History and Nature of the Project
Schuyler
Flatts, located in the Town of Colonie is a registered National Historic
Landmark. This "Schuyler Flatts Online" site has been
constructed to highlight this historic landmark.
The site has been the product of research conducted by the 11th grade AP
American
History class (1999-2000) at Watervliet HS with the support of an
"educational uses"
grant from the State Archives Records and Management Program (SARA), NY
State Office of Cultural Education. Students have worked with their
teacher Jennifer Drautz, school librarian Maureen Aumand, Capital Region BOCES instructional
coordinator Steve Janover, numerous local scholars, historical experts and archivists
to research and develop the site.
Periodically,
this site will link the viewer to original documents or artifacts which underpin
the story of the Schuyler Flatts. This will serve to highlight as well as direct
the viewer to the rich archival records and repositories which the support the
study of this historic landmark.
