Ulster County-Hudson Valley vertical file, 1829-1987.

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Ulster County-Hudson Valley vertical file, 1829-1987.

Clippings, newsletters, articles, reports, proceedings, souvenir and illustrated booklets, pamphlets, programs, research papers, speeches, tourist brochures, and other items pertaining to Ulster County, the Catskill Mountains, and the Hudson Valley. Subjects include the anti-rent troubles, archaeology, architecture, artists, Ashokan Reservoir, John Burroughs, canals, education, environmental policy, folklore, geology, historic buildings, the Hudson River, Indians, Lake Minnewaska, Mohonk Mountain House, music, natural history, and New York State. Items of note include a thank-you letter from John Burroughs, 1886; a typescript report on the grouting at Woodstock and Glenford dikes, Ashokan Reservoir, 1918; and miscellaneous papers of Charles G. Hoerner, division engineer with the New York City Board of Water Supply, consisting of letters, reports, memoranda, graphs, and drawings pertaining to the Delaware Aqueduct, Shandaken Tunnel, and other aspects of New York City's water supply from the Catskills, 1940s-1950s.

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Ulster County Community College (Stone Ridge, N.Y.). MacDonald Dewitt Library. Special Collections.

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Lucas Elmendorf was elected to Congress in 1798, and later served as the first Judge of Ulster County, 1815-1821. From the description of Ulster County miscellaneous documents, [ca. 1760]-1845. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155502492 Collecting area: History of Ulster County and the Catskills. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155504535 ...

New York (N.Y.). Board of Water Supply

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The Board of Water Supply was established in 1905 to investigate and report on new sources of water and on constructing works to deliver that water to the city. From the description of Reports, 1912-1960 (1947-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122604743 The Board of Water Supply was established in 1905 to investigate and report on new sources of water for the city and to construct utilities for delivery of such water. From the description of Miscellaneous rep...

Mohonk Mountain House

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Hoerner, Charles G.

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Burroughs, John, 1837-1921

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American naturalist and writer. From the description of Poem 1917. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 49995946 One of America's great naturalist authors. From the description of Memorabilia, 1905-1931. (Hartwick College). WorldCat record id: 27057683 American teacher, naturalist, poet, and essayist of national prominence. Friend of Walt Whitman; influenced by Thoreau, Carlyle, and Emerson. Employed accurate observations of nature, scientific re...