The Manuscript File is a potpourri of information collected over time. It encompasses an array of topics. Browse the index, topics you are interested in may be scattered, depending on whether it was placed by locale, subject or author. Many are copies rather than originals.

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B
Badgley, William: Drawings of the museum annex
Ballots: 1906 (Schoharie), 1915 & 1916 (Wright)
Ball's Cave
Barner, David: home of... at Mineral Springs
Barnerville, Annals of: by Chauncey Rickard
Barns: Decker's (Gilboa)
Becker and Schafer: patent March 19, 1754
Becker Stone House: Town of Wright
Beekeeping
Beekman, Judge William
Best, Dr. Duncan L: house
Black history
    findings
    Schoharie County
Blenheim explosion
Blenheim Hill
    Jefferson Courier column 1905-1906
    M.E. Church "Brimstone Church"
Blenheim Hill, Sketches of; by Ray Pollard, July 1927
Blodgett, Hiram 1836-1922
Bogardus, Capt. Adam H.
Boquet's Expedition
Bouck, Gov. William C.
Boundary Dispute between New York and New Jersey
Boyd, Thomas; by Leona Haslun
Brant, Joseph (Thayendanege) 1742[?]-1807
Breadbasket of the Revolution
Bridges:
    Blenheim (4 folders)
    Covered
    Schoharie covered bridge over Fox Creek, 1982
Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Sunday, Sept 21, pg 7 & 8
Broome, Town of: Grist Mills
Brown, Capt. Christian 1741-1784: Battle of Cobleskill
Brown, John Mathias (1745-1838)
Budget Roster, 1963
Building Structure Inventory Forms prepared by Norman Olsen
Bull's Head Inn
Burnett, John: Trial May 1846
Butler, Capt. Walter: Tory Ranger, Cherry Valley Massacre
Buttons, from uniform

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C
Cannons: Construction of Trails
Cannon: Schoharie School
Cape May, New Jersey
Carpenter's and Joiners from Schoharie Republican 3/17/1864
Catholic Church in Schoharie County
Chronicle of Northeastern Caves
Caves
    Garden of Eden
    Lesser Caverns of Schoharie County
    See also: Chronical of Northeastern... Cemetery, Middleburgh-typed copy of first minutes, 1865
Cemeteries
    1930's NYS laws regarding
    East Cobleskill Burying Grounds; by Donald Keyser
    Maintenance and types of
    See also Graveyards
Charleston
Cherry Valley
    Massacre
    Turnpike
Churches
    Bethany Lutheran (Central Bridge)
    Lawyersville Dutch Reformed
    Churches and Libraries 1801-1813-incorporation
    Churches of Schoharie County
    Reformed Dutch Church, Schoharie County
    St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church
    Methodist Church-Middleburgh
    Episcopal/Methodist
    Blenheim Presbyterian
    Greenbush Church
Civilian Conservation Corps
Clothing
    Women's dress
    Uniforms of the American Revolution
Cobleskill
    History of; by Chauncey Rickard
    Exchange Club 1973, membership
    Historical dates
    Illustrations and biographical sketches
    Photos (copies)
    Community survey
Colden, Cadwallader
Cole, Thomas (painter)
Colonial Historic books
Cooperative Extension (2 folders)
Corbin, Margaret: 1776 Fort Washington Heroine
Costume collection reference
Costumes, historic American
Cotton machinery, history of
Cranberry scrapbook (Ocean Spray)

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Dailey, Rev.
Danforth Hall, by Judge Walter Bliss
Daughters of the American Revolution
Death customs
Declaration of Independence, New York signers
Delaware County: maps and Cooperative Extension
Diamonds, Herkimer; article on SF collection
Dorloo: 1866 map (copy)
Drafts, military; first in Schoharie County
Dutch (the Halve Maen Magazine) various topics

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East Cobleskill: Howe, Garden of Eden
East Worcester
Ecker Hollow history
Edmonds, Walter Dumaux; They Had a Horse
Educational Needs Assessment in Schoharie County 1981
Education: Students Tours of Local Government
Egg Tree Exhibit
Elm Tree; largest in New York State
Erie Canal Prints

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F
Fair/Circus; P.T. Barnum's World Fair
Farm
    Equipment
    Stands
Fence, evolution and history of
Ferguson, John; writings of
Fire engine
Flag
Flood, 1996
Fonda Courthouse Celebration
Forts of New York
Fort Stanwix and Fort Frontenac
Fossils
Fossil Forest of Gilboa
Fracturschriften (Marcus Mensch)
Freeman's Journal 125th anniv. 1993
French Pioneers in North America
Fulton, Town of
Fultonham area, from scrapbook

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Games
Gardnersville 1866 map
Gebhard home (Marsh House)
Genealogical Observer: Church of J.C.L.D.S.
Genealogical Society of the Church of J.C.L.D.S.
Geological Survey Maps
Geology (Glaciers of West Kill, by Robert Titus, Kaatskill Life Fall '97)
Geology of New York 1966
Gilboa
    Fire of 1890
    Dam N.Y.C. water
    Stories of old... 1988-89 4th grade G.-C. Central
    Stryker property and Schemerhorn cemetery information
    1927, assessors N.Y.C. water supply
Graduates
Graduation, H.S. 1904, 05, 17-15, 23, 47, 49
Graham, Hugh
Grand Gorge Gazette Bicentennial 1986
Gravestone Symbols
Graveyards of Schoharie County
Great Flats Aquifer
Grist Mills
    Broome
    Schoharie
Guns, German

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H
Hangings in NYS
Hallock, Eugene
Haynes, Mills and Homestead
Helderberg Advocate 12/3/1841
Heraldry
Herkimer, General Nicholas
Highway military
Historic
    Homes, glimpses of
    Home and site list
    Markers
History
    Of State and Local Conference, Albany
    State and Oral History
Historical Societies of New York State
Hot Whiskey for Five Ed Hagan
Houck House
Hovercraft
Howe's Cave
    Cement Company
    Article
    Churches
    History
    12 drawings
Howe, Lester; photo
Hudson
    Champlain Celebration 350th
    River 1859-1860
    Valley and American Revolution
    River Magazine
Huntersland

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Indian(s)
    Artifacts
    Geographical names
    Iroquis Museum
    Of New York State
    Of North America
    Place Names: Ruttenbar, Hudson, Delaware, Schoharie, Mohawk
    Village Restoration

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James, Frank Noxon: Folk and Places Along the Schoharie Creek
Jamestown (VA) Festival
Jefferson, copy of town minutes, 1805, '06, '10.
Jeffersonian 1872-1880, Jefferson Courier 1894-1918
Joslyn reminisces

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K-L
Keyser, Jacob

Lansing
    John
    Manor, 10th anniversary
    Manor, NYS Power Authority
Lape, Herman; diary 1885
Larkin, Daniel: Political Analysis of Schoharie County
Lasell
    Hall
    Park
    Park Association
Lawrence, Katherine S.
Lexington and Concord, Battle of
Libertarian Club
License Plate Collection
Loomis, Dr. Mahlon
Loyalists of NY (Tories)

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Machin, Capt. Thomas
    "Thomas Machin and Mason" by Chauncey Rickard 2/22/1933
Madison Garden Village
Mammoths and Mastodons
Maple Festival, Jefferson, NY
Maps
    Colonial
    Historic sites and landmarks, Schoharie County
    Hyndsville 1866
    Mineral Springs, 1866
    Showing the Liberties of the Goal (jail) 1823
    Masters: Schoharie, Carlisle, Seward
    NYS
    Schoharie County, 1976, 1980, 1984
    Schoharie and Greene Counties
    Sharon Hill 1866
    Sloansville 1866
    Town maps 1953
Memorial Day
    Speech, Maus 1987
    1958
    Addresses
Middleburgh's 250th Anniversary
Middleburgh Gazette 1882
    High School Grads
    Highway records
    Minutes and highway records
    History, Story of
    History
    News "The Sheriff Empanels Jury"
    Reformed Church
Middleburgh Central School, May 1943, "All Out for Victory"
Middleburgh Memorial Park, speech by Charley Spickerman 5/28/2001
Military
    Drill manual
    Enlistments-Jefferson, Civil War
    Listings
    "The Long March to Steven's Run: The 134th NY Vol. Infantry at Gettysburg" by George Conklin in Gettysburg Magazine.
    Organizations, 15th regiment, histories
    Uniforms
Milk distribution
Mills in Schoharie: study on 19th Cent. Settlement
Mix, Simon Hosack
Montgomery, General
Morgan's riflemen
Mohawk Valley and the American Revolution
Motion Pictures
Murphy, Timothy (several folders)
Music
    Day camp
    Military
    Others

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N
New Dorlach Massacre 1780
New Jersey Forts on the Delaware River 1755-1783
NYS
    Bridge Co's 1802-1828
    Census reports
    Counties (Orange, Sullivan, Ulster, Schoharie)
    Bicentennial Commission copies of docs
    Forest Preserve
    History
    Militia
Niagara Mohawk
Niagara Fire Engine Co.
North Jersey Highlander-forts on the Delaware
Norton, Mary-retirement

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O
Octagon House-Mattice
"Old Fountain Town" by A.B. Gregg
"Oriskany and the Upstate Imagination" by Thomas O'Donnell
Orphan Train
Orton, Helen Fuller: "The Brave Frontier"

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P
Palatines
    "They had a horse"
    Customs ("Tales, Tunes and Tastes..." by Kimberly Meistens)
Parrott House
    Report by Darren
    School Report 3/1986
Patchin, Harley; diary and other papers
Pavilion Hotel, Sharon Springs
Paintings of Schoharie, location
Pewter
Physicians of Schoharie
Poetry
    Hay, Richard F., Sr.
Politics
    Culture of politics in the late 19th Cent.
    Political Revolution and NY's 1st Constitution
Pony Express Map
Post offices
    Discontinued in Scho. Co.
    Postmasters of Fultonham
Postal Service in Schenectady
Prehistoric Man in the Mohawk Region
Presidency
    Bicentennial of American Presidents
    History of Events
Printing arts, 500 years of... by Otto Maurice Forbert

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Q-R
Quarries
Quilt patterns identification

Raid on the Valley and Fort: Bicentennial 1980
Railroads (2 folders)
Representatives in Congress-Scho. Co.
Republican Party
Revolutionary War
    Pension papers
    Residents of Mohawk Valley
    War forts
    See also: American Revolution
Rhineland, copy of map
Richmondville
    1873 report
    Phoenix printer
    Town Supervisors
Riflemen of Schoharie Co.
Rogers, John-groups
Rossman Hill Road
Rotary Historical Outline
Ryder, Charles; "Charles Courter"

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Saddles-McClellen
Save Outdoor Sculpture project
Schoharie
    Court minutes, 1819
    Free movies and Ed. Scribner
    Promotional Association
    Patent-map
    Valley Tour by Federal Writers
    "An Old Dutch Settlement"
    Houses-Sites
    Valley
    Fire department
    Crossing
    "A Brief History of..."
    Hotels
    Sketch and map of
    Lutheran Parsonage Archeological Survey
    Militia Vindicated
    The Settlement of
    A Sketch of Schoharie Village
    Historical Society receipts, notes
    Caretakers and curators of S.C.H.S.
    Central School History, by Louis Tremante
Schoharie County
    Arts Council; See Save Outdoor Sculpture
    Jails
    Almshouse inspection March and Sept. 1913
    Bicentennial 1995
    History of the press
    Board Of Health
    History course, 1987
    Office building dedicated 12/87
    Data from Colonial Laws of New York
    Forts
    Court, first case
    Courthouse
    Women
    Seal
    Business directory 1977
    Settlers
    Collage graduates
    Historical Society 100th anniversary
    Historical markers
    Clerk's office
    Community Assessment 1988
    Grange
    Early immigrants 1712-1730
    Miscellaneous
Schoharie Valley Lore: Tales of the Days When the Old Stone Fort Was Young, by Ellsworth Vrooman
Schools
    "Early Academies and Seminaries of Schoharie Co., N.Y." by Marion French Noyes, 1938
    Central School Districts
    Daily Vacation Bible School
    Middleburgh, Anniversary
    Schoharie Academy
    Schoharie Central, new addition, photos
    "Brick Schoolhouse" Town of Wright, by Diedre Snowden
    District #7 Town of Broome, 1847-1893 (2 folders)
    District #18, Town of Middleburgh (4 folders)
Scott's Patent, statement of rents due, Jan 1820
Servants, indentured
"Seven Dorfs of Schoharie" review
Seward, First Baptist Church of
Shafer, Don Cameron "Blind Trails"
Shaffer, Gail S.
"Sharon Springs Spa: Landscape of Memory" by Ellen McHale in NY Folk Lore Newsletter
Shaylor Funeral Home Account Book
"Shunpiking in Old Schoharie" by Jean Webb Williams
Simms to Brown, copy of letter
Simms, Jeptha
Slaves in Schoharie
Snow Birds: See Warner, Harold
Sons of Revolution (NY)
"SS Schoharie"
Staffordshire Pottery
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Schoharie
Starkey Seminary; W.E. Bassler
Stevens, Gersham: Manorkill II Stevens Mountain
"Stone Arabia, From" by Charles Makem Nelles
Stone Store
Stone Wall, Construction of
Summit Hotel, old
Summit: Plank Road
Swann, Aldrich; diary
Surveys, Bartholomew Becker

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Theide, Hugo
"The Toll Bridge War" by Albert Brumely
Tonko, Paul
Tools
Topographic maps
Tornado-Schoharie Co., July 10, 1989 (2 folders)
Trains
Transportation, Schoharie Co. Report 1974-1996 (Office for the Aging)
Trees-Different Varieties
Turnpikes

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U-V
Ulster Co.

VanAlstyne, John; trial of
VanDeusen, James; Dept. of Public Works
Van Epps Percy M.
    Historical Tables and Markers of Glenville, N.Y.
    Prehistoric Man in the Mohawk Region
    Stories & Legends of our Indian Paths
    Story of the Maalwyck
VanPatten, John; trial of
Vietnam War & Schoharie County
Vintonton
Volunteer Fire Dept. of Old New York
Voting
"Vrooman's Nose" by V. Schaefer
Vrooman, Col. Peter

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War records, dates
Warner, Harold
Washington, George, obituary
Weaver, Jim; postcard of with barn
Weiser, Conrad
Westinghouse, George (Gregg collection)
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
White, Bouck
Williams, David
Wolf Hollow: Glenville's Notable Scientific Feature, 1939
Women of the American Revolution
Women's Exhibit 1985
World War II
    Ads for videos
    Inductees to April 1942
    Memorial dedication
    Smoke armor testing near Vrooman's Nose (Popular Science, 1943)
    See also: Middleburgh Central School

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X-Y-Z
Yorktown, By C. Hatch, Jr.

"Zarviah Wing's Bravery" by Elijah E. Brownell