Page four of a newspaper published by the Community Service Society (formerly the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor) about radio personality Wythe Williams' visit to Ward Manor in 1941.
Director William Henry Matthews, left, with son Bruce Matthews. An Episcopal priest by training, William Matthews instead served people through social work and political advocacy. He was friends with William Ward of Ward Baking Company and in...
Members of the Department pose for a photo. That year, they were led by Walter Kaufman, Chief; Emmett O'Brien, Jr. '53, 1st Assistant Chief; and John E. Jolliffe '52, 2nd Assistant Chief. Originally founded by George Blackstone in 1942, the...
Road & Property Ownership Map of Orange County New York showing the roadways, railroads, mountians and lakes. It also lists many landowners outside the villages and hamlets.
Newspaper article reporting the discovery of a mastadon or mammoth in the Chester Black Dirt. (This article was electronically clipped from our complete issue of the United States Gazette)
The library was incorporated with seven trustees on Nov. 17, 1797. This organization was verified before Judge Wickham in Goshen and recorded that same year. Abijali Yelverton, innkeeper, was appointed the first librarian.
Certificate of appointment to Frank Durland to become War Savings Chairman for Chester Township, NY to raise funds for the debt incurred by the United States in the first World War.
4 men wearing bolas sitting on the DCC parade float. A fifth man is looking through a telescope. There is a man standing in the background, and a gentlemen wearing glasses is situated on the left side of the photo carrying an addition to the float.
