The Hudson Area Library History Room, in collaboration with the Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History, presents Spaces of Enslavement: A History of Slavery and Resistance in Dutch New York , an author talk by Andrea Mosterman. A Q & A will follow book discussion and reading by the author …
In collaboration with the Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History we present Reconsidering Slavery in 17th century New Netherland – What do We Know? What Can We Learn?, a talk by Dennis J. Maika Date/Time: Thursday, April 28, 6-7:30pm Location: Virtual via Zoom Registration: To register for the Zoom link …
This captivating story—explored in the New-York Historical Society’s past exhibition The First Jewish Americans: Freedom and Culture in the New World—is now available as a virtual presentation. Images featured in this presentation include archival documents, maps, ritual objects, rare portraits, and the 16th-century diary—lost for 80 years—of a Mexican Jewish man persecuted for his faith. …
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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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