The Museum Library

The Chapel Library at the Esperance Historical Society is a unique collection of books, documents, and other media accumulated by members of the Society over many years.

The library includes special collections featuring local authors, Methodist History, Agricultural Newspapers, The Anti-Rent War, Civil War including much on the US Colored Troops, Business Directories, and gazetteers. In addition, the library has a large genealogical section featuring church records, cemetery records, family histories, and census records. The collection includes a large Schoharie County and NYS History section. One of the special collections is the Kniskern Family Papers, Johann Peter Kniskern was a Palatine immigrant whose name was given to Kniskern’s Dorf, a German farming community, the earliest European settlement in the Town. Featured among many rare documents and letters is the 1729 survey of Kniskern’s Dorf on display.

Visitors can watch a short video presentation that will acquaint the visitor with the history of the area and the creation of the Chapel Library.

Title Author Date Type
the General Electric Story 1876-1986 Vol. I 1989 LH
The Genesee Farmer and Gardens Journal, 1833
The Gettysburg Diaries Nesbitt, Mark, Nesbitt 2008 SPCW
The Gilbert Family; Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1852(?) - 1659 of Mt. Wollaston (Braintree), Windsor, and Wethersfield Homer Worthington Brainard, Harold Simeon Gilbert and Clarence Almon Torrey 1953 GEN
The Gilboa Fossils Henrick, Linda Van Aller 2003 LH
The Godbearing Life Kenda Creasy Dean and Ron Foster SPCH
The Golden Age of Homespun Jared VanWageney, Jr. 1905 SPLA
The Golden Family of Early America Coldingham Preservation and Historical Society 2011 GEN
The Good, the Bad and the Sloughters; Schoharie County Poorhouse/Almshouse History and Residents Karen McLaughlin Cuccinello 2017 LH
The Great Rebellion; A Histgory of the Civil War in the US - Vol. II J. T. Headley 1866 SPCW
The Great Rebellion; A History of the Civil War in the US - Vol. I J.T. Headley 1863 SPCW
The Greatest Generation Speaks - Letters and Reflections Tom Brokaw 1999 NF
The Hard Tack Dispatch, 1996:no. 1-1998:1, incomplete
The Hare Family of Esperance, Schoharie County and the Town of Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York Laurel Reed Berbach 2014 GEN
The Hemingses of Monticello Annette Gordon-Reed 2008 SPAA
The Herald Illustrated Almanac, 1879 1879 ALM
The Heritage of American Methodism Kenneth Cain Kingham 1999 SPCH
The Heroes of Albany – A Memorial of the Patriot-Martyrs of the City and County of Albany 1861-1865 Rufus W. Clark, D.D. 1867 LH
The Historic Mohawk Mary Riggs Diefendorf 1910 LH
The Historic Trail Historical Society and the Commission on Archives and History of the Southern New Jersey Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church 1981 SPCH
The History of Cheese Making in New York State Eunice R. Stamm 1991 LH
The History of Cohoes New York, from the Earliest Settlement to the present time Arthur H. Master 1877,1967 (Reprint) LH
The History of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachuctts Daniel Ricketson 1858 LH
The History of Old RettoBothChurch Carl E. Burrows SPCH
The History of Political Parties in the State of New York Vol. II Jabez D. Hammond 1846 LH
The History of Political Parties of the State of New York, Vol. I Jabez D. Hammond 1844 LH
The History of Schoharie County and Border Wars Jeptha R. Simms 1974 LH
The History of Springfield Kate M. Coray 1935 LH
The History of the Town of Cobleskill, Bicentenial Edition 1797-1997 Town of Cobleskill Historical Society LH
The History of the Town of Cobleskill, Schoharie County, NY, 1797-1997 1997 LH
The History of Ulster County with Emphasis Upon the Last 100 Years 1883-1983 1984 LH
The History of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Cobleskill, NY Robert A. Holt LH
The Home Cow Doctor 1926 NF
The Hudson Mohawk Gateway Thmas Phelan 1985 Reprint
The Hudson River by Daylight Thursty McQuill 1875 LH
The Hudson Valley in the American Revolution Robert W. Venables 1975 LH
The Hudson, A History Tom Lewis 2005 LH
The Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, NY Inc. Publication No. 10 LH
The Huguenot, with Emphasis Upon the Huguenots of New Paltz Kenneth E. Hasbrouck 1985 LH
The Illustrated History of Methodism Rev. W. H. Daniels 1890-1894 SPCH
The Invasion of Sandy Bay Anita Sanchez 2008 NF
The Irish at Bunker Hill Michael O'Brien 1968 NF
The iron Hearted Regiment Being on Account of the battles, marches and gallend Deeds performed by the 115th Regiment NY Volunteers James H. Clark 1865 LH
the Jew Who Chose Jesus Rev. Dr. James E. Beskin 1995 SPCH
The Jones Boys Off to War Kenneth M. Jones LH
The Journal of Major George Washington - Chief of VA - His majesty Lt. Gove and Comarn Hon. Robert Dinwiddie 1919 B
The Journal of Women's Civil War History Eileen Conklin 2001 SPCW
The Jubilee Singers of Fisk University G D Pike 1873 SPAA
The Kokillian 1935 EDU
The Land and the People John W. Gordon 1994 FIC
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