This image is the only known photograph of the interior of the Bard Home. Taken after Margaret Bard's death, the house was not regularly occupied by John Bard and his second wife Annie Belcher at this time. The room appears to be well appointed and...
This photograph of the lawn at Annandale is dated Thanksgiving, November 29, 1888. Margaret Bard had been dead many years, and John Bard was remarried to Annie Belcher with whom he had a daughter, Marjorie. Annandale was a financial burden, and...
This is copy of a letter from President Reamer Kline dated March 17, 1967 thanking Paul Hartzell for his gift of this photograph album to Bard College. President Kline makes reference to its value to future chroniclers of the college history--...
From "Murals in the Rhinebeck Post Office:" Panel 1(a): Some time between September 12 and 20 Henry Hudson's "Half Moon" may have anchored near Rhinecliff. A sailor chopping a tree is watched by Indians" who have burned a tree around its base....
Panel 1 of Rhinebeck Post Office Mural. From "Murals in the Rhinebeck Post Office:" Panel 1(a): Some time between September 12 and 20 Henry Hudson's "Half Moon" may have anchored near Rhinecliff. A sailor chopping a tree is watched by Indians" who...
Political activity; Political activity; Politics & government;
This letter details some of the differences of opinion between Mr. Roe and Mr. Ball. This must have been published between 1909, a date cited in the letter, and 1915, when the new Erie RR Station was erected.
Clippings; History; Historical societies; Historians; Land grants; Taverns (Inns);
Newspaper clipping reporting on a Historical Society of Middletown and Wallkill Precinct meeting featuring Frank Durland’s paper on the importance of Chester in history. Apparently, this was clipped from Dr. Wesley Wait's copy of the newspaper.
War; Jeep automobiles; Women; School children; Schools; Military officers;
An army officer is driving a jeep down the steps of the School of Practice (presently called The van den Berg Learning Center - 2009). School children and their teachers are watching and possibly waiting for a ride.