300 Years of History in the Heart of
New Paltz, New York

Huguenot and Early New Paltz History

• Symposium on Early New Paltz History

• The Huguenot Cross

• The Founding of New Paltz - The Historical Background

• Excerpt from Sylvester's History of Ulster County 1880: Chapter on New Paltz

• After the Huguenots: researching new population groups in New Paltz, NY 1750-1850

• Bibliography of Resources relating to Huguenot history

• Bibliography of Resources relating to Palatine history

Civil War Period

• "I'm now in Rebeldom": New Paltz Soldiers in the Civil War

• Relations between the Huguenots of New Paltz, N. Y. and the Esopus Indians

• Bibliography of Native American Resources

African Americans

• Proceedings from the Symposium, "Buried Away: Finding & Using African-American History in the Hudson Valley"

• "The Society of Negroes Unsettled": The History of Slavery in New Paltz, NY

• Bibliography of African-American Resources

Architecture and Agriculture

• Another House On Huguenot Street: The Discovery of the Dubois-Elting House

• Doors to the Past: Architectural Elements of Early Huguenot Street

• Interpretations of Locust Lawn and the evolving New Paltz cultural landscape

• Bibliography of Architecture Resources

• The Temperance Movement and Women's Social History in New Paltz during the Late Nineteenth Century: A Research Guide

Children and Education

• Promiscuous Problems and Vulgar Fractions: The Early-Nineteenth Century Schoolbook of Sarah DuBois

• Ciphering Books Extracts

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