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Posted: December 6, 2022
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Lindenwald’s Amazing Historically Accurate Wallpaper (Monday, December 12)
Posted: October 3, 2022
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Forged by Fire: The Life and Legacy of Harry Howard (Thursday, November 10)
Posted: September 3, 2022
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Colonial New York as a Model for our Nation (Thursday, October 27)
Posted: August 14, 2022
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Hudson’s Urban Renewal 50 Years Later (Thursday, September 22, 6pm)
Posted: June 19, 2022
Adults, History Room, News, Programs, Services
Visit our History Room Website to See “What’s New at the History Room” this Summer
Posted: June 9, 2022
Adults, History Room, Programs
Banana Splitter: A Celebration of Local Stories (ice cream included!)
Posted: June 1, 2022
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Library and Leisler Institute Talk on Indigenous Slavery in Colonial New York and New Jersey (Thursday, June 9)
Posted: May 1, 2022
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Albany-Hudson Electric Trail Exhibition and Talk at the Library (Thursday, May 26)
Posted: May 1, 2022
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Author Talk on Slavery and Resistance in Dutch New York with Andrea Mosterman (Friday, May 20)
Posted: March 11, 2022
Adults, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
The Library and the Leisler Institute Talk on Slavery in New Netherlands (Thursday, April 28)
Posted: March 6, 2022
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
First Jewish Americans: Freedom and Culture in the New World
Posted: March 6, 2022
Adults, History Room, News, Programs, Young Adults
The City of Hudson & Its River: Discussion of Excerpts from the Library’s Oral History Collections
Posted: January 24, 2022
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
History of the Black Community in Hudson: A Discussion of the Black Legacy Association of Columbia County (BLACC) Collection
Posted: January 16, 2022
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Jacob Leisler: Fanatic or Martyr: a Library & Leisler Institute Talk
Posted: November 2, 2021
Adults, Friends, Fundraising, History Room, News, Programs
The Library’s History Room Shop at Basilica Hudson’s Farm & Flea
Posted: November 1, 2021
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Give the Gift of Hudson’s History & Our Library at Winter Walk
Posted: October 14, 2021
Adults, History Room, News, Programs, Videos
Watch Jewish Commercial and Communal Activities in Colonial New York on YouTube
Posted: October 9, 2021
Adults, History Room, News, Programs, Young Adults
Tales from Hudson’s Crypts: The Tour
Posted: August 12, 2021
Adults, History Room, News, Programs, Young Adults
Tony Kieraldo’s “Hudson Ragtime Piano Suite” Album Launch
Posted: August 11, 2021
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Leisler Institute Talk: Jewish Commercial Activities in Colonial New York
Posted: August 7, 2021
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Local History Talk: A Bronson Park Vision, for all in Hudson
Posted: June 5, 2021
Adults, History Room, News, Programs, Videos
Watch: The Mohicans’ Incorporation into the Iroquois League, 1671-1675
Posted: June 4, 2021
Adults, History Room, News, Programs, Young Adults
Local History Talk: The Mohicans’ Incorporation into the Iroquois League, 1671-1675
Posted: April 14, 2021
Adults, History Room, News, Programs, Young Adults
Library and Leisler Institute Collaboration: Colonial Hygiene
Posted: April 2, 2021
Adults, History Room, News, Programs, Young Adults
Teach Us: a Virtual Listening Party and Community Conversation about Education, Community, Care, and Covid
Posted: April 1, 2021
Adults, History Room, Programs, Videos
History Room On Zoom: The History of Shantytown
Posted: March 15, 2021
Adults, History Room, News, Programs, Young Adults
LIVE History Room on Zoom on Shantytown (The Furgary)
Posted: February 15, 2021
Adults, History Room, News, Programs, Young Adults
Virtual Talk on the History of the Underground Railroad in the Capital Region
Posted: January 15, 2021
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
The “Turkish Captivity” of Jacob Leisler and the Susannah
Posted: December 18, 2020
Adults, History Room, News, Programs, Videos
Watch: Virtual Talk on the History of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community
Posted: December 15, 2020
Adults, Children, History Room, News, Programs, Young Adults
Contribute to our Local History Archive
Posted: November 8, 2020
Adults, History Room, News, Programs, Young Adults
The Stockbridge-Munsee – Not the Last of the Mohicans: a Virtual History Talk
Posted: October 3, 2020
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Dance to the 80s on Zoom
Posted: September 16, 2020
Adults, History Room, Programs
History Room on Zoom: History of the US Census and 2020 Census with the Jacob Leisler Institute
Posted: August 23, 2020
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Tales from Hudson’s Crypts: The Tour with Kelley Drahushuk
Posted: August 22, 2020
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Virtual Local History Talk on the Purchase of Manhattan
Posted: May 12, 2020
Adults, History Room, Programs, Videos
History Room on Zoom: Rob Perry
Posted: April 28, 2020
History Room, News, Programs, Videos
History Room on Zoom: Ted Hilscher
Posted: April 21, 2020
Adults, History Room, News, Programs, Videos
History Room on Zoom: Kelley Drahushuk
Posted: April 9, 2020
Adults, History Room, Programs, Videos
Introducing the History Room on Zoom!
Posted: February 19, 2020
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Local History Talk on Oakdale Park
Posted: February 15, 2020
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RESCHEDULED: Local History Speakers Series Event
Posted: February 8, 2020
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Opening Reception: The History of the Census in Hudson
Posted: December 27, 2019
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Local History Talk on Colonial NY Censuses
Posted: November 30, 2019
Adults, Children, History Room, News, Programs
Hudson Area Library at Winter Walk!
Posted: November 25, 2019
Adults, History Room, Programs, Videos
Nonfiction Book Group discusses The Dust Bowl
Posted: October 9, 2019
Adults, Fundraising, History Room, News, Programs
Second Hudson History Bus Tour by Popular Demand!
Posted: September 9, 2019
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Tales from Hudson’s Crypts: The Tour with Kelley Drahushuk
Posted: September 1, 2019
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Local History Talk in Collaboration w/ Hudson Hall
Posted: August 25, 2019
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Local History Talk on Slavery in New York during the Colonial Era
Posted: July 15, 2019
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Ballroom Dance Classes at the Armory
Posted: July 1, 2019
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Oakdale Lake Picnic!
Posted: May 20, 2019
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Architectural Roots of New England Houses
Posted: April 26, 2019
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Spring Fling Swing Dance at the Armory!
Posted: April 2, 2019
Adults, Children, History Room, News, Programs, Young Adults
Library Story Time, Activities & Shop at Basilica’s Spring Farm & Flea
Posted: March 2, 2019
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Local History Talk on Gothic Revival House on Fairview Avenue
Posted: February 28, 2019
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Local History Talk: ‘Colonial New York’ and the World of Jacob Leisler
Posted: December 19, 2018
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Dr. Voorhees Discusses Women’s Role in the Leisler Rebellion
Posted: October 5, 2018
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Kelley Drahushuk Leads Cedar Park Cemetery Tour with New Additions!
Posted: October 1, 2018
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Lance Wheeler Discusses News & History
Posted: August 26, 2018
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Opening Reception: Wish You Were Here: A Look Back at Life in Hudson Through Vintage Postcards
Posted: August 1, 2018
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Ulysses Grant: An American Enigma by Elizabeth Diggs
Posted: July 26, 2018
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Oakdale Lake Picnic & Oakdale Past and Future Exhibition
Posted: July 1, 2018
Adults, Children, History Room, News, Programs
Family Field Trip to Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Posted: June 3, 2018
Adults, History Room, Programs
Odds Against Tomorrow: Screening & Discussion
Posted: May 15, 2018
Adults, History Room, Programs
Know Your Flag: History of the American Flag & Flag Day
Posted: May 15, 2018
Adults, History Room, Programs
Leisler Institute Presents a Library Local History Talk on Cookbooks as Historical Documents
Posted: April 19, 2018
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Robert Jenkins House & the DAR : Tour & Talk
Posted: April 2, 2018
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Local History Talk: The History and Work of Preserving the Jan Van Hoesen House
Posted: March 19, 2018
Adults, History Room, News, Programs
Celebrating the Life of Megan Carr-Wilks at Women’s History Event
Posted: March 16, 2018
Adults, History Room, Programs
The Library Partners with Leisler Institute & Gotham Center on Local History Talk on Native Americans
Posted: March 11, 2018
Adults, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
Local History Speaker Series: The General Worth Hotel: Hudson’s Second Grand Home
Posted: March 10, 2018
Adults, Fundraising, History Room, Programs
History Room & Friends of Hudson Area Library Book Sale!
Posted: February 8, 2018
Adults, History Room, Programs
Local History Speaker Series talk in Collaboration with the Leisler Institute
Posted: February 1, 2018
Adults, Children, History Room, Programs
Get Your Photo Taken With Your Former Self or a Relative in a Hudson High Yearbook!
Posted: January 15, 2018
Adults, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
Local History Speaker Series: The History of the Black Community in Hudson
Posted: December 6, 2017
Fundraising, History Room, Programs
A Holiday Gift Suggestion: A Local History Treasure!
Posted: November 28, 2017
History Room, News, Programs
Video Installation of the Hudson Photos of Djelloul Marbrook
Posted: November 20, 2017
Adults, Fundraising, History Room, Programs
History Room and Friends of Hudson Area Library Book Sale!
Posted: November 17, 2017
Adults, History Room, Programs
Local History Talk: The History of the Robert Jenkins House
Posted: October 27, 2017
Adults, History Room, Programs
Peter Cipkowski Speaks on Hudson’s Urban Renewal of the 1970s
Posted: September 19, 2017
Adults, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
Tales from Hudson’s Crypts: The Tour with Kelley Drahushuk
Posted: June 20, 2017
Adults, History Room, Programs
Housing Narratives
Posted: May 30, 2017
Adults, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
Remembering Stonewall
Posted: May 18, 2017
Adults, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
Abolition & Women’s Rights in Local History
Posted: April 26, 2017
Adults, History Room, Programs
Remembering Neefus Photography, A Local History Speaker Talk
Posted: April 10, 2017
Adults, History Room, Programs
At Ease: The Social Side of the Hudson Armory
Posted: March 9, 2017
Adults, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
Local History Talk on Suffrage Celebrates Women’s History Month
Posted: February 4, 2017
Adults, History Room, Programs
The Blue & the Gray: Early Potteries in and Around Hudson by Jon Meredith
Posted: January 22, 2017
History Room, News, Programs
Exhibition: Bridges Past and Present: Crossing the Hudson River
Posted: January 16, 2017
Adults, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
A Local History Talk: The Proprietors and their Lasting Influence on the City of Hudson by Carl G. Whitbeck, Jr.
Posted: January 4, 2017
History Room, Programs
Remembering South Front Street
Posted: November 15, 2016
Adults, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
The Hudson Residence of Charles Alger
Posted: October 21, 2016
Adults, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
Local History Speaker Series – Hudson’s Ukrainian Community
Posted: October 4, 2016
Adults, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
Local History Speaker Series – Raising the Dead: Tales from Hudson’s Crypts
Posted: August 27, 2016
Adults, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
Local History Speaker Series: Dr. Thomas Mounkhall on the Hudson River in a World History Context
Posted: August 17, 2016
History Room, Programs, Volunteers
Visit The Eleanor Restoration Exhibit at the History Room
Posted: May 20, 2016
Adults, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
Local History Speaker Series Welcomes Peter Jung
Posted: April 16, 2016
Adults, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
Local History Speaker Series presents: An Evening of Reminiscence
Posted: January 26, 2016
Adults, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
Civil Rights in the 60s – Participate in our “Show and Tell”
Posted: October 31, 2015
Adults, History Room, Programs
Local History Speaker Series Presents Brian Reid
Posted: October 17, 2015
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Local History Speaker Series Presents Bob Taylor
Posted: September 2, 2015
Adults, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
Local History Speaker Series Welcomes Arlene Levinson
Posted: July 28, 2015
Adults, Fundraising, History Room, Programs
Local Beer Meets Local History
Posted: June 13, 2015
Armory Project, History Room, News, Programs
Vintage Hudson Map Benefits New Library
Posted: May 22, 2015
History Room, News, Programs, Services
History Room Summer Hours
Posted: May 19, 2015
Adults, Fundraising, History Room, Programs
Local History Speaker Series Presents: John Paul Keeler
Posted: May 5, 2015
Adults, History Room, Programs
Local History Speaker Series Presents: Conrad Vispo
Posted: April 14, 2015
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Local History Speaker Series Presents: Peter Cipkowski
Posted: April 3, 2015
Adults, Children, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
History & Film Presentation: Rhythm Feet with Operation Unite
Posted: March 18, 2015
Adults, History Room, Programs
Local History Speaker Series Presents: Allison Guertin Marchese
Posted: February 17, 2015
Adults, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
History Room Committee’s Local History Speaker Series Presents: Peter Jung
Posted: February 9, 2015
Children, History Room, Programs
Black History Month and Valentine’s Day in the Children’s Room
Posted: January 30, 2015
Adults, History Room, Programs
Save the Date: February Local History Speaker Series features Art Smith
Posted: December 30, 2014
Adults, Fundraising, History Room, Programs, Young Adults
Local History Speaker Series presents Ted Filli
Posted: December 20, 2014
Fundraising, History Room, Programs
Lisa LaMonica book signing to benefit Library’s History Room
Posted: October 28, 2014
Adults, Fundraising, History Room, Programs
Local History Speaker Series: Ruth Piwonka
Posted: October 23, 2014
Adults, Fundraising, History Room, Programs
Becoming Incorrigible: The Girls of the Hudson Training School, 1921-1932 —A Project by Laura Rogers and Tobi Jacobi
Posted: September 10, 2014
Fundraising, History Room, Programs
Local History Speaker Series: Jon Meredith
Posted: July 11, 2014
Adults, Fundraising, History Room, Programs
Local History Speaker Series welcomes Dale Flansburg
Posted: May 21, 2014
Adults, Friends, Fundraising, History Room, Programs
Second Presentation in the Local History Speaker Series a Success
Posted: May 2, 2014
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May History Talk, Saturday May 17th
Posted: April 9, 2014
History Room, News, Programs
Local History Speaker Series Kicks Off With World History Perspective
Posted: March 15, 2014
Adults, Friends, History Room, News, Programs
Local History in a World History Perspective with Dr. Thomas Mounkhall, Sunday, March 30
Posted: February 11, 2014
Adults, Fundraising, History Room, News, Programs
Black History Beyond Bars: Community Readings and Conversation
Posted: October 15, 2013
Adults, Friends, Fundraising, History Room, Programs
Guest Speaker, A. DeForest to discuss “Collecting Rare Books, Prints and Manuscripts” on Saturday, October 26th
Posted: July 23, 2013
Adults, Fundraising, History Room, Programs
Community Stories: Free Oral History Workshops Wednesdays July 31 and August 7 from 5:30-8:30pm
Posted: October 29, 2012
Adults, Fundraising, History Room, Programs
“If These Photos Could Talk…” Sharing memories about the prison in Hudson, NY
Posted: February 17, 2012
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Celebrate Black History Through Stories and Art!
Posted: October 14, 2010
Adults, Children, Fundraising, History Room, Programs
History Room Reopening Event & ArtsWalk Kids
Posted: September 29, 2010
Fundraising, History Room, Programs