You’ve seen the whale symbol on Hudson’s street signs, parking signs, maybe you’ve noticed the whale float that appears in Hudson’s parades. But, where did it all come from? And why? In the mid-1970s, the City of Hudson was a different place than it is today. Big box stores were opening in nearby Greenport and…
Category: Historical
Hudson Area Library’s History Room Participates in “Odds Against Tomorrow” Screening at Hudson Hall
As part of Hudson Hall’s community-themed $5 film screenings, Movies on Main Street, on Thursday, April 20th at 7pm, there will be a showing of “Odds Against Tomorrow”, the 1959 film noir movie starring Harry Belafonte and Shelley Winters. The film was shot in Hudson, or as our city is known in the movie, “Meltin”…
Hudson Area Library: Local Hudson Maps and Atlases Exhibition Opening
On Thursday, March 2nd, the Hudson Area Library showcased its historical Hudson maps and atlases. The exhibition was a culmination of months and years of work by local volunteers of the library’s History Room. Their worked helped preserve and make these maps accessible to the public. The maps have been used to teach local teens…
Lindenwald’s Amazing Historically Accurate WallPaper
This past week, the Columbia County Libraries Association sponsored a program examining the wallpaper at former president Martin Van Buren’s home, Lindenwald, in Kinderhook. You can view the video above. Below are some photos taken inside Lindenwald.
Ruth Piwonka Student Scholarship Award
The Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History is presenting a $500 scholarship in memory of local historian Ruth Piwonka to a student in Columbia County looking to further their education in history. To honor Ruth Piwonka, Trustee Emeritus of the Board of the Jacob Leisler Institute, the Institute has established an annual scholarship in…
Hudson Area Library Launches Online Access to Two Oral History Collections
The Hudson Area Library is pleased to announce two newly-launched oral history online archives: the Hudson Area Library Oral History Project (HAL OHP), an open collection of interviews collected locally over the past decade, and the Black Legacy Association of Columbia County Oral History Project (BLACC) collection from the 1980s. The archiving of these collections…
Inaugural Winter Exhibition Opens at Olana
Chasing Icebergs: Art and a Disappearing Landscape,Frederic Church’s Historic Art Expedition Shines NewLight on Contemporary Climate Challenges The Olana Partnership, in collaboration with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, presents Chasing Icebergs: Art and a Disappearing Landscape, the first winter exhibition at Olana State Historic Site. The exhibition, shown primarily…
Lindenwald – Martin Van Buren’s Home and Life – As Told by TheKinderhookers
Written by TheKinderhookers Okay so imagine this: you come off your five day coke binge waking up in Niverville of all places and you open your now cracked phone to see what day it is and some drag queen named Trixie has added you as an author to her WORDPRESS site because apparently you woke…
Koweek Family Donates Urban Renewal Planning Papers to Hudson Area Library
The Hudson Area Library is proud to announce that the Koweek family has donated the Arthur Koweek Urban Renewal Papers to the library’s History Room. Arthur Koweek chaired the Hudson City Planning Commission during the urban renewal project of 1971-1973. With Hudson again in a debate about housing and business development, much can be learned…
Winter Walk – New Events Added!
In addition to the list of events to take place during Winter Walk, Saturday, Dec. 4th 5-8pm, Hudson Hall just announced the following: Winter Walk Kick-OffThe evening begins with a tribute to the resiliency of our community and to our friend, Vincent Mulford. Mulford, who passed away this October, was a longtime resident and pioneering antiques dealer in Hudson,…