JACOB LEISLER INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF EARLY NEW YORK HISTORY IN Information

The Institute is an independent, nonprofit organization. As a study center, the Institute serves scholars and students of the period as well as teaching the necessary skills in order to preserve and interpret the period's manuscript and material sources. Students of all historical disciplines, including archeology, material culture, and folklore, are encouraged to use and contribute to the Institute as an educational and archival resource, as well as prepare papers, book length manuscripts, and lectures from its holdings. The Jacob Leisler Institute is located in Hudson, New York, a small historic city in the bucolic Hudson River Valley. The Institute is easily accessible from New York City, Boston, and Albany by road and rail. Hudson, with its dynamic contemporary culture, and the surrounding countryside provide a wealth of resources relating to the period, such as the Luykas Van Alen House, numerous Reformed Dutch churches and historic sites, including the former Van Rensselaer and Livingston manorial landholdings.