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Local history collection, 1847-1978, 1970-1978 (bulk)

Title: Local history collection, 1847-1978, 1970-1978 (bulk)

Reports and plans prepared by the Greene County Planning Dept. on land use, community facilities, housing, water and sewage programs, environmental and scenic resources, financial analysis, the Mountaintop District, and summaries, 1970-1977; other public reports on community water systems, 1975, proposed changes in the Greene County government, 1978, and conservation and development of Catskill Park, 1975; results from questionnaires on community concerns in the Mountaintop area and the Town of Hunter, 1975; undated typescript of the memoirs of Col. William Edwards based on his original 1847 memoirs with additions by his son William W. Edwards and grandson William Henry Edwards, 1890s, concerning the tanning industry in Hunter and family history; photocopy of an article with photographs by James C. Haviland on unique areas in the Catskill Region, 1974; and bibliographies of local history books in public libraries in Greene County, 1975.

ArchivalResource: .5 cubic ft.

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Papers, 1839-1979.

Title: Papers, 1839-1979.

Correspondence and research notes concerning genealogy and the local history of the mountaintop area in Greene County including the Smith, Townsend, Baker, Haines, and Hadden families, 1921-1946; notebooks of historical and genealogical notes on the pioneers of the Town of Hunter, and the genealogy of the Haines family, ca. 1940; and Dunn's map, 1948, detailing the property owners in lots #25 and #26 in the Town of Hunter, 1749-1850. Items she collected include unidentified account book concerning sundries, coal, and lumber, 1907; prints of the Catskill region, 1838-1839; and a photocopy of "Memoirs of Col. William Edwards," 1897, concerning the tanning industry in the Town of Hunter. Also, a pamphlet on the Twilight Park Garden Club, 1974, and notes on the Catskill prints, 1979, by her daughter Esther H. Dunn.

ArchivalResource: ca. 2 cubic ft.

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