Events

Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

Anti-Slavery in Columbia County and the Region

Online

Columbia County was an important and vibrant community in the first half of the 19th century. Temperance, reform movements and Underground Railroad activity were part of the antebellum period. Numerous…

The Underground Railroad: a New Interpretation of an Old Story

Messiah Lutheran Church 2850 Guilderland Avenue, Schenectady, NY

The Underground Railroad, often remembered as being characterized by tunnels, dark of night escapes, coded language, and hidey-holes, was far more extensive and complex than these ideas have led us…

The Underground Railroad Revisited

The Crossings 580 Albany Shaker Road, Loudonville, NY

  The Underground Railroad, often remembered as being characterized by tunnels, dark of night escapes, coded language, and hidey-holes, was far more extensive and complex than these ideas have led…

Homeschooler Tour

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

Join with Paul and Mary Liz Stewart and Amelia Paul at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence to learn the real story about the Underground Railroad. Hidey holes? Nope. Dark…

Collections Committee Planning Meeting

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

Do you like digging in the dirt? Researching? Drafting grant applications? Record keeping? Planning programs, exhibits, displays? Contributing to the development of the Collections Management System as we work to…

UREC Reads – The Dawning of the Apocalypse – ch. 2

Online via Zoom

Summary: In retelling the bloodthirsty story of the invasion of the Americas, Horne recounts how the fierce resistance by Africans and their Indigenous allies weakened Spain and enabled London to…

FBI Field Office Tour

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

Albany FBI Field Office staff will join with Paul and Mary Liz Stewart at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence to learn the real story about the Underground Railroad. Hidey…

Homeschooler Tour

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

Join with Paul and Mary Liz Stewart and Amelia Paul at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence to learn the real story about the Underground Railroad. Hidey holes? Nope. Dark…

Siena College students – Myers Residence Tour Experience

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

  Siena College freshman who are part of the First Year Seminar Program with Ann Godson-Glynn, Director of the Siena College Writing Center, will spend Saturday afternoon at The Stephen…

UREC Library

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

Join with a highly skilled librarian and volunteers in bringing The Myers Residence Library to life! Numerous books have been donated over time and they need to be catalogued so…