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Contact information in the Delaware-Greene-Schoharie area insofar as we have received it. Please email changes, updates, alterations, and missing information on the following, which are also listed on this web page.

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• County, Town, and Village Historians arranged alphabetically by county, town, or village of the appointment
• County and Local Historical Societies arranged alphabetically by name of the society or library — Mountain Top Historical, not Haines Falls
• State, County, and Local Museums arranged alphabetically by name of the museum — Anonymous Arts, not Charlottesville
• A listing of specialists in archeology, geology, spelunking, etc.

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Historians Andes Town Historian Janis E. Reynolds P.O. Box 125 Andes, NY 13731 845 676-4791 Blenheim Town Historian Rebecca Littlejohn P. O. Box 952 North Blenheim, NY 12131 Bovina Town Historian Ray LaFever 10 Fox Hollow Road Cohoes, NY 12047 607 832-4609 Broome Town Historian Betty Chichester 1186 Hauverville Road Middleburgh, NY 12122 518 827-5092 Carlisle Town Historians Jacqueline Turnquist njcturnquist@hotmail.com         and Raymond Briggs 153 Rock District Road Cobleskill, NY 12043 518 234-3969 Cobleskill Town Historian Theodore B. Shuart 4994 State Route 145 Cobleskill, NY 12043 518 234-7241 shuart@nysha.org Colchester Town Historian Jane Flannery P.O. Box 336 Downsville, NY 13755 607 363-2212 Conesville Town Historian Beatrice Mattice 1154 South Gilboa Road Gilboa, NY 12076 607-588-9487 beatricemattice@hotmail.com

Historical Societies/Libraries Andes Society for History and Culture Nancy Boulin , Director P.O. Box 455, Main Street Andes, NY 13731 845 676-3775 Berne Historical Society Kathy Stempel P.O. Box 34 Berne, NY 12023 Carlisle Historical Society P.O. Box 28 Carlisle, NY 12031 carlislehistoricalsociety@gmail.com Century House Historical Society P.O. Box 150 Rosendale, NY 12472 Clovercroft Historical Society Barbara Diefendorf RD 2 Cobleskill, NY 12043 Cobleskill Historical Society Richard Frank, President P. O. Box 423 Cobleskill, NY 12043 klwilson1239@nycap.rr.com CHS@SchoharieHistory.Net Colchester Historical Society P.O. Box 112 Downsville, NY 13755 607 363-2212

Museums Afton Museum 116 Main Street Afton, NY 13730 Altamont Archives/Museum 115 Main Street Altamont, NY 12009 Anonymous Arts Museum 06-610 Charlotte Valley Road Charlotteville, NY 12036 Athens Museum 4 Mile Point Athens, NY 12015 Best House 1568 Clauverwie Post Office Box 232 Middleburgh, NY 12122 Blenheim-Gilboa Power Project Steve Ramsey Route 30 North Blenheim, NY 12131 steve.ramsey@nypa.gov Boswell Museum 5748 State Highway 20 East Springfield, NY 13333 Bridge School House Museum The Bridge School House Museum Rte 30S, Eastside Rd North Blenheim, NY 12131 Bronck Museum Greene County Historical Society 90 County Route 42 Coxsackie, NY 12051 518 731-6490 gchsbm@mhcable.com The C.A. Bunn Mill Richmondville Historical Society Richmondville, NY 12149 Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum P.O. Box 1295, 1031 Old Route 17 Livingston Manor, NY 12758 845 439-4580 Caverns Creek Grist Mill Museum Ralph Harvey, Proprietor 259 Caverns Road Howes Cave, NY 12092 518 296-8448 Cherry Valley Museum 49 Main St Cherry Valley, NY 13320 Children's Museum 311 Main St Utica, NY 13501

 

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Historians Davenport Town Historian Sally Beams, 167 Charlotte Creek Road, P.O. Box 91 West Davenport, NY 13860- 607 432-6749 Delaware County Historian Patrick H.Grimes, Suite 6, 1 Court House Square Delhi, NY 13731 607 746-8660 Delhi Town Historian Clara Stewart 5 Elm Street Delhi, NY 13753 607 746-2544 Delhi Village Historian Gerald Pilgrim P.O. Box 328 Delhi, NY 13753 607 746-2258 Deposit Town Historian Mary S. Cable 57 Fair Street, Deposit N.Y. 13754 607 467-2719 Deposit Village Historian Mary S. Cable 2 Elm Street Deposit, NY 13754 607 467-2719 Esperance Town Historian Kenneth Jones, P.O. Box 99 Esperance, NY 12066 518 875-6854 Fleischmanns Town Historian Fleischmanns, NY 12430 845 Franklin Town Historian Kathy Campbell P.O. Box 133 Franklin, NY 13775 607 829-5890 Franklin Village Historian Linda Parrow P.O. Box 28 Franklin, NY 13775 607 826-6776 Fultonham Town Historian Nadine Felter 3704 State Route 30 Middleburgh, NY 12122 518 827-4910

Historical Societies/Libraries Davenport Historical Society P.O. Box 88 Davenport Center, NY 13751 607 278-5149 Delaware & Hudson Canal Historical Society Mohonk Road, PO Box 23 High Falls, NY 12440 Delaware County Historical Assn. Tim Duerden , Director 46599 State Highway 10 Delhi, NY 13753 607 467-4422 dcha@delhi.net Deposit Historical Society 145 Second Street Deposit NY 13754 607 467-4422 curator@DepositHistoricalSociety.org Deposit Community Historical Society Richard Axtell 145 Second Street Deposit, NY 13754 607 467-4422 Duanesburg Historical Society Donna Whelan 974 Darby Hill Road Duanesburg, NY 12053 Esopus Historical Society Klyne Museum PO Box 180 Ulster Park, NY 12481 Fulton Historical Society Nadine Felter 3704 State Route 30 Middleburgh, NY 12122

Museums David Sayre Store & House Museum 7 N Main St Milford, NY 13807 Delaware & Ulster Railroad Society 43510 State Highway 28 Arkville, NY 12406 Our mailing address is P.O. Box 310 Stamford, NY 12167 845 586-DURR (3877) 800 225-4132 Deposit Historical Museum 145 Second Street Deposit NY 13754 607 467-4422 curator@DepositHistoricalSociety.org Discovery Center of the Southern Tier 60 Morgan Rd Binghamton, NY 13903 Dudley Observatory Janie Schwab 107 Nott Terrace, Suite 201 Schenectady, NY 12308 Durham Center Museum The Durham Center Museum Route 145 East Durham, NY 12423 518 239-8481 Empire State Railway Museum Station Road, Box 455 Phoenicia, NY 12464 Esperance Historical Museum Church Street Esperance, NY 12066 Farmers' Museum P.O. Box 30, 5775 State Hwy 80 Cooperstown, NY 13326 607 547-1450 888 547-1450 Fenimore Art Museum P.O. Box 800, 5798 State Highway 80 Cooperstown, NY 13326 607 547.1400 888 547.1450 Fort Plain Museum 389 Canal St Fort Plain, NY 13339 Frisbee House and Museum Delaware County Historical Assn. Tim Duerden , Director 46599 State Highway 10 Delhi, NY 13753 607 467-4422 dcha@delhi.net

 

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Historians Gilboa Town Historian Richard Lewis 177 Polen Hill Road Gilboa, NY 12076 607 588-6636 Greene County Historian Robert Hallock P.O. Box 44 Coxsackie, NY 12051 518 731-6490 gchsbm@mhcable.com Hamden Town Historian Loretta Foster 1400 MacDonald Road Hamden, NY 13782 607 865-7892 Hancock Town Historian Hancock, NY 13783 Harpersfield Town Historian Dwayne Hill Shaver Hill Road Harpersfield, NY 13786 607 652-7827 Hobart Village Historian Erma MacArthur P.O. Box 177 Hobart, NY 13788 607 538-9279

Historical Societies/Libraries Gilboa Historical Society P. O. Box 52 Gilboa, NY 12076 Greene County Historical Society Bronck Museum , Vedder Research Library P. O. Box 44, 90 County Route 42 Coxsackie, NY 12051 518 731-6490 gchsvl@mhcable.com Greenville Historical Society Guilderland Historical Society Everett Rau 152 Main Street, PO Box Guilderland Center, NY 12085 Haines Falls Mountain Top Historical Society Box 263 Haines Falls, NY 12436 Hancock-Chehocton Historical Association 61 Wheeler Street Hancock, NY 13783 Harpersfield Historical Society P. O. Box 4044 Jefferson, NY 12093 607 652-97790 Hobart Historical Society Barbara Coleman , Chair P. O. Box 11 Hobart, NY 13788 607 538-9279

Museums Gilboa Museum Stryker Road Gilboa, NY 12076 Greater Fleischmanns Museum of Memories P. O. Box 914 Fleischmanns, NY 12430 845 254-5311 DEKMM@aol.com Grist Mill Museum Main Street Rensselaerville, NY 518-797-3194 or 518-239-4345 Haines Falls Free Library Justine Hommel P.O. Box 397 Haines Falls, NY 12436 Hancock Chehocton Historical Assoc. 61 Wheeler Street, Hancock, NY 13783 Hanford Mills Museum P.O. Box 99 East Meredith, NY 13757 607 278-5744 hanford2@hanfordmills.org Hobart Historical Society Museum 57 Cornell Avenue Hobart, NY 13788 607 538-9279 Howe Caverns Inc . 255 Discovery Drive Howes Cave NY 12092 518 296-8900 The Hudson Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society Michael Oliviere, P. O. Box 145 Athens, NY 12015 Hudson River Maritime Museum Allyne Lange, One Rondout Landing Kingston, NY 12401 Hunter Public Library June Bain 6261 Main Street, PO Box 376 Hunter, NY 12442 Iroquois Indian Museum 324 Caverns Road P.O. Box 7 Howes Cave, NY 12092 518 296-8949

 

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Historians Jefferson Town Historian Ron Bergstrom North Road Jefferson, NY 12093         and Ingrid Zeman 139 Tabor Road Jefferson, NY 12093 607 652-7252 Kortright Town Historian Wilber Haynes, 1770 Roberts Road, Bloomville, NY 13739 607 538-9227

Historical Societies/Libraries Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society P.O. Box 681 Oneonta, NY 13820 Lexington Historical Society P.O. Box 247, 18 Church Street Lexington, NY 12452 518 989-9570 Little Falls Historical Society 319 Ann Street Little Falls, NY 13365 Little Red Schoolhouse Historical Society Marvin Wolfe P.O. Box 25 Coeymans Hollow, NY 12046

Museums John Burroughs Homestead and Memorial, Peg Ellsworth, Director Main Street Roxbury, NY 12474 607 326-3722 Landis Arboretum 174 Lape Road, P. O. Box 186 Esperance, NY 12066 Lansing Manor Museum Route 30 North Blenheim, NY 12131 Little Falls Historical Society Museum 319 Ann Street Little Falls, NY 13365 Little Red Schoolhouse Marvin Wolfe P.O. Box 25 Coeymans Hollow, NY 12046

 

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Historians Margaretville Village Historian Margaretville, NY 12455 Masonville Town Historian Jeri Brayman 5543 Mormon Hollow Road Sidney Center, NY 13839 607 265-3769 Meredith Town Historian Bernice Talian 10413 County Highway 14 Delhi, NY 13753 607 746-2016 Middleburgh Town Historian Charlie Spickermann 273 Bixby Road Schoharie, NY 12157 518 827-5149 Middletown Town Historian Shirley Davis 301 Brook Road Margaretville, NY 12455 845 586-4618

Historical Societies/Libraries Maywood Historical Group P.O. Box 298 Sidney Center, NY 13839 Darryl Loker P.O. Box 298 Sidney Center, NY 13839 Phyllis Place Middletown Historical Society Margaretville, NY 12455 Mountain Top Historical Society Box 263 Haines Falls, NY 12436 New York State Historical Association Fenimore Art Museum P.O. Box 800 Cooperstown, NY 13326 607 547.1400 888.547.1450 Oulehoudt Valley Historical Society P.O. Box 942 Franklin, NY 13775 607 829-6989

Museums Mountain Top Arboretum, Inc. Route 23C Tannersville, NY 12485 Museum of the History of Charlottville Charlotteville, NY 12036 New York State Museum Anne Tyrrell, Rm 3023 Cultural Education Center Albany, NY 12230 Northeast Classic Car Museum 24 Rexford St Norwich, NY 13815

 

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Historians Richmondville Town Historian Joseph Bernocco 211 Winegard Road Richmondville, NY 12149 518 294-7243 Roxbury Town Historian Anthony Liberatore P.O. Box 189, Roxbury, NY 12474 607 326-3722 Schoharie County Historian Harold Zoch Schoharie Town Historian Charlie Spickermann 273 Bixby Road Schoharie, NY 12157 518 827-5149 Schoharie Town Historian Anne Hendrix P.O. Box 711 Schoharie, NY 12157 518 295-7341 hendrix2@nycap.rr.com Schoharie Village Historian Lester Hendrix P.O. Box 711 Schoharie, NY 12157 518 295-7341 hendrix2@nycap.rr.com Seward Town Historian William Gregory 824 Clove Road Cobleskill, NY 12043 518 234-3139 Sharon Town Historian Nancy Pfau Post Office Box 134 Sharon Springs, NY 13459 518 284-2371 Sidney Town Historian Sidney, NY 13838 Sidney Village Historian Sidney, NY 13838 Stamford Town Historian Wallace Rich 12904 State Highway 18 Hobart, NY 13788 607 538-9920 Stamford Village Historian Anne Willis 10 Beaver Street Stamford, NY 12167 607 652-7839 Summit Town Historian Shelly Bradley P. O. Box 334 Summit, NY 12175 518 287-1335

Historical Societies/Libraries Rensselaerville Historical Society Grist Mill Museum Main Street Rensselaerville, NY Richmondville Historical Society Village Office Building Richmondville, NY 12149 hjloder@localnet.com erdfest@usadatanet.net Roxbury's John Burroughs Society The Woodchuck Lodge, Inc Roxbury, NY 12474 Saugerties Historical Society 10 Finger Street Saugerties, NY 12477 Schoharie County Historical Society 145 Fort Road Schoharie, NY 12157 518 295-7192 Carle Kopecke Director of Stone Fort Dan Beams Curator of the Museum Elaine Cooper , editor of the Review Sharon Springs Historical Society Sharon Springs, NY 13459 Sidney Historical Society Neila Hayes, President P. O. Box 5 Sidney Center, NY 13839 607 563-8787 Stamford Historical Society Dick Hinman, President Stamford, NY 12167 607 652-9747 rosecrest3@stny.rr.com Stamford Village Library Rodger Oesterle 117 Main Street Stamford, NY 12167 607 652-5001 st.rodger@4cls.org

Museums Roxbury Burroughs Club Wheldon Farleigh, Archivist P.O. Box 382 Roxbury, NY 12474 607 326-7528 Schenectady Museum 15 Nott Terrace Schenectady, NY 12308 Schoharie Valley Railroad Museum P. O. Box 554 Schoharie, NY 12157 Science Discovery Center of Oneonta State University College Oneonta, NY 13820 Secret Caverns Barnerville Road Cobleskill, NY 518 296-8558 Shandaken Historical Museum Mary L. Herrmann, Director 26 Academy Street, P.O. Box 678 Pine Hill, NY 12465 845 254-4460 museum@shandaken.us Sharon Historical Society Museum Main Street, Box 226 Sharon Springs, NY 13459 Sidney Historical Society Civic Center, P.O. Box 2217, Sidney, NY 13838 Skene Memorial Library Librarian Linda Rodgers Main Street Fleischmanns NY 12430 845 254-4581 Smithy Pioneer Gallery Pioneer Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 Stone Fort Museum 145 Fort Road Schoharie, NY 12157 518 295-7192 Carle Kopecke Director of Stone Fort Dan Beams Curator of the Museum Elaine Cooper , editor of the Review Swart-Wilcox House Museum Wilcox Ave Oneonta, NY 13820 Ulster & Delaware Railroad Historical Society Harold Oakhill , Vice President P.O. Box D Hobart, NY 13788

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Historians Tompkins Town Historian Helen S. Zandt 476 Mormon Hollow Road Walton, NY 13856 607 865-4313

Historical Societies/Libraries Vroman's Nose Preservation Corp. P.O. Box 402 Middleburgh, NY 12122

Museums

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Historians Walton Town Historian Larry Miller 27 Stockton Avenue, #20, Walton, NY 13856 607 865-3186 Walton Village Historian Larry Miller 27 Stockton Avenue, #20, Walton, NY 13856 607 865-3186

Historical Societies/Libraries Walton Historical Society P. O. Box 165 Walton, NY 13856 607 865-5895 Windham Historical Society P.O. Box 1111 Windham, NY 12496 WindhamNYHistory@cs.com

Museums Walter Elwood Museum 300 Guy Park Avenue Amsterdam, NY 12010 Woodchuck Lodge, Inc. John E. Lutz , President Burroughs Memorial Road Roxbury, NY 12474 607 756-0905 Zadock Pratt Museum P.O. Box 333 Prattsville, NY 12468 518 299-3395 prattmuseum@hotmail.com

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Area Specialists

• Dutch Barns — Harold Zoch
• Caves — Bob Addis, Northeastern Cave Conservancy
• Trees & Arborculture — Fred Breglia, Landis Arboretum

Archeologists

• Relevant staff from the Iroquois Indian Museum (to come).
• Kevin Moody, Field Archeologist, Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc.
• Christina B. Rieth, State Archeologist and Director of the Cultural Resource Survey Program (CRSP) of the New York State Museum (NYSM). Works: Rieth, Christina B. 2009. Schoharie Creek III Site, Town of Jefferson, Schoharie County, New York. Newsletter of the New York Archeology Council 3; Rieth, C. B., Rafferty, S., and Saputo, D. 2007. A Trace Element Analysis of Ceramics from the Pethick Site, Schoharie County, New York. North American Archeologist 28(1):59-80; Rieth, C. B. 2006. Schoharie Valley Archeology Field School. Schenectady County Community College Public Archeology Program Newsletter 2-3.
• Relevant faculty from the SUNY Cobleskill Department of Social Sciences. Courses in archeology and archeological fieldwork are included within the current course catalog (to come).

Genealogy

• National database
• Delaware County
• Greene County
• Schoharie   County
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• Brigham Young University Family History Library
• Ancestry.com (advertisements are heavily used)
• First started in 1996 in Kentucky, this project now includes information from thoughout the United States and from all over the world .
• United Kingdom
• Immigrants to the United States through New York port, 1892 – 1924 ( Ellis Island , Castle Garden )
• Started in 1996, Cyndislist links to more that 250,000 genealogy web sites
• Huntington Memorial Library 's Online Genealogy Workshop
• Italian descent? That doesn 't matter with this great resource for New York City researchers.
• Want to throw your computer out the window? Maybe it ’s your search or maybe it 's the web site you are using. Stephen Morse has done a lot of work to help make searching difficult web sites easier. His one-step approach is aimed at allowing users to search for information using fewer steps than the web sites that index the information, and some allow for searching across multiple web sites at once. Not all of the searches point to free resources, but most do. If you need help figuring out an Enumeration District or a street name change, this site is for you too.

Geologists

• Bob Titus (vita to come)
• Linda VanAller Hernick, Paleontology Collections Manager, New York State Geological Survey of the NYSM. Works: Stein, W. E., Mannolini, F., VanAller Hernick, L., Landing, E., and Berry, C.M. 2007. Giant Cladoxylopsid Trees Resolve the Enigma of the Earth's Earliest Forest Stumps at Gilboa. Nature 446:904-907; Hernick, L.A. 2003. The Gilboa Fossils. New York State Museum Circular 65. The University of the State of New York, Albany, New York.

Historical Support Organizations (National)

• The Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums serves those involved in living historical farms, agricultural museums, and outdoor museums of history and folklife. Since its founding in 1970, ALHFAM has been at the forefront of the growth and professionalization of the use of living history techniques in museum programs. ALHFAM members and member institutions can be found across the United States and Canada and in many other countries.
• American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) began in 1904, under the wing of the American Historical Association. Then called the Conference of State and Local Historical Societies, AASLH broke out on its own in December 1940 to become the American Association for State and Local History. Now, 100 years after the first organization was created in support of the burgeoning field of state and local history, AASLH is still the only comprehensive national organization dedicated to the field at large. From its headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, AASLH is proud to provide a home for those who work and volunteer in the field of state and local history.

Historical Support Organizations (State)

• Documentary Heritage Program : The Document Heritage Program is one of the services that will be of greatest interest to the readers of this site.
      Archives staff are located in nine regional offices, and as usual, the Northern Catskills are split among three of these nine regional offices.
  • Capital District Library Council (CDLC) serves Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and Washington Counties. Location: 28 Essex Street, Albany, NY 12206     518 438-2872.
  • Greater Hudson Heritage Network serves the museum and history communities of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, and Ulster counties. Location: 2199 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford, New York 10523 914 592-6726 info@greaterhudson.org Director: Tema Harnik Coordinator Dianne Macpherson
  • Upstate History Alliance serves Allegheny, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, and Yates Counties. Location: 11 Ford Avenue, Oneonta NY 13820 800 895-1648; info@upstatehistory.
• New York State Archives was established in 1971 and opened its doors to the public in 1978. It is a program of the State Education Department, with its main facility located in the Cultural Education Center on Madison Avenue in Albany. There it cares for and provides access to more than 200 million documents that tell the story of New York from the seventeenth century to the present. From its main facility, it also administers statewide programs that reach out to state agencies, local governments and community organizations. There is also a site for publications .
• The New York State Barn Coalition is a nonprofit organization formed for educational purposes. The coalition is dedicating to promoting the appreciation, preservation, rehabilitation, and re-use of historic barns. The organization seeks to promote a broad understanding of the educational, economic, historic, symbolic, and aesthetic values of historic barns and farmsteads in order to revitalize communities and promote pride in New York's cultural heritage. The coalition's members include preservationists, students, teachers, government employees, barn owners, farmers, architects, engineers, contractors, craftsman, historians, and general enthusiasts.
• Established in 1971, the Upstate History Alliance is a nonprofit service organization that provides support, advice, and training to historical societies, museums, historians, archivists, and other heritage organization in New York State. By providing resources, training and expertise to New York's heritage organizations and museums, the Upstate History Alliance strengthens their capacity to better serve their communities and meet their institutional missions. Stephanie Lehner , Program Coordinator.    
• Image Permanence Institute
• Northeast Document Conservation Center

Some suggested reading related to the care of photograph collections

• Storage and Care of KODAK Photographic Materials Before and After Processing
• Monique Fischer, Senior Photograph Conservator, Northeast Document Conservation Center, A Short Guide To Film Base Photographic records: Identification, Care, and Duplication (rev. 2006)
• Gary Albright and Monique Fischer, Northeast Document Conservation Center, Care of Photographs (rev. 2006)

Digitization information

• Cornell University Library/ Research Department: Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial .
• Besser, Howard. Edited by Sally Hubbard and Deborah Lenert: Introduction to Imaging , Revised Edition.

Vendor list:
Please note that appearing on this list does not in any way endorse or recommend the use of these particular persons or companies .

• Archival Consultants
• Archival Supplies
• Conservation Services
  

Library Systems

New York State Library has an extensive set of resources to help historians, genealogists, and supports cooperative associations of autonomous public libraries spread throughout the state. Working together, they improve local library service for all residents of their areas by online ordering of books, providing statewide research facilities, supporting historical programs, etc. Their purpose is to serve the member libraries within their geographic areas, but they have web sites that also support historians, genealogists, and historical societies. Serving the Catskills:

• New York State Library , New York State Library Cultural Education Center, 310 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12230      518 474-5355. Search for historical or genealogical data bases.     Historical programs       Genealogical programs
• Four County Library Service , 304 Clubhouse Road, Vestal, New York 13850    607 723.8236. Serving Broome, Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego counties     Historical programs      Genealogical programs
• MidHudson Library System , 103 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601    845 471-6060. Serving the staff and trustees of public libraries in Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam, and Ulster Counties.      Historical programs       Genealogical programs
• Upper Hudson Library System, 28 Essex Street, Albany, NY 12206      518 437-9880
  Serving Albany and Rensselaer Counties.      Historical programs NICHE        Genealogical Programs

Preservation

• Heritage Preservation is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the cultural heritage of the United States. By identifying risks, developing innovative programs, and providing broad public access to expert advice, Heritage Preservation assists museums, libraries, archives, historic preservation, and other organizations, as well as individuals, in caring for our endangered heritage. 1012 14th St. NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 233-0800
          Heritage Preservation has a new publication (non-member regular price: $24.95, member regular price: $18.00). A team of top museum professionals, assembled by Heritage Preservation, provide practical advice and easy-to-use guidelines on how to polish silver and furniture without diminishing their value; how to preserve a wedding dress for future generations; the safest materials and procedures for creating a scrapbook that will last; how to care for a photograph album that is deteriorating; how to create safe display conditions for ceramics, dolls, quilts, or other treasured collections; and much more.