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Albany Institute of History & Art

Albany Institute of History & Art

125 Washington Ave
Albany, NY 12210, United States
The Albany Institute of History & Art Library is a non-circulating research library with collections related to the art, history, and culture of the upper Hudson Valley of New York. Collections include manuscript materials, photographs, maps, rare books, and other collections dating from the seventeenth century to the present.

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The materials in this collection deal with the erection, in Albany’s Academy Park in 1928, of a memorial to the Albany-born, eminent scientist Joseph Henry (1797-1878), first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Members and officers of the Albany Institute were active in this project. Materials include correspondence of the memorial committee concerning fundraising, choice of a memorial location and sculptor, and the ceremony marking completion of the monument. Also included are letters to and from, and contracts with, the sculptor chosen, John Flanagan (1865-1952). Programs for and invitations to the inaugural ceremony are included, as is some biographical material on Joseph Henry.
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Ruth Gretchen Weeber (1913-1984) was an Albany, New York sketcher and painter of old Albany architecture. Her father Christian, developed the Weebermobile, and her sister, Marion, was a jewelry artist and designer. This collection includes photographs, exhibition information, memberships, awards, examples of work, and clippings.
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The main photograph collection contains all types of photographic images, from daguerreotypes to contemporary inkjet prints from digital files. The collection also includes glass plate and cellulose acetate negatives. The images are organized into subject series. Most images relate to the people, locations, and events in Albany and other upper Hudson Valley communities. The collection also contains works by contemporary artists.
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Albany Institute of History and Art
The Postcard Collection depicts numerous establishments and events throughout Albany, New York, from approximately 1900-1980. This is an artificial collection created by the volunteers of the Albany Institute of History & Art from various individual donations over the years.
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The Pruyn Family Papers contains documents relating to three consecutive generations of the John Pruyn Family, along with genealogies and personal papers of more distant family relations. An autograph collection of presidents, statesmen, and local historic figures is included. The ownership of 43-45 North Pearl Street is documented from the first sale in 1679 to the last in 1968. The estates of Eleanor Erving, Justine Bayard Erving and Van Rensselaer Pruyn are also documented.
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This collection contains correspondence addressed to Charles R. Webster, and his twin brother, George Webster, printers and founders of the Albany Gazette. The collection also contains letters written by their children and other family members, as well as fifty letters either addressed to or written by the son of Charles R. Webster, Matthew H. Webster, who served as Chairman of the Albany Institute.