This doll head was found ca. 1975 behind the site of the former Trinity School and Home, later called the Watts de Peyster Home for Girls. During the early decades of the 20th century it was customary for villagers to dump trash along the banks of...
Originally built under the direction of James Starr Clark with funds provided by John and Margaret Bard, this school had many names throughout its history. It began as Trinity School and Home, sometimes called Trinity Academy. When Clark...
A group of resident girls can be seen standing in front of the De Peyster Industrial School and Home on a foggy day. No photographs remain from the days of its existence as the Trinity School and Home for boys under the direction of James Starr...
Francis C. Post stands with some of the girls from the Watts de Peyster Home, formerly the Trinity School and Home. Mr. Post was superintendent of the farm from 1899 to 1910. At his death in December of 1910, a newspaper clipping read: "He was...
This marble monument, which still stands on North Road in Tivoli, is the only remnant of the school built by John and Margaret Bard and James Starr Clark, later purchased and renamed by John Watts de Peyster. This gentleman was well known for,...
This doll was found in pieces circa 1975 behind the site of the Watts De Peyster Industrial Home and School, formerly James Starr Clark's Trinity School and Home. The head and torso are one unit; arms and legs found separately were matched and...
Hose Co. #1, Tivoli's Volunteer Firemen in full dress. They are standing in front of the De Peyster fire station which formerly stood across from St. Sylvia's Church on Broadway.
The little girl in this picture is Jane Osterhoudt, seated on a wall in front of Le Chateau de Tivoli. The Chateau was built in 1795 by Peter de Labegarre who died in 1807 penniless in New Orleans.
This pamphlet outlines a brief history of the village of Tivoli, focusing on the buildings, businesses, and townspeople that have comprised it. It should be noted that 'A Brief History of Tivoli' contains significant errors, augmented through time...
W - Experimental - Bard College (WXBC) was founded in 1946 by Elie Shneour '47, Kyle Steele, Benjamin Heller, Albert Stwertkz, William Frauenfelder, Cyrus Bently, Arthur De Baun, John Bishop, Thomas Marshall, Donn O'Meara, and John Steketee, under...
W - Experimental - Bard College (WXBC) was founded in 1946 by Elie Shneour '47, Kyle Steele, Benjamin Heller, Albert Stwertkz, William Frauenfelder, Cyrus Bently, Arthur De Baun, John Bishop, Thomas Marshall, Donn O'Meara, and John Steketee, under...
In this letter to James Starr Clark, John Bard discusses finances of Trinity Academy, and goes on to express dismay at the illness of John Aspinwall. He indicates further that his family is in Stuttgart to enable his daughters Emily and Rosalie a...
Caption reads:" DePeyster baseball team which won the Hudson Valley League and Dutchess County championships in 1932. John T. Hoffman was the owner and Oakley Cunningham was the manager."
Caption reads: "Brick wall and postern gate in front of Le Chateau de Tivoli. Built about 1800 by Peter DeLabigarre. Col. Johnston L. DePeyster, son [of] the Gen. John Watts DePeyster, lived there until his death on May 27, 1903." Delabigarre's...
Rosalie Bard, 18, stands for a formal portrait. She was the fourth child of John and Margaret Bard, and was only seven years old when her mother died. She married Charles Moran in 1891.
