 1965 |
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| Rural Albany County; Railroad YMCA at Selkirk oasis of rest for men; Bethlehem brags… | |||
| Later History | n/a | Albany Evening News | October 22, 1936 |
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| Rural Albany County; West Shore Railroad; story of Peter Callanan, quarry owner… | |||
| Later History | n/a | Albany Evening News | October 23, 1936 |
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| Rural Albany County; Bethlehem Center of stone, moulding sand and residences | |||
| Later History | n/a | Albany Evening News | October 21, 1936 |
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| Town of Bethlehem: community characteristics, population trends, land use (pamphlet) | |||
| Later History | n/a | Town of Bethlehem Planning Board | November 1964 |
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| Clear, cool water: the story of the water supply of the Town of Bethlehem | |||
| Later History | n/a | Spotlight | October 7, 1971 |
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| Beautification Project (expansion of Bethlehem riverfront park) | |||
| Later History | n/a | Spotlight | December 10, 1970 |
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| Callanan completes first century | |||
| Later History | n/a | Spotlight | October 19, 1983 |
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| Callanan becomes a giant | |||
| Later History | n/a | Spotlight | November 2, 1983 |
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| This is the Town of Bethlehem (pamphlet) | |||
| Later History | n/a | League of Women Voters of Albany County | October 1973 |
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| The library today – busiest in area (Spotlight Special Section, BPL 75th anniversary) | |||
| Later History | n/a | Spotlight | May 11, 1988 |
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| Longtime BPL advocate (Spotlight Special Section, BPL celebrates 75th anniversary) | |||
| Later History | n/a | Spotlight | May 11, 1988 |
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| Joyce Strand hears from happy patrons (Spotlight Special Section, BPL 75th anniversary) | |||
| Later History | n/a | Spotlight | May 11, 1988 |
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| Friends’ expand library horizons (Spotlight Special Section, BPL 75th anniversary) | |||
| Later History | n/a | Spotlight | May 11, 1988 |
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| A resident exemplifies volunteerism (Spotlight Special Section, BPL 75th anniversary) | |||
| Later History | n/a | Spotlight | May 11, 1988 |
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| A splendid institution (Spotlight Special Section, BPL 75th anniversary) | |||
| Later History | n/a | Spotlight | May 11, 1988 |
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| Growing up at the library (Spotlight Special Section, BPL 75th anniversary) | |||
| Later History | n/a | Spotlight | May 11, 1988 |
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| I love the library (Spotlight Special Section, BPL celebrates 75th anniversary) | |||
| Later History | n/a | Spotlight | May 11, 1988 |
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| Service continues (Spotlight Special Section, BPL celebrates 75th anniversary) | |||
| Later History | n/a | Spotlight | May 11, 1988 |
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| The bookmobile in Moscow (Spotlight Special Section, BPL 75th anniversary) | |||
| Later History | n/a | Spotlight | May 11, 1988 |
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| A library timeline (Spotlight Special Section, BPL 75th anniversary) | |||
| Later History | n/a | Spotlight | May 11, 1988 |
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| The Normanside Country Club… (list of members from February 26, 1931) | |||
| Local Organizations | n/a | Normanside Country Club | February 26, 1931 |
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| History of the Delmar Progress Club, 1901-1968 | |||
| Local Organizations | n/a | unpublished by Alice Porter | unknown |
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| Map of the Counties of Albany and Schenectady (1857) | |||
| Maps | Albany | reproduction of a map published by J. Disturnell | 1857 |
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| Map of the City of Albany (1852) | |||
| Maps | Albany | reproduction of a map published by Joel Munsell | 1852 |
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| A plan of the City of Albany (1794) | |||
| Maps | Albany | reproduction of a map published by Simeon De Witt | 1794 |
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| A map of the Manor of Renselaerwick (1767) | |||
| Maps | Bethlehem – Landowners | reproduction of a map published by Jno. R. Bleeker | 1767 |
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| Map of the Northern Department of North America (includes ‘Manor of Renselaerswyk’) | |||
| Maps | Bethlehem – Landowners | reproduction of a map published by John E. Gavit | 19th Century |
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| Survey map of Nicholas Schuyler (1719) | |||
| Maps | Bethlehem – Landowners | photocopy of a privately owned survey map and text | 1719 |
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| Map showing farms near the Helleberg according to surveys dated 1787-1813 | |||
| Maps | Bethlehem – Landowners | unpublished | 1787-1813 |
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| Map of Tri-Village Area (1974) | |||
| Maps | Bethlehem Street Maps | Tri-Village Directory Association | 1974 |
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| Survey map of Tri-Village Area (1966) | |||
| Maps | Bethlehem Street Maps | Edward W. Boutelle & Son Civil Engineers and Surveyors | 1966 |
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| Map of Tri-Village Area (1973) | |||
| Maps | Bethlehem Street Maps | Tri-Village Directory Association | 1973 |
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| Survey map of Tri-Village Area (1971) | |||
| Maps | Bethlehem Street Maps | Edward W. Boutelle & Son Civil Engineers and Surveyors | 1971 |
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| Survey map of Tri-Village Area (1961) | |||
| Maps | Bethlehem Street Maps | Edward W. Boutelle & Son Civil Engineers and Surveyors | 1961 |
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| Survey map of Tri-Village Area (1967) | |||
| Maps | Bethlehem Street Maps | Edward W. Boutelle & Son Civil Engineers and Surveyors | 1967 |
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| Survey map of Tri-Village Area (1943) | |||
| Maps | Bethlehem Street Maps | Edward W. Boutelle Civil Engineer and Surveyor | 1943 |
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| Town of Bethlehem (1980) | |||
| Maps | Bethlehem Street Maps | Town of Bethlehem & Chamber of Commerce | 1980 |
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| First Reformed Church of Bethlehem and its Historical Settings | |||
| Maps | Historic Sites | unknown | 1959 |
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| Map of Town of Bethlehem historic, scenic and natural sites | |||
| Maps | Historic Sites | unpublished, compiled by Town Historian | 1969 |
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| Map of the Province of New York divided into counties, manors, patents and townships (1779) | |||
| Maps | New York State | reproduction of a map published by William Fadden | 1779 |
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| Map of the State of New York (1831) | |||
| Maps | New York State | reproduction of a map by Hinton, Simpkin & Marshall | 1831 |
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| Map of the northern Hudson Valley (1801) | |||
| Maps | Northern Hudson Valley | reproduction of a map published by Simeon De Witt | 1801 |
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| A Bethlehem hero recognized (Civil War) | |||
| Military | n/a | Spotlight | February 9, 1983 |
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| Pvt. Frazier’s war (Civil War) | |||
| Military | n/a | Spotlight | August 22, 1984 |
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| Two brothers who fought for the Union (Civil War) | |||
| Military | n/a | Spotlight | August 4, 1982 |
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| News Bulletin – Albany City and County War Council (1 of 3 issues in envelope – WWII) | |||
| Military | n/a | Albany City and County War Council newsletters | December 21, 1942 |
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| News Bulletin – Albany City and County War Council (1 of 3 issues in envelope – WWII) | |||
| Military | n/a | Albany City and County War Council newsletters | January 4, 1943 |
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| News Bulletin – Albany City and County War Council (1 of 3 issues in envelope – WWII) | |||
| Military | n/a | Albany City and County War Council newsletters | January 18, 1943 |
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| 1,200 men and women from town served in World War II (alphabetical list of those who served) | |||
| Military | n/a | Albany County Post | November 21, 1952 |
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| Many brave men fought in battle of Civil War | |||
| Military | n/a | Albany County Post | November 21, 1952 |
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| Interview with Mr. Frank Laraway, October 13, 1948 | |||
| Military | n/a | unpublished interview courtesy of Town Historian | October 13, 1948 |
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| Tories, treaties and intrigue | |||
| Native Americans | n/a | Spotlight | November 27, 1975 |
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| Hunting Indian history: part I of a five-part series | |||
| Native Americans | n/a | Hudson Valley | January 1991 |
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| Trade, war and diplomacy: part II of a five-part series on local Indian history | |||
| Native Americans | n/a | Hudson Valley | February 1991 |
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| The English imprint: part III of a five-part series on local Indian history | |||
| Native Americans | n/a | Hudson Valley | March 1991 |
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| Survival of the fittest: part IV of a five-part series on local Indian history | |||
| Native Americans | n/a | Hudson Valley | April 1991 |
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| The diaspora: part V of a five-part series on local Indian history | |||
| Native Americans | n/a | Hudson Valley | June 1, 1991 |
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| Interview with Mrs. John T. Delaney (Ethel Moat), July 1948 | |||
| Native Americans | n/a | unpublished interview courtesy of Town Historian | July 1948 |
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| Clarksville: sketches of its past | |||
| New Scotland | Clarksville | Sentinel, The (New Scotland Historical Association newsletter) | Spring 1999 |
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|||
| Exploring ‘the last frontier’ on earth | |||
| New Scotland | Clarksville Caves | Times Union | May 28, 1986 |
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|||
| Clarksville underground viewed as local gem | |||
| New Scotland | Clarksville Caves | Spotlight | November 28, 1990 |
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| The Clarksville cave system | |||
| New Scotland | Clarksville Caves | Altamont Enterprise | April 21, 1983 |
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| Curious caverns (book excerpt) | |||
| New Scotland | Clarksville Caves | Underground empire: wonders and tales of New York caves by Clay Perry | 1948 |
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| Clarksville Cave (pamphlet excerpt) | |||
| New Scotland | Clarksville Caves | A chronicle of selected Northeastern Caves by Thomas Engel | 1979 |
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| Clarksville Cave (map) | |||
| New Scotland | Clarksville Caves | unpublished | 1995 |
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|||
| A country ride through old New Scotland | |||
| New Scotland | History | Spotlight | April 6, 1983 |
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| It started with a grist mill… | |||
| New Scotland | History | Spotlight | May 27, 1976 |
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| New Scotland Sesquicentennial Section of the Spotlight (July 21, 1982) | |||
| New Scotland | History | Spotlight | July 21, 1982 |
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| An 1870 stage ride – mostly uphill | |||
| New Scotland | History | Spotlight | February 26, 1981 |
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| How fair got its name (Punkintown Fair) | |||
| New Scotland | New Salem | Spotlight | July 18, 1984 |
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| The main street in New Salem from a photograph… circa 1910 | |||
| New Scotland | New Salem | Spotlight | July 2, 1969 |
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| The hamlet of New Scotland: over 200 years of history | |||
| New Scotland | New Scotland | Sentinel, The (New Scotland Historical Association newsletter) | Spring 1998 |
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| Voorheesville: a railroad junction 100 years later | |||
| New Scotland | Voorheesville | Spotlight | unknown |
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| Rural Albany County; Voorheesville’s principal industries include flour, feed mill… | |||
| New Scotland | Voorheesville | Albany Evening News | October 19, 1936 |
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| Albany farm keeps historic traditions alive | |||
| Normanskill | n/a | Spotlight | April 24, 1991 |
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| Normanskill on the rocks | |||
| Normanskill | n/a | Times Union | November 1, 1992 |
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| Normanskill wields powerful nature punch: first in a series | |||
| Normanskill | n/a | Spotlight | November 8, 2000 |
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| Normanskill course cuts varied path: second in a series | |||
| Normanskill | n/a | Spotlight | November 15, 2000 |
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| Creek cuts jagged path to Hudson: third in a series | |||
| Normanskill | n/a | Spotlight | November 29, 2000 |
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| Tales of Tawasentha | |||
| Normanskill | n/a | Spotlight | August 12, 1965 |
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| Normanskill’s claim to hero of poem valid | |||
| Normanskill | n/a | Times Union | June 18, 1950 |
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| Creek drew first settlers | |||
| Normanskill | n/a | Spotlight | October 10, 1981 |
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| How did it get its name: Bethlehem? | |||
| Place Names – Origins | Bethlehem | Knickerbocker News | January 17, 1974 |
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| Exactly what is in a name | |||
| Place Names – Origins | Bethlehem | Spotlight | August 27, 1997 |
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| Longtime Bethlehem land Surveyor retires | |||
| Place Names – Origins | Bethlehem | Spotlight | October 16, 1991 |
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| How did it get its name: Bethlehem? | |||
| Place Names – Origins | Bethlehem | Albany’s Spirit of ’76 Celebration program | 1976 |
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| How did Delmar of the Trivillage get its name? | |||
| Place Names – Origins | Delmar | unpublished Bethlehem Town Historian memorandum | May 25, 1977 |
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| How did it get its name: Delmar? | |||
| Place Names – Origins | Delmar | Knickerbocker News | December 11, 1973 |
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| Delmar’s name is traced to French family’s work | |||
| Place Names – Origins | Delmar | Albany Evening News | February 10, 1933 |
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| unknown | |||
| Place Names – Origins | Delmar | Knickerbocker News | May 28, 1957 |
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| How did it get its name: New Scotland? | |||
| Place Names – Origins | New Scotland | Knickerbocker News | February 5, 1974 |
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| How did it get its name: Slingerlands? | |||
| Place Names – Origins | Slingerlands | Knickerbocker News | November 15, 1973 |
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| unknown | |||
| Place Names – Origins | Slingerlands | Knickerbocker News | May 28, 1957 |
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| South Bethlehem residents favor their status quo | |||
| Place Names – Origins | South Bethlehem | Times Union | November 20, 1994 |
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| Politics in Bethlehem | |||
| Politics | n/a | Spotlight | January 25, 1973 |
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| From a country crossroads… (Delmar Four Corners) | |||
| Roads | n/a | Spotlight | August 8, 1984 |
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| Delaware Avenue: kaleidoscope of town history | |||
| Roads | n/a | Spotlight | May 27, 1976 |
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| Toll road linked Bethlehem settlements | |||
| Roads | n/a | Spotlight | January 1, 1986 |
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| Official Seal of the Town of Bethlehem as adopted May 2, 1975 | |||
| Town Seal | n/a | unpublished Town of Bethlehem memorandum | May 2, 1975 |
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| Wandering & wondering… | |||
| Transportation | n/a | Spotlight | January 18, 1973 |
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| 50 years ago: bus line made Delmar a transit hub | |||
| Transportation | n/a | Spotlight | May 10, 1979 |
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| Bethlehem and the bicentennial (pamphlet) | |||
| U.S.A. Bicentennial | n/a | Tri-Village Welcome Wagon | 1976 |
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| Bethlehem proudly presents a Bicentennial Extravaganza (pamphlet) | |||
| U.S.A. Bicentennial | n/a | Bethlehem Central School District & the Town of Bethlehem | 1976 |
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| Bicentennial warm-up and barbecue (pamphlet) | |||
| U.S.A. Bicentennial | n/a | Town of Bethlehem Historical Association | 1976 |
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| Town of Bethlehem Bicentennial Committee Meeting Notes and Letter (June 23, 1975) | |||
| U.S.A. Bicentennial | n/a | Town of Bethlehem Bicentennial Committee | June 23, 1975 |
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| Town of Bethlehem Bicentennial Committee Meeting Notes (July 14, 1975) | |||
| U.S.A. Bicentennial | n/a | Town of Bethlehem Bicentennial Committee | July 14, 1975 |
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| Letter regarding Town of Bethlehem Historical Association participation in Bicentennial events | |||
| U.S.A. Bicentennial | n/a | Town of Bethlehem Historical Association | unknown |
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| Memorandum (concerning Town of Bethlehem Bicentennial Committee) | |||
| U.S.A. Bicentennial | n/a | Town of Bethlehem Bicentennial Committee | unknown |
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| Bi-Centennial proposal (sent to Bicentennial Committee) | |||
| U.S.A. Bicentennial | n/a | Gardiner Bump | unknown |
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| Bi-Centennial proposal (sent to Bicentennial Committee) | |||
| U.S.A. Bicentennial | n/a | Gardiner Bump | unknown |
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| Bethlehem Extravaganza playbill | |||
| U.S.A. Bicentennial | n/a | Bethlehem Central School District & the Town of Bethlehem | 1976 |
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| Bethlehem bicentennial celebration to be the Extravaganza of ’76 | |||
| U.S.A. Bicentennial | n/a | Entertainer, The | March 26, 1976 |
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