Newsletters


2025

Volume 13, Issue 1 -- March 2025 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
    Did You Know
  2. The Albany & Susquehanna
    The Delaware and Hudson
    How Delanson Was Named
    Caution – Rail Mail Delivery
  3. Four Train Stations
    The World Turns
    Membership Application & Renewal
  4. Delanson Roundhouse
    Coal Storage Yards
    The Delanson Yards
  5. A Railroad Heritage
    2025 Program Schedule

2024

Volume 12, Issue 2 -- October 2024 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
    Preservation Award
  2. September 7th -- Stepping Back in Time Event
  3. James Duane: The Irish American Who Rebuilt New York
  4. County Forest Signage
    Membership
    Rrussel's Blacksmith Shop - Duanesburg
  5. The First Car

Volume 12, Issue 1 -- March 2024 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
    2024 Program Schedule
  2. Quaker Street – Stepping Back in Time – Sept 7th
    Bread Time Stories
  3. A Thanksgiving Breakfast Tradition in Duanesburg
  4. Mariaville Lake Lives Lost A Short History
    Remembering Lives Lost
  5. A Young Goose
    Membership Application
    A New Experience

2023

Volume 11, Issue 2 -- October 2023 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
  2. A Soldier's Story
    The Soldiers Lullaby
  3. Remembering Those Who Served - May 21, 2023
  4. Farming Heritage Open House -- September 9, 2023
  5. Do You Have Christmas Photos to Share?
    Funding Archival Material
    Are You a Member?
    Membership Application

Volume 11, Issue 1 -- March 2023 - (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
    Remembering Those Who Have Served - May 21st
  2. 2023 Program Schedule
    The Lost Mystery
  3. Town ForestHhistory
  4. Herrick Homestead Sign- Duanesburg Town Forest
  5. Believe It or Not Stories
    - Grain Separation Invention
    - A Funeral Crash
    - Quaker Street Kidnapping
    Membership Application

2022

Volume 10, Issue 2 -- October 2022 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
    From the Archives
  2. Scenes From the 2022 Barn Tour & Open House
  3. Spontaneous Combustion – Barn Destroyer
  4. Duanesburg Memories
    Weaver Farm Fire
  5. Remembering Duanesburg Book Sales
    Bouquet’s & Bottle Returns Benefit the DHS
    Membership Application

Volume 10, Issue 1 -- March 2022 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
    Open House and Barn Tour
    2022 Program Schedule
  2. Duanesburg - Believe it or Not!
    • A Narrow Escape
    • October Recess
    • The 717 Year Old Tree
  3. Duanesburg on Ice
  4. Duanesburg on Ice -continued
    Membership Application
  5. From the Archives
    Duanesburg Historical Society Research and Archive Center

2021

Volume 9, Issue 2 -- September 2021 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
    From the Archives
  2. Daylight Savings
  3. The Mariaville Monster
  4. The Duane Rustlers
  5. The Case of the Missing Outhouse
    Membership Application

Volume 9, Issue 1 --February 2021 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
    From thehe Archives
  2. Our Newsletter
    Quaker Street Boots
  3. Duanesburg Now and Then
  4. Mariaville Snapshot - 1866
  5. On the Road
    Who We Are
    Membership Application


2020

Volume 8, Issue 2 --September 2020 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
    Remembering the Town of Duanesburg - Volume 5
  2. Activities Report
  3. From The Archives
  4. Goals For This Year
    Membership Dues/Application
  5. Duanesburg News From 1920

Volume 8, Issue 1 --February 2020 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
    2020 Program Schedule
  2. The Missind H
  3. Duanesburg - Believe it or Not
    Hello Kitty
    How Cold Was It?
    By-Gone Superstition
    Return of Long Lost Wife
  4. History Hunt at Duanesburg Day: A Community/School Partnership Project
    Membership Application
  5. From The Archives
    Duanesburg Historical Society Research and Archive Center

2019

Volume 7, Issue 2 --September 2019 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
    Thank You Volunteers!
    Membership Application
  2. Activities Report
  3. From the Archives
    Kitty
    Collections Report
    Building Report
  4. Last Stage from Mariaville
    A New Road to Mariaville
    The Duanesburg Railroad
    Membership Application
  5. Research and Archive Center donors
Volume 7, Isjsue 1 --February 2019 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
    2019 Program Schedule
  2. Remembering Duanesburg Contributers Recognized
  3. Duanesburg Family History Day
    The Town of Duanesburg
  4. Who Was George W. Featherstonhaugh?
    Membership Application
    Duanesburg Historical Society Research & Archive Center

2018

Volume 6, Issue 2 --September 2018 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
  2. Dedication of Research and Archive Center
  3. News From 1918
  4. "If You're Going to Get it You'll get it" - But Have a Smoke First
    Membership Application
    Archives Now Open by Appointment
  5. 2018 Program Schedule
    Remembering the Town of Duanesburg - Volume 4
    Our Building Fund

Volume 6, Issue 1 --February 2018 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
    DHS on the Internet
    2018 Program Schedule
  2. From the Archives:
        WWII-The Homefront
        Rationing for the War Effort
  3. Duanesburg Historical Society Research & Archive Center
    Membership Application
    DHS Dues
  4. Personal Recollections of School Are Shared
    Remembering the Town of. Duanesburg - Volume 4

2017

Volume 5, Issue 2 --September 2017 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
  2. From the Archives: History of Town Schools Sought
    Membership Application
  3. 2017 Program Schedule
    Hannaford Fundraiser
    Remembering the Town of Duanesburg - Volume 4
    Duanesburg Village District #5 School
  4. Duanesburg Historical Society Research & Archive Center "Looking to the Future to Preserve Our Past"
  5. Building Progress in Quaker Street

Volume 5, Issue 1 --April 2017 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
    QSC Club Donation
  2. 2017 Program Schedule
    Roadside Marker Commemorates First Settler
  3. Duanesburg Historical Society Research & Archive Center "Looking to the Future to Preserve Our Past"

2016

Volume 4, Issue 2 --October 2016 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message ‹/li>
  2. Talk of a Plank Road
    A Dirt Road Story
  3. Did You Know
  4. Quaker Street Depot
  5. From The Archives
    Membership Application

Volume 4, Issue 1 --February 2016 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
    Politics in Quaker Street
  2. The Right Place at the Right Time
  3. 2016 Program Schedule
    Contribute by Recycling
  4. The Early Life of Abram Smith
  5. Many Occupations in a Small Area
  6. Many Occupations Continued
    Membership Application

2015

Volume 3, Issue 2 --October 2015 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
  2. A Short History of Duanesburg
  3. Backroads of Duanesburg Driving Tour
  4. Charis McHeard, Our Summer Intern
  5. The Great Chadwick Road Controversy
  6. Duanesburg Barns: Windows to the Past

Volume 3, Issue 1 --February 2015 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
    Duanesburg Day -- Celebrating 250 years
  2. A Short History of Duanesburg
  3. 2015 Program Schedule
    Short History continued
  4. The James Duane Story
  5. Membership Application
    History Books Available from DHS

2014

Volume 2, Issue 2 --September 2014 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
  2. Historical Mariaville
  3. 2014 Program Schedule
  4. Taking Care of the Past
  5. The Mariaville Store
  6. A Box of Mariaville Memories
  7. Help Us Recruit New Members
  8. History Books Available from DHS

Volume 2, Issue 1 --February 2014 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
  2. Duanesburg Day
  3. Dr. Joseph Braman
  4. Memories of School District #12
  5. 2014 Program Schedule
  6. Silas Van Patten
  7. St Peters Chapel
  8. History Books Available from DHS

2013

Volume 1, Issue 2 -- September 2013 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message & A Horseless Carriage Visit
  2. The Grove Cemetery
  3. 2013 Program Schedule & Case's Tavern
  4. Case's Tavern continued
  5. History Books Available from DHS

Volume 1, Issue 1 -- February 2013 (Click here to view)

In this issue --

  1. Directors' Message
  2. Historically Significant Buildings
  3. 2013 Program Schedule & Did You Know
  4. The Toad Hollow School Bell
  5. History Books Available from DHS