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NOTE: The books on this list have been selected from the General and Local History collections at Macdonald DeWitt Library. Use Catalist, SUNY Ulster's Online Catalog to find the location of these and other books and periodicals in the library. Please click on the Information link above for information about obtaining access to LOCAL HISTORY AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.
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
~ HISTORIC SITES
Ulster County Historical Sites and Groups
NYS Historic Markers (Database)
Ulster County Points of Interest
~ DELAWARE & HUDSON CANAL
Wakefield, Manville B. Coal Boats to Tidewater; The Story of the Delaware & Hudson Canal. [South Fallsburg, N.Y., Printed by Steingart Associates, [1965] SPECIAL COLL. 386.48 W25
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
Le Roy, Edwin D. The Delaware and Hudson Canal, A History. [Honesdale, Pa.] Wayne County Historical Society, [1950] SPECIAL COLL. 386.48 L37
~ GEOLOGY
Connally, G. Gordon. The Geology of Central Ulster County : A Self-Guiding Auto Nature Tour. [S.l. : Projects in Imaginative Nature Education], [1967] SPECIAL COLL. 557.47 C66
Berkey, Charles P. Geology of the New York City (Catskill) Aqueduct; Studies in Applied Geology Covering Problems Encountered in Explorations Along the Line of the Aqueduct from the Catskill Mountains to New York City. Albany, University of the State of New York, [1911] SPECIAL COLL. 628.13 B37
Paleontology and Geology. Albany, NY: The University of the State of New York, [1942] SPECIAL COLL. 557 P25
Geology of New York. Albany, NY: Printed by Carroll & Cook, printers to the Assembly, [1842] SPECIAL COLL. 500.9 G36
VanDiver, Bradford B. Roadside Geology of New York. Missoula: Mountain Press Pub. Co., [1985] 557.47 V245r
New York State Geological Association. Meeting. Guidebook. New York: The Association, [1967] SPECIAL COLL. 557.47 N532 1967
Johnsen, John H. The Hudson River Guide : A Geological and Historical Guide to the Lower and Mid-Hudson Valley Region, As Viewed from the River. Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: Vassar College, [1976] 917.473 J64
~ 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
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
~ PRISONS
Lewis, W. David. From Newgate to Dannemora; The Rise of the Penitentiary in New York, 1796-1848. Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press [1965] 364.709 L39
New York Correction History Society
~ RAILROADS.
Best, Gerald M. The Ulster and Delaware; Railroad Through the Catskills. San Marino, Calif., Golden West Books [1972] 385.097 B38
Helmer, William F. O. & W.; The Long Life and Slow Death of the New York, Ontario & Western Railway. Berkeley, Calif., Howell-North, [1959] 385.097 H35
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
Krause, John. The Final Years : New York, Ontario & Western Ry. Fredon, N.J.: Carstens Publications, [1977] SPECIAL COLL. 385.097 K72
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
Wakefield, Manville B. To the Mountains by Rail; People, Events and Tragedies ... the New York, Ontario and Western Railway and the Famous Sullivan County Resorts. [Grahamsville, N.Y., Wakefair Press] [1970] OVERSIZE 385.0974 W25
~ RESERVOIRS AND AQUEDUCTS
Catskill-NYC Watershed Educators' Network
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
Weidner, Charles H. Water for a City; A History of New York City's Problem from the Beginning to the Delaware River System. New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press [1974] SPECIAL COLL. 628.1 W34
~ 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
~ RIVERS AND STREAMS
Capossela, Jim. Good Fishing in the Catskills : From the Waters of the Capital District to the Delaware River. 2nd ed., rev. & expanded. Woodstock, Vt: Backcountry Publications, [1992] 799.11 C246 1992
Francis, Austin M. Catskill Rivers : Birthplace of American Fly. Piscataway, NJ: Winchester Press, [1983] 799.175 F818 Punola, John A. Guide to Catskill trout. 3d ed. Madison, N.J.: Pathfinder Publications, [1981] 799.175 P984, 1981
Van Put, Ed. The Beaverkill : The History of a River and its People. New York: Lyons & Burford, [1996] 799.175 V273
WorldCat is a database you can use to locate books not in Ulster's collection.
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections is a database you can use to locate unpublished research materials.
~ NATIVE AMERICANS
Trelease, Allen W. Indian Affairs in Colonial New York: The Seventeenth Century. Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press [1960] 970.447 T73
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
~ 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
The Underground Railway in New York
New York State Historical 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
Ulster County Information Services - Parcel Viewer
PERIODICALS IN THE LIBRARY COLLECTION
The Accordian. 1987-current.
Hudson Valley. 1983-current.
The Hudson Valley Black Press. current 12 months.
Kingston [Daily] Freeman. 1936-1952 and current.
News from Hudsonia. 1987 to current.
Olde Ulster: an historical and genealogical magazine.
1905-1914.
Pine Hill Sentinel. 1885-1917
Proceedings of the Ulster County Historical Society.
1931-1958.
Times Herald Record. (Middletown, N.Y.) current 2 months.
Ulster County Press. Mar. 12, 1937 – Feb. 4, 1938.
Use Catalist, SUNY Ulster's Online Catalog to find format and location in the library.
~ FINDING LOCAL HISTORY IN OTHER LIBRARIES
Library of Congress: American Memory
National Archives and Records Administration
NICHE (Networking Information and Collected History Electronically)
~ LOCAL HISTORY ON OTHER WEB SITES
Hudson Valley Internet: Ulster County
Ulster County Chamber of Commerce
Ulster County Clerk's Office Archives
Ulster County Genealogical Society
Ulster County Historical Society & Bevier House Museum
OTHER SUNY ULSTER SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
~ LOCAL AUTHORS
The Library collects books written by SUNY Ulster faculty
and alumni and other local authors. Use Catalist,
SUNY Ulster'sOnline Catalog to find the location of
these and other books in the library.
~ THE HENRY BLOCH COLLECTION
A collection of programs, scrapbooks, clippings and other
memorabilia of the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra 1980 - 1991
and the Overlook Lyric Theater 1992 - 1997.
~ THE HERRICK COLLECTION
A small collection of books, a photo album and other material,
including letters, tapes and memoribilia, were donated to
the library by puppeteer, Ron Herrick. These are shelved in
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. To view an excerpt of the transcript
of one of the tapes, and some photos of the puppets used in Jack and the Beanstalk, click here.
~ THE MERRITT COLLECTION
A collection of books, journal and other material were donated to the library by the Merritt
Family. These are shelved in SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.
~ THE ROSS COLLECTION
Scripts of all her plays were donated to the library by Ulster
County playwright, Andre Moul Ross. .These are shelved in
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.
~ The ULSTER COUNTY BICENTENNIAL QUILT
To celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial and honor their
county, one of the ten original counties of New York State,
forty-two Ulster County women designed and made this appliquéd
quilt.
Each woman created a 12-inch block and participated in the
quilting. The quilt is on display in it's own custom designed
case in the lobby of the Macdonald DeWitt Library, Ulster
County Community College, Stone Ridge, New York.
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