Macdonald DeWitt Library

Local History/Special Collections

SUNY Ulster Macdonald DeWitt Library has a collection of circulating and non- circulating local history materials covering a wide range of topics. This is a brief sample listing of selected subject areas and titles. (You can view information about several of our specialized collections on the SUNY website here.) Links to several local history websites and repositories are listed below the SUNY Ulster resources. The local history librarian can be reached by phone at (845) 687-5218, or visited Monday -Friday, 8:00-3:00PM in the Local History room in Room 101B. You may also email us at: [email protected]

ULSTER COUNTY - GENERAL HISTORY

Clearwater, Alphonso T., The History of Ulster County, New York. Kingston, N.Y., W. J. Van Deusen, [1907]. Special Coll. 974.734 C53

Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett, 1825-1894. History of Ulster County, New York: with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, [1880] Special Coll. 974.734 S95

Historians of Ulster County. The History of Ulster County, with emphasis upon the last 100 years, 1883-1983. [Kingston, N.Y.]: Ulster County Historians, [1984] Special Coll. 974.734 H48

DELAWARE & HUDSON CANAL : The D & H Canal

Sanderson, Dorothy Hurlbut. The Delaware & Hudson Canalway; Carrying Coals to Rondout. 2d ed. Ellenville, N.Y., Rondout Valley Pub. Co. [1974] SPECIAL COLL. 386.48 S26

Springer, Ethel M., Thomas F. Hahn. Canal Boat Children. Shepherdstown, W. Va.: The American Canal & Transportation Center. [1977]. Special COll. 368.48 S77

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MINNEWASKA.

Knickerbocker, Nan L. Minnewaska, "Frozen Waters"; The Intimate Story of the Origin and Growth of the Lake Minnewaska Mountain Houses. New York: The author, [1937] SPECIAL COLL. 974.734 K64

MOHONK

Burgess, Larry E. Mohonk, Its People and Spirit : A History of One Hundred Years of Growth and Service. [New Paltz, N.Y.]: Mohonk Mountain House, [1980] SPECIAL COLL. 974.734 B87

Mohonk Mountain House

Mohonk Preserve

Partington, Frederick E. The Story of Mohonk. [3d ed.] [Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Lansing-Broas Print. Co.] [1950] SPECIAL COLL. 974.734 P27 1950

Smiley, Ruth H. Reflections of Mohonk : An Essay in Color of Mohonk and Surrounding Nature. [New Paltz? N.Y.]: Mohonk Mountain House, [1984] 974.734 S641r

RAILROADS Ulster County Railroads: Images Of Rail. Ladin, Stephen, & Glendon Moffett. Charleston, SC. : Arcadia Pub. 2011. 385.0974 L155

Best, Gerald M. The Ulster and Delaware; Railroad Through the Catskills. San Marino, Calif., Golden West Books [1972] 385.097 B38

Helmer, William F. Rip Van Winkle Railroads; Canajoharie & Catskill R.R., Catskill Mountain Ry., Otis Elevating Ry., Catskill & Tannersville Ry. Berkeley, Calif., Howell-North Books [1970] SPECIAL COLL. 385.5 H35

Mabee, Carleton. Listen to the Whistle : An Anecdotal History of the Wallkill Valley Railroad in Ulster and Orange Counties, New York. 1st ed. Fleischmanns, N.Y.: Purple Mountain Press, [1995] OVERSIZE 385.0974 M112

RESERVOIRS AND AQUEDUCTS

Catskill-NYC Watershed Educators' Network 2

Galusha, Diane. Liquid Assets : A History of New York City's Water System. Fleischmanns, N.Y.: Purple Mountain Press, [1999] OVERSIZE 363.61 G181 1999

Hall, Edward Hagaman. Water for New York City : A 300 Year History of Water Sources for New York City Culminating in the Construction of the Ashokan Reservoir and the Catskill Aqueduct; edited and with a prologue by Richard Frisbie. Saugerties, NY: Hope Farm Press, [1993] 628.13 H175

New York City's Water Supply: Acid Deposition, Inorganic Pollution, and the Catskill Reservoirs. New York, N.Y.: Environmental Defense Fund, [1986] 363.7394 N532

Steuding, Bob. The Last of the Handmade Dams : The Story of the Ashokan Reservoir. Fleischmanns, N.Y.: Purple Mountain Press, [1985] 628.13 S842

CATSKILL RESORTS

Resorts of the Catskills. Color photography by John Margolies; essays by Alf Evers ... [et al.]; the Architectural League of New York and the Gallery Association of New York State. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1979] OVERSIZE 974.738 R434 c. 1

It Happened in the Catskills : An Oral History in the Words of Busboys, Bellhops, Guests, Proprietors, Comedians, Agents, and others who lived it. [compiled by] Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer. 1st ed. San Diego Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1991] 974.738 I88

Kanfer, Stefan. A Summer World : The Attempt to Build a Jewish Eden in the Catskills from the Days of the Ghetto to the Rise and Decline of the Borscht Belt. 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, [1989] 974.738 K16

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections is a database you can use to locate unpublished research materials.

PEOPLE ~ Native Americans

Trelease, Allen W. Indian Affairs in Colonial New York: The Seventeenth Century. Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press [1960] 970.447 T73 3

Bevier, Abraham Garret. The Indians: or Narratives of Massacres and Depredations on the Frontier, in Wawasink and its Vicinity, during the American Revolution : Interspersed with Reflections on the Providence of God : With an Appendix, containing brief notices of natural curiosities and objects of interest in Wawasink. By a descendant of the Huguenots; Designed to commemorate the noble deeds of our ancestors, and inculcate principles of patriotism and piety. Rondout, NY: [1846] Reproduced: Grahamsville, New York: Pastoral Press, [1965] 974.734 B38

~ Huguenots

Hasbrouck, Kenneth E. The Street of the Huguenots. Goshen, N.Y., Bookmill on Windy Hill, [1952] SPECIAL COLL. 974.734 H28

Le Fevre, Ralph. History of New Paltz, New York and Its Old Families (from 1678 to 1820) including the Hugenot Pioneers and Others Who Settled in New Paltz Previous to the Revolution. Albany, N.Y., Fort Orange Press [1903] SPECIAL COLL. 974.734 L33

Huguenot Historic District

Historic Huguenot Street

SLAVERY

Anti-slavery Convention of American Women 1837 : Turning the World Upside Down : the Anti-slavery Convention of American Women, held in New York City, May 9-12, 1837. [with an introduction by Dorothy Sterling] 1st ed. New York: The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, [1987] 326.088 A629

Clearwater, Olive M. Hurley in the Days of Slavery. [Hurley? N.Y.] : O.M. Clearwater: J.J. Hofler, [1986] 326.0974 C623 c. 1

McKee, Samuel D. Labor in Colonial New York, 1664-1776. Port Washington, N.Y.: I.J. Friedman [1965] 331.097 M25

McManus, Edgar J. A History of Negro Slavery in New York. [1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y.] Syracuse University Press [1966] 326.097 M22

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MAPS

Beers, F.W. County Atlas of Ulster, New York [map] : from recent and actual surveys and records. New York: Walker & Jewett, [1875] SPECIAL COLL. 974.734 B33

New York State Historical Maps Links to maps listed in chronological order from 1556-1895. Leads to the New York State Map Pathfinder, with additional maps, compiled by State University of New York at Stony Brook.

PERIODICALS IN THE LIBRARY COLLECTION (Use Catalist SUNY Ulster's Online Catalog to find format and location in the library)

The Accordian. 1987-current.

Clearwater Navigator. 1983-2008.

Hudson River Valley Review. 1981-current.

The Hudson Valley Black Press. current 12 months.

Kingston [Daily] Freeman. 1936-1952 and current.

News from Hudsonia. 1987 to 2002 (intermittent).

Olde Ulster: an historical and genealogical magazine. 1905-1914.

Pine Hill Sentinel. 1885-1917

Proceedings of the Ulster County Historical Society. 1931-1958.

Ulster County Press. Mar. 12, 1937 – Feb. 4, 1938.

LANDMARKS

New York State Historic Markers: you can search for roadside markers in this database by county.

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LINKS

~ FINDING LOCAL HISTORY IN OTHER LIBRARIES

Hudson River Valley Heritage

Library of Congress: American Memory

National Archives and Records Administration

New Deal Network

New York State Archives

New York State Library

~ LOCAL HISTORY ON LOCAL WEB SITES

Historic Hudson Valley

Historic Hudson River Towns

A Hudson River Portfolio : from collections of the New York Public Library

Ulster County Chamber of Commerce

Ulster County Clerk Archives Division

Ulster County Genealogical Society

Ulster County GenWeb Project for Greene and Ulster Counties

Ulster County Historical Society & Bevier House Museum

Ulster County Home Page

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