Browse Exhibits (12 total)

Presented by Historic Huguenot Street, this exhibit highlights a sampling of the dozens of such textiles in the Permanent Collection all of which were produced locally in Ulster, Dutchess, and Orange county. Through their actual woven patterns (symbols and texts) and through related records and tools, these coverlets carry clear connections to the local families that purchased and used them.

Flavors of Change takes you on a bittersweet journey through the three culinary traditions that met in the 1600s and 1700s. Presented by Historic Huguenot Street.

Never Was a Slave: Jacob Wynkoop, Free and Black in 19th Century New Paltz documents the exceptional and varied life of Jacob Wnykoop who was born in the rural community of New Paltz, New York, in 1829, two years after slavery was legally abolished in the state.

There are no known photographs of John Hasbrouck, born to enslaved parents Peg and Philip. We know John through 19th-century documents such as government records, account books (including two extraordinary books he kept himself), newspaper clippings, and a few personal notes, letters, and receipts. From these fragments, we can form an impression of an intelligent, industrious, and imaginative man, who overcame the challenges of growing up under gradual abolition to marry and raise a family, purchase land, and become one of the first African Americans eligible to vote in New Paltz, New York.

This online exhibit reflects new discoveries about John’s family connections and his early adult years, as well as previously unexplored connections to both the Black and White communities of New Paltz. It updates and greatly expands the exhibit text for John Hasbrouck, “A Most Estimable Citizen,” installed at the DuBois Fort Visitor Center, Historic Huguenot Street, in 2017 and 2018.

The New Paltz Historic Documents Project, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is a collaboration between four institutions with collections of historical documents: Historic Huguenot Street, the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection at Elting Memorial Library, the Reformed Church of New Paltz, and the Town of New Paltz. The project consists of conserving (as needed), digitizing, and making available online early documents from New Paltz and surrounding communities, ranging in date from the mid-1600s to 1830 with some mid and later 19th-century documents included.