Local history collection, 1876-1986.

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Local history collection, 1876-1986.

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Pamphlets, booklets, clippings, research papers, genealogies, reports, brochures, maps, and a few photographs pertaining to the history of Carmel, the Town of Kent, and Putnam County. Subjects include Sybil Ludington and Revolutionary War history, local churches, the Putnam Railroad, the Civil War, the Drew Seminary for Young Women, environmental studies, and business and industry. Family names include Ryder, May-Fuller, Griffith, Hamilton, and Baldwin. Items of note include a photocopy of an historical sermon by Rev. C.C. Wallace, Mahopac Falls, 1878; newsletters of the Putnam County Historian, 1960-1962; report of the Public Health Nursing Service, Putnam County, 1960; and transcripts of cemetery records for the early settlers in southern Dutchess and Putnam Counties compiled by Rev. Floyd Fisher, 1972. Also, a calendar from the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, 1876.

1.5 cubic ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Reed Memorial Library (Carmel, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: History of Carmel, N.Y. and the Town of Kent, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155527201 ...

Putnam County (N.Y.). County Historian.

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Centennial Exhibition 1876 Philadelphia, Pa.

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The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 marked the 100th anniversary of American freedom. The celebration took place in Philadelphia from May 10 to November 10 and attracted over eight million visitors. The exhibition spread across 450 acres of ground in Fairmont Park and consisted of over 200 buildings. Planning for the event began in 1870, and in 1871, Congress established the United States Centennial Commission to plan and run the exhibition. The following year saw the incorporation of the Centenni...

Drew Seminary for Young Women (Carmel, N.Y.)

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Wallace, C. (Clarrie)

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Ludington, Sybil, 1761-

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Fisher, Floyd.

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Putnam Railroad.

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Public Health Nursing Service (Putnam County, N.Y.)

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