Albany County Historical Association
Albany County Historical Association
About
The Albany County Historical Association’s (ACHA) digital collections on New York Heritage represent a portion of our diverse museum collections of manuscripts and ACHA archives. Our collections represent the rich and diverse history and culture of Albany County and are comprised of a variety of artifacts and documents documenting Albany County history from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries. Our collections reflect the rich diversity of Albany County including African, Dutch, English, German, Irish, Scottish, and numerous other cultural groups who call(ed) Albany County home.
The ACHA was founded in 1942. It is a private, not-for-profit educational museum. The mission of the ACHA is to preserve, present, and promote the rich and diverse history and culture of Albany County, New York. The ACHA interprets the 1798 Ten Broeck Mansion and historic gardens in the Arbor Hill neighborhood of Albany, New York.
The ACHA’s collections contain historic images, documents, and statements. Any views or opinions expressed in the documents or images do not reflect the views of the Albany County Historical Association.
Historic documents and artifacts depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing. The ACHA maintains them in our collections to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Artifacts of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate Albany’s history, including issues related to bias, prejudice, and/or racism.
To submit a research question, follow the steps at: https://tenbroeckmansion.org/researchers-faqs/
Albany County Historical Association is a member of the Capital District Library Council.
Collections
A collection of photo-postcards with images of Albany and Schenectady, NY. The postcards date from 1901-1953.
Acorn Stove trade cards printed between 1850–1900. The cards were created to advertise Acorn Stoves manufactured by Rathbone and Sard of Albany, NY. The cards feature illustrations of men, women, and children, including some representing stereotypes of African American children.
Photographs of bars and restaurants in Albany, New York, submitted to the Albany County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC Board) as part of license and permit applications.
An assembled collection of family records of Albany County, NY residents collected at community history scanning events. The records date from 1894 to 2002 and document families in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
An assembled collection of military and property records pertaining to Albany County residents from 1760-1818.
Images of Albany, Clinton, Rensselaer, and Schenectady Counties digitized from glass plate negatives. c.1893 - c. 1915
Photographs and family bibles documenting the Crounse and MacHarg (also known as McHarg) families of Albany County, New York, 1780s-1890s.
This collection contains pictures from the Dongan Charter Celebration Parade held in Albany, New York on July 22, 1936.
Genealogical records of families in Albany County, New York written in family Bibles and prayer books, 1702-1923.
Documents the family of Civil War General John G. Farnsworth (1832-1895) of Albany, NY. Features correspondence with and about General Farnsworth. In addition, the collection contains material related to noted photographer Emma Justine Farnsworth. The bulk of the material dates from 1890-1899.
A collection containing records from the family of Edmund L. Judson (1830-1890), mayor of Albany from 1874-1876.
Correspondence and documents, 1780s-1840s, created and received by the Lansing family of Albany, New York. The correspondence and documents largely relate to property ownership and family news.
Correspondence and documents, 1853-1948, created and received by the Olcott Family of Albany, New York.
Collection of correspondence, photographs, and artifacts related to Peter Erwin (1910-1944) of the Arbor Hill neighborhood of Albany, NY, his wife Marjorie L. Walker (1915-1995), and daughter Effie Marie Erwin (1940-2021). Erwin was killed while serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII. Materials date from 1923-1973.
An assembled collection of images of the extended Ten Broeck Family. The collection documents the transformation of portraiture from silhouette to photography. The materials date from 1815-1855.
An assembled collection of records from the family of Abraham Ten Broeck (1734-1810).
An assembled collection of images taken of the Ten Broeck Mansion in Arbor Hill, Albany, NY. Also included are images of the Ten Broeck Family homesteads located in Kingston and Rhinebeck, NY. The photographs date from 1887-1947.
Genealogical register of the Van Allen Family and 52 related families of Albany County, New York, c. 1856-1884.
Collection documents the Veghte Family of the Albany, New York area. The bulk of the items date from 1899-1908.
A collection of documents, both whole and fragmentary, created and collected by the Wendell Family of Albany, NY. The collection dates from 1687-1837. Notable people in the documents include Governor Thomas Dongan (1634-1715) and, Philip Hooker (1766-1836).