100 Years of Collecting

"100 Years of Collecting"

Vol. 2 of Centennial Editions

In this issue:

• The Migration of Style, Colin Stair & Zoe Groomes-Klotz
• Collecting 100 Years of History, Anna Thompson
• The Historical Society's Properties, Rod Blackburn
• Painted Portraits: Faces of Our History/Heritage, Ruth Piwonka
• Beauty of The Land: Landscapes in the Collection, Lori Yarotsky
• A Century of Soft Goods: Clothing & Textiles from the Collection, Connie Frisbee Houde
• From the Collection: The Objects Speak, Alexandra Anderson
• The Remarkable Gideon Bostwick: the Traveling Man, Jim Benton
• Village & Rural Homestead Archaeology: from the Vanderpoel and Van Alen Houses, Kelli Smith
• Book Review: Revolution on the Hudson – New York City and the Hudson River Valley in the American War of Independence by George C. Daughan, Bob Peduzzi
• Book Review: Farm, Shop, Landing: The Rise of a Market Society in the Hudson Valley by Martin Bruegel, Carole Osterink
• Collecting Culture, Lori Yarotsky
• Letter from the Board of Trustees President by Jim Guidera

On the Cover: Terrestrial and Celestial Globes on Stands, J. Wilson and Sons, Albany, NY. Mahogany, plaster, paper, brass, 1828 and 1826. Permanent Collection Gift of James E. Leath and three friends, HH1943.10-11