HRVH Digital Exhibits & Collaborative Collections

Welcome to the Hudson River Valley Heritage digital exhibits and collaborative collections. They contain digitized images from contributing organizations throughout the Hudson River Valley.

Click on the exhibit's name to view the exhibit.

			A Notion to Sew The inspiration for “A Notion to Sew” came out of a two year project to inventory the furnishings and household items of the Hasbrouck family at Locust Lawn, a sprawling farm complex featuring the Federal era house of Josiah Hasbrouck. This stately 1814 house later became the home of Levi and Hylah Hasbrouck and their five children. Using photographs, letters and other archival materials, this exhibit examines a group of talented and energetic women whose family history goes back to the earliest days of settlement in New Paltz and offers viewers a glimpse of their handiwork.

			Civil War Collection of James T. Thitchener James T. Thitchener, wrote a series of letters home during his brief period of service in the Civil War while under Company I. of the New York 124th Volunteers Regiment. He enlisted on August 16th 1862 and was mustered to position of Private on September 5th 1862 at the age of 25. He is known to have fought in the battle of Chancellorsville, and was maimed in the battle of Gettysburg, on July 2nd 1863, less than one year after enlisting. He survived his injuries, but died relatively young at the age of 36 on August 31st 1872.

			Education in a Valley Fair This exhibit explores the growth of education in the New Paltz area from the early Huguenot days through the twentieth century. It is a collaborate effort of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection at Elting Library, Historic Huguenot Street and the Sojourner Truth Library at the State University of New York at New Paltz, and is based on materials from their respective collections.

			Mary Ann Thorne Chadeayne Collection This collection contains photographs, genealogical information, letters, a signature album and images of quilts and other textiles, pertaining primarily to the family of Mary Ann Thorne Chadeayne .

			The Missing Chapter: Untold Stories of the African American Presence in the Mid-Hudson Valley This online exhibit contains images of historic documents and descriptive text concerning the African American presence in the Mid-Hudson Valley. Images include historic photographs, bills of sale, last wills of testament, estate inventories, runaway slave notices, court cases, slave laws, journals, ledgers, and correspondences.

			HRVH Atlas Collection This collection contains 19th and early 20th century historical atlases for several Hudson Valley counties, including Greene, Orange, Rockland and Sullivan. The collection also contains the Atlas of the Hudson River Valley from New York City to Troy published in 1891 by F.W. Beers. The maps in these atlases are in color and give a tremendous amount of detail about the villages, towns, cities and communities and counties in the late 1800's and early 1900's The landowners are represented on each map as well as landmarks such as churches, cemeteries, bodies of water, railroads, businesses, mountains, and schools. Several of the atlases also contain lithographs, statistical tables and business directories. The atlases in this collection are from several contributing organizations.