The Hudson Area Library hosts an exhibition from its Local Historical Maps & Atlases collection on view March – April 2023. This collection of maps, made between 1740 and 2001, illustrates the ways our city has changed and stayed the same over part of its long history. This extensive collection was recently archived by Nina …
Exhibition: Historic Maps of Hudson (through April 30) Read More »
The History Room’s April collaboration with the Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History is a virtual talk by Kate Mulry. In the late seventeenth-century the English sought to bring political order to the empire through projects of environmental improvement. This talk explores why drainage orders were often among the first …
Columbia County was an important community for reform movements and the Underground Railroad in the 19th century. Numerous freedom seekers made their way to the region, knowing that support was available from abolitionists, both black and white. The Underground Railroad Education Center brings to the public the historically documented accounts of both freedom seekers and …
Anti-Slavery in Columbia County (Monday, February 20) Read More »
Join Culinary Historian Peter G. Rose for her talk on the History of Chocolate in the Hudson Valley. Ms. Rose will discuss the early trade by the Valley’s Dutch settlers in the 17th century and the subsequent manufacturing developments of chocolate through the 18th century into the late 19th century. There will be free samples …
Figure skating has changed dramatically in the last 100 years. The clothes, skates, ice surfaces, and various moves have become more acrobatic than 100 years ago. Figure skating was very popular among the wealthy women of the Gilded Age. Join Maria Reynolds, curator at Staatsburg State Park and an avid skater, to learn about the …
Ice Skating in the Gilded Age (Tuesday, January 24) Read More »
Lindenwald, Martin Van Buren’s historic home, is awash in amazing historically accurate wallpaper. Join Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Museum Specialist, Mike Wasko, to learn about how the park reproduced wallpaper using historical evidence, the reproduction of the wallpaper, and the result of the rooms being returned to their original state. Date/Time: Monday, December 12, 6pm – …
Lindenwald’s Amazing Historically Accurate Wallpaper (Monday, December 12) Read More »
Ed Moore has been chief of Hudson’s police department for nearly a decade. He’s a student of the department’s colorful history, including the New York State police raids in the 1950s that put an end to Hudson’s infamous red-light district. Chief Moore is working with others to build a memorial garden at police headquarters to …
NEW History Room on Zoom Interview w/ Hudson Police Chief Moore Read More »
The library, in collaboration with the FASNY Museum of Firefighting and the Greenport Historical Society, presents a lecture on FASNY’s current exhibit celebrating the 200th Birthday of Harry Howard, Chief of the New York City Volunteer Fire Department (1857-1860). Featuring artwork and documents, the exhibit recounts Harry’s life, accomplishments, philanthropy and legacy as it relates …
Forged by Fire: The Life and Legacy of Harry Howard (Thursday, November 10) Read More »
