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Schenectady County Historical Society

Schenectady County Historical Society

32 Washington Ave.
Schenectady, NY 12305, United States
The Schenectady County Historical Society is a private, not-for-profit organization with the mission to share stories, inspire dialogue, and encourage understanding of the history, people, and cultures of Schenectady County. SCHS brings to life the region's dynamic history through interactive exhibits, education programs, and community events for all audiences at the Mabee Farm Historic Site, the Grems-Doolittle Library, and the Schenectady History Museum, and Brouwer House Creative. The Grems-Doolittle Library is home to a substantial collection of books and periodicals, photographs, maps, newspaper clippings, surname, archival collections, and maps pertaining to Schenectady County history. Our library and archival collections are strong in the early colonial history of the area, mainly in the 17th and 18th centuries, and genealogical resources.

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Strong, Hannah Elizabeth Vedder, 1845-1929
The Strong Collection is composed of land records, legal documents, correspondence, receipts, genealogical information, photographs, and other documents pertaining to the Bradt, Strong, and Van Patten families, collected by H. Elizabeth Strong (Hannah Elizabeth Vedder Strong). The collection includes a significant amount of material related to early settlement of Schenectady, as well as the land and trusteeship disputes in the city.
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Soroptimist International of Schenectady
The collection comprises records of Soroptimist International of Schenectady, a non-profit organization affiliated with the world’s largest women’s classified service organization, Soroptimist International, from 1953 through 2019. Materials range from board and business meeting minutes, event programs, membership rosters and board member lists, to Friendship link papers, scrapbooks, awards, newspaper clippings, photo slides and photographs, souvenir items, and more.
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Schenectady Liederkranz Club
The collection is composed of the records of Schenectady Liederkranz, a German-American singing club and social organization founded in 1871 and disbanded in 2005. Materials in the collection include meeting minutes, sheet music, membership records, financial records, newsletters, photographs, event programs, audio-visual materials, plaques and awards, and ephemera.