Friday, January 18, 2008

Hudson River Valley Heritage

For my job lately, I have been doing alot of searching for online digital collections by New York Libraries. One of the best sites was developed by the Southeastern Library Resources Council and is Hudson River Valley Heritage. Its a great example of digital searchable archives, and there's lots of neat things. My favorites are the old postcards and maps. I looked for an old map of the area where I grew up, amd my town isn't even on it! Some of the surrounding towns are, and even some of the really old streets are labeled. It's kind of neat to imagine what the town might have looked so long ago, maybe just a couple of dirt roads some farms? Or more likely just woods...