Join us for a special History Room on Zoom focused on Hudson’s relation to its eponymous river. A selection of audio and video clips from our Hudson Area Library (HAL) and the Black Legacy Association of Columbia County (BLACC) Oral History Collections, both housed at the library and soon to be available online, will be …
The Fifth Annual Oakdale Plunge, which benefits the Hudson Fire Department Water Rescue & Dive Team and the Hudson Youth Department, was on Saturday, March 5 and our History Room represented! It was a balmy day but the water was 33 degrees F. That did not stop our intrepid team: Julia Black, Allan Chapin, Geoffrey …
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Join Library Director Emily Chameides, Senior Policy Advisor of Hudson Catskill Housing Coalition Quintin Cross, and founder/executive director of Black Entrepreneur Market, Tiffany Garriga, for an evening celebrating the launch of the website dedicated to the Black Legacy Association of Columbia County (BLACC) Collection. This collection of local oral histories, images, and documents from the …
Program Description: The library’s History Room in collaboration with the Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History presents Fanatic or Martyr: Jacob Leisler, a Window into an Age, a talk by Dr. David Voorhees. On May 16, 1691, Jacob Leisler, de facto governor of New York, was hung til half-dead then …
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Our History Room Shop will be at Basilica Hudson’s Farm & Flea 2021. Stop by and purchase unique gifts representing Hudson’s history! To see items for sale visit the Online Shop. For more information on Farm & Flea click here. All proceeds from History Room Shop sales benefit the History Room and its mission of …
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Before Hudson’s Winter Walk festivities begin on Saturday, December 4, the library will have a special one-day sale 3-5pm, Give the Gift of Hudson’s History, at the library. After purchasing unique items for your holiday shopping at the library head out to Warren Street, 5-8pm, as Winter Walk returns to its street festival format to …
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Local History Talk: Jewish Commercial and Communal Activities in Colonial New York by Noah GelfandWatch this video on YouTube Watch To Trade, Traffique, Buy & Sell as the Rest of the Inhabitants’: Jewish commercial and Communal Activities in Colonial New York by Dr. Noah Gelfand, the fourth installment of a series of virtual local history …
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Program Description: Kelley Drahushuk leads her annual tour of Cedar Park Cemetery for the 5th year- join us for 2021’s Tales from Hudson’s Crypts: The Tour. Date/Time: Sunday, October 24, 12-1:30pm (RAIN DATE: Saturday, October 30, 12-1:30pm). Registration: Email brenda.shufelt@hudsonarealibrary.org or call 518-828-1792 x106. Participation is limited to 18 participants and is on a first …
