Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Dutchess County Historical Society ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://dchsny.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Pages - [](https://dchsny.org/) - Welcome to the Dutchess County Historical Society! Research tools: CollectionsItem Locator / Finding Aid LibrariesBook Locator PhotographsImage Locator DCHS Programs, Exhibitions, Publications: Our ProgramsDiscover Our ExhibitionsExperience Our PublicationsLearn more Why Your Membership Matters: Preserving Our Past, Shaping Our FutureJoin Dutchess County Historical Society’s largest and most engaged community. Your membership directly supports preservation, education, and - [African Heritage Studies Dutchess County](https://dchsny.org/topics-african-heritage/) - Walter M. Patrice Online Library Many men and women of color have contributed richly to the history of our county, and to the Dutchess County Historical Society as an organization. Among them was Walter Patrice. He gave DCHS its foundational collection on Black History, relating to the AME Zion Church on Smith Street, Poughkeepsie. His - [Saturday, June 3rd 2023](https://dchsny.org/june3/) - Saturday, June 3rdDHCS 2023 Historic Preservation & Awards CelebrationCollins Estate, Union Vale Was a Success Thank you! We maintain this space simply as a record of the event. Thank you to our event sponsors! Adams Fairacre Farms Hudson Views Wayne & Brigid Nussbickel AAR Auctions CR Properties Jim & Margaret Nelson Dear DCHS members, supporters - [To the Dutchess Business Community](https://dchsny.org/business-community/) - To the Dutchess County Business Community, As someone who has been involved in the business community of Dutchess County for many years, and knows that our local history is a distinguishing and valuable asset, I am pleased to be in a position in my role as President of the Dutchess County Historical Society to help - [New Home](https://dchsny.org/new-home/) - [Hudson River Connections](https://dchsny.org/connections/) - For those who would like to RSVP to the invitation-only October 20 gatherings celebration, please email executive director Bill Jeffway or leave a voicemail at 845-293-7711. - [On the 100th Anniversary at Troutbeck](https://dchsny.org/see-and-touch/) - "The Things We Can See and Touch Awaken the Imagination..." Lewis Mumford’s Century-Old Advocacy for Local History Rings Truer Than Ever By Bill Jeffway A version of this article appears in the September 9, 2026 issue of the Northern/Southern Dutchess News / Beacon Free Press. Addressing the topic, “The Value of Local History,” Lewis Mumford - [Navigating Wealth & Poverty](https://dchsny.org/navigating/) - Click Here to Access Other Black History Resources This article ran in advance of the program in the Northern/Southern Dutchess News as a program overview. From its inception, the Dutchess County economy has been at the crossroads of great economic currents. From the earliest times of Dutch settlement it has operated in the economic realms - [Yearbook Submissions](https://dchsny.org/yb-submissions/) - The Dutchess County Historical SocietyDCHS Yearbook Submission Guidelines (August 2026) DCHS 2026 Yearbook Deadlines Window: September 1 to October 31Each author should negotiate their own specific deadline within that window The Dutchess County Historical Society Yearbook (ISSN 0739-8565) is unique in that no other organization in New York State has continuously published a historical journal - [Revolutionary Dutchess: Banners](https://dchsny.org/rev250-banners/) - Currently on exhibition at the FDR Presidential Library & Museum's Wallace Welcome Center. DCHS is pleased to be able to offer for short term loan a set of six retractable, portable banners celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. They have detailed educational content which we hope will both inspire viewers - [About](https://dchsny.org/about-dchs/) - The Dutchess County Historical Society (DCHS) preserves a wide range of archival materials—including photographs, manuscripts, maps, and rare documents—to support research into the people, places, and events that have shaped Dutchess County. Whether you’re exploring local history, a historic property, or a community organization, our collections may offer valuable insight. To assist you more effectively, - [Finding Photos Pou Main](https://dchsny.org/finding-photos-pou-main/) - This is a sample pilot of our new search tool for photographs. - [Finding MDMB PC](https://dchsny.org/finding-mdmb-pc/) - [Finding Photos VanVlack](https://dchsny.org/finding-photos-vanvlack/) - [DCHS Member Benefits](https://dchsny.org/6282-2/) - Jump to: Maps Maps These maps are organized by town as follows:Starting at northwest corner (Red Hook/Rhinebeck) then east;Hyde Park then east;Poughkeepsie then east;Fishkill (Beacon) then east. 1850 Gillette 1858 Gillette 1867 Beers 1876 Gray Davis In development / incomplete 18th Century 19th Century - [Historical Archive and Research Assistance](https://dchsny.org/ask/) - Important: Since we rely heavily on volunteers, please let us know in advance to confirm availability and clarify your needs by clicking on the button below. If you or someone you know would willing to spend some volunteer hours onsite helping the public, please let us know. Tell us what you are looking for, click here SUN - [Finding VanVlack](https://dchsny.org/finding-vanvlack/) - [Clowes Collection](https://dchsny.org/clowes-collection/) - [Photo Finding](https://dchsny.org/photo-finding/) - [Finding Aids](https://dchsny.org/finding-aids/) - Search DCHS Collections Here Enter a search term or browse each collection organized alphabetically by Collection name below. - [Finding Aids 2](https://dchsny.org/finding-aids-2/) - [Jane Bolin Day](https://dchsny.org/ddp-2026-0422/) - [Help me find It!](https://dchsny.org/findit/) - [Book Locator: Kelly Genealogical Library](https://dchsny.org/tools-kgl-locator/) - Arthur and Nancy Kelly founded Kinship publishing and together worked in a lifetime of service in municipal and non-profit roles. They have entrusted the stewardship of their library to DCHS for which we are both grateful and humbled. - [DCHS Libraries](https://dchsny.org/topic-dchs-libraries/) - DCHS is home to two significant libraries at its Rhinebeck offices, the Butts Research Library and the Arthur & Nancy Kelly Library with a genealogical orientation. The Dr. Franklin R. Butts Research Library Click for Butts Research Library Book Locator Arthur & Nancy Kelly Library Click for Kelly Genealogical Library Book Locator - [Book Locator: The Dr. Franklin R. Butts Research Library](https://dchsny.org/tools-brl-locator/) - [First Amendment](https://dchsny.org/first-amendment/) - Graduate UPenn, Harvard Law SchoolOfficial New York Court HistorianJudicial fellow, NYU Law SchoolWith law firm Mackey, Catania, and WhalenWife Julia, Daughter Betsy. The Dutchess County Historical Society is particularly grateful to Judge Rosenblatt, who, for over a half century, as been a deeply committed advocate for the better understand of the US Constitution, its value, - [2026 11 11](https://dchsny.org/2026-11-11/) - Why November 11th? What can we learn by looking past the and beyond World War Two? ScreenshotScreenshotScreenshotScreenshotScreenshot Veterans Day 2026 November 11, 20265:00 to 6:30 pmUpstate Films Rhinebeck - [Milan "Rev250"](https://dchsny.org/2026-0628/) - Join us in celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of our country! Local Journeys Toward the American Promise:Liberty & Justice in Northern Dutchess 1676–1876 The Pursuit of Happiness Before, During and After the American Revolution in the area we today call Milan (founded in 1818 from the larger town of North East). Journeys affected - [2026 Awards](https://dchsny.org/2026-0531/) - DCHS Historic Preservation & Awards Celebration May 31, 2026 Congratulations to 2026 Awardees & our sponsors and supporters for such a successful event! The DCHS Historic Preservation Award.Bob Chiulli, The Brinckerhoff Inn. Bob Chuili was part of the transformation and revitalization of the City of Beacon. Over the years, Bob converted had converted many old - [AME Zion Church Poughkeepsie](https://dchsny.org/amezion/) - The Historic Smith Metropolitan AME Zion Church Poughkeepsie From the DCHS Walter M. Patrice Collection The donor of this collection is Walter M. Patrice (1919-2018) of Poughkeepsie. Mr. Patrice served as First Lieutenant 389th Engineer General Service Regiment in Europe in WW2. He is a prior winner of the DCHS Dutchess Prize for outstanding service - [DCHS Annual Membership Meeting](https://dchsny.org/2026-0426/) - DCHS Annual Membership MeetingOpen to allSunday, April 26, 20262:00 to 4:00 pmDoors open at 1:30No RSVP required Program. Exhibitions. Light refreshments. Wallace Welcome Center, FDR Presidential Library & MuseumClick here for directions 2:00 WelcomeWayne Nussbickel, DCHS Board PresidentTreasurer's Report, Jack Cina, TreasurerMember Voting For Trustees, Officers, BylawsJim Nelson, Nominating Chair The Value of the Long - [Revolutionary Dutchess](https://dchsny.org/yb-2025/) - Crossroads of the American Revolution BEST VIEW: CLICK HERE TO OPEN NEW WINDOW Click full screen icon found at the bottom right for best viewing. Press escape to return to this page. The 2025 Dutchess County Historical Society Yearbook (vol. 104) recognizes the central role that Dutchess County played in the American Revolution, and the - [FDR Award](https://dchsny.org/awards-fdr/) - The Franklin D. Roosevelt Award honors an individual early in their career showing great interest, scholarship and enthusiasm for local history. Prior Awardees: 2025: Aidan Chisamore 2018: Justin Kemp Back to Awards Homepage - [Archived Programs](https://dchsny.org/our-programs/) - Access Virtual Event Space Here Virtual Event Space - [Rev250](https://dchsny.org/rev250/) - [Choose a Topic](https://dchsny.org/topics-index/) - America's 250th in Dutchess County Launched by celebrating the 250th anniversary of the December 16, 1773 of the Boston Tea Party (Dec. of 2023), we look at what's happening (and happened) locally. View Lafayette's Local Visit: 200 Years Later What can we learn from Rev. War General Lafayette on the 200th anniversary of his late-in-life - ["Rev250" Programs](https://dchsny.org/rev250-county-programs/) - [Jane Bolin](https://dchsny.org/jane-bolin/) - [Yearbooks 1991 to Present](https://dchsny.org/yb-1991-present/) - 1914 to 1940 1941 to 1965 1966 to 1990 1991 to 2023 Search for articles, authors, topics v 076 1991 v 077 1992 v 078 1993 v 079 1994 v 080 1995/96 v 081 1997/98 v 082 1999/2000 v 083 2001/02 v 084 2003/04 v 085 2005/06 v 086 2007 v 087 2008 v 088 - [Hyde Park's New Guinea Community](https://dchsny.org/newguinea/) - Town Hall Workshop March 9, 2026 "I have worked at archaeological sites throughout the State. This is a remarkable resource. There is almost nothing like this in New York. The data is overwhelming, it is remarkable." Matthew Kirk, M.A., RPA, Principal Investigator / Vice President, Hartgen Archaeological Associates. - [FDR Local Political Support](https://dchsny.org/fdr-local-political-support/) - Above: A Democrat had not won the local NY State Senate seat in decades, many thought FDR did not have a chance of winning. He was helped by a broader Democratic sweep as the Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle reveals. - [Band of Locals](https://dchsny.org/band-of-locals/) - No mission too big. No detail too small. Band of LocalsFDR & friends: origins of the Dutchess County Historical Society This exhibition looks at the handful of Dutchess County friends, among them, FDR, whose lifetime interest in local history was wide-ranging and comprehensive. We look at some of the missions they undertook, and their collective - [Band of Locals](https://dchsny.org/band-of-locals-2/) - [Ways to Join & Support](https://dchsny.org/secure-pay/) - Enroll in free monthly enewsletter Newsworthy To enroll in monthly Newsworthy click the button and find "create an account" at the bottom which will prompt you to provide relevant information. Become a Member Join Dutchess County Historical Society’s largest and most engaged community. Your membership directly supports preservation, education, and access to local history—ensuring our - [Business of Historic Distinction Award](https://dchsny.org/bhd2022/) - For a business that demonstrates the long-standing tradition of service and commitment to local residents Prior Winners: Adams Fairacre Farms ~ Central Hudson ~ Children’s Home ~ EFCO ~ Marshall & Sterling ~ McCabe & Mack LLP ~ N&S Supply ~ Page Park Associates ~ Poughkeepsie Journal ~ Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery ~ Rhinebeck Bank ~ - [Early Research & Archaeology](https://dchsny.org/new-guinea-hyde-park/) - This page is hosted and curated by the Dutchess County Historical Society in support of the work the Town of Hyde Park is doing to raise the profile and understanding of the men, women and children of the New Guinea community. ~ Bill Jeffway, Executive Director. First Profiled by DCHS in 1939 & 1941 The - [The Role of Plant Life](https://dchsny.org/plant-life/) - For educational use, no republication without permission. - [1776 to 1876: Elusive Promise](https://dchsny.org/2026-0226/) - 1776 to 1876:The Long Journey of African Americans & the Elusive Promise of Equality Through the lens of the eyes of Dutchess County Men, Women & Children of Color in America's first century This presentation was given on Thursday, February 26 at 7:00 pm by Zoom Bill Jeffway, Executive Director of the Dutchess County Historical Society and - [Black History Video Playlist](https://dchsny.org/black-history-video-playlist/) - [Caroline Clowes & the City of Schools: How Poughkeepsie Nurtured an Artist](https://dchsny.org/fertile-ground-city/) - With Bill Jeffway & Melodye Moore This program is part of the exhibition, Fertile Ground: the Hudson Valley Animal Paintings of Caroline Clowes. Below: Click on Watch on YouTube to open a new window & to view full screen. Click on the red play button in the middle to view within existing window. The generous - [Occasional Publications](https://dchsny.org/our-publications/) - Our most recent publications Vol. XI & Vol. XII Vol. XI. Fertile Ground can be viewed online here. Purchase printed copies via Amazon. BUY PRINTED COPIES Vol. XII. Silent Sentinels of Local Black Histor Speak: Beyond the Surface of the Rhinebeck P.O. Murals can be viewed online here. Purchase printed copies via Amazon. BUY PRINTED - [Annual Awards](https://dchsny.org/awards/) - Each year the Dutchess County Historical Society offers awards that recognize and encourage best practices in local history. The Historic Preservation Award honors the individual, group, or organization that represents the best practices of historic preservation. The Helen Wilkinson Reynolds Award goes to an individual who has demonstrated a commitment to the "necessary and accurate - [Rev250 Journeys](https://dchsny.org/rev250-journeys/) - [Working-class Journeys](https://dchsny.org/rev250-workingclass/) - 1776: The Launch of Journeys of the Working Class A version of this article ran in the January 14, 2026 issue of the Northern and Southern Dutchess News / Beacon Free Press. By Bill Jeffway The July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence announced the creation of a nation based on a radical premise at the - [Indigenous Voices](https://dchsny.org/rev250-indigenous/) - Contemporary conversations For additions or amendments please email DCHS Executive Director, Bill Jeffway. Click above: Christian Ayne Crouch, principal investigator of Rethinking Place and director of the Center for Indigenous Studies at Bard College notes, “the generosity and wisdom of individuals who have long engaged in the hard work of nurturing and defending the flora - [DeMott Brown Photos](https://dchsny.org/findit-demott-brown/) - [Little Nine Partners](https://dchsny.org/lnp-online-resources/) - Online Resources This page offers resources for the study of the area known as the Little Nine Partners Patent, sometimes the Upper Nine Partners Patent. More detail by town can be found by clicking below: - [LNP Milan](https://dchsny.org/lnp-milan/) - [LNP Pine Plains](https://dchsny.org/lnp-pine-plains/) - [Van Vlack Collection: WW1](https://dchsny.org/find-vanvlack-ww1/) - This section is incomplete and under construction, part of a major relaunch of all our finding aids to be more searchable and accessible to the public. Context for the Van Vlack photos can be had by viewing (below left) the ten portable banners that tell the larger story. And (bottom right) the extraordinary last letter - [Photos Poughkeepsie Main Street](https://dchsny.org/find-pou-main/) - This section is incomplete and under construction, part of a major relaunch of all our finding aids to be more searchable and accessible to the public. - [Learning](https://dchsny.org/learning/) - This page is under construction and is the future home of a range of tools to support educators. Stay tuned! - [American Journeys: Lafayette](https://dchsny.org/edu-lafayette-journeys/) - Educational Guide: Or click using full screen icon below: - [Yearbook Encore Edition 2025](https://dchsny.org/ybee-2025-rev250/) - Contents Foreword by Bill Jeffway Introduction by Willaim P. Tatum III, Ph.D., Dutchess County Historian Bartholomew Crannell a Twentieth Century Plea for Anglo-American Good Will by Helen Wilkinson Reynolds Dutchess County Men of the Revolutionary Period: John Jay by J. Wilson Poucher Dedication of Monument, Chambly, P.Q. (Province of Quebec) by Mrs. Theodore de Laporte - [Red Hook Village Center](https://dchsny.org/hardscrabble/) - This is the online version of a traditional exhibition called You are here! that was designed to be viewed onsite at Red Hook Village Hall, the geographic location of the original Hardscrabble, on September 18, 2021, Hardscrabble Day. References in the text that reflect the assumption that the viewer is in that location. You Are Here! focuses on the history - ["On the run!"](https://dchsny.org/spirits-emergency/) - You are currently standing next to the Rhinebeck Fire Department. This site serves as an impressive reminder to those who bravely took up the call to serve our community. First organized in 1834, the Rhinebeck Fire Department consisted of two companies, H. S. Kipp Hose and the Relief Hook and Ladder. Over time, the department - ["Are you feeling ok?"](https://dchsny.org/spirits-health/) - Rhinebeck Village has long been an established commercial and population center. Residents living here in the 18th and early 19th centuries may have been all too familiar with the sight of a team of horses pulling along a wagon advertising strange new forms of medicine. These traveling merchants, also known as “quacks,” moved from place - ["Local becomes national!'](https://dchsny.org/spirits-local-national/) - Although known around the world as the only US President to win four terms in the White House, and the global leader of the free world during World War Two, nothing kept Hyde Park's Franklin Roosevelt from involving himself in the teaching and appreciation of local history. He and his wife Eleanore would be thrilled - ["How we got from "a" to "b!"](https://dchsny.org/spirits-here-to-there/) - The intersection. - ["Welcome!"](https://dchsny.org/spirits-welcome/) - Rhinbeck is known for its big river estates, but we invite you to meet the everday people of Rhinebeck who you would have found at the village center as they went about their business. The image of the woman holding a broom was taken on Oak Street, a short but important street where many people - [Spirits Stepup!](https://dchsny.org/spirits-stepup/) - P - ["Hallowed gothic!"](https://dchsny.org/spirits-recreation/) - Our busy and active Rhinebeck athletes and passers-by ask you to stop to consider this exemplary style of “Gothic” architecture. And consider why Halloween is so associated with Gothic architecture... The Delamater House is considered one of the finest examples of Gothic Architecture by the leading architect of the period, Andrew Jackson Davis. Forst of - ["We were all patriots!"](https://dchsny.org/spirits-patriots/) - Rhinebeck has been home to patriots since its inception. Among its most famous patriots of the Revolutionary War are General Richard Montgomery and Chancellor Robert Livingston at They introduce us to the sacred space of the the cemetery of the Dutch Reformed Church which was recently honored with a sign from the Pomeroy Foundation. The - [Auction 2025](https://dchsny.org/auction-2025/) - We are thrilled with the first stage of our fifth annual online auction, our single largest source of fundraising. Thanks to the generous contributions of members, businesses, supporters and friends, we have collected 85 items of unique character. We want to also recognize the generosity of AAR auctions who continue to offer the platform, and share any buyers - ["The opportunity was bliss!"](https://dchsny.org/spirits-culture/) - Among DCHS Collections are the 1938 reminiscences of Mary Elvina King Weber, who was 87 years old at the time she offered these thoughts. She recalls, “The building of the Starr Institute, by Mrs. Starr Miller, was the great event of my childhood, and the opportunity of securing books to read, as many as I - ["Oh what a ball!"](https://dchsny.org/spirits-ball/) - The Gilded Age was, of course, all about aspiration and exclusion. On February 16th 1892, the New York Times published the official, if infamous, “list of 400” who were identified to be of high social standing. The authors and collaborators were the social arbiter Ward McAllister and Mrs. John Jacob Astor. A good number of - ["We are proud of our violets!"](https://dchsny.org/spirits-violets/) - [Halloween 2025](https://dchsny.org/halloween-2025/) - This Halloween, Montrose4 Studio and the Dutchess County Historical Society have partnered to bring local history to life (or across the veil in this case) through an exploratory digital project. Through “augmented reality” spirits can be “met” throughout the village of Rhinebeck at, and acting within, certain specific sites. There are ten such sites in - [Wildey of Milan](https://dchsny.org/wildey-milan/) - DCHS is grateful to Debra Lynn Wiley's extraordinary documentation of "The Wildey Day Book, Milan, Dutchess County, NY 1803 to 1819." We use the "Issuu" platform for online books and booklets. For best viewing, please click on full screen icon at bottom right of image. You can then advance pages with the arrows left and - [New in Collections: Rare](https://dchsny.org/secure-montgomery/) - December 31st is the 250th anniversary of the death of General Montgomery, a fitting local start to Rev250 (the 250th anniversary of the 1776 American Revolution in 2026) reflecting the high ambition, and high cost, of our American Revolution. The Dutchess County Historical Society continues to have a healthy flow of collections gifts for perpetual care. - [Ward Family Collection (1)](https://dchsny.org/cfa-ward-family/) - Ward Family Photograph Collection (part 1) Repository Dutchess County Historical Society Accession Number DC.1981.36 Processed by Finding Aid Author: Grant M. Barnhart, 2015 Arranged by: Grant Barnhart Described by: Dorothy Ward Date Completed 2015, November 12 Creators Dorothy Ward Extent 0.25 cubic feet Dates Bulk: 1898 - 1905 Conditions Governing Access No Restrictions Languages English - [Rhinebeck Section E](https://dchsny.org/e/) - Early segregation in Rhinebeck is reflected on Oak Street, a one thousand foot side street near the village center where small lots were initially sold (1830s to 1850) to Blacks. Similarly, in death, Section E of the Rhinebeck cemetery was created in 1853 for "persons of color." For best viewing click below to open new - [E Award](https://dchsny.org/e-award/) - US Hoffman Among Local Industries Receiving the Coveted "E Award" in WW2 By Miles Jenkins A version of this article appeared in the August 13 issue of the Northern/Southern Dutchess News We must be the great arsenal of democracy. For us this is an emergency as serious as war itself,” declared President Franklin D. Roosevelt, - [Historic Preservation Award](https://dchsny.org/awards-hp/) - The Historic Preservation Award honors the individual, group, or organization that represents the best practices of historic preservation. Prior Awardees: 2025: Dick Lahey and his collection of carriages and accessories 2024: The Hill Family at Locust Grove 2023: Castella family at the Collins Estate Back to Awards Homepage - [DCHS Collections Finding Aids](https://dchsny.org/tools-collections-finding-aids/) - View an early finding aid Alphabetical List of DCHS Collections A ABBATT: Robert Abbatt PapersADRIANCE: John E. Adriance PapersALLEN: Lewis Allen CollectionARNOLD: Joseph Arnold PapersAVERILL: Walter Averill Collection B Bassett Family CollectionBostwick, Charles Edward PapersBowdoin Park CollectionBRAMAN CollectionBrill Family PapersBRINCKERHOFF: Theodore Brinckerhoff PapersBuck, Clifford CollectionBUDD CollectionButts, Franklin K. Collection C Cary, Mary Flagler PapersCaverly, Ludington - [General Montgomery](https://dchsny.org/montgomery-boden/) - Above: the first home of General and Janet (Livingston) Montgomery was relocated from its original site at 88 Montgomery Street to Livingston Street in 1859 and is home to the Chancellor Livingston Chapter of the NSDAR. Photographs taken by DCHS's Margaret DeMott Brown of Montgomery Place in 1927. Published in the 1929 DCHS Yearbook. - [Special Recognition Award](https://dchsny.org/awards-sra/) - The Award of Special Recognition honors anyone or any organization that has made profound and lasting contributions to local history over a lifetime. Prior Awardees: 2018: Walter Patrice Back to Awards Homepage - [Excellence in Education](https://dchsny.org/awards-emh/) - Honors teachers at Dutchess County middle or high schools who bring innovation and creativity to impart a love and appreciation of local history. Prior Awardees: 2024:Jeff Ubrin, Education Specialist, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum, National Archives & Records Administration. 2022:Henry Frischknecht, Bulkeley Middle School, Rhinebeck 2021:Neil Murray, Pine Plains Central School District Back to - [June 1, 2025](https://dchsny.org/2025june01/) - 2025 Historic Preservation & Awards CelebrationSunday, June 1 DCHS has a long tradition of spotlighting people and organizations that inspire local history best practices. Here are some of 2025's awards and recipients: 2025 Historic Preservation Award Recipient It is a great pleasure to honor Mr. Dick Lahey as the recipient of this year's prestigious Historic - [The Dutchess Award](https://dchsny.org/awards-tda/) - This award honors exceptional contributions to the Dutchess County community and beyond in the areas of preservation, history, and/or education. Prior Awardees Ralph & Doris Adams ~ J. Winthrop Aldrich ~ Myra Young Armstead ~ Barbara & Robert Bielenberg ~ D. David Conklin ~ Elizabeth A. Daniels ~ Frank Doherty ~ Edward E. Downey ~ - [Civil War Highlights](https://dchsny.org/topics-civil-war/) - Above: early assembly of men volunteering for service in Poughkeepsie in 1861 when the war commenced. The Civil War is a topic that holds a great deal of interest among many people. Although, with the exception of the battle at Gettysburg, much of the fighting took place in the U.S. south, two percent of the - [DCHS Black History Publications](https://dchsny.org/ybee-black-history/) - DCHS Yearbook Encore Edition: Articles Related to Black History Click bottom right full screen icon for best viewing: Lessons from Rhinebeck Post Office Murals Click bottom right full screen icon for best viewing: A Revision of Black History: Enslaved Burial Ground Click bottom right full screen icon for best viewing: Fact, Fiction or Folklore? Click - [Rhinebeck Fire Department](https://dchsny.org/rhinebeck-fire/) - This is an experimental and exploratory page related to the History of the Rhinebeck Fire Department Type your search term here and the list will be generated automatically: For best viewing, click on full screen icon bottom right below: - [DCHS Collections: Documents of Enslavement](https://dchsny.org/enslavement-collections/) - Powerful Personal Stories Focusing on numbers can divert our attention away from the personal, powerful stories of endurance and achievement. These items from DCHS Collections reveal how the legal system imposed a legal definition on men, women and children declaring them as legal property. Typical "Bill of Sale"LEARN MORE A woman named Rachel is “sold” - ["Sale" of Susan](https://dchsny.org/klum-montgomery/) - November 15, 1808, Rhinebeck's Janet Montgomery purchases a 14-year old girl named Susan from John Klum. Source: Princeton University Library. - [Slave Ads](https://dchsny.org/slave-ads/) - [Medical Treatment of Enslaved "Jack"](https://dchsny.org/enslaved-doctor-treatment/) - Gilder Lehrman Documents Related to Locsl Enslavement June 30, 1783 Rhinebeck's renowned medical doctor Ananias Cooper, writes to Robert Livingston at Livingston Manor about the condition of his enslaved man "Jack" - [Member Access](https://dchsny.org/member-access-2/) - Click here to access member portal & benefits What are DCHS member benefits? A constantly updated, dynamic experience accessible through an online portal using your email address and a password of your choice. There is just one link for both registration and ongoing access: By clicking on Access Member Benefits, the portal will give you - [Bill of Sale: Dick](https://dchsny.org/bill-of-sale-dick/) - DCHS Collections Documents of Enslavement A Fishkill man named Dick is sold by James Slight to Thomas Parker October 30, 1801 Witnessed by John Beckwith. - [Yearbook v103 2024](https://dchsny.org/yb-2024/) - Click fullscreen icon bottom right for best viewing. - [Historic Preservation](https://dchsny.org/hpa-2025/) - Congratulations Dick Lahey and his carriage collection! Dick Lahey spent his early years in Hughsonville New York, where he became acquainted with farm life, horses and carriages. He made his first horse purchase when he was 14. He built his carriage driving skills through the fields of Hughsonville. After graduating from Wappinger’s schools, Dick attended - [Dutchess Award](https://dchsny.org/dut-2025/) - To county residents who made exceptional contributions in areas of preservation, history, and/or education. Congratulations Rob & Sue Doyle! Rob and Sue Doyle are community leaders with a dedication to the history of Dutchess County, to the preservation and conservation of information and works of art, and to helping others. Over the past six years - [Business Award](https://dchsny.org/bhd-2025/) - Given to a long standing business that demonstrates service and commitment to Dutchess County residents. Congratulations Legion Fireworks, Roberta Theiss accepting. Legion Fireworks Legion Fireworks was founded in 1920 in Beacon by Joseph Chiarelli, moving to the town of Wappinger in 1924. The business has had only two families own and operate it in that - [FDR 2025](https://dchsny.org/fdr-2025/) - To a person early in their career who has demonstrated great interest, scholarship, and enthusiasm for local history. Congratulations Aidan Chisamore! After graduating from Vassar College in 2024 with a degree in History, Aidan has quickly become an integral member of the DCHS team. Utilizing his wide range of skills and unique aptitude for archiving, - [Education Award 2025](https://dchsny.org/edu-2025/) - Eileen Mylod Hayden Award for Excellence in Education honors a Dutchess County educator who through innovation and creativity imparts a love and appreciation of local history to students. Congratulations Don Fraser! Fraser began his career with New York State Parks and Historic Preservation as a Student Conservation Association intern at Staatsburgh State Historic Site (Mills Mansion) in 1999 - [Helen Wilkinson Reynolds Award](https://dchsny.org/hwr-award/) - Honors local historians who are an exemplar of the necessary and accurate search for historical truth as practiced by Helen Wilkinson Reynolds. Prior Awardees: Adriance Memorial Library Local History Team ~ Dr. Myra Young Armstead ~ Virginia Buechele ~ Jack Conklin ~ Mary Lou Davison ~ Olive H. Doty ~ Dr. Harvey K. Flad ~ - [Poughkeepsie Q&A en espanol](https://dchsny.org/pqa-esp/) - Notas del editor: ¡Bienvenido a Poughkeepsie Q & A, o abreviado PQ & A! Este programa de historia oral brinda a los residentes de la ciudad de Poughkeepsie desde hace mucho tiempo la oportunidad de contar su historia y la de la ciudad al público en general. Consulte nuestra página acerca de para obtener más - [Poughkeepsie Q&A](https://dchsny.org/pqa-about/) - About Poughkeepsie City is full of varied and irrepressible people who defy stereotypes. The Poughkeepsie Q&A oral history program (PQ&A for short) was launched in 2023 to provide current residents the opportunity to tell their story and the city’s story from their inside perspective. Through the “Q&A” question and answer interview format, this program features - [2025 Annual](https://dchsny.org/2025-annual/) - Annual Meeting & Open HouseSunday, April 27 2:00 to 2:30 pm Zoom and in-person at our offices. 2:30 to 3:30 pm open house.6282 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY 12572. DCHS bylaws call for an annual meeting that anyone can attend, but where only DCHS members can vote. There will be a motion to appoint the following officers: - [1919 to 1921](https://dchsny.org/1919-to-1921/) - [An Artful Documentarian](https://dchsny.org/artful/) - Photographer Margaret DeMott Brown:An Artful Documentarian By Bill JeffwayA version of this article runs in the Northern/Southern Dutchess News March 19, 2025 In recognition of Women’s History Month we look through the lens of local photographer Margaret DeMott Brown (1880-1959) and her partnership with four women in particular. Brown had important collaborations with local historian - [2024 Awards](https://dchsny.org/01june2024/) - DHCS 2024 Historic Preservation & Awards Celebration at the Hill family'sThe Grove, Rhinebeck Historic Preservation Award: the Hill Family for Stewardship of The Grove This award honors a site and the stewards of that site who have ensured that the character and essence of a historic site are preserved and cared for. The Grove at - [Whaling Barque Vermont](https://dchsny.org/vermont/) - The above image is an image of a "barque" or sometimes "bark" that is a type of ship with complex sails and tall masts that were popular with those hunting whales around the world. Poughkeepsie as a Whaling Port The Dutchess County Historical Society recently acquired a 36-page ship log covering the dates of February - [CASPHS](https://dchsny.org/casphs/) - [Virtual Event Space](https://dchsny.org/virtual-event-space/) - NEWLY ONLINE: Click image to view Navigating Wealth & Poverty: The Varied Economies of the 19th-Century Black Community Sponsored by the Dutchess County Department of History in recognition of Black History Month. PLAYLISTS Opens a new window CR PROPERTIES CIVIL WAR SERIES DCHS Trustee Dr. Michael Boden continues his talks on the Civil War generously - [Wealth & Poverty](https://dchsny.org/feb20/) - Navigating Wealth & Poverty: The Economic Diversity of Dutchess County’s 19th Century Black Community How Global Trade and a Wall Street Baron Intersected With Local Merchants and Working Class Through the Tumultuous Period of the 19th Century and US Civil War. The noted and sometimes notorious Millionaire Black investor Jeremiah Hamilton made high-profile investments in - [2024 Year In Review](https://dchsny.org/2024-review/) - By Bill Jeffway, Executive Director We are proud to report a banner year on all fronts at DCHS. Our first full year in our new location has raised our visibility and improved access to the entire dynamic and varied “society” of our members, donors, business sponsors, collections donors, and growing paid staff and volunteers. Finances - [DCHS Auction 2024](https://dchsny.org/auction2024/) - The Dutchess County Historical Society (DCHS) relies each year on this auction to support all our work, including the operating of our archives, and our programming and publishing. Please join in the auction, you can enjoy it and help DCHS at the same time! 100% of the auction proceeds benefit the DCHS. Every lot sells - [Maps of Poughkeepsie](https://dchsny.org/maps-poughkeepsie/) - Support DCHS 18th Century 19th Century - [From English Colony to Sovereign State](https://dchsny.org/colony-state/) - English Colony to Sovereign State - [Oct. 24: Civil War Series](https://dchsny.org/oct24/) - A Long & Fatiguing Campaign: the 150th NY and Atlanta, May-Sep 1864 With Michael Boden - [County at Large by Bayne](https://dchsny.org/bayne/) - [VLL](https://dchsny.org/vll/) - Vassar LLI Class 1: Vassar LLI Class 2: Vassar LLI Class 3: - [Your thoughts please...](https://dchsny.org/sep-16-survey/) - Help us create better future programs! This is an anonymous survey for anyone who attended our September 16th event recognizing the Bicentennial of Lafayette's visit. You may be forward this to anyone who attended. Ideally we'd be grateful for as full a response as possible! Thank you. Bill Jeffway, Executive Director - [Why Lafayette Endures](https://dchsny.org/lafayette-journeys/) - Stories of American Journeys Toward Liberty & Equality On September 16, 2024 eighty people attended a celebration of the Bicentennial of Lafayette's visit to Poughkeepsie and Dutchess County at the FDR Presidential Library & Museum, Hyde Park, New York. DCHS Executive Director Bill Jeffway gave a 45-minute talk which was followed by the premier of - [The Fateful Hour](https://dchsny.org/fateful-hour/) - Saturday, September 14, 2024, 5 pm freeUpper Landing, Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie, NY – July 27, 2024 – The Poughkeepsie Riverfront Partnership, in collaboration with Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum and Poughkeepsie Public Arts Commission, is thrilled to announce the debut production of The Fateful Hour, a thrilling recreation of the role Poughkeepsie played in the ratification of the - [Celebrate Lafayette Sept. 16th](https://dchsny.org/sep16/) - Celebrate Revolutionary War Major General Lafayette’sSeptember 16, 1824 visit to Poughkeepsie 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm at FDR Presidential LibraryMonday. September 16, 2024 The most powerful way to celebrate Lafayette is to celebrate the achievements of the American people who have invoked his name or were inspired by his example in their effort to create - [1824: Lafayette in Dutchess County](https://dchsny.org/lafayette200/) - Big Moves & Intimate Gestures. Why Lafayette's approach to equality has meant so much to so many. Below is a continually evolving concept that looks at Lafayette through the hearts & minds of those in his 1824 diverse, record-size audiences (and later audiences well into the 20th century) who were at greatly varying degrees of - [Downing Vaux Plan for College Hill 1898](https://dchsny.org/dv/) - [Rebel Weed or Flowering Beauty?](https://dchsny.org/rebel-weed/) - By Bill Jeffway A version of this article appeared in the July 10 issue of the Northern/Southern Dutchess News. Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. That is certainly true among the summer wildflowers we find around us in Dutchess County. Whether a non-native flower is a thing of beauty, or a - [Yearbooks 1914 to 1940](https://dchsny.org/yb-1914-1940/) - 1914 to 1940 1941 to 1965 1966 to 1990 1991 to 2023 Search for articles, authors, topics - [Yearbooks 1941 to 1965](https://dchsny.org/yb-1941-1965/) - 1914 to 1940 1941 to 1965 1966 to 1990 1991 to 2023 Search for articles, authors, topics v 026 1941 v027 1942 v 028 1943 v 029 1944 v 030 1945 v 031 1946 v 032 1947 v 033 1948 v 034 1949 v 035 1950 v 036 1951 v 037 1952 v 038 1953 - [Yearbooks 1966 to 1990](https://dchsny.org/yb-1966-1990/) - 1914 to 1940 1941 to 1965 1966 to 1990 1991 to 2023 Search for articles, authors, topics v 051 1966 v 052 1967 v 053 1968 v 054 1969 v 055 1970 v 056 1971 v 057 1972 v 058 1973 v 059 1974 v 060 1975 v 061/62 1976 v 61/062 1977 v 063 - [The Passing of Small Dairy Farms](https://dchsny.org/small-farms/) - Pine Plains and the Loss of the Small Family Dairy Farms By Dyan Wapnick. This article was first published in the 2023 DCHS Yearbook, Vol 102, Farming in Dutchess County. Dyan Wapnick isthe president of the Little Nine Partners Historical Society of Pine Plains, NY, and an executive producer of their documentary, “Our Farms, Our - [De Laval](https://dchsny.org/delaval/) - [Survey](https://dchsny.org/survey/) - Please take one minute for an anonymous survey on member benefits preferences At the top right of our website's homepage there are tabs to access specific member benefits (the most recent Yearbook, 19th century maps, etc.). - [Yearbook 2023](https://dchsny.org/yb-2023/) - [CAS Summer 2024](https://dchsny.org/cas2024/) - [Healing with Plants: The Thomsonians of Dutchess County (1820-1850)](https://dchsny.org/the-knights-of-dutchess-county-childrens-health-education-in-the-early-twentieth-century-2/) - Aidan Chisamore - [The Knights of Dutchess County](https://dchsny.org/the-knights-of-dutchess-county-childrens-health-education-in-the-early-twentieth-century/) - Each June marks the end of another academic year, and students throughout Dutchess County celebrate advancements in their education. A display of pins donated to the Dutchess County Historical Society by Marjorie Mangold in honor of her late husband reminds us that just over a century ago thousands of students shared this excitement through a - [Brown Brothers](https://dchsny.org/brown-brothers/) - This evolving workspace relates to the amazing story of two brothers born in Dutchess county: Alfred and Alonzo Brown. After Alfred moved to Australia they maintained a close relationship for the nearly half-century remainder of their lives through letters, which various family members continue to share and understand. Most of the content has come from - [Frazier & Delaney](https://dchsny.org/sef-sdp/) - [Bard LLI](https://dchsny.org/bard/) - © Dutchess County Historical Society 2024All Rights ReservedPlease seek advance written permission for commercial use. But use for personal and educational purposes is allowed (if not encouraged) and does not need explicit advance written permission. Bard LLI class with Bill Jeffway, DCHS Executive Director - [Bard2](https://dchsny.org/bard2/) - [Health](https://dchsny.org/health/) - xyz - [Doing History](https://dchsny.org/rev250doing/) - How Can We Make the Past Relevant Today? - [American Experiment](https://dchsny.org/rev250experiment/) - [We the People](https://dchsny.org/rev250we/) - [The Power of Place](https://dchsny.org/rev250place/) - In development. - [Unfinished Revolution](https://dchsny.org/rev250ongoing/) - Within these pages, DCHS, with the broader Dutchess County history community, is looking to develop an understanding of these kinds of questions that will evolve into a permanent online exhibition and educational resource. When have members of your community advocated for liberty and equality? How have people with power responded? How has the process of - [June 22 at 9:00 am](https://dchsny.org/june22/) - Walkway Over the HudsonState Historic Park:A Path to CelebratingLocal Black History Come to understand the relationship of national abolitionist icons Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass with the Pre-Civil War local free & enslaved Black community in a guided, narrated walk from the Sojourner Truth statue to the site of Frederick Douglass's 1858 speech at College - [Bill Jeffway, Executive Director](https://dchsny.org/billjeffway/) - Bill Jeffway, Executive Director - [Desk & Chair Fine Provenance](https://dchsny.org/hwr-desk/) - History Is Written Here Visitors to the Society’s headquarters in Rhinebeck are often drawn to the northwest corner of the building where a stateley desk and chair are found. They come to DCHS via very different routes but are beautiful examples of story of provenance. The 18th-century Queen Anne style chair with floral fruitwood inlay, - [Enjoy DCHS Membership!](https://dchsny.org/membership/) - Membership & Benefits $35 Annual Individual$100 Annual Family$250 Annual Patron$500 Annual Leadership$2,000 Annual Business Sponsor Your membership includes: Access to the Members Only section of dchsny.org including the 3 most recent Yearbooks.A free printed copy of the current yearbook upon request.Invitation to the DCHS Annual Meeting and voting privileges.Advance email notifications of new and upcoming - [Margaret De Motte Brown](https://dchsny.org/mdmb/) - Margaret De Motte Brown's relationship with the founding and earliest years of the Dutchess County Historical Society are reflected, among other ways, through books published in partnership with DCHS researcher Helen Wilkinson Reynolds, and Vassar College's Professor Edith A. Roberts. For example, Brown partnered with Reynolds on the Dutchess County Doorways and Other Examples of Period-work - [Annual Event Sponsorship](https://dchsny.org/event-sponsorship/) - $500: Historic Preservation & Awards Celebration Sponsorship DCHS’s highest profile in-person event is its annual Historic Preservation & Awards Celebration. The event takes place at a site of historic importance and recognizes the contribution of the persons who have contributed to its maintenance and stewardship over generations as well as other awards. Information for the 2024 - [Firefighting Exhibit](https://dchsny.org/firefighting-exhibit/) - Firefighting Exhibit April 20th 2:00 to 5:30 pm& by appointment. At 6282 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY 12572. By Melodye Moore A version of this article appeared in the Northern/Southern Dutchess News of April 17. The Dutchess County Historical Society is launching a firefighting exhibition on Saturday, April 20th as an open house between 2:00 and - [April 20](https://dchsny.org/april20/) - DCHS wishes to thank the essential support and collaboration of the Rhinebeck Fire Department and the Firefighting Museum of Dutchess County. Saturday, April 20 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm: Open House & Exhibition: Firefighting in Dutchess County: A Greater Calling. 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm: DCHS Annual Meeting Followed by Brief Talk on History of - [Business of Historic Distinction Award](https://dchsny.org/award-bhd/) - For a business that demonstrates the long-standing tradition of service and commitment to local residents 2024: Coming soon! Recent Awardees: 2023: Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce 2022: J. Scheer & Co., Jonathan Scheer, CEO accepting 2020/2021: Page Park Associates 2019: Adams Fairacre Farms 2018: N&S Supply 2017: Central Hudson 2016: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery Prior - [Business of Historic Distinction Award](https://dchsny.org/bhd-award/) - Prior winners: Adams Fairacre Farms ~ Central Hudson ~ Children’s Home ~ EFCO ~ Marshall & Sterling ~ McCabe & Mack LLP ~ N&S Supply ~ Page Park Associates ~ Poughkeepsie Journal ~ Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery ~ Rhinebeck Bank ~ Saint Francis Hospital ~ N&S Supply ~ Vassar Brothers Medical Center ~ Vassar-Warner Senior Residence~ - [1824: The People's Choice?](https://dchsny.org/1824choice/) - A small sewing box in DCHS Collections says “The People’s Choice” on the top with an engraving of John Quincy Adams on the inside. It is an early example of a political campaign trinket. Adams was elected President in 1824. Whether he was the people’s choice, or not, is debated among historians and scholars and - [Pre-Civil War Maritime Adventure](https://dchsny.org/maritime/) - Dutchess County Free Black Communities:Opportunities & Risks of Maritime Adventure Before the Civil War We are grateful for the ongoing support of the Dutchess County Government in its sponsorship of this program and our Virtual Event Space for Black History Month, 2024. This program is different from our regular programs in that it is more - [Dear Brother](https://dchsny.org/dear-brother/) - From the author: I am the descendant of an African American immigrant who moved from his home of Dutchess County, New York State, in the 1850s to start a new life in Australia. It is through this man, my great-grandfather Alfred Brown, and his wife Alison who had the foresight to retain letters from afar, - [Fire Fighters](https://dchsny.org/fire-fighters/) - As a grateful public, we can call to mind searing images of devastating fires. Since childhood we have witnessed the pageantry and discipline of firefighters on parade. But many day to day personal stories about the men and women who have served in this role, the extraordinary changes in technology that firefighters use, and fire - [Gilded Age: Black History](https://dchsny.org/gilded-black-history/) - Inspired by HBO’s The Gilded Age. With one exception, all the photos above are from the DCHS Walter M. Patrice image collection, from the album of the family of Henry and Alma Jackson. The Jacksons bought 33 acres of farmland in the Town of Milan in 1865 and raised eleven children. The pictures give us a sense - [Newsworthy 2024 02](https://dchsny.org/newsworthy-2024-02/) - Click to subscribe to monthly DCHS Newsworhty - [0213](https://dchsny.org/0213-2/) - [Feb 13](https://dchsny.org/feb-13/) - [DCHS Newsworthy](https://dchsny.org/newsworthy/) - Thank you for your interest in DCHS's monthly Newsworthy. Enroll by adding your email address here. You can unsubscribe at any time. ~ Bill Jeffway, Executive Director. - [America 250 in Dutchess](https://dchsny.org/dutchess250/) - There is no better way to understand the present and gain insights into the future than the study of history, especially when it comes to the study of the founding of our country and the establish of our basic rights and responsibilities. The Dutchess County Historical Society and the Dutchess County Office of the Historian - [Our History Depicted in Public Places](https://dchsny.org/public-history/) - Can informed and civil conversations promote understanding of diverse views? Increasingly, national conversations about what history should be taught emerge in very confrontational ways. Lucy Maynard Salmon suggested a century ago that the history that should concern us all, that we should all rally around, is historical truth. Lucy Maynard Salmon on the Importance of - [Links & Hot Topics!](https://dchsny.org/links/) - The Automobile in Dutchess County Including the talk by DCHS Trustee David Turner, How the Automobile Changed the Hudson Valley: a View Through Postcards Click here to view The Walkway Freedom Trail & America's River of Dreams City of Poughkeepsie "PQ&A" - [The Automobile in Dutchess County](https://dchsny.org/automobile/) - A talk by DCHS Trustee David Turner How the Automobile Changed the Hudson Valley: a View Through Postcards New in Collections: From the recently acquired Mangold Collection, photographs of commercial trucks in Poughkeepsie ca. 1918. - [Great Bridges of the Gilded Age](https://dchsny.org/gilded-great-bridge/) - The Construction of a Great Bridge Was a Hallmark of The Gilded Age By Bill Jeffway The Gilded Age just finished its second season on HBO and is the inspiration for a series of occasional articles in the coming months. If you have not seen The Gilded Age, but intend to, there will be no - [New Guinea, Hyde Park](https://dchsny.org/new-guinea-importance/) - DCHS offers educational banners to schools and libraries at nominal or no cost: One of the ways DCHS brings local history to the community is through traveling exhibitions. For example, DCHS offers an 11-panel series on local involvement in World War One, among other teaching aids. Announcing our newest addition, now available: Hyde Park's New - [Ward](https://dchsny.org/ward/) - [Trails](https://dchsny.org/trails/) - Walkway Freedom Trail Explore Poughkeepsie Equality Trail Explore Black Burial Grounds in Dutchess County Explore - [The Walkway Freedom Trail](https://dchsny.org/walkway-freedom/) - The Walkway Freedom Trail & America's River of Dreams Local men, women & children had the same dreams, ambitions, & determination as national leaders. Come to know all their stories. Dutchess County Government's February sponsorship of our Virtual Event Space includes this new program, which as a result is available at no cost to the public. Scroll - [For Members](https://dchsny.org/for-members/) - We are transitioning from an old Member benefits access model to a new one. The old model remains active through our annual meeting Thursday, April 25th. To use the old model, click this link and use the member password. To engage with the newer model which has richer benefits please click this link and create - [Member Portal](https://dchsny.org/member-portal/) - This explains how you can access your DCHS Member portal: Click here - [The Power of Place](https://dchsny.org/rev250-place/) - In development - [Free Black Communities](https://dchsny.org/free-black/) - Free Black Communities: Bulwarks of Safety Before the Civil War The January 26, 2022 edition of the No./So. Dutchess News / Beacon Free Press contains a version of this article. By Bill Jeffway For persons of color, the 66 years between New York State’s 1799 Gradual Emancipation Act (a promise of the abolition of slavery - [January 25th](https://dchsny.org/jan25/) - How the Automobile Changed the Hudson Valley Landscape: A Look Through Vintage Postcards With David Turner.Thursday, January 25 at 7 pm by Zoom. Enjoy a pictorial history through vintage postcards showing the evolution of the Hudson Valley roadside, from the humble dirt roads of the early 1900s to the paved thoroughfares of today. Included in the - [NYS Abolition](https://dchsny.org/horizons-black-history/) - “What to the slave is the 4th of July?” At the heart of Frederick Douglass’s 1852 pointed question was the unmistakable irony that the United States was founded on the 1776 premise that all are created equal. When Alexander Hamilton successfully led New York’s US Constitutional Convention in Poughkeepsie in 1788 to endorse joining the union, - [Anniversaries](https://dchsny.org/anniversaries-2/) - Black Voices in Freedom’s Pursuit: America’s Revolutionary War “What to the slave is the 4th of July?” At the heart of Frederick Douglass’s pointed question was the unmistakable irony that the country based on the 1776 premise that all are created equal, by the time of its 1788 Constitution had created the so-called three-fifths - [Anniversaries](https://dchsny.org/anniversaries/) - [18th Century Maps](https://dchsny.org/18th-century-maps/) - 1797: Clinton, Stanford, Washington & Amenia by Jacob Smith These maps were published in the 1926 DCHS Yearbook with the handwritten index on the map more clearly typed out. The original is held at NYS Archives. More recent maps depicting Patent divisions 1744 Little Nine Partners Subdivision Reprint from Isaac Huntting's History of Little Nine - [Our Collections](https://dchsny.org/our-collections/) - Because the Dutchess County Historical Society did not have its own, dedicated physical space and home until it moved into Clinton House in Poughkeepsie in 1980, its collections had been housed at Adriance Memorial Library. Collections were maintained at Clinton House until the 2023 relocation to Rhinebeck. - [Our Exhibitions](https://dchsny.org/our-exhibitions/) - We continually grow permanent, online exhibitions, and occasionally have a tradition, in-person exhibition, two of which we outline here: Over Here: The Yet-to-be Told Stories of the Men, Women and Children of Dutchess County in WW1 2018 and 2019 traveling exhibition View the eleven panels which launched at the FDR Presidential Museum & Library, then - [DCHS Publications](https://dchsny.org/topic-dchs-publications/) - DCHS Yearbook Since 1914. Click here Since 1916. Learn more - [DeWitt 1758](https://dchsny.org/dewitt-1758/) - [See Four Chapters Below:](https://dchsny.org/fertile-ground-01/) - 1 Viewing Now Early Life 2 Becoming an Artist 3 Her Work 4 Later Life & Legacy Fertile Ground: The Hudson Valley Animal Paintings of Caroline Clowes Caroline Morgan Clowes was born on March 3, 1838 in Hempstead, Long Island. While Clowes was an infant, her parents William Jones Clowes and Elizabeth Ann Hart moved - [Dutchess Civil War Corner](https://dchsny.org/peets-corner/) - Hosted by Mike Peets, Chairman, 150th New York State Volunteer Infantry Regiment Historical Association Introduction here. Could lay out topic areas... Older soldiers in the ranks We have all heard about young fellows joining the army underage. The 150th New York State Infantry has at least one of those because William While was only 15 - [Civil War Photo Collection](https://dchsny.org/civil-war-photo-collection/) - Emerging Gallery of 150th NYS Volunteers Emerging Gallery of 128th NYS Volunteers - [Civil War Yearbooks](https://dchsny.org/civil-war-yearbooks/) - Editions Articles A Draft Wheel of the Civil War, 1936. Dutchess County's Role in the Civil War, 1981. The Civil War Comes to Dutchess County, 1982. Marching With Sherman: Dutchess County's 150th, 2010. - [Civil War Collections](https://dchsny.org/civil-war-collections/) - [START HERE: Overview to All DCHS Resources](https://dchsny.org/tools-index/) - The best way for us to help you find the answers you are looking for involves asking you to be as specific as possible about what information you are looking for. We are increasingly working to create searchable finding aids and collections, but it is impossible DCHS Collections View Collections Finding Aids DCHS Research Library - [Pubs](https://dchsny.org/pubs/) - OCCASIONAL PUBLICATIONS OF THE DUTCHESS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1916 — Pamphlet, Troutbeck, A Dutchess County Homestead; by Charles E. Benton. 1924 — Collections, Vol. I; Poughkeepsie, the Origin and Meaning of the Word; by Helen Wilkinson Reynolds. 1924 — Collections, Vol. II; Old Gravestones of Dutchess County, New York; collected and edited by J. Wilson - [We Believe](https://dchsny.org/we-believe/) - We invite you to take three minutes to understand What We Believe: - [We Believe History Speaks](https://dchsny.org/we-believe-history-speaks/) - We invite you to... See in 3 minutes what we believe! Read an important personal message going into 2024. A personal message from DCHS Board President Dear DCHS members, donors, business sponsors and friends, I want to share my very personal thoughts coming out of my experience of several years as DCHS Board President. I got - [CAS](https://dchsny.org/cas/) - Click here to open new window for best viewing - [DCHS VP & DC History Community](https://dchsny.org/dchs-vp-dc-history-community/) - December 6, 2023 - [Revolutionary Dutchess: Crum Elbow Precinct](https://dchsny.org/rev250-crum-elbow/) - UNDER CONSTRUCTION Revolutionary Dutchess: Precinct Committee - [Revolutionary Dutchess: North East Precinct](https://dchsny.org/rev250-north-east/) - UNDER CONSTRUCTION Revolutionary Dutchess: North East Precinct Committee Ed Downey Bill Jeffway Sean Klay Neil Murray Betsy Strauss Julian Strauss Dyan Wapnick - [Revolutionary Dutchess: Rhinebeck Precinct](https://dchsny.org/rev250-rhinebeck/) - UNDER CONSTRUCTION Revolutionary Dutchess: Rhinebeck Precinct Committee - [](https://dchsny.org/4xcmc/) - [4Bart](https://dchsny.org/4bart/) - [Hultz-Stockholm Family Bible](https://dchsny.org/hultz-stockholm/) - Above: from ancestry.com - [Instagram](https://dchsny.org/instagram/) - [instagram-feed feed=1] - [September 17, 1937](https://dchsny.org/1937-sep17/) - Photography by Steenson & Van Vlack, Poughkeepsie. Dated September 17, 1937. - [Gettysburg Not Forgotten](https://dchsny.org/ves-gettysburg-not-forgotten/) - [American Indian Heritage](https://dchsny.org/ddp-american-indian-heritage/) - Recognizing American Indian Heritage Month By Bill Jeffway A version of this article appeared in the November 15, 2023 Northern/Southern Dutchess News / Beacon Free Press. While not in a position to explain the full history of local Indigenous Peoples (see recommendations at the end of this article for that), as a way to recognize - [Digital Image Collection](https://dchsny.org/digital-image-collection/) - Because the demand for, and use of, digital images is growing so rapidly, the Dutchess County Historical Society is maintaining a Digital Image Collection that makes such images, and any related restrictions or requirements for use, more readily available to the public . Where so noted, images in the DCHS Digital Image Collection can be - [4x Clowes](https://dchsny.org/4x-clowes/) - [4x Explorer](https://dchsny.org/4x-explorer/) - [Our only source of income: financial supporters like you!](https://dchsny.org/short/) - [DCFarmer](https://dchsny.org/dcfarmer/) - [Montgomery](https://dchsny.org/montgomery/) - What shall we choose to remember? What/who shall we elevate? What/who shall we celebrate? Is the act of elevating the act of celebrating? - [1030](https://dchsny.org/1030-2/) - [Dutchess Soldiers at Gettysburg](https://dchsny.org/nov15/) - "Neither Unappreciated or Forgotten:"Dutchess County Soldiers at Gettysburg Join DCHS Trustee and DCCC Professor Dr. Michael Boden on the topic of Dutchess County soldiers at Gettysburg. The Battle of Gettysburg is the most well-known event of the American Civil War, and an iconic episode in American history. Dutchess County was represented widely in that battle, - [Horizons Agriculture](https://dchsny.org/horizons-agriculture/) - UNDER CONSTRUCTION 2021Jan 2021Company EstablishedTimeline Item 1Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Minima incidunt voluptates nemo. March 2021New office in CaliforniaTimeline Item 2Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Minima incidunt voluptates nemo. 2022April 2022First Product LaunchTimeline Item 3Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Minima incidunt voluptates nemo. September 2022Entering - [The Hudson River as Battlefield](https://dchsny.org/rev250-places-river/) - THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO AN UPDATED PLATFORM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE... This online exhibition offers insights into the October 1777 British action, as well as insights into Franklin Roosevelt's unrelenting commitment to the understanding and publication of local history even as global war emerged and commenced. jump to FDR's Yearbook Articles on - [Newsworthy 2023 October](https://dchsny.org/newsworthy-2023-october/) - https://api.neonemails.com/emails/content/HrdOgGnTnpZrzxflSk5eZ8xQSNJiCJ8Bp6A5M_sbY3c= - [Reversal of Fortune](https://dchsny.org/nov18/) - Reversal of Fortune of Enslaver & Enslaved in the Settlement of Pine Plains: The Local Impact of the Revolutionary War Saturday, November 18th, 1:00 pm. Pine Plains Free Library This is the story of two men involved in the settlement of Pine Plains: Morris Graham and Andrew Frazier. Both men were born on the Manor - [Pre Civil War Free Black Communities](https://dchsny.org/oct30/) - Free Black Communities Along the Hudson River Monday October 30, 20237:00 PM until 8:15 PM We will examine the stages of securing freedom, defending it against constant incursion, and ultimately the flourishing in individual persons and dreams along America’s river of dreams. Presented by Bill Jeffway, Executive Director of the Dutchess County Historical Society. Registration required. - [Civil War](https://dchsny.org/nov01/) - With Michael Boden Sponsored by CR Properties - [AfAm Burials Rhinebeck](https://dchsny.org/afam-burials-rhinebeck-2/) - Below: The story of Andrew Frazier, the ancestor. The only Black family with a large plot. Adjacent to and facing, but not technically within, "Colored Section E." Below: Images and profiles. - [Black Burial Grounds: Dutchess](https://dchsny.org/african-american-burial-grounds/) - In Dutchess County, burial of Persons of Color took place in separate, segregated cemeteries into the early 20th century. The last known such burial was Lemuel Jackson of Red Hook, buried in the Turkey Hill "Colored Cemetery" in the Town of Milan in 1927. In addition to segregated cemeteries, there were segregated sections of larger - [Black Burials: Tivoli](https://dchsny.org/afam-burials-tivoli-2/) - Above header image: headstone of David Wool Below: click on full screen icon bottom right for best viewing - [Red Hook "Colored Cemetery"](https://dchsny.org/afam-burials-red-hook-colored/) - Below: This map was drawn in 2012 based on an 1849 map, showing a 1/3rd acre plot with a road to the south and a mill pond to the north. The adjacent landowners are Schultz and Elisha Fingar. Due to a change in the road, and an expansion of the mill pond to the south, the - [Black Burials: Yeomans](https://dchsny.org/afam-burials-yeomans/) - [Black Burial Grounds in Dutchess County](https://dchsny.org/african-american-burial-grounds-2/) - In Dutchess County, burial of Persons of Color took place in separate, segregated cemeteries into the early 20th century. The last known such burial was Lemuel Jackson of Red Hook, buried in the Turkey Hill "Colored Cemetery" in the Town of Milan in 1927. In addition to segregated cemeteries, there were segregated sections of larger - [Black Burial Grounds: Beacon](https://dchsny.org/afam-burials-beacon/) - The Walter M. Patrice online library is a living, growing resource. Please encourage further work in studies of the local men, women and children of African descent. - [Black Burial Grounds: Poughkeepsie](https://dchsny.org/afam-burials-poughkeepsie/) - Given the negligence in keeping records of the burial of persons of color historically, we often rely on other than an ideal primary source such as a cemetery burial record. In this situation we rely on an 1870 Poughkeepsie newspaper account that quotes an older resident as saying, upon discovery of multiple coffins and human - [Black Burial Grounds: East Fishkill](https://dchsny.org/afam-burials-east-fishkill/) - [Black Burial Grounds: Cedar Hill](https://dchsny.org/afam-burials-cedar-hill/) - One of the few African American burial grounds mentioned in Poucher & Reynolds Old Gravestones of Dutchess County in 1924. - [Black Burial Grounds: Milan](https://dchsny.org/afam-burials-milan-2/) - Read More at HistorySpeaks - [Olin Dows: Beyond the Surface](https://dchsny.org/dows-kiosk/) - [Red Hook Women's Suffrage Trail](https://dchsny.org/rhwst/) - Read what Susan B. Anthony had to say when she spoke in Red Hook. Meet the national and international leaders who visited Red Hook, and the local women from all walks of life who created change through political actions, or through simply being "first!" The first woman lawyer. The first Village President. For best view - [Why Lafayette](https://dchsny.org/why-lafayette/) - Introduction - [Lafayette Gift to Brinckerhoffs](https://dchsny.org/lafayette-brinckerhoff/) - This is the story of ongoing work to confirm details of an oral tradition in Fishkill’s Brinckerhoff family of nearly 200 years. The tradition holds that Lafayette gave this desk as a gift during his 1824 tour. Recently discovered evidence tends to confirm that oral tradition. In 2013, with the 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s 1824 - [What did they see in Lafayette?](https://dchsny.org/lafayette-fishkill/) - Why have so many admired Lafayette for so long? The Dutchess County Historical Society was honored to speak at this important Fishkill commemoration of Lafayette. We can learn so much about why he remains important by looking through the lens of local history. Lafayette earned the admiration of George Washington, and was honored by established, - [Guide to the Study of Local Black History](https://dchsny.org/topics-black-history/) - Starting Places People 1941 VoicesInterviews by Manet Fowler Places AME Zion ChurchWalter M. Patrice Collection Things Freedom for SaleMan buys his own freedom Words from the past Newer Perspectives Other Starting Points The Walter M. Patrice Collection focuses largely on the history of the Smith AME Zion Church in Poughkeepsie, which through Mr. Patrice's efforts - [It Could Have Been Worse](https://dchsny.org/livingston-1777/) - During the Revolutionary War, George Washington called West Point on the Hudson River the key to the North American Continent. He (and the British) knew that British control of the Hudson would cut communications north/south and east/west. Fortunately for American patriots, the British effort to invade from the north, from British Canada, while at the - [NEW HOMEPAGE 2023](https://dchsny.org/new-homepage-2023/) - THIS WEBSITE IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED WHILE ESSENTIAL MAINTENANCE AND UPDATES TAKES PLACE OF THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THANK YOU. Collections SpotlightCannon ball damage from 1777 British invasion Publications SpotlightOrigin of Name Poughkeepsie Program SpotlightOur Complex Relationship with Water Why Your Membership MattersLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean diam dolor, accumsan sed rutrum - [Welcome](https://dchsny.org/welcome-2/) - Under Construction Please Bear With Us - [Lafayette's Dutchess Itinerary](https://dchsny.org/lafayette/) - This page is dedicated to learning more about General Lafayette, both because of the time he spent in Dutchess County during the Revolutionary War, and the excitement created on the local stops related to his tour as the nation's guest in 1824. Toward the beginning of his yearlong tour of the United States, 1824 to - [DCHS "Curated Topics"](https://dchsny.org/curated-topics/) - A powerful way to distinguish your business -- and reach new and current customers: DCHS introduces Curated Topics Take advantage of the latest in digital targeting while emphasizing your business or organization's commitment to what makes our community distinct: our shared local history. We know that businesses today can find it hard to be heard - [Dutchess County Samplers](https://dchsny.org/samplers/) - DCHS is pleased to be a partner in the Dutchess County Sampler Initiative: a county-wide effort to locate, photograph, and document American samplers and related girlhood embroideries held in the public and private collections of Dutchess County, New York. Coordinators for this initiative are working with local museums, historical societies, historic homes, private collectors, and - [Susan Elizabeth Frazier](https://dchsny.org/s-e-frazier/) - Above left to right: the recent headstone at the grave of Susan Elizabeth Frazier in Rhinebeck, NY in the shadow of gravestone of her great-great grandfather, Andrew Frazier, who fought in the Revolutionary War. Frazier's 1919 passport photo. When President Woodrow Wilson addressed Congress in April 1917, seeking a declaration of war on Germany, he - [Spotlight: Historic Buildings](https://dchsny.org/spotlight-cast-iron-building/) - CR Properties is please to support the Dutchess County Historical Society spotlight on Poughkeepsie's Cast Iron Building. We are pleased to call the building our home... UNDER CONSTRUCTION - [Spotlight: Hudson River](https://dchsny.org/spotlight-hudson-views/) - A message from Hudson Views: Hudson Highland Tours, LLC, known as Hudson Views, is pleased to sponsor this ongoing "spotlight" from the Dutchess County Historical Society featuring the beauty of the Hudson River. The strategic role of the Hudson River during the Revolutionary War prompted George Washington to call it the key to the North - [Collins Estate](https://dchsny.org/collins-estate/) - Layers of Dutchess County History are Exposed in a Rare Personal Setting By Bill Jeffway A version of this article appeared in the May 17, 2023 issue of the Northern/Southern Dutchess News. A rare weaving together of the varied and rich threads of Dutchess County history will come together at the historic 1840 Collins Estate, - [College Hill](https://dchsny.org/college-hill/) - Collegiate School Building Opened in 1836 Destroyed by fire 1917 City reservoir 1872 View by Bierstadt 19th century views from College Hill 1911 view 1911 view 1911 view - [Spotlight: Water](https://dchsny.org/spotlight-water/) - Above: Poughkeepsie City Reservoir, College Hill, ca. 1872 - [Bill of Sale Four Persons](https://dchsny.org/slavery-four-sold/) - DCHS Collections: Documents of Enslavement Two adult men, and adult woman, and a young boy are sold in 1775. - [Slavery: Record of Self-Purchase](https://dchsny.org/slavery-self-purchase/) - DCHS Collections: Documents of Enslavement Bartholome Noxon, Jr., records payments by his "negro boy Cezar" who literally purchases his own freedom. - [Manumission Approval](https://dchsny.org/slavery-manumission/) - DCHS Collections: Documents of Enslavement In this document we see the certification by the overseers of the poor of the Town of Washington (Stephen Thorn and Thomas Howard), permitting Isaac Smith to manumit an enslaved woman named Dinah.They certify that she is under the age of 45, and in such a condition that she will - [Slavery: Bill of Sale](https://dchsny.org/slavery-bill-of-sale/) - DCHS Collections Documents of Enslavement A woman named Rachel is "sold" to Christian Tobias on February 4, 1771 Know all men by these presents that I [Mical?/Michael] Obberocker of Beekman Precinct in Dutchess County do for the consideration of the sum of 65 pounds good and lawful money of New York to one in hand - [Gaius and Jane Bolin on Race](https://dchsny.org/bolins-on-race/) - Father & Daughter: Views on Racial Justice Across Two Generations The Bolin Family Born in the nearby Quaker stronghold of the Town of Dover in 1826, Abram Bolin moved to this house on North Clinton Street in Poughkeepsie with his wife, Alice Ann Lawrence Bolin, before 1860. See their photos below. Among the children raised - [The Scale of Enslavement](https://dchsny.org/enslavement-the-numbers/) - [DCHS 2022 Yearbook Vol. 101](https://dchsny.org/yb-v101-2022/) - For best viewing, click on full screen icon bottom right - [DCHS Horizons](https://dchsny.org/dchs-horizons/) - DCHS Horizons:Seeing the threads that connect the present to the past helps us create a better future. Whether we look sequentially back across a long trail (as with the path to women's right to vote), or look forward to anniversaries of national events through the lens of local history (as with Black history relative to - [Horizons: Women's Right to Vote](https://dchsny.org/horizons-womens-vote/) - 2023November 7, 2023Election DayHow did I get here?Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Minima incidunt voluptates nemo. 1919National Women's SuffrageNational Women's SuffrageLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Minima incidunt voluptates nemo. 19171917Women can vote in any election, and be a candidate in, a man can vote in1917 Women in New York - [Welcome to the Duchess County Historical Society](https://dchsny.org/welcome-to-the-duchess-county-historical-society/) - Since 1914 the Dutchess County Historical Society has helped preserve, interpret and share objects and stories related to our county's history from the time of its earliest people. - [Free Black Communities](https://dchsny.org/free-black-2/) - Our understanding of free Black communities that emerged before, during and after the Civil War is greatly expanding. We can start to discern what might be called a Black-led Underground Railroad, the fundamental importance of property ownership to political, social and economic advancement, and the dual benefit of helping non-locals find freedom, and local free - [Spotlight: Hudson River](https://dchsny.org/spotlight-hudson-river/) - [2023 Annual Member Meeting](https://dchsny.org/2023-annual/) - [Cars](https://dchsny.org/cars/) - From horses to horse power There's a reason we describe an engine's power as horsepower. The transition from the animal to the engine brought enormous practical benefits to the most rural parts of Dutchess County. Like today, a car also reflects the values and priorities of the owner. - [1838 Rowe Church Milan](https://dchsny.org/1838-rowe/) - MILAN CHURCH INVITES COMMUNITY TO 185 YEAR CELEBRATION by Susan Juchem Church Service April 30, 10:00 am: Rowe United Methodist Church, 1376 Rt 199, Milan, NY 12571. Special Service followed by luncheon provided by the church.Second Program: June 11 2:00pm. Vintage Visitors- Presentations Historic Interpretations “Head to Toe- What they Wore, How They Wore it - [apr18](https://dchsny.org/apr18/) - [Views of the Walkway](https://dchsny.org/views-of-walkway/) - DCHS Postcard CollectionUse arrows to over-ride autoplay - [Spotlight: City of Schools](https://dchsny.org/city-of-schools/) - Poughkeepsie was known as the City of Schools well before the 1865 opening of Vassar College. One of the earliest named streets in Poughkeepsie is Academy Street, so-named because the Dutchess Academy was there. DCHS is grateful to Poughkeepsie Public Library District for supporting DCHS through their sponsorship of a DCHS Curated Topic. This page - [Thrift Messenger on the City of Schools](https://dchsny.org/1937-city-of-schools/) - For best viewing, click the full screen icon at the top right. Press "escape" to exit full screen. - [Spotlight: Jewelry](https://dchsny.org/jewelry/) - In our examination of the local history of the craft of Jewelry, we include silversmiths, watch and clock makers, engravers, and metal workers in general. The local story begins with the nationally renowned Andrew Billings, who was highly regarded, and frequently employed by, General Washington in both a personal capacity as well as an official - [Rhinebeck's Oak Street](https://dchsny.org/oak/) - The story of Oak Street is beginning to emerge in fuller focus, with the combined efforts of the Dutchess County Historical Society, Rhinebeck Historical Society and Mr. Frischknechkt's 7th Grade Civics Class in the spring of 2023. The student video can be seen at 46:20 (min:sec) in the video below. To view within the page, - [Share With Us](https://dchsny.org/share-with-us/) - Thank you for providing background about a person who is important to you, and who should be remembered. You are welcome to use the questions below as a guide, or add your own thoughts directly. We now offer the opportunity for you to submit an audio file, if you want to record your thoughts on - [Spotlight: Lumber & Construction](https://dchsny.org/spotlight-lumber-construction/) - As this beautiful print from the late 1700s of Upper Landing at Poughkeepsie shows, the first item of business for new settlers was to build a saw mill, so the land could be cleared for agriculture, and the wood could be used to construct homes, and to create charcoal in the important local process at - [African American Burial Grounds: Red Hook](https://dchsny.org/afam-burials-red-hook/) - The map below (drawn 2012 based on 1849 map courtesy of Historic Red Hook) shows a 1/3rd acre plot with a road to the south and a mill pond to the north. The adjacent landowners are Schultz and Elisha Fingar. I believe due to a change in the road, and an expansion of the mill - [Home Test](https://dchsny.org/home-test/) - EXPANDED: Index to All Research Tools If you are conducting your own research these tools can help. OTHER RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF DCHS LEARN: Choose a topic PROTECTED: 2023 Member Access There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. About Us Since 1914 the Dutchess County Historical Society has helped preserve, interpret and share - [Women's History Month March 2023](https://dchsny.org/women-2023/) - During March enjoy full access to the Caroline Clowes exhibition catalog & two recent DCHS Yearbooks dedicated to women's history These are usually limited to paid members only If you are not a member Please consider supporting our work here Life, Works & Legacy of Caroline Clowes DCHS Yearbooks Dutchess County Women's Voices & Talents - [Over Here Traveling Exhibition](https://dchsny.org/over-here-traveling/) - Remembering World War One Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One, DCHS published two consecutive Yearbooks on the topic, and launched a traveling exhibition that visited every city and town in the county, at least once. You are invited see the exhibition here. The exhibit launched at the FDR Library's Wallace - [Two Houses, One Political Divide](https://dchsny.org/two-houses/) - Two Rhinebeck Houses Reflect Opposing Political Views in 1860 By Bill Jeffway A study of two houses across the street from each other in Rhinebeck, and the politics of their owners, is a study in the politics of our early republic in the run-up to the Civil War and the split in the north within - [Ice Cream](https://dchsny.org/ice-cream/) - Text is here. - [Newsworthy February 2023](https://dchsny.org/newsworthy-february-2023/) - [PQ&A Oral Histories Announced](https://dchsny.org/pqa-announce/) - February 7, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUBJECT: New Oral History Program Focused on City of Poughkeepsie Residents Publishes First Eight In-Depth Interviews CONTACT: Bill Jeffway, Executive Director, Dutchess County Historical Society, bill.jeffway@dchsny.org, Jeffrey Kosmacher, Editor, Poughkeepsie Q&A oral history program, pqahistory@gmail.com, (603) 209-1320 PHOTOS: Available upon request POUGHKEEPSIE, NY -- The first eight in-depth oral - [PQ&A: Alexander Pelish](https://dchsny.org/pqa-pelish/) - Photo provided. Alexander Pelish Q: How would you describe Poughkeepsie to someone who hasn’t been here before? A: It’s pretty spotty, very seedy in some parts, and it can be rough. There are sections, where I grew up pretty much, that you don’t really want to go if you’re not from there. You could be - [PQ&A: Dwayne Douglas](https://dchsny.org/pqa-douglas-esp/) - Traducción por Mildred Gopar. Foto por Phyenix Young-White. Dwayne Douglas Q: ¿Así que, usted nació y creció en Poughkeepsie? A: Nací en St. Thomas, Jamaica, de hecho, en los Indies del Oeste. En agosto de 1990, me mudé a Poughkeepsie. Tenía 8 años; yo diría que fui criado aquí en Poughkeepsie. Q: ¿Cuándo se mudo - [](https://dchsny.org/pqa-about-esp/) - Acerca del programa de PQ & A Poughkeepsie: La ciudad de Poughkeepsie está llena de gente variada e irreprimible que desafía los estereotipos. El programa de historia oral de PQ & A Poughkeepsie se lanzó en 2023 para brindar a los residentes de la ciudad la oportunidad de contar su historia y la historia de - [PQ&A: Dwayne Douglas](https://dchsny.org/pqa-douglas/) - Photo by Phyenix Young-White. Dwayne Douglas Q: So were you born and raised entirely in Poughkeepsie? A: I was born in St. Thomas, Jamaica, actually, in the West Indies. In August 1990 I moved to Poughkeepsie. I was 8 years old. I would say I was raised here in Poughkeepsie. Q: When you moved here, - [](https://dchsny.org/pqa/) - Notas del editor en Español From the Editor: Welcome to Poughkeepsie Q&A, or PQ&A for short! This oral history program provides longtime City of Poughkeepsie residents the opportunity to tell their story, and the city’s, to the general public. See our "About" page to learn more. Click here for our email address. Poughkeepsie Q&A is - [PQ&A: Dr. Shanna Didymus](https://dchsny.org/pqa-didymus-esp/) - Traducción por Fatimah Martinez. Foto por Phyenix Young-White. Dr. Shanna Didymus Q: Como alguien que ha vivido toda su vida en la ciudad de Poughkeepsie, ¿cuál es un conicimiento importante sobre el lugar? A: Poughkeepsie es un conglomerado de todo tipo de familias y parientes. Entonces, en el sentido de seis grados de separación, es - [PQ&A: Dr. Shanna Didymus](https://dchsny.org/pqa-didymus/) - Photo by Phyenix Young-White. Shana Didymus Q: As someone who has lived her whole life in the City of Poughkeepsie, what’s an important insight about the place? A: Poughkeepsie is a conglomerate of all sorts of families and relations. So in the sense of six degrees of separation, it’s really a one-and-a-half of a person - [PQA: Flo Duncan](https://dchsny.org/pqa-duncan/) - Photo by yoagi_projects Flo Duncan Q: How did you come to live in of the City of Poughkeepsie? A: I grew up mostly in the Bronx. Then my parents moved us to Yonkers for a couple of years, and from Yonkers to the Town of Poughkeepsie when I was 13. I went to Spackenkill schools. - [PQ&A: Alexander Pelish](https://dchsny.org/pqa-pelish-esp/) - Traducción por Maffy Malaver. Foto proporcionada. Alexander Pelish Q: ¿Cómo le describiría Poughkeepsie a alguien que no ha estado aquí antes? A: Es bastante irregular, sórdida en algunas partes y puede ser difícil. Hay secciones, donde crecí, a las que realmente no quieres ir si no eres de allí. Podrías estar en una buena zona - [PQ&A: Frank Johnson](https://dchsny.org/pqa-johnson-esp/) - Traducción por Cintia Osorio Foto por Olivia Barker-Duncan. Frank Johnson Q: Cuando eras niño, ¿dónde vivías en la ciudad? A: Crecí en el lado norte. Vivía justo debajo de King Street Park en Mansion Street. Q: Descríbe esta zona cuando eras pequeño. A: Era una zona predominantemente italiana. Éramos una de las tres familias negras - [PQA: Frank Johnson](https://dchsny.org/pqa-johnson/) - Photo by Olivia Barker-Duncan. Frank Johnson Q: When you were a kid, where did you live in the city? A: I grew up on the north side. I lived just below King Street Park on Mansion Street. Q: Describe it for me when you were growing up. A: It was a predominantly Italian area. We - [PQ&A: Isis Benitez](https://dchsny.org/pqa-benitez-esp/) - Traducción por Karla Zarate. Foto por Olivia Barker-Duncan. Isis Benitez Q: ¿Ud siente que existe una cierta percepción de prevalencia de la ciudad por parte de las personas que viven en otros lugares del área? A: Mucha gente piensa en Poughkeepsie como un lugar malo y temible para vivir. Somos predominantemente una ciudad con gente - [PQ&A: Flo Duncan](https://dchsny.org/pqa-duncan-esp/) - Traducción por Maffy Malaver. Foto por yoagi_projects. Flo Duncan Q: ¿Cómo terminó viviendo en la Ciudad de Poughkeepsie? A: Crecí principalmente en el Bronx. Luego, mis padres nos mudaron a Yonkers durante un par de años, y de Yonkers a la ciudad de Poughkeepsie. Tenía 13 años cuando fui a las escuelas de Spackenkill. Mi - [PQ&A: Michael Bennett](https://dchsny.org/pqa-bennett-esp/) - Traducción por Cintia Osorio. Foto por Kaleceia Douglas. Michael Bennett Q: ¿Naciste y creciste en la ciudad de Poughkeepsie? A:Me mudé a Poughkeepsie desde Rhinebeck cuando tenía diez años. Nací en San Francisco y luego mi familia se mudó a Nueva York, luego al estado de Virginia durante un par de años y luego a Rhinebeck - [PQ&A: Michael Bennett](https://dchsny.org/pqa-bennett/) - Photo by Kaleceia Douglas. Michael Bennett Q: Were you born and raised in the City of Poughkeepsie? A: I moved to Poughkeepsie from Rhinebeck when I was ten. I was born in San Francisco, and then my family moved to New York, then to Virginia for a couple of years, and then to Rhinebeck for - [PQ&A: Isis Benitez](https://dchsny.org/pqa-benitez/) - Photo by Olivia Barker-Duncan. Isis Benitez Q: Do you feel like there's a certain prevailing perception of the city held by people who live other places in the area? A: So many people think of Poughkeepsie as a bad and scary place to live. We’re predominantly a city with people of color. There’s this perceived - [PQ&A: Ykim Anderson](https://dchsny.org/pqa-anderson-esp/) - Traducción por Carolina Montecinos. Foto por Kaleceia Douglas. Ykim Anderson Q: ¿Cómo era tu vida en casa mientras crecías? A: Mi familia es muy, muy unida. Tuve la suerte de tener tanto a mi madre como a mi padre en mi vida, a pesar de que no estaban juntos. Yo viví con mi mamá hasta - [PQ&A: Ykim Anderson](https://dchsny.org/pqa-anderson/) - Photo by Kaleceia Douglas. Ykim Anderson Q: What was your home life like growing up? A: My family is very, very close. I was fortunate enough to have both my mother and father in my life, even though they weren’t together. I lived with my mom until I was about twelve. Then she thought it - [Captain Williams](https://dchsny.org/williams/) - At right, the highly regarded William Verplanck testifies to the excellence of the three Williams men. He incorrectly describes them as three brothers. They are a father and two sons. - [Letter to a Friend](https://dchsny.org/letter-to-a-friend/) - Above image: Jesse Wolcott (above left) was a friend and neighbor of Alfred Brown (center) in Australia. In 1884, Wolcott left Australia for a trip to New York which included a visit to Alfred’s brother, Alonzo in Poughkeepsie. A letter from Wolcott to Alfred is the basis for the first-person narrative dramatization of the visit - [Caroline Clowes (1838-1904)](https://dchsny.org/fertile-ground-exhibition/) - Fertile Ground: The Hudson Valley Animal Paintings of Caroline Clowes An Exhibition in Four Chapters 1 Early Life 2 Becoming an Artist 3 Her Work 4 Later Life & Legacy Curated by:The Dutchess County Historical SocietyBill Jeffway, Executive Director & Melodye Moore, Collections ChairCaroline Culp, Ph.D., Asst. Adjunct Professor of Art History, Vassar College Introduction - [Digital Maps](https://dchsny.org/maps/) - [Maps](https://dchsny.org/maps-2/) - 1867 1876 - [Sadie Peterson Delaney](https://dchsny.org/sadiepdelaney/) - Our online story about the extraordinary Sadie Peterson Delaney caught the attention of a big fan in England: Natty Mark Samuels, head of the African School in England. He was prompted to write a ballad dedicated to her, which is here performed by Poughkeepsie's Angela Henry. The profile of Mrs. Delaney is below as well. - [Lumber](https://dchsny.org/lumber/) - [The Automobile](https://dchsny.org/the-automobile/) - [Later Life & Legacy (4)](https://dchsny.org/fertile-ground-04/) - 1 Early Life 2 Becoming an Artist 3 Her Work 4 Viewing Now While Clowes’s early life was marked by turmoil and uncertainty, her later years were defined by contentment. Alternating between Heartsease in New York and the Hart property in Florida, she was surrounded by the extended family that had, from her early years, - [Becoming an Artist (2)](https://dchsny.org/fertile-ground-02/) - 1 Early Life 2 Viewing Now 3 Her Work 4 Later Life & Legacy After receiving early support at home for her interest in the arts, Clowes took classes in drawing and painting at local academies for young ladies. By 1862, Clowes was studying under the renowned Hudson River School painter Frederick Rondel, a French-born - [1858 Speech Strikes at National Issues](https://dchsny.org/douglass/) - By Bill Jeffway. A version of this article appears in the July 14, 2021 issue of the Northern/Southern Dutchess News / Beacon Free Press. There was never a more pivotal moment in our country's history than the moment when the renowned escaped slave, abolitionist, author, publisher and speaker Frederick Douglass galvanized an audience of several - [Expressions](https://dchsny.org/expressions/) - The words of Frederick Douglass as spoken at College Hill on Emancipation Day, 1858, in contemporary expression. Performed under the auspices of Celebrating the African Spirit in recognition of Poughkeepsie's 2022 Frederick Douglass Day. For best viewing click "Watch on Youtube." Research & images provided by the Dutchess County Historical Society, Bill Jeffway, Executive Director. - [Her Work (3)](https://dchsny.org/fertile-ground-03/) - 1 Early Life 2 Becoming an Artist 3 Viewing Now 4 Later Life & Legacy From the 1860s to the 1880s, Clowes’s career blossomed. Working from her backyard studio at Heartsease and her orange grove in Florida, she captured the bucolic spirit of rural America. Driven and dedicated to her craft, she wrote to her - [Douglass in Poughkeepsie 1858](https://dchsny.org/douglass-1858/) - “Emancipation Day.” This was the name of the holiday recognizing the date of August 1, 1834, as the date that the British Slavery Emancipation Act began the graduated process of freeing slaves in the British Empire. The greatest impact was in the Caribbean, or British West Indies, where the holiday is still celebrated in some - [Sophia Pooley: In Her Own Words](https://dchsny.org/pooley/) - Benjamin Drew published the book, The Refugee: or the Narratives of the Fugitive Slaves in Canada in 1856, capturing narratives of freedomseekers in first person testimony. Among the narratives is that of Sophia Pooley, who was born and raised ten miles south of Poughkeepsie in Fishkill. At the age of seven she was sold into - [Poughkeepsie Equality Trail](https://dchsny.org/pet/) - Click to Open New Window for Best View Or scroll down and through within the window below: - [Bain House Poughkeepsie](https://dchsny.org/bain-house/) - Kimberlee Breden of Poughkeepsie was not sure what to expect when she found a letter in her mailbox in November with a return address of New York State Governor Kathy Hochul and Erik Kulleseid, the Commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The letter advised Breden that she was - [The Loeb & DCHS Announce Formal Partnership](https://dchsny.org/the-loeb/) - May 2022 The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College and the Dutchess County Historical Society have formalized a partnership around their shared goals of community engagement and education through the visual arts, with a view to offering more inclusive and insightful historical narratives as context. The first collaboration is the November and December 2022 exhibition, "They Suppose - [Why is the Seal of the City of Poughkeepsie a Beehive?](https://dchsny.org/city-seal/) - You may have seen the City Seal on the car door of an official city vehicle like this one, or on the city flag (inset). Poughkeepsie was founded as a village by five trustees in 1799. Three of the five, including the Village President, were officers of the Poughkeepsie Masonic Order “Solomon’s Lodge No. 1,” - [Clowes: the Role of Sketches in the Development of Paintings](https://dchsny.org/clowes-sketches-paintings/) - We are very grateful to Rob Gosselink for lending his beautiful 1868 painting by Caroline Clowes to the exhibition, Fertile Ground: the Hudson Valley Animal Paintings of Caroline Clowes. We have been able to locate three preparatory sketches Clowes developed (dated and signed in the summer of 1868) in advance of the painting (also dated - [Masonic Poughkeepsie](https://dchsny.org/masonic-poughkeepsie/) - This Page is in Draft Form / Under Construction Freemasonry is the world's first and largest fraternal organization. Poughkeepsie has had two Masonic Lodges. Since the 18th century locally, Masons have been men of achievement and influence. The first Lodge was Solomon's Lodge No. 1, but the anti-masonic political movement in the 1820s ensured its - [Caroline Clowes: How Poughkeepsie, the City of Schools, Nurtured An Artist ](https://dchsny.org/2022-1218/) - Sunday, December 18 at 2:00 pm Caroline Clowes:How Poughkeepsie, the City of Schools, Nurtured An Artist With Bill Jeffway, Executive Director, and Melodye Moore, Trustee and Collections Chair of the Dutchess County Historical Society. If you would like to reserve a space, please email Bill Jeffway with the number in your party at bill.jeffway@dchsny.org Thank you! - [Drawn to Nature: The Sketches and Studies of Caroline Clowes](https://dchsny.org/2022-1211/) - Sunday, December 11 at 2:00 pm Drawn to Nature: The Sketches and Studies of Caroline Clowes With Caroline Culp, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art History at Vassar College and co-curator of the exhibition. If you would like to reserve a space, please email Bill Jeffway with the number in your party at bill.jeffway@dchsny.org Thank - ["Fertile Ground" Has Opened!](https://dchsny.org/clowes/) - WAMC's 51% Listen to Jesse King's interview of the curators for NPR women's program 51%. Opens a new window. Listen View Programs Four video programs examine a range of topics from painting conservation, to Poughkeepsie society, to other women artists. Opens a new window. View The exhibition, Fertile Ground: The Hudson Valley Animal Paintings of - [Drawn to Nature: The Sketches and Studies of Caroline Clowes](https://dchsny.org/fertile-ground-drawn/) - This program is part of the exhibition, Fertile Ground: the Hudson Valley Animal Paintings of Caroline Clowes. Below: Click on Watch on YouTube to open a new window & to view full screen. Click on the red play button in the middle to view within existing window. The generous support of our Program sponsor, Hudson - [DCHS 2022 Year End Message from the Executive Director](https://dchsny.org/2022-year-end/) - Invest in what is important Dear members and friends of DCHS, While this seems like an obvious thing to say, we ask you to consider a greater than usual year-end contribution to the Dutchess County Historical Society that reflects our larger ambition and greater successes in recent years. By doing so, you will be ensuring - [James Wright, Portrait Painter](https://dchsny.org/wright/) - Clowes Research Reveals Unknown Dimensions of Another Local Artist By Bill Jeffway A version of this article appears in the December 14, 2022 issue of the Northern / Southern Dutchess News. The portrait painter James Wright has been best known locally for his 1861 portrait of Matthew Vassar. Commissioned by Vassar in 1860, it is - [Postcards Workshop](https://dchsny.org/postcards-workshop/) - Dutchess County History Community Dutchess County Historical Society Local Vice PresidentsCraig Marshall, Chair Regular Quarterly Meeting: Postcard WorkshopDecember 14, 2022 For best view, full screen, click on Watch on YouTube, otherwise just press the red play button. - [Main at Garden & Liberty Streets](https://dchsny.org/main-garden-liberty/) - Poughkeepsie's intersection at Main Street of Garden Street to the north, and Liberty Street to the south, appears to have been an interesting and rich area. John Bolding, the self-emancipated enslaved man who was kidnapped by federal authorities and returned to the south, only to obtain his freedom through the collective action of Poughkeepsie residents, - [Painting in a Challenging Landscape: Women Artists in the 19th Century](https://dchsny.org/fertile-ground-women/) - With Rob Doyle This program is part of the exhibition, Fertile Ground: the Hudson Valley Animal Paintings of Caroline Clowes. Below: Click on Watch on YouTube to open a new window & to view full screen. Click on the red play button in the middle to view within the existing window. The generous support of - [DCHS 2022 Yearbook Vol. 101](https://dchsny.org/yb-101-2023/) - [Women Artists in the 19th Century](https://dchsny.org/women-artists/) - This program is sponsored by Hudson Views,a longtime and generous supporter of DCHS. Sara Cole (1805-1857) Frances Fanny Flora Bond Palmer (1812-76) Eliza Pratt Greatorex (1820-97) Lilly Martin Spencer (1822-1902) Rosa Marie (Rosalie) Bonheur (1822-1899) UNDER CONSTRUCTION - [Moore's Mills](https://dchsny.org/moores-mills/) - Click any image to enlarge: The hamlet of Moore's Mills is in the Town of LaGrange. - [History Speaks Podcast](https://dchsny.org/podcast/) - HistorySpeaks is an occasional podcast in a series that examines what we can learn from history, especially local history here in Dutchess County, if we care to listen. More information and schedule of future podcasts at: www.historyspeaks.us HistorySpeaks, the podcast, is produced by Bill Jeffway who is solely responsible for its content. Distributed by SoundCloud, - [The Temperance Minister in the Brewer's Pulpit](https://dchsny.org/temperance-minister/) - By Bill Jeffway.A version of this article appeared in the April 21 edition of the Northern / Southern Dutchess News / Beacon Free Press. The Poughkeepsie Baptist Minister, Charles Van Loon, had only been in the job just over a year when, in February of 1845, he did not mince words. The 27 year old - [Tools: Yearbook Access & Search](https://dchsny.org/tools-yearbook/) - Individual Editions 1914 to 1940 1941 to 1965 1966 to 1990 1991 to 2021 Two-step search for article, author, or topics 1. Type a single word. 2. Scroll through resulting list. This search function is different from traditional search engines. Type a single search term in the search box (only use a second word if - [292 Main Street, May 18, 1863](https://dchsny.org/292-main/) - Photo by Samuel L. Walker Poughkeepsie, New York How much can we learn from a single photo? Click For Detailed View Opens a new window - [New Hamburg Across Three Centuries](https://dchsny.org/new-hamburg/) - Resource Links: GENERAL HISTORY Ancient Astronomy Along the Hudson by Glenn Kreisber Wappinger Native Americans The Legend of Danskammer Podcast Henry Hudson Rombout Patent General New Hamburg History Historic District Stone Street Historic Area Records of First Presbyterian Church, New Hamburg LDS Records of First Presbyterian Church of Wappinger Creek (New Hamburg) THE PLACE / - [PQA: Ykim Anderson](https://dchsny.org/pqa-ykim-anderson/) - Q: What was your home life like growing up? A: My family is very, very close. I was fortunate enough to have both my mother and father in my life, even though they weren’t together. I lived with my mom until I was about twelve. Then she thought it would be a good idea for - [Tools: Gravestones](https://dchsny.org/tools-gravestones/) - 19,000 Inscriptions Poucher & Reynolds, 1924: Burying Grounds of Sharon, CT, Amenia & North East, NY: Poughkeepsie, Red Hook, Salt Point, Crum Elbow, 1911: - [Tools: County Government](https://dchsny.org/tools-county-government/) - Ancient Documents Historic Resource Survey Parcel Access - [Tools County Government](https://dchsny.org/county-government/) - Under construction. - [Tools: Photograph Search](https://dchsny.org/tools-photographs/) - Two-step search for book titles: Type in a single word. Scroll through resulting list. This search function is different from traditional search engines. Type a single search term in the search box (only use a second word if you are sure the two words follow in sequence such as “Vassar College”). Then scroll down what - [Locust Grove](https://dchsny.org/locust-grove/) - [Morse Before Morse Code](https://dchsny.org/morse/) - By Bill Jeffway, DCHS Executive Director A version of this article appears in the Northern/Southern Dutchess News / Beacon Free Press edition of November 16. The fact that the exhibition, Fertile Ground: the Hudson Valley Animal Paintings of Caroline Clowes, is taking place at Poughkeepsie’s Locust Grove, the former home of Samuel F. B. Morse - [Clowes Exhibit Open Through December 30](https://dchsny.org/clowes-exhibition/) - The exhibition, Fertile Ground: The Hudson Valley Animal Paintings of Caroline Clowes, will be on view at the Locust Grove Estate in Poughkeepsie, New York from November 4th to December 30th, 2022. Organized by the Dutchess County Historical Society, the exhibition celebrates the life and art of one of the Hudson Valley’s first professional female - [Wade & Croome's Panorama](https://dchsny.org/wade-croome/) - Selections relating to Dutchess County from Wade & Croome's Hudson River Panorama, 1867. - [Virtual Event Space & Program Sponsorship](https://dchsny.org/1k/) - $1,000 Virtual Event Space and Program sponsorship. Financial support for philanthropic reasons is one of the very good reasons to support DCHS in our ongoing, cross-generational work of preserving and sharing our local history. Through a $1,000 monthly sponsorship of our programs, there are additional benefits, including recognition that shows up on one of our - [DCHS Yearbook Encore Editions](https://dchsny.org/encore/) - DCHS Yearbook Encore Editions are single-topic reprints of articles drawing our our yearbooks which have been published since our founding in 1914, making DCHS Yearbook the longest-serving historical journal in New York State. Black History Free full-view online River Sports Free full-view online Order Printed Copies Through Amazon - [1932 DCHS Yearbook Morse & Locust Grove](https://dchsny.org/dchsyb-1932-morse/) - [Master Finding Aids](https://dchsny.org/master-finding-aids/) - [Nelson House](https://dchsny.org/nelson-house/) - The site of the Nelson House was home to Hendrickson's Tavern in the 18th century. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Alexander Hamilton told stories over drinks there. The site today is recognized with a historic marker. - [Poughkeepsie Main Street](https://dchsny.org/pok-main/) - [cc](https://dchsny.org/cc/) - [Troutbeck](https://dchsny.org/troutbeck/) - DCHS Yearbook Encore Editions: Troutbeck The Dutchess County Historical Society is pleased to continue a long and dynamic relationship with Troutbeck, starting at the time of our founding with Joel and Amy Spingarn. As a historic place of assembly, reflection, and creativity, DCHS is proud to continue to share the story of Troutbeck. Below you - [128th Lasher](https://dchsny.org/128th-lasher/) - The images below are courtesy of Lasher genealogist and family historian Janet Reasoner at Find-a-Grave. - [Center Stage](https://dchsny.org/center-stage/) - Awards. Events. News. Under construction. - [Tools DCHS Occasional Publications](https://dchsny.org/tools-dchs-occasional-books/) - [Tools Maps](https://dchsny.org/tools-maps/) - Under construction. - [Tools Newspapers](https://dchsny.org/tools-newspapers/) - Fulton Free Search NYS Historic Free Search Newspapers.com Subscription Search - [Dutchess On Hudson](https://dchsny.org/dutchess-on-hudson/) - Dover Plains, DurandCarmiencke, Hyde ParkCarmiencke YaleRhinebeck, Durand Dutchess County is right in the middle of the valley that lent its name to the Hudson River School of Art. So it is not surprising that we find Dutchess County as the subject of many of those school. - [Documenting Enslavement](https://dchsny.org/documenting-enslavement/) - Cezar buys his own freedom for £65 over six years Poughkeepsie 1791 DCHS Collections include the ledger of medical doctor Robert Noxon. At a page toward the back of the ledger, Noxon lays out the costs involved in a you boy or man named Cezar. Below is a 1904 photo of the back of the - [Black History Featured Collections](https://dchsny.org/col-black-history/) - Highlights People 1941 VOICES Interviews of Manet Fowler Places AME Zion Church The Walter M. Patrice Collection Things Freedom For Sale Man purchases own freedom Words from the past Newer Perspectives Other Starting Points The Walter M. Patrice Collection focuses largely on the history of the Smith AME Zion Church in Poughkeepsie, which through Mr. - [Manet Fowler Interviews 1941](https://dchsny.org/fowler-interviews/) - Under the heading, Dutchess County Defense Attitudes, the anthropologist Manet Fowler, early in her career, conducted interviews among Blacks in Dutchess County. She made three trips that included Poughkeepsie, Beacon, and a handful of small towns. We are not sure under whose auspices or direction these were conducted. A profile of Fowler is provided at - [For Members Only](https://dchsny.org/for-members-only/) - [Rhinebeck Juneteenth 2022](https://dchsny.org/rhi-jun-2022/) - Rhinebeck 7th Grade, Juneteenth 2021 For Juneteenth 2021, the 7th Grade class at Rhinebeck created a flag that was on public display outside the village and town halls. Like a classic quilt, the large flag was made up of many smaller pieces, each with their own story of local history. Rhinebeck 7th Grade, Juneteenth 2022 - [Collections Feature: The Photographs of Reuben Van Vlack](https://dchsny.org/feature-rvv/) - The powerful World War One photographs of Poughkeepsie professional photographer Reuben Van Vlack Over 300 glass plate negatives were a gift of C. Fred Close. - [CMCxcu](https://dchsny.org/cmcxcu/) - These images will advance themselves, or you may use the arrows: Click any image for an extreme close-up view: - [Knickerbocker](https://dchsny.org/knickerbocker/) - Visit the emerging Knickerbocker Trail! Click image to learn more. Fred Knickerbocker and the draw of service in the Spanish American War. Click image to learn more. Fred Knickerbocker's Service in Hawaii in 1898. Click image to learn more. - [Fred Knickerbocker's War Service](https://dchsny.org/fred/) - Curated by Justin Kemp, g-g-grandson of Fred Knickerbocker War Service in Hawaii in November 1898 Photos By & Letters From Fred Knickerbocker - [Dutchess County's Knickerbocker Trail](https://dchsny.org/knickerbocker-trail/) - For a very long time, since 1809 to be precise, the best-known Knickerbockers have been the fictional characters depicted by the author Washington Irving in a satirical history of New York. His work spawned the use of the iconic name to mean a “real” New Yorker, the Dutch focus reflecting the fact that the first - [DCHS Bockee Smithfield July 16 2022](https://dchsny.org/bockee-smithfield-2022/) - The Rich Mosaic of Rural Life in Early Dutchess County Revealed The public joined descendants of Amenia’s Bockee family (pronounced boh-KAY) at the historic Smithfield Church in Amenia on Saturday, July 16, 2022. The Dutchess County Historical Society (DCHS) and Amenia Historical Society (AHS) co-hosted the event since both organizations have important collections related to - [Rediscovering Caroline Morgan Clowes: Her Work](https://dchsny.org/rediscovering-caroline-herwork/) - Enjoy these works, oil on canvas, by Caroline Morgan Clowes. DCHS Collections, Hart-Hubbard Collection, unless otherwise noted. - [Adriance](https://dchsny.org/adriance/) - [Website In Transition](https://dchsny.org/start/) - CLICK TO VIEW PRESENTATION ON SHENANDOAH BATTLES OF CIVIL WAR Website in Transition During the month of August, we will be transitioning to a new website platform that is intended to improve access and search. During this period, parts of the website will be down, or appear incomplete. Thank you for your patience! This website - [The Story Behind Poughkeepsie's Cast Iron Building](https://dchsny.org/cast-iron/) - Meet the woman behind the building of the cast iron building! Meet the titan of the iron industry who had a home in Poughkeepsie, who made sure his client got a world class product. Take a look at how the things meant to inspire in 1872 can inspire today! The Dutchess County Historical Society is - [Dutchess County Soldiers in Shenandoah](https://dchsny.org/shenandoah/) - DCHS Trustee and Dutchess Community College professor Dr. Michael Boden, himself a long-serving veteran is just back from the Shenandoah battlefield. As is his style, he takes moments of national importance and allows us to see and experience them through the eyes of the men, in this case, who would have been our friends and - [RSVP for August 18 Program with Michael Boden](https://dchsny.org/august18/) - Join Professor Michael Boden of Dutchess Community College for a riveting story on the exploits of the 128th New York Infantry during the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign in Virginia. While the 150th New York was known as "The Dutchess County Regiment," many other units recruited in Dutchess County during the war. The 128th was one - [secure](https://dchsny.org/secure/) - [All Created Equal](https://dchsny.org/all-created-equal/) - [WWI Enlisted Men War Dead](https://dchsny.org/wwi-war-dead/) - [cws_gpp_images_by_albumid_gp id='AOUkWu7s22d5RlMHguMlES6RnyD1d6oekOay55H66A8Tx52taEbQj_kXOM4ryQOuSb-nFNmJNqFq' crop=1 row_height=200 theme='grid' show_title=0] Organized by Family Name Organized by Town and Hamlet Name - [WW1 Sgt. Sebie Bostic, a profile by his grandson, Robert Magill](https://dchsny.org/bostic/) - [Women's Suffrage on Wheels!](https://dchsny.org/wheels/) - This article is part of a year-long program recognizing the 100th anniversary of national women's suffrage, other articles here: By Bill Jeffway This article appears in the January 29, 2020 issue of the Northern/Southern Dutchess News. “The 72-year struggle” is how one women’s suffrage leader referred to what is commonly understood to be duration of - [Woman Wants Bread Not Ballots](https://dchsny.org/woman-wants-bread-not-ballots/) - “Woman Wants Bread, Not the Ballot” Susan B. Anthony, 1880-1890 My purpose tonight is to demonstrate the great historical fact that disfranchisement is not only political degradation, but also moral, social, educational and industrial degradation; and that it does not matter whether the disfranchised class live under a monarchial or a republican form of government, - [WKIP Interviews John Mack and Moses Smith](https://dchsny.org/mack-smith-interview/) - Click play to listen: WKIP’s Bruff Olin interviews long time Roosevelt friends Judge John Mack and Moses Smith two hours after the President’s death was announced. Click below to go to main story: - [Wilcox Park: A Reflection of Deep & Varied Historical Roots](https://dchsny.org/wilcox-park/) - jump: The 1710 Palatine Immigration jump: 1911 An Estate Emerges jump: Reforestation jump: The Second Generation jump: Other Legacies of Irene Kilmer Wilcox jump: 1975 Resource Study by NY Botanical Garden Wilcox Park reflects a Milan woman's response to personal loss. From left to right, Irene Kilmer Wilcox (1893-1977), her husband, Frederick Peck Wilcox (1857-1942), - [Wilcox Park](https://dchsny.org/wilcox-park-2/) - [Washington's 1792 Visit to Poughkeepsie](https://dchsny.org/gwvisit/) - Remembering George Washington’s 1782 visit to the local Masonic Lodge on Market Street February 22, 2020 marks both the 288th birthday of George Washington and the 125th anniversary of the elaborate dedication ceremonies of the new Masonic Temple on Cannon Street, now known as Revel32. Among the gifts at the dedication ceremonies was a medal - [Washington & Lafayette in Dutchess County](https://dchsny.org/washington-lafayette/) - A version of the following article authored by Bill Jeffway was published in the Northern/Southern Dutchess News/Beacon Free Press on June 26, 2019 as part of DCHS's Decoding Dutchess Past series. Washington and Lafayette.These names have such iconic status that we might forget that these “mere mortals” put one foot in front of the other - [Washington](https://dchsny.org/washington/) - A version of the following article authored by Bill Jeffway was published in the Northern/Southern Dutchess News/Beacon Free Press on June 26, 2019 as part of DCHS's Decoding Dutchess Past series. Washington and Lafayette.These names have such iconic status that we might forget that these “mere mortals” put one foot in front of the other - [Wappinger Dolph Stewart c1945](https://dchsny.org/wappinger/) - Click once ~ then once again ~ to fully enlarge. - [Walter Patrice Collection](https://dchsny.org/walter-patrice-collection/) - Highlights of the Walter Patrice Collection Profile of Mr. Patrice The donor of this collection is Walter Patrice of Poughkeepsie. Mr. Patrice served as First Lieutenant 389th Engineer General Service Regiment in Europe in WW2. He is a prior winner of the DCHS Dutchess Prize for outstanding service in history to the community. 1918 Church - [Voices & Stories of Local Native Peoples](https://dchsny.org/native-voices/) - The role of the non-Native community in their recovery Hosted by the Clinton Historical Society on November 5th, 2021, this presentation was given by the Dutchess County Historical Society's Executive Director, Bill Jeffway, and Head of Collections and Trustee, Melodye Moore via Zoom, with the view that it would become an archived, online on-demand video - [Veterans Day 2020](https://dchsny.org/veterans-day-2020/) - For best view use full screen button at bottom right of screen Born out of the Revolutionary War, our country has relied on men and women to serve in its defense. From DCHS Collections, top to bottom: Men assemble at Poughkeepsie's Market and Main Streets in 1861 in anticipation of the fighting of the Civil - [Veteran Self-Interview Online Submission](https://dchsny.org/veteran-self-online/) - [Veteran Interview](https://dchsny.org/veteran-interview/) - Thank you for sharing your stories of service with DCHS. Our hope is simply to be the platform for you to tell your story so that others may benefit from your experience and service to our country. In addition to the interview itself, we ask two things. STEP 1: BASIC PROFILE & SERVICE INFORMATION. You - [Vassar Campus](https://dchsny.org/vassar-campus/) - [Vassar Brothers Hospital Collection](https://dchsny.org/co-vassarbrothershospital/) - The Vassar Brothers Hospital Collection Repository Dutchess County Historical Society 549 Main Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 845-471-1630 www.DCHSNY.org contact@dchsny.org Access Number 1984.0004 Processed by Finding Aid Author: Gregory Wiedeman, 2012 Arranged by: unknown Described by: unknown & Gregory Wiedeman, 2013 Preservation work: Gregory Wiedeman, 2013 Encoded by: n/a Date Completed 2013 April 3 Creators Vassar - [Van Wyck Papers](https://dchsny.org/van-wyck-papers/) - Indenture and apprenticeship papers of Egbert Cook Personal correspondence from James Cook to John Cook "Dear Father" letters March, May and November 1808 1807 Correspondence - [VAN KLEECK Collection](https://dchsny.org/van-kleeck-collection/) - [Uphill Battle: Our Epic, Eternal Struggle to Tame Poughkeepsie's Water](https://dchsny.org/water/) - From the Dutchess County Historical Society. We look at the demands we make on water in all its forms, from the time of earliest human settlement. 18 minutes. This video is from a presentation and conversation with the Dutchess County Historical Society's Bill Jeffway and Poughkeepsie Water Facility's Randy Alstadt on March 10, 2021. DCHS - [Two Poughkeepsie artists reflect two distinct 20th century generations](https://dchsny.org/baker-name/) - By Bill Jeffway A version of this article appears in the May 17, 2022 issue of the Northern/Southern Dutchess News / Beacon Free Press. They both grew up in Poughkeepsie, although one went to Poughkeepsie High School, and the other went to Arlington. They both had an artistic eye that resulted in their work gaining - [Trailing Arbutus: Loved to Death?](https://dchsny.org/arbutus/) - By Bill Jeffway A version of this article appeared in the June 30 Northern/Southern Dutchess News/ Beacon Free Press. In April of 1867, 18-year-old Emily Hart started to carefully assemble her “herbarium,” a 48-page book of carefully pressed flowers (DCHS Collections, Gift of E. Stuart and Linda Hubbard). On each page, beneath the pressed flower, - [Topics](https://dchsny.org/topics/) - [Tivoli Ladies Who "Just did it!"](https://dchsny.org/red-hook-women/) - This article is part of a year-long program recognizing the 100th anniversary of national women's suffrage, other articles here: By Bill Jeffway The path to the August 1920 national right to vote for women in the US was long and varied. Some used their political voice to create change, other women were "radical" by achieving - [Three Generations of Bolins](https://dchsny.org/thebolins/) - Abram Bolin was born in 1826, in Dutchess County's Dover Plains, a Quaker stronghold. The 1820 census shows one enslaved person and 66 "free colored" in the Town of Dover. The same year, towns like Fishkill/Beacon had 266 enslaved and 425 free. Rhinebeck and Red Hook still had a majority of Persons of Color enslaved: - [Thomas Civil War Collection: 128th NYS Volunteer Infantry Regiment](https://dchsny.org/thomas-civil-war-collection/) - Dean Thomas recently donated his extensive Civil War collection to DCHS. In addition to the thoughtful explanation by Dean which was published in the Northern/Southern Dutchess News (above), you'll find (below), two DCHS Yearbook articles he had written. Click on either image for best viewing. Above: Montage of close-ups of photo and case showing William - [The Street Where It Happened](https://dchsny.org/the-street/) - The life and times of Alexander Hamilton, with Dutchess County as the stage. By Bill Jeffway, Executive Director, Dutchess County Historical Society, September 2019. Upper left arrow allows pdf Download Lower right square allows Fullscreen We ask for your patience while this map is under construction... To advance through the map: - [The Steadfast Who Said No To Women's Suffrage](https://dchsny.org/antis/) - 1915 Everett P. Wheeler (1840-1925) was a successful New York City attorney who had an estate, the "Drumlin," in what is today the Town of Wappinger (on Wheeler Hill Road). He purchased the estate at the end of the Civil War and it remained in his family until 1932. He gave the talk below, in - [The Steadfast Antis & Their Effort to Prevent Women's Suffrage](https://dchsny.org/steadfast/) - With 2020 marking the100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote nationally, we have put a spotlight on the many women, and certain men, who fought vigorously for that right. But what about the equally vigorous efforts of the women and men known colloquially as "the antis?" The anti-suffrage effort prevented women's suffrage from - [The Rombout Patent](https://dchsny.org/dchs-pub-1985-rombout/) - DCHS PUB 1985 The Rombout Patent - [The Recovery of a Rural African American Burial Ground is a Recovery of Voices & Lives](https://dchsny.org/milanburials/) - Jump to: BURIAL OF FORMER SLAVES A downloadable, printable version of this story (pdf) is at right: Privately published, 2020. Bill Jeffway. Emerging Voices: Recovered stories beneath the well-worn stones at Milan's Turkey Hill Lives of a Revolutionary War Veteran, Former Slaves, Revealed Out of respect for the lives of those whose story has been - [The Ongoing Pursuit of Historical Truths](https://dchsny.org/truths/) - Rewriting History in Pursuit of Truth: The Historian's "Most Important Work" "Many histories represent preconceived ideas rather than conclusions deducted from a study of facts..." "[Each] new day may enable us to readjust our vision, to see the past in a truer perspective, to clear away the mists that have obscured the truth." Under the - [The New Guinea Trail](https://dchsny.org/newguineatrail/) - CLICK HERE TO OPEN A NEW WINDOW FOR BEST VIEWING Alternatively, scroll down over the image below to advance within this page A Community Literally at the Center of the Debate Over Slavery Below: Better understand the national arguments that drove the country to the deadly Civil War, and you will better understand the environment - [The Long & Winding Road: The Local Path to 1920 Women's Right to Vote Nationally](https://dchsny.org/1920localpath/) - This article is part of a year-long program recognizing the 100th anniversary of national women's suffrage, other articles here: By Bill Jeffway Women across the US gained a right to vote that was equal to men on August 26, 1920, when the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was adopted. This expanded right happened at - [The Local Path to Women's Suffrage: View From Red Hook](https://dchsny.org/red-hook-suffrage/) - This article is part of a year-long program recognizing the 100th anniversary of national women's suffrage, other articles here: How Farming and Nursing Organizations Advanced Women’s Suffrage in a Rural Dutchess County Town By Bill Jeffway The bookends of the path to women’s right to vote are generally considered to be the 1848 Seneca Falls - [Home of the Free](https://dchsny.org/dunbar-brown/) - This Hyde Park house was home to a local, former enslaved man and his wife By Bill Jeffway A version of this article appears in the Northern / Southern Dutchess News / Beacon Free Press edition March 23, 2022. After living in Florida for three decades, Mary Witherwax and her husband, Roland, were looking for - [The Grange in Dutchess County](https://dchsny.org/grange/) - An exceptional historic overview: The best way to view this book on issuu is to view in full screen, explained here: - [The Grand Army of the Republic or GAR](https://dchsny.org/gar/) - Rough and emerging workspace of Bill Jeffway & Sean Klay. Have something to add? Email bill.jeffway@dchsny.org please! 1867, the (Capt. Louis McLane) Hamilton Post No. 20, Poughkeepsie 1870, the (Col. Joseph) Howland Post No. 48, in what is today Beacon 1873, the (Francis N.) Sterling Post No. 41, Poughkeepsie (short-lived break-out) 1873, the John - [The Fading Veneer of Equality](https://dchsny.org/fadingveneer/) - [The Dutchess's County](https://dchsny.org/ddp-the-dutchess/) - [The Contours of Our Roads](https://dchsny.org/roads/) - By Bill Jeffway A version of this article appeared in the December 16, 2020 Northern and Southern Dutchess News / Beacon Free Press. See pdf at right: Above: Newspaper clippings from the late 1940s show plans for a suspension bridge directly into Rhinebeck at Rhinecliff, and plans to turn the Taconic Parkway into a six-lane - [The Civil War Through Civilian Eyes](https://dchsny.org/civilian-eyes/) - Jump to: THE CIVIL WAR BATTLE AT AVERASBORO with Michael Boden The Civil War Through Civilian Eyes by Bill Jeffway A version of this article appeared in the August 25, 2021 issues of the Northern/Southern Dutchess News / Beacon Free Press The recent talk by DCHS Trustee and Dutchess Community College Professor of History, Dr. - [The Bridal by Spooner](https://dchsny.org/the-bridal-by-spooner/) - We are grateful to Barbarah Hughey, DCHS Yearbook contributor, and advisor on "gardening and growing things" as a topic, for identifying the leaves as those of greater celandine or chelidonium majus. - [The Band Played On: Through Good Times ~ and Bad ~ the Omnipresent Eastman Band](https://dchsny.org/the-band-played-on/) - In these pages of a diary of a not-yet identified male student at Poughkeepsie's Eastman Business College, we learn about life's small inconveniences, whether rain, or a headache, and see a few of our nation's most climactic events unfold locally. From mid-April to mid-June 1865, this snapshot is a compelling personal take on things big - [The Alarm](https://dchsny.org/rediscovering-caroline-the-alarm/) - [drawattention ID=14283] Text here. - [Susan B. Anthony Speaks in Red Hook](https://dchsny.org/bread/) - This article is part of a year-long program recognizing the 100th anniversary of national women's suffrage, other articles here: Susan B. Anthony was about 5 years into a 15 year run on giving the talk, Women Want Bread, Not Ballots. Usually 90-minutes long, this excerpt is 22 minutes. This is a contemporary reading that is - [Sunday Drives & Rambles](https://dchsny.org/sundaydrives/) - Sunday Drives & Rambles is an any day, any time, any place evolving set of tours and trails in the spirit of DCHS's historic Pilgrimages and Silver Ribbon Tours. The historian and philosopher Louis Mumford spoke to DCHS members about the value of local history while visiting Troutbeck, the Amenia estate of Joel and Amy - [Stoutenburgh-Teller Family Association 2019 Hyde Park](https://dchsny.org/stfa2019/) - Photos by Shannon Butler and Bill Jeffway [cws_gpp_images_by_albumid_gp id='AOUkWu4v9Ak3cwfmqnIgQnh65dJj3SaoTLdPP6wAHhrZxddyBE_t04Kr_9eBFs0_8D1JlcX6IRhp' crop=1 row_height=200 theme='grid' show_title=0] From "Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley before 1776." - [Story of Hart Hubbard Apples](https://dchsny.org/hart-hubbard-apples/) - Click here for high resolution Rural New-Yorker article - [St Paul's Church Wurtemburg Records](https://dchsny.org/pubwurtemburgstpauls/) - Book 1 Baptisms 1760 to 1846 Marriages 1766 to 1844 Burials 1826 to 1854 Communicants 1763 to 1840 Book 2 Baptisms 1842 to 1873 Marriages 1844 to 1873 Burials 1825 to 1854 Communicants 1843 to 1867 Confirmations 1826 to 1840 Located at issue page 65, Book 1, Baptisms. - [Spingarn on Sargent](https://dchsny.org/sargent/) - [Soldiers' Fountain Poughkeepsie](https://dchsny.org/soldiersfountain/) - Vassar Professors Laura J. Wylie (above at left) and Gertrude Buck (above at right) hosted many gatherings in favor of women's suffrage and other social justice and educational issues at their home at the fountain. With their beloved dog. Wylie and Buck photos by Margaret DeMott Brown, DCHS Collections. Contemporary photo by Bill Jeffway, 2019. - [Social Media County Wide](https://dchsny.org/social/) - [Saratoga Adirondack Crash 1906](https://dchsny.org/saratoga-adirondack/) - [Rowing & Ice Yachting: the
 Hudson River & Year-round Sport](https://dchsny.org/year-round-hudson/) - Please join DCHS. Associate Membership at $20 gives you all digital access benefits From DCHS Collections: The Regatta Room at the Nelson House, 1950s. DCHS Walter Averill Collection. By Eunice Hatfield Smith. DCHS Smith Family Collection. - [Related to the History of the Dutchess County Fair](https://dchsny.org/fairhistory/) - From the 1928 DCHS Yearbook For best viewing, click on more about this book at bottom right of frame Several short histories - [Red Hook Suffrage Walk](https://dchsny.org/rhsw/) - Online version of the tour below Printable PDF version below - [Red Hook Black History Trail](https://dchsny.org/rhbht/) - CLICK HERE FOR NEW WINDOW FOR BEST VIEWING Or scroll within the window below for quick view: If you are just scrolling through the above window, be sure to go through all 9 steps Done here? Take me to: - [Reading Glass: Poughkeepsie Savings](https://dchsny.org/reading-glass-psb/) - "Reading Glass" is an evolving online presentation of the Dutchess County Historical Society. Poughkeepsie and Dutchess County have important WPA murals, in part, because the President of the United States took such a deep and detailed interest in their execution. While these murals get all the attention, glass windows, too, told important stories. This is - [Recovering Women's Stories From Dutchess County's Ancient Documents](https://dchsny.org/recovering-womens-stories/) - With Dutchess County Historian, William P. Tatum, III, Ph.D. From a live program on March 10, 2022. Click here: To Dutchess County Ancient Documents Opens a new window - [Reading Glass: At Home](https://dchsny.org/reading-glass-at-home/) - [Reading Glass](https://dchsny.org/reading-glass/) - An online exhibition brought to you by the Dutchess County Historical Society The Smith Metropolitan AME Zion Church in Poughkeepsie is a listed on the National Register of Historic Places. We examine the historic contribution of the stained glass windows from 1912 and what that reveals about the parishioners and church leadership at the time. - [Read Glass: Smith AME Zion Church](https://dchsny.org/ame-zion-windows/) - "Reading Glass" is an evolving online presentation of the Dutchess County Historical Society. Listed on the US National Register of Historic Places Windows are contributing elements "Listing on the National Register recognizes the importance of these properties to the history of our country..." NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, 1992, announcing national listing - [Quarantine Handbill of LaGrange's Capt. Benjamin H. Hart](https://dchsny.org/quarantine/) - Published in the August 12 Northern/Southern Dutchess News/ Beacon Free Press. Use zoom and full size icons at top and bottom of frame to help in reading. Handbill, below. DCHS Hart Hubbard Collection: Public domain image: - [Quakers in Milan](https://dchsny.org/milanquakers/) - QUAKERS IN MILAN BY BARBARA THOMPSON They came early in Milan’s history, traveling up the South Road or Cold Spring Road from Stanfordville or lower down in Dutchess, the Oblong. These were the Quaker families of the Hicks, the Wilburs, the Niles and the Thorns who arrived here about 1777. Originally the Niles family was - [Prof. Myra Young Armstead on the 1918 Pandemic](https://dchsny.org/armstead-1918/) - To read, either scroll through below, or for best viewing click "full screen" icon in toolbar (four arrows pointing out in form of square). - [Poughkeepsie's Boats And Trolleys in the 1930s](https://dchsny.org/boats-and-trolleys/) - Dayliners, Ferries & Trolley Cars on Main Street Poughkeepsie [Below are notes on file at the Dutchess County Historical Society from the 1970s]. In the 1930s, Edmund Rawson of Luckey, Platt & Co., filmed "Hinkley's Trolleys.” The National Archives modernized the original film [in the 1970s]. We can see the trolley meeting the ferry; the - [Poughkeepsie: ready for your close up?](https://dchsny.org/closeup/) - Clinton House, Open House. Home of the Dutchess County Historical Society. 549 Main Street, parking and entrance from back from North White Street. Sunday, November 3 From 1:00 to 3:00 pm (having turned our clocks back when we wake up that day). We'll look at glass plate negatives from the late 1800s and early 1900s - [Poughkeepsie Savings Bank](https://dchsny.org/poughkeepsie-savings/) - Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle January 1, 1912 - [Poughkeepsie Silversmiths](https://dchsny.org/silversmiths/) - Silversmiths of Poughkeepsie, 1945 DCHS Yearbook entry. - [Poughkeepsie Journal Building Murals](https://dchsny.org/pojomurals/) - Evolving, stay tuned! - [Poughkeepsie in the "movies" in 1913](https://dchsny.org/poughkeepsie-1913/) - Moving Images of Poughkeepsie February 1913 We know from newspaper articles at the time that Edwin S. Canman, manager of the United Educational and Industrial Film Company of New York City, was in Poughkeepsie filming between February 6 and February 27, 1913. The "movie" (the word was often used in quotation marks, the word moving - [Poughkeepsie Early Maps](https://dchsny.org/poughkeepsie-early-maps/) - [cws_gpp_images_by_albumid_gp id='AOUkWu5D54dMz-1cXlKB7f_V0qtfNcoLq1lCfpK_uM0907UiYsyxqHba-4OqyPpm7hNTv234Ut4M' crop=1 row_height=200 theme='grid' show_title=1] - [Poughkeepsie Church Histories 1895](https://dchsny.org/poughkeepsie-churches/) - https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZTvReL7JRfZvUuqr6 - [Poughkeepsie 250th Anniversary 1937](https://dchsny.org/poughkeepsie250/) - Take Me To Poughkeepsie "Scrapbook" For More Like This - [Poughkeepsie 1961](https://dchsny.org/poughkeepsie-1961/) - May 20, 1961 "Summer Festival" along Main Street promoted by the Chamber of Commerce to support local shopping Special thanks to the sleuths at Facebook's If you grew up in Poughkeepsie group for identification of the event! [cws_gpp_images_by_albumid_gp id='AOUkWu6iLI6PkXZIH-DAqkyMJx0q0QNJFy7Cw5YAkg9guG3wdNoglSR_tV-CYXwoYV-nzINpIsDN' crop=1 row_height=200 theme='grid' show_title=0] - [Poughkeepsie 1909](https://dchsny.org/poughkeepsie-1909/) - The full brochure: The best way to view the above article on issuu is to view in full screen, explained below Select images: Market & Main Street Select images: Waterfront, Parks, Residential Streets Select images: local business Select images: iconic buildings that stand today - [Poughkeepsie "Scrapbook"](https://dchsny.org/poughkeepsie/) - A DCHS online "scrapbook" is a loose assortment of items related to a topic, rather than a formal exhibition. Items featured here might be pulled together or "curated" like the available maps of Poughkeepsie over the centuries, they might be a recent Collections gift or "discovery," or generated through conversations in social media such as - [Pine Plains ~ Role of Honor ~ Fred Knickerbocker](https://dchsny.org/pp-roh-fknickerbocker/) - Understanding yellow journalism and the Spanish American War You will see that in 1898 the Pine Plains Register was using the words yellow journalism to distinguish its own reporting from other's. Fred Knickbocker served in the Spanish American War in Hawaii. Perhaps ending up with a longer and more exotic experience than he may have - [Photos Reveal A Single Point In A Multi-generational Family Dry Cleaning Business](https://dchsny.org/scheer/) - Just as every picture is worth a thousand words, so it is with every collections gift that comes to the Dutchess County Historical Society. Whatever the object, be it a manuscript, an item of clothing, a painting or a photograph, there is always a story behind the obvious physical nature of the item, and the - [Philip Smith Dutchess History 1609 to 1876](https://dchsny.org/lib-philip-smith-dutchess-history/) - DCHS is building as much freely available research sources as copyright, copyright permissions and digitizing budget allows. Please feel free to share your suggestions. The best way to view on issuu is to view in full screen, explained below: - [Perspectives on Pandemics of 1918 and 2020](https://dchsny.org/1918flu/) - The timeframe of 1918 is a somewhat loose timeframe. The numbers come from sources that reference, "the war," and "the pandemic" which do not fit neatly into a calendar year. But the vast majority of those deaths did occur in 1918. Regarding military deaths, the official report of the Adjutant General was checked for accuracy - [Payment instructions by check or online](https://dchsny.org/pay/) - [Patriotic Tributes](https://dchsny.org/memorial-day/) - Last Letter Home: Rich Goring Reads Morris Goring 10 minutes The Evolution of Memorial Day in Dutchess County 45 minutes, includes "Last Letter Home: Rich Goring Reads Morris Goring" above video "I served..." Voices of Dutchess County Veterans 24 minutes County Fair Star Spangled Banner Honoring WWI Veterans 2 minutes Beacon's Boys Go Off to - [Our Public History: Statues & Monuments](https://dchsny.org/public-history-statues/) - The combined forces of a global pandemic, public discussions about race and social justice in a democracy as open, free and dynamic as the United States, has prompted important discussions about of how our collective, shared and varied history is expressed in public spaces. In a country of diverse religious, racial, cultural and countless other - [Our Public History: Public Holidays](https://dchsny.org/public-history-holidays/) - By Bill Jeffway A version of this article was published in the Northern and Southern Dutchess News/ Beacon Free Press September 23, 2020 (right) and is designed to be the commencement of a series of articles on the topic of the depiction of history in public spaces. History in the “Public Square” By definition, the - [Our Public History: Murals & Paintings](https://dchsny.org/public-history-murals/) - Local issues How are others handling the issue? Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has asked Native Americans to comment on its collections that depict Native Americans, and their ancient and historic lands. An example below, and right. Click here for full exhibition. To me, every bend in the - [Other Dutchess-relevant resources](https://dchsny.org/other-dutchess/) - Office of the Dutchess County Historian Researchers should be aware that most archival material preserved at the county level relates to the operations of county government from the eighteenth century onwards. Our holdings are rich in court records, tax rolls, deeds, and similar documents. We do not house material generated by municipal governments, which are - [Newsworthy 2019 02](https://dchsny.org/newsworthy-2019-02/) - [Milo Winchester](https://dchsny.org/milo-winchester/) - The World War One Diary of Milo Winchester In three parts to help manage file size Map of France Annotated by Milo Winchester "Bought at YMCA Nice, France, March 18, 1919" Local Newspaper Clippings Poughkeepsie Eagle News 1918 & 1919 Military Service Documents - [Milan 1947](https://dchsny.org/milan-1947/) - Milan 1947 - [Methodist Church Washington Street](https://dchsny.org/pok-churches-1895-methodist-washington/) - [Member/Donor Direct Postcard Image Access](https://dchsny.org/member-postcards/) - Images of DCHS Postcards can be viewed as "List" or "Grid." We recommend Grid view but both options are available. We have only just started to pull these together and the first round are related to Poughkeepsie. Over the coming months we will be sharing a broader range of postcards. Click here to access postcard - [Market](https://dchsny.org/market/) - Alexander Hamilton & The Poughkeepsie Street Where it Happened: Market between Main and Church - [Lucille Pattison](https://dchsny.org/pattison/) - This article is part of a year-long program recognizing the 100th anniversary of national women's suffrage, other articles here: DUTCHESS COUNTY WOMEN: THE LONG ROAD TO ELECTED OFFICE Written and Delivered by Dutchess County Executive Lucille P. Pattison at the Local History Conference on Hudson Valley Women, a Tradition of Service and Courage April 28, - [Local Pictorialism](https://dchsny.org/pictoralism/) - Pictorialism was a style of photography popular in the late 19th century into the early 20th century that pushed photography away from a simple documentary style to an exercise of expression. Often soft in focus, and in single tones outside of black and white, often brown, the style was practiced professionally by photographers like Margaret - [Living History](https://dchsny.org/living-history/) - Welcome! This page is a constantly evolving resource for Living History and Historic Reenactment Under the guidance of Mr. Murray, Pine Plains Central School District Winner of DCHS's 2021 Eileen Mylod Hayden Excellence in Education Award In September of 2021, Neil Murray gave a 45-minute talk and discussion with participants on the topic. Neil is - [Lincoln](https://dchsny.org/lincoln/) - Lincoln invents the whistle-stop tour, sporting new hat and beard in Dutchess County in 1861 Abraham Lincoln was very deliberate in choosing how to get from his home in Springfield, Illinois, to Washington, to take his first oath of office as US President on March 4, 1861. He invented what would come to be known - [Life's Essential Tools](https://dchsny.org/lifes-essential-tools/) - Life's Essential Tools: Garden Implements Over the Centuries. Landscape architect, historian, and collector Mark Morrison was the featured speaker at the DCHS Annual Meeting on July 19, 2020. He has kindly granted permission for us to share it here. In an interesting and entertaining half hour, Mark shares his research findings, photographs and items from - [Lessons from College Hill](https://dchsny.org/lessons/) - These two-minute videos are productions of Celebrating the African Spirit and draw from the August 2, 2021 reenactment of Frederick Douglass' 1858 speech on the same site, College Hill, Poughkeepsie. Outside by Paul Oakley Stovall Frederick Douglass speaks about the power of truth - [Last Letter Home](https://dchsny.org/goring/) - Rich Goring reads his cousin J. Morris Goring's letter 102 years later Rich Goring served as Regional Historic Preservation Supervisor for New York State Historic sites, overseeing interpretation and development for The Senate House, New Windsor Cantonment Site, Washington's Headquarters, Stony Point Battlefield & Lighthouse and Fort Montgomery. This profile is written by him with - [June 23 2020 Event Archive: Watch Here](https://dchsny.org/june23/) - Sandra Opdycke won the 2020 DCHS Helen Wilkinson Reynolds Award for "pursuit of historical truth" and will speak to a subject she has studied and written about at both a national and local level. You'll meet the individual women who emerged as leaders, and see the efforts against the backdrop of what or more generally - [Judge Jane Bolin Speech at Brotherhood Dinner, Poughkeepsie 1944](https://dchsny.org/bolin-brotherhood-speech/) - The speech was given at the Nelson House on Market Street - [John A. Bolding, Fugitive Slave](https://dchsny.org/bolding/) - From 1935 DCHS Yearbook In a highly idealized and historically inaccurate ad from 1953 for Poughkeepsie's De Laval Separator Company, Bolding is shown receiving his freedom at his home at 129 Pine Street (house is no longer standing) when actually he had been remanded to jail in the South under the harshest conditions. - [Invisible People, Untold Stories](https://dchsny.org/invisible/) - In a landmark article in the 1987 DCHS Yearbook, the late Lorraine M. Roberts and Professor Lawrence H. Mamiya wrote about local Black history with the heading Invisible People, Untold Stories. No doubt they would argue that although progress has been made, much work remains to be done to tell these stories. The article is - [I Am Myself](https://dchsny.org/i-am-myself/) - We are fortunate the William Clowes, in September of 1856, looked back and wrote about the period of time when he had just moved to Orange and Sullivan County. He explains why, despite having lost his wife, the mother of his two surviving children, he was away from home for so much time. Determinted to - [Hyde Park Map](https://dchsny.org/hyde-park-map/) - [Hunter Rally October 1856](https://dchsny.org/hunter-1856/) - [Hudson's Landing: The Dutch Worldview](https://dchsny.org/dutch-view/) - How depictions of history are influenced by personal and by national biases in storytelling By Bill Jeffway A version of this article appears in the October 21, 2020 issue of the Northern/Southern Dutchess News / Beacon Free Press. See bottom of this page. Perhaps no better example exists of the ability of political intent to - [History in Public Places: Rhinebeck Post Office](https://dchsny.org/rhinebeckpo/) - September 2020. There has been a growing community discussion about the depiction of enslaved individuals in the Olin Dows murals in the Rhinebeck Post Office built in 1940. This page is meant to lay out a fuller picture of the Post Office and its intentions at its construction. This may be helpful in efforts to - [History in Public Places: Hyde Park Post Office](https://dchsny.org/hydeparkpo/) - President Franklin D. Roosevelt was impressed by the murals that his Rhinebeck, artist neighbor, Olin Dows, had created for the Rhinebeck Post Office, and enlisted his talent for FDR's own hometown Post Office in Hyde Park. Below left: Olin Dows wrote an explanatory text for the whole mural. Below right: FDR shown at dedication, November - [Hamilton & Burr: Local Adversaries](https://dchsny.org/ddp-hamilton-burr/) - A version of the following article authored by Bill Jeffway was published in the Northern/Southern Dutchess News/Beacon Free Press on June 26, 2019 as part of DCHS's Decoding Dutchess Past series. Hamilton and Burr. These names have such iconic status that we might forget that these “mere mortals” put one foot in front of the - [Grange in Dutchess](https://dchsny.org/grange-in-dutchess/) - The best way to view the above on issuu is to view in full screen, explained below - [Gerhardus to Joseph Clowes 1798](https://dchsny.org/gerhardus-to-joseph-clowes-1798/) - This letter is addressed to Caroline’s grandfather, Joseph. He was the only sibling who was not a Loyalist. Siblings Gerhardus (author of the letter), John and Sarah removed to Nova Scotia while Joseph remained in Hempstead. - [Genealogy](https://dchsny.org/gen/) - [Gaius Bolin On Race](https://dchsny.org/bolin-on-race/) - At right, found by Milan Town Historian and DCHS VP for Milan, Vicky LoBrutto, in a scrapbook is an undated clipping. We have not found a copy online, so the exact date and publication are unknown. In the style of a legal mind, Gaius Bolin writes with a point of view that is well informed - [Frederick Rondel](https://dchsny.org/rondel/) - Partnership with Caroline Morgan Clowes Through newspaper notices and correspondence, we know that Frederick Rondel was a friend, sometimes artistic collaborator, and always an advocate for Caroline Morgan Clowes. Rondel arrived in the US c. 1856 and moved to Poughkeepsie by early 1862. He taught young ladies, and painted local scenes until he moved to - [FDR: A Local Remembrance](https://dchsny.org/fdr-local-remembrance/) - This is a 90-second, illustrated segment of NBC’s Don Goddard's radio broadcast from Hyde Park on April 13, 1945. He describes Dutchess County's reaction to the President’s death by reading the Poughkeepsie New Yorker newspaper editorial. Images curated by Michael Dolan, courtesy National Archives and Records Administration and FDR Presidential Library and Museum. Produced by - [FDR: Passing of a Neighbor 75 Years Ago](https://dchsny.org/fdr75/) - The planned talk that was to be given at our Annual Meeting at FDR Library by Michael Dolan, DCHS VP for Poughkeepsie, is postponed to a later date. In recognition of the 75th anniversary of FDR's passing, this Easter Sunday, April 12, Michael has curated a slideshow, presented here, with images from the National Archives - [Exploring Rhinebeck](https://dchsny.org/nkellytours/) - Four Tours by Nancy Kelly, Rhinebeck Town Historian StoryMaps & contemporary photos by Bill Jeffway, Director, Dutchess County Historical Society These tours draw from archives of the Rhinebeck Historical Society and Consortium of Rhinebeck History and Rhinebeck's Historic Architecture, by Nancy Kelly and Images of America: Rhinebeck, by Michael Frazier. TOUR #1: The Old Post - [Etui](https://dchsny.org/etui/) - These two recent donations to the Historical Society are excellent examples of items made to hold sewing implements such as scissors, needles, thimbles and tape measures. Often containers like these are known as etuis. Also known as a sewing pouch, or a pinch purse, Hannah Kirby made this of silk in 1812 while she was a - [Enslaved Persons Cemetery ~ Storm Family](https://dchsny.org/storm-enslaved/) - In 2010, when the Black History Committee of Dutchess County unveiled this marker, it was forward looking and progressive to be highlighting such neglected areas, where history had been actively erased, or passively ignored. In the decade since that time, there is even greater awareness that the word slave suggest a fixed condition, and removes - [Enslaved African American Burial Ground ~ Poughkeepsie](https://dchsny.org/poughkeepsie-slave-burials/) - [Education & Learning Center](https://dchsny.org/education/) - The Dutchess County Historical Society is exploring new ways to support educators and students interested in developing critical thinking skills through the lens of local history. We welcome your suggestions. Learning Exercises How do changes in the US Constitution affect the lives of Persons of Color across generations? Name names. Specifically designed to to be - [Eastman College Student on Lincoln Assassination](https://dchsny.org/eastman-lincoln/) - Eastman College reported that it would not admit persons of color as students because it would be disruptive to its students from the south. The Eastman College student who wrote these passages is not (yet) known, but is clearly sympathetic to the north. His writings from the days preceding the assassination through the visit of - [Dutchess County Genealogical Society](https://dchsny.org/erased/) - What do you do when your history is erased? Co-hosted by Harlem Valley Pathways and the Dutchess County Genealogical Society, moderated by Valerie LaRobardier, this panel discussion features Robert Hawk Storm Yawanawa Birch, Chief of the Schaghticoke First Nations Tribe based out of Dutchess and Columbia Counties in New York, and Roberto Múkaro Borrero, Chief - [Dutchess County Equality Trails](https://dchsny.org/dcet/) - Whether you hit the trail in the car, on a bicycle, on foot, or virtually, we are establishing an evolving a set of trails that introduce us to the local people and places on our country's long road to a constitutional promise of racial equality, and the ongoing efforts to realize that promise. "The things - [Yearbooks 1961 to Present](https://dchsny.org/yb-1961-present/) - 1961 to PRESENT v046 1961 v047 1962 v048 1963 v049 1964 v050 1965 v051 1966 v052 1967 v053 1968 v054 1969 v055 1970 v056 1971 v057 1972 v058 1973 v059 1974 v060 1975 v061 1976 v062 1977 v063 1978 v064 1979 v065 1980 v066 1981 v067 1982 v068 1983 v069 1984 v070 1985 v071 1986 - [You are invited to hear the voices of Dutchess County Veterans](https://dchsny.org/i-served-2020-voices/) - Why this program is important to us Veterans Voices Throughout Our History: Click Here - [You may update any information here:](https://dchsny.org/update/) - As we move to a new and better system of information management, please let us know of any comments or corrections you have relating to anything, such as the way we state your name(s), your address, email, phone, and member/donor preferences. Thank you! - [Your Liberty My Nose](https://dchsny.org/yourliberty-mynose/) - You may have come across some version of this phrase, or saying, relative to the debate about whether wearing mask is an obligation or a matter of personal liberty, which prompted us to investigate the history of the phrase. It is far from new! The website "quote investigator" reports, "the phrase entered the realm of - [Rediscovering Carolline M. Clowes Exhibition](https://dchsny.org/rediscovering-caroline/) - Welcome to our exhibition! Exhibition introduction 5 minute video Caroline M. Clowes (1838-1904) was nationally known & celebrated during her lifetime as an accomplished animal & landscape painter. Depicting Dutchess County scenes from her LaGrange backyard studio, her family second home in Florida, and elsewhere, her life and works have been lost to the chronicle - [Rediscovering Caroline: Later Life, Death, Legacy](https://dchsny.org/rediscovering-caroline-later-life-legacy/) - Scroll down to view the exhibition, or click "jump" to jump to a topic The first years of Caroline’s life can be described as a time of turmoil and tribulation. Happily, the last years of her life were lived out in contentment, surrounded by the extended family that had, from her early teens,  provided her - [Rediscovering Caroline: Lost Works](https://dchsny.org/rediscovering-caroline-lost/) - [Rediscovering Caroline: Early Life](https://dchsny.org/rediscovering-caroline-early-life/) - Just below you'll find the 35 minute video introduction to the chapter, Early Life, that includes a conversation with the collections donor, Linda Hubbard. September 5, 2020. The Early Life Chapter of the Exhibition starts here, then scroll down. jump to I. A UNION OF PROMISE jump to II. ELIZABETH HART, MINISTER'S DAUGHTER jump to - [Rediscovering Caroline: Becoming an Artist](https://dchsny.org/rediscovering-caroline-becoming/) - Scroll down to take yourself through the online exhibition. Click a subchapter heading to "jump" to that topic. Or just keep scrolingl down. This chapter covers the period of Caroline's life from her relocation to her late mother's brother and his family at the farm affectionately known as Heartsease in LaGrange. It was a talented, - [Rediscovering Caroline Intro Test](https://dchsny.org/rediscovering-caroline-intro/) - [Rediscovering Caroline: Becoming An Artist](https://dchsny.org/rediscovering-caroline-becoming-an/) - The Becoming an Artist Chapter of the Exhibition starts here. Please scroll down. This chapter covers the period of Caroline's life from her relocation to her late mother's brother and his family at the farm affectionately known as Heartsease in LaGrange. It was a talented, energetic and supportive home whose ambition including building a very - [Rediscovering Caroline](https://dchsny.org/rediscovering-caroline-florida/) - Federal Point, Florida Above: Three Oaks, Federal Point, Florida, from the St. John River. Edwin Smith Hubbard in his sailboat, the "Buccaneer." Heartsease, in the decade following Caroline’s arrival, housed  a growing young family and was the centerpiece of an expanding family business that would continue for another hundred years until the 1960s. Elizabeth and - [DCHS Yearbook: Selected Articles on Black History](https://dchsny.org/ybblackhistory/) - Invisible People Fugitive Slave 18th Century Black History Black Education Anti Slavery Movement Quakers & Slavery James Tallmadge Equality - [DCHS Yearbook v071 1986](https://dchsny.org/yb071/) - The embedded book version is best read by clicking the full screen icon at the bottom right of the screen. The pdf version will open in full view when you click on it. - [DCHS Yearbook v072 1987](https://dchsny.org/yb072/) - The embedded book version is best read by clicking the full screen icon at the bottom right of the screen. 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The pdf version will open in full view when you click on it. - [DCHS Yearbook v003 1917 1918](https://dchsny.org/yb003/) - The embedded book version is best read by clicking the full screen icon at the bottom right of the screen. The pdf version will open in full view when you click on it. - [DCHS Yearbook v002 1915 1916](https://dchsny.org/yb002/) - The embedded book version is best read by clicking the full screen icon at the bottom right of the screen. The pdf version will open in full view when you click on it. - [DCHS Yearbook v001 1914](https://dchsny.org/yb001/) - The embedded book version is best read by clicking the full screen icon at the bottom right of the screen. The pdf version will open in full view when you click on it. - [Delta Sigma Theta](https://dchsny.org/delta-sigma-theta/) - [YB Index](https://dchsny.org/yb-index/) - UNDER CONSTRUCTION THANK YOU - [DCHS Temporary Custody Receipt](https://dchsny.org/temporarycustody/) - The online signature form is touch and trackpad sensitive. For touchscreen devices such as smartphones and tablets, use your finger or special screen pen. For desktops and laptops without touch feature use your mouse or trackpad. - [DCHS Dows Collection](https://dchsny.org/dows-collection/) - Low resolution images for reference Contact us for higher resolution images. In May of 2022, the Hudson River Heritage (HRH) Board voted for their Dows Collection to be relocated under the perpetual care and stewardship of the Dutchess County Historical Society. The Dows Collection consists of thousands of photographs, decades of diaries, countless letters and - [DCHS Deed of Gift](https://dchsny.org/deed-of-gift/) - [DCHS 2020 Yearbook](https://dchsny.org/2020yearbook/) - The best way to view the above article on issuu is to view in full screen, explained below - [DCHS 2018 Yearbook](https://dchsny.org/2018yearbook/) - We are testing two different types of readers for online publications and would appreciate your feedback. "A" has no cost, but has less features. "B" has a cost allowing more features. Thank you. The best way to view the above article on issuu is to view in full screen, explained below Click below for 2019 - [DCHS 2019 Yearbook](https://dchsny.org/2019yearbook/) - Instructions for best viewing are shown below: Click below for 2018 Part I View 2019 Yearbook below: - [DCHS 2017 Yearbook](https://dchsny.org/2017yearbook/) - [DCHS 1992 Yearbook](https://dchsny.org/1992yearbook/) - DCHS continues to make its yearbooks digitally available. Vol. 77 from 1992 which is the story of Madame Brett, comes with assistance from the Dutchess County Clerk's Office. For best viewing first click on "View in Full Screen" at right. Then use scrollbar at bottom left to advance or reverse through pages, and to zoom - [DCHS 1845 to 1846](https://dchsny.org/dchs-1845/) - 1938 DCHS Yearbook Article and Clippings Relating to Formation of Dutchess County Historical Society 1845 to 1846 - [College Hill's History...Points to its Future Potential](https://dchsny.org/ch/) - The past informs a better future. Future potential inspires us to understand the past. Special thanks to Walkway Over the Hudson for hosting this event. Bill Jeffway, is the Executive Director of the Dutchess County Historical Society. He serves on the research committee of Celebrating the African Spirit, a Poughkeepsie-based group dedicated to ensuring our - [Co K](https://dchsny.org/co-k/) - Co. K at the Armory on Market Street, Poughkeepsie, 1917 Photo by Reuben Van Vlack These men were enlisted and serving when the United States declared war on Germany in April, 1917. So they were the first contingent to head to training, in August, 1917. The drafted men would begin to depart in September 1917. - [CMC CDV](https://dchsny.org/cmc-cdv/) - [Clinton's Part in the World War 1917-1919](https://dchsny.org/wwi-clinton/) - Click to enlarge and read Muster Roll ~ WWI Veterans from the Town of Clinton Town Hall front lawn, Centre Road, Schultzville, Town of Clinton, 1955. Brass plaque mounted on 6 foot stone boulder with 30 foot flagpole behind. “Memorial to the men and women of the Town of Clinton who served their country in - [Clinton House](https://dchsny.org/clinton-house/) - Scrapbook Clippings The first two pages of the item below are in reverse order, please start with the second page until we are able to fix this, thank you! The best way to view the above on issuu is to view in full screen, explained below - [Civil War](https://dchsny.org/civil-war/) - The Civil War and Dutchess County, New York DCHS Yearbook in Two Parts, 2016 & 2017 From DCHS Collections: A Few Examples The Civil War Battle at Averasboro: Through the Eyes of the Men Who Fought & Died There With Dr. Michael Boden, DCHS Trustee, Dutchess Community College Professor of History. 50 minutes. DCHS is - [Caroline Morgan Clowes](https://dchsny.org/cmclowes/) - Upon acquiring one of her paintings in 1878, Vassar College announced in its newspaper, Vassar Miscellany, that the magic of Clowes' works stemmed from “...those transparently solid flesh tints!” Which is as apt a description as can be found and well demonstrated here. If you would like occasional updates and information including special, limited events, - [Campaigning For Woman Suffrage](https://dchsny.org/woman-suffrage/) - Sandra Opdyke explains the local campaign for women seeking the right to vote just over a century ago. - [Call for Articles: DCHS Yearbook 2022](https://dchsny.org/call/) - "Invisible People, Untold Stories" This is a Call for Articles
 from the Dutchess County Historical Society for its 2022 Yearbook, vol. 101. Bill Jeffway, Melodye Moore, Will Tatum, are this issue's co-editors. Purpose and role of DCHS Yearbook The Dutchess County Historical Society has published the annual Yearbook since the organization's founding in 1914, making - [Celebrating Dutchess County Women!](https://dchsny.org/celebrate-women/) - We maintain our March 2022 Facebook daily celebration of local women as a permanent exhibition here. It is never too late to support DCHS in our efforts to give a platform to the voices and talents of Dutchess County women. Thank you to our supporters! [ditty id=23340] A charter member of the Dutchess County Historical - [CFA Abbot](https://dchsny.org/cfa-abbot/) - Robert Abbatt Papers Repository Dutchess County Historical Society 549 Main Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Postal Address: PO Box 88 Poughkeepsie NY 12602 (845) 471-1630 www.dchsny.org contact@dchsny.org Access Number DC.0201 – DC.0231 Processed by Finding Aid Author: Gregory Wiedeman, 2013 Arranged by: unknown Described by: unknown Preservation work: unknown Encoded by: N/A Date Completed 2013 - [Catholic Workers Farm in Tivoli](https://dchsny.org/ddp-catholic-workers/) - Images left to right: Sketch by E.H. Muellerleile, a priest from Minnesota. Catholic Worker Farm (1965). Children playing at the Catholic Worker Farm pool (1969). “Crying Towel” (c., 1964). All courtesy of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Marquette University Libraries. Professor Sally Dwyer-McNulty teaches in the Department of History at Marist College. - [Christmas Tales or Tall Tales?](https://dchsny.org/tales/) - The Fine Art of separating historical fact from fiction. By Bill Jeffway A version of this article appeared in the Northern/Southern Dutchess News / Beacon Free Press in December 2019. As Christmas approaches these words may come to mind: 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not - [Burying Grounds Sharon Amenia](https://dchsny.org/burying-grounds-sharon-amenia/) - The best way to view the above book on issuu is to view in full screen, explained below - [Burr Letter 1793](https://dchsny.org/burr-1793/) - Letter from Aaron Burr to John Reade of Red Hook, 1793. DCHS de La Vergne Collection. N York 29 Nov. 93 Dear Sir, Mr. Bostwick has shown me your letter relative to the Bond for which he has so often applied, and to which I believe has now a good right. If you will be - [Bolin on Lincoln](https://dchsny.org/bolin-on-lincoln/) - This undated clipping was found by Milan Town Historian and DCHS VP for Milan, Vicky LoBrutto, in a scrapbook. We have not found a copy online, so the exact date and publication are unknown. In the style of a legal mind, Gaius Bolin writes with a point of view that is well informed and grounded - [Bockee Silk Quilt](https://dchsny.org/bockee-silk/) - For best viewing, click on full screen icon at bottom right of images. - [Bockee Portraits](https://dchsny.org/bockee/) - DCHS Collections. Gift of Jean Oakley Winans Fisher, 2021. In Memory of Margaret Bockee Link. The Bockee Family Photographs Gift of Jean Oakley Winans Fisher, 2021. In Memory of Margaret Bockee Link. Above, noted on back: Images 1, 2, 3) Old Bockee house. Uncle Phoenix and Jacob on horse block. May on the lawn. Cousin - [Black History Resources](https://dchsny.org/black-history/) - DCHS Yearbook Articles Relevant articles published in DCHS Yearbooks, available online at www.dchsny.org/slavery 1987 YEARBOOK. Invisible People, Untold Stories: Historical Overview of the Black Community in Poughkeepsie, by Lawrence H. Mamiya and Lorraine M. Roberts, Vol. 72, 1987. 1984 YEARBOOK. Slaveholding on Livingston Manor and Clermont, 1686-1800, by Roberta Singer, Vol. 69, 1984. 1980 YEARBOOK. - [Billy Name's 2010 DCHS Yearbook Interview](https://dchsny.org/yb-name/) - Click Here: A New Window Will Open - [Ballots & Palettes: Tools in the Fight for Women's Equality a Century Ago](https://dchsny.org/ballots/) - Dutchess County Historical Society's Bill Jeffway, Executive Director, and Melodye Moore, Chair of Collections, present "Ballots & Palettes" to the Town of Stanford Library, April 27, 2021. This is an early release version and may have some production imperfections, the final production will be released in due course. Production realized with the support of AAR - [Beacon's Part in the World War 1917 ~ 1919](https://dchsny.org/wwi-beacon/) - Content here is from the Collections of and Courtesy of the Beacon Historical Society Beacon's William Wilson: eponym of an American war hero Wilson was killed in Belgium August, 19, 1918, 12 months to the day after a jubilant departure from Beacon. As published in the Beacon Free Press September 2018. Written by Robert Murphy, - [Anti Slavery](https://dchsny.org/anti-slavery/) - [Apographean Numbers](https://dchsny.org/apographean-numbers/) - [Anna Rozell](https://dchsny.org/rozell/) - The first woman to win a competitive election in a muncipality in Dutchess County: 1919 Clinton Overseer of the Poor Of the twelve women who ran for a local office in Dutchess County in 1919, the first year they were able to do so beyond school elections, one woman did not succeed in her primary - [Ann Townsend 1807](https://dchsny.org/ann-townsend-1807/) - [American Identity](https://dchsny.org/wwi-exhonl-07/) - Being 100% American. When the United States entered the "World War,” the country had a population of 100 million, many of whom were recent immigrants.  German-Americans, who were among the largest ethnic groups in the Hudson Valley, became the target of widespread hysteria. “Real Americans” responded by refusing to drink German beer, by burning German-language - [All Wood All the Time](https://dchsny.org/rediscovering-caroline-all-wood/) - Given his eventual ownership of up to 15,000 acres of woodland, William's business idea was to sell two pieces of furniture he sought patents on. Made of wood of course. Everything in between the Harrison Street, Manhattan, store, offering to the two pieces of furniture -- and the virgin forests, he would come to own. - [A Tale of Two Sisters](https://dchsny.org/two-sisters/) - Two sisters of the US North, from Staatsburgh's elite Lewis and Livingston family, marry two brothers of the US South, from the prestigious Lowndes family. The story of the the northern and southern families reveals that despite distinctly different worldviews, one that would shortly bring about the Civil War, they were more alike than could - [A Look at Van Kleeck Touchstones Across Five Centuries](https://dchsny.org/cfi-van-kleeck/) - Van Kleeck photographs are a signficant part of a larger & varied Van Kleeck Collection & family history By Bill Jeffway A version of this article appeared in the December 1, 2021 issue of the Northern/Southern Dutchess News / Beacon Free Press. Arguably no family has had a greater historical presence, one that is pervasive, - [2020 Yearbook Access](https://dchsny.org/2020-yearbook-access/) - For DCHS member/donors I am a member/donor and have a password I am a member/donor and forgot my password For non-members I am not a member and would like to become one - [2019 Yearbook Access](https://dchsny.org/2019-yearbook-access/) - For DCHS members I am a member and have a password I am a member and forgot my password For non-members I am not a member and would like to become one I am not a member and would like to purchase a book - [2019 Awardees](https://dchsny.org/2019-awardees/) - Congratulations to Myra Armstead, Thom Wermuth, Ed Downy, and Adams Fairacre Farms! Denise Doring VanBuren leads the congratulations Monday, October 28 at Locust Grove Estate, Poughkeepsie YOU MAY RSVP & PURCHASE TICKETS HERE - [2018: Year of the Veteran ~ Our National Anthem at the Dutchess County Fair](https://dchsny.org/anthem/) - The Dutchess County Agricultural Society is recognizing 2018: Year of the Veteran in two compelling ways at this year's Dutchess County Fair. The 11-panel traveling exhibition that had launched at the FDR Presidential Library and Museum in April, Over Here: the Yet-To-Be Told Stories of Dutchess County's Men, Women and Children During the World War, - [2018 Yearbook Access](https://dchsny.org/2018-yearbook-access/) - For DCHS members I am a member and have a password I am a member and forgot my password For non-members I am not a member and would like to become one I am not a member and would like to purchase a book - [1941 Manet Fowler Interviews Poughkeepsie](https://dchsny.org/fowler-poughkeepsie/) - For best view use full screen button at bottom left of screen. Zoom in and out with - / + . - [1932 George Washington Pageant](https://dchsny.org/1932-gw/) - Dutchess County residents were celebrating other Presidential news when Hyde Park's Franklin Roosevelt won the first of what would be a historic four terms as President, as you can see in the Rhinebeck Gazette which also features an article on the pageant, below. A wall calendar from the period, shown below right. - [1921 Yearbook](https://dchsny.org/yearbook-1921-v006/) - 18th century Livingston letters: Letters related to enslaved persons from printed page 54: - [1887 Sanborn HR](https://dchsny.org/1887-sanborn-hr/) - [cws_gpp_images_by_albumid_gp id=AOUkWu4AkcNlDDJlAFIn7iDQB_YpIf-ckZzBu--LE_0Mh0h5eTEgr_WC_cfQTxsC-MWy9JnaLcXS crop=1 row_height=200 theme='grid' show_title=0] - [1908 Presbyterian Church Poughkeepsie](https://dchsny.org/1908-presbyterian/) - Clippings from Poughkeepsie Eagle News April 4, 1908 Poughkeepsie Eagle News April 4, 1908 Photos [cws_gpp_images_by_albumid_gp id='AOUkWu7x44gY-UsHlu7lxIh918qXDQbx9cyc7Z7rjMPFBcIjxHzfkPpHXwgILCJumJvZJ-j4rg-e' crop=1 row_height=400 theme='grid' show_title=0] Poughkeepsie Eagle News Three Pages - [18th Century Documents of the Nine Partners Patent](https://dchsny.org/18thcenturydocs/) - The best way to view the above article on issuu is to view in full screen, explained below - [1887 Poughkeepsie Sanborn Map](https://dchsny.org/1887-sanborn/) - [cws_gpp_images_by_albumid_gp id=AOUkWu7uWMwHEasTFBswOOSgWT1J5W-Ye-b_eCnyJDPuKDp7hR2iF79YXiiMcrsrVvq5AhR6P1cP crop=1 row_height=200 theme='grid' show_title=0] - [1820 Clinton Census Annotated](https://dchsny.org/1820-clinton/) - In an effort to better understand the "New Guinea" community in Hyde Park, we annotated the 1820 Federal Census for Clinto (which included Hyde Park at the time). Slavery was abolished in 1827 in New York, so the 1820 Census is the last decennial census reflecting slavery. Page three of this set is clearly a - [1816: The Year A Without Summer](https://dchsny.org/1816summer/) - 1816 was known as theYear without a summer because of the impact Although not understood at the time, it was the impact from a major volcanic eruption in what is now Indonesia. Some local news from the time. - [1789 Albany Post Road Survey by Colles](https://dchsny.org/1789-apr/) - From "A Survey of the Roads of the USA" by Christopher Colles, 1789 Fishkill, now Beacon Wappinger Poughkeepsie Rhinebeck Red Hook - [1609](https://dchsny.org/hudson1609/) - Hudson's arrival depicted in public places: historically, a purely European perspective By Bill Jeffway As you know, the September 1609 arrival of Henry Hudson on behalf of the Dutch East India Company, was the commencement of a very different experience for the Dutch, than it was for the indigenous people. The depictions of the event - ["They Suppose You Are a Gentleman:" Caroline Clowes' Extraordinary Path to National Artistic Acclaim](https://dchsny.org/theysuppose/) - The exhibition of the work, life and legacy of LaGrange's Caroline Morgan Clowes (1838-1904) will open from November 4 to December 31, 2022 at the Locust Grove Estate, Poughkeepsie, site of the former home of Samuel F. B. Morse (special hours and by appointment). Clowes' painting, Cattle at the Brook, was featured on the most - ["Over Here" Traveling Exhibition](https://dchsny.org/overhere/) - 11-panel exhibition: click image below Dover Pine Plains Millerton Legion Millbrook Library Millbrook Library Stanford Poughkeepsie Waterfront Red Hook Beacon VFW Vassar College Beacon Hist. Soc. Please let us know if there is an event or location you would like see this exhibition This exhibition has traveled to the following cities and towns in the - ["Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping."](https://dchsny.org/helpers/) - This article is part of a year-long program recognizing the 100th anniversary of national women's suffrage, other articles here: This article is published in the March 25 Northern/Southern Dutchess News / Beacon Free Press and is shared here courtesy of the publisher and DCHS. By Bill Jeffway. Fred Rogers, host of the children’s show “Mister - ["I served..." 2019 Awards Dinner](https://dchsny.org/isa/) - This four minute video was shown at DCHS 2019 Annual Awards Dinner at Locust Grove, October 28, 2019 as a summary example of our work with veterans. For best viewing, click on Fullscreen icon, bottom right: Our production partner, Cogent Communications is staffed by veterans who in turn train veterans recently returned home who are - ["I served..."](https://dchsny.org/i-served/) - DCHS's I Served... program is a platform for Dutchess County veterans to share what they want us to know, in their own words. 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