The Van Epps Papers
Percy M. Van Epps, the first historian of the Town of Glenville, was appointed in 1926. During his tenure as town historian, he authored a series of fifteen reports documenting the history of Glenville as he knew it. In 1998, the Town of Glenville Board published the third edition of the Van Epps Papers, with the assistance of Town of Glenville Historian, Joan Szablewski. Below are scanned copies of the essays that appeared in that edition of the collected papers.
- Cover and Front Matter
- Table of Contents
- The Place Names of Glenville (1926)
- Historical Gleanings From Old-Time Maps and Deeds (1928)
- The Indian Occupation of Glenville, New York (1929)
- The Mills and Other Industries of Early Glenville, New York (1930)
- Early Settlers of Glenville and Their Churches (1931)
- Slavery in Early Glenville, N.Y. (1932)
- The Flowing Springs of Glenville (1933)
- The Brass Bands of Glenville (1934)
- Historical Tablets and Markers of Glenville- Part One (1935)
- Historical Tablets and Markers of Glenville- Part Two (1936)
- Prehistoric Man in the Mohawk Region (1935)
- Cayadutta: A Great Pre-Colonial Mohawk Village Site (1909)
- Story of the Maalwyck: Its Settlers, Its House Long a Famous Landmark and of Its School, the First North of the Mohawk River (1937)
- Wolf Hollow: Glenville's Notable Scenic Feature (1939)
- Stories and Legends of Our Indian Paths (1940)
- The Horse Artillery and the Washington Continentals of Glenville New York (1946)
- The Schenectady Patent of 1684 and the Common Land of Glenville, NY
- The Battle of the Beukendaal, July 18, 1748- by Donald A. Keefer, Assistant Town Historian (1948)
- Alplaus: Once Camping Ground of a French Army (1950)
Content Warning: Please note that some of the language Percy Van Epps used in these essays to describe people of color is considered offensive by current standards. Such words do not reflect the Town of Glenville or the historian’s viewpoint, but rather the social attitudes and circumstances of the period in which these essays were written. We retain these materials unaltered in order to document history and preserve context.