Published Sources
Ambrosiano, Robin. “New church entranceway is not for the birds,” The Saratogian. Sept 29, 1999.
Anderson, George Baker. Our county and its people: a descriptive and biographical record of Saratoga County, New York. Boston: Boston history Co., 1899.
Author Unknown, “Greenridge Cemetery,” The Saratogian, October 25th 1866. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
Author Unknown, “Greenridge Cemetery,” The Saratogian, May 6th 1869. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
Author Unknown. “Saratoga Church Set Ablaze; an Overheated Furnace Causes $25,000 Damage.” The New York Times, 1903.
Balmuth, Dan, “Temple Sinai: The Early Years (1964-1970s),” Temple Sinai: 40th Anniversary Commemorative Book (1965-2005), 2005.
Banner, Mae G., “Greenridge Cemetery: Historic Resting Place,” [The Saratogian??], November 2nd 1992. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
“Baptist Churches.” BBC Religions, last modified June 25, 2009.
Beers, S.N.; Beers, B.G. 1866. "Saratoga Springs." New Topographical Atlas Of Saratoga Co. New York. From Actual Surveys By S.N. & D.G. Beers And Assistants. Philadelphia: Stone & Stewart, Publishers. Philadelphia. 1866.
Bethesda Episcopal Church. “Newsletter Archive.” Last modified October 15, 2012.
Bethesda Episcopal Church. “The Building.” Last modified October 15, 2012.
Bethesda Church Archives. Diary and Scrapbook of Eleanor Shackelford. Saratoga Springs N.Y., (1870-1890?).
Britten, Evelyn Barrett. Chronicles of Saratoga. Republished, Brooklyn, NY: Gerald J. Rickard, 1959.
Bucciferro, Maria M., “Spa Cemetery Wants 8-foot Fence,” Post Star, March 23rd 1996. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
"The Centennial of the New England Congregational Church of Saratoga Springs, N.Y.” 1980. Saratoga Springs Public Library: Saratoga Room, Saratoga Springs, New York.
Cooper, Robin K. “Worker finds a niche with his stone carving.” Daily Gazette: Albany, NY, 11 July 2006.
Corsale, Eugene. “Gideon Putnam Burial Ground: A West Side Historical Treasure.” Poor Richard’s Saratoga Journal, January 2002. 11 and cont. 16.
Crowe, Kenneth C. 2012. "Old, Big Churches Still have a Prayer." Times Union, May 30.
Corbett, Theordord, The Making of American Resorts: Saratoga Springs, Ballston Spa, and Lake George. Chapel Hill: Rutgers University Press, 2001.
Dearborn, R.F. 1872. Saratoga, and How To See It, Giving information concerning the Attractions and objects of Interest o f the Fashionable Watering Place. (1871 edition digitized)
Dimopoulos, Thomas. “Horses, Health, and Occasionally Sordid History in Saratoga Springs.” The Post-Star. August 6, 2011.
“District Attorney to Make Charge Against Pompay in Gang Murder.” The Saratogian. December 10, 1936.
Durkee, Cornelius E. Reminiscences of Saratoga Springs. Saratoga Springs, NY: The Saratogian, 1819-1912. Pages 14, 22, 39, 79-80, 84. Digitized by NY Genweb.
First Baptist Church (Saratoga Springs, NY) Centennial of the First Baptist Church of Saratoga Springs, NY: October 8th to 11th, 1893. Saratoga Springs, NY: Cozzens & Waterbury, 1893.
French, Stanley, “The Cemetery as Cultural Institution: The Establishment of Mount Auburn and the “Rural Cemetery” Movement,” American Quarterly 26, no. 1 (1974):37-59.
“Geological Formations in Saratoga Springs, NY.” Saratoga Springs History Museum Archives.
Glavin, Rev. John F. “A World’s Need.” Rensselaer, NY: Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Year likely 1917-18
Hill, Winfield S., “Every Tombstone Tells a Story to John L. Mahar: 50 Years with Greenridge,” [The Saratogian??], estimated 1940 based on dates in article. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
Holmes, Timothy. Saratoga Springs, New York: A Brief History. The History Press: Charleston, SC, 2008, p. 17-18.
Hornbeck, Leigh. 2011. "Universal Preservation Hall." Times Union, August 18.
Hughes, Kyle, “Fenn Wadsworth, RIP: Some Fascinating Saratoga History Above and Below Ground,” Saratoga Summer, 2002, 113-122. Original pages accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
Joki, Robert. 1998. Saratoga Lost: Images of Victorian America. 2nd ed. Hensonville, New York: Black Dome Press Corp.
Kress, Michael. "Ministry family affair for pastor," May 28, 1996. (Saratogian?)
Kurp, Patrick. “Grave Matters Concern a Cemetery Tour Guide.” Saratoga Style, page T54, 31 July 1988.
Landon, Melville de Lancey and Arthur Lumley, Saratoga in 1901 (New York: Sheldon and Company, 1872).
Mahar, John, “History of Greenridge Cemetery,” [Saratogian??], October 1975. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
McKim, Beverly. “75 and still growing." The Saratogian. October 6, 1991.
McGregor, Jean, “Sexton Recalls Pioneers Buried in Century-Old Greenridge Cemetery,” [The Saratogian??], January 18, 1945. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
McGregor, Jean. Chronicles of Saratoga. Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: The Saratogian, 1947.
Patrick, Judy,.“Gideon Putnam, Early Settler’s Cemetery Dedicated as City Park.” Schenectady Gazette (July 8,1989).
Patrick, Judy. “Gideon Putnam’s Vision Still Shows Through in the City of Saratoga Springs.” Schenectady Gazette (1989).
Post, Paul, Soldiers of Saratoga County: From Concord to Kabul. Charleston: The History Press, 2010.
Post, Paul. “90 years... and still growing.” The Saratogian. Oct 18, 2007.
Putnam Family Project Committee: Joan Cady, Chair Caroly Bugey; Dedra Roberts.“Gideon Putnam and his Descendants.” Copyright Heritage Hunters of Saratoga County, NY. 2006.
Rockwell Putnam’s Obituary, 1869, from Saratoga Springs Public Library, Saratoga Room.
Sanzone, Danielle, “Breaking Ground in a New City: Troy’s Terra Nova Comes to Saratoga Springs.” The Saratogian, October 14, 2012. Saratoga Springs: The Saratogian, 2012.
Saratoga Springs Heritage Area Visitor Center. 2011. West Side Neighborhood: A Self-Guided Map. Saratoga Springs, NY.
Saratoga Springs Visitor Center. “Walking Tour of Saratoga’s History in Stone.” 2006.
Skidmore College. Skidmore Centennial Timeline (2011)
Skidmore College. Skidmore History & Traditions (webpage).
“St. Clement: Saratoga Springs, NY.” South Hackensack, NJ: Custombook, Inc., 1968.
“St. Clement’s Renewal Campaign 1999-2000” (pamphlet).
Starr, Timothy, Invented in Saratoga: A History of Innovation. New York: Instant Publishing, 2008.
Stone, William Leete and Charles Carroll Dawson, ”Greenridge Cemetery,” in Reminiscences of Saratoga and Ballston. New York: Virtue and Yorston, 1875.
Stone, William L. 1875. Reminiscences of Saratoga and Ballston. New York, New York: Virtue and Yorston.
Sylvester, Nathanial Bartlett. History of Saratoga County, New York: Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, originally published 1878. Interlaken, NY: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1979. On-line transcription of the text and images at NYGenWeb.
“Temple Sinai Announces Purchase of Old YMCA.” The Saratogian, April 4, 1966. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Temple Sinai File.
Voss, Carl Hermann. Letter to Student at Skidmore College. September 20, 1958. Saratoga Springs Public Library: Saratoga Room, Saratoga Springs, New York.
Voss, Carl Hermann. "Program of Progress". New England Congregational Church. 1958. Saratoga Springs Public Library: Saratoga Room, Saratoga Springs, New York.
Wechsler, Alan. “Historic Tombstones Vandalized.” The Saratogian, 22 March 1990.
Anderson, George Baker. Our county and its people: a descriptive and biographical record of Saratoga County, New York. Boston: Boston history Co., 1899.
Author Unknown, “Greenridge Cemetery,” The Saratogian, October 25th 1866. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
Author Unknown, “Greenridge Cemetery,” The Saratogian, May 6th 1869. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
Author Unknown. “Saratoga Church Set Ablaze; an Overheated Furnace Causes $25,000 Damage.” The New York Times, 1903.
Balmuth, Dan, “Temple Sinai: The Early Years (1964-1970s),” Temple Sinai: 40th Anniversary Commemorative Book (1965-2005), 2005.
Banner, Mae G., “Greenridge Cemetery: Historic Resting Place,” [The Saratogian??], November 2nd 1992. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
“Baptist Churches.” BBC Religions, last modified June 25, 2009.
Beers, S.N.; Beers, B.G. 1866. "Saratoga Springs." New Topographical Atlas Of Saratoga Co. New York. From Actual Surveys By S.N. & D.G. Beers And Assistants. Philadelphia: Stone & Stewart, Publishers. Philadelphia. 1866.
Bethesda Episcopal Church. “Newsletter Archive.” Last modified October 15, 2012.
Bethesda Episcopal Church. “The Building.” Last modified October 15, 2012.
Bethesda Church Archives. Diary and Scrapbook of Eleanor Shackelford. Saratoga Springs N.Y., (1870-1890?).
Britten, Evelyn Barrett. Chronicles of Saratoga. Republished, Brooklyn, NY: Gerald J. Rickard, 1959.
Bucciferro, Maria M., “Spa Cemetery Wants 8-foot Fence,” Post Star, March 23rd 1996. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
"The Centennial of the New England Congregational Church of Saratoga Springs, N.Y.” 1980. Saratoga Springs Public Library: Saratoga Room, Saratoga Springs, New York.
Cooper, Robin K. “Worker finds a niche with his stone carving.” Daily Gazette: Albany, NY, 11 July 2006.
Corsale, Eugene. “Gideon Putnam Burial Ground: A West Side Historical Treasure.” Poor Richard’s Saratoga Journal, January 2002. 11 and cont. 16.
Crowe, Kenneth C. 2012. "Old, Big Churches Still have a Prayer." Times Union, May 30.
Corbett, Theordord, The Making of American Resorts: Saratoga Springs, Ballston Spa, and Lake George. Chapel Hill: Rutgers University Press, 2001.
Dearborn, R.F. 1872. Saratoga, and How To See It, Giving information concerning the Attractions and objects of Interest o f the Fashionable Watering Place. (1871 edition digitized)
Dimopoulos, Thomas. “Horses, Health, and Occasionally Sordid History in Saratoga Springs.” The Post-Star. August 6, 2011.
“District Attorney to Make Charge Against Pompay in Gang Murder.” The Saratogian. December 10, 1936.
Durkee, Cornelius E. Reminiscences of Saratoga Springs. Saratoga Springs, NY: The Saratogian, 1819-1912. Pages 14, 22, 39, 79-80, 84. Digitized by NY Genweb.
First Baptist Church (Saratoga Springs, NY) Centennial of the First Baptist Church of Saratoga Springs, NY: October 8th to 11th, 1893. Saratoga Springs, NY: Cozzens & Waterbury, 1893.
French, Stanley, “The Cemetery as Cultural Institution: The Establishment of Mount Auburn and the “Rural Cemetery” Movement,” American Quarterly 26, no. 1 (1974):37-59.
“Geological Formations in Saratoga Springs, NY.” Saratoga Springs History Museum Archives.
Glavin, Rev. John F. “A World’s Need.” Rensselaer, NY: Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Year likely 1917-18
Hill, Winfield S., “Every Tombstone Tells a Story to John L. Mahar: 50 Years with Greenridge,” [The Saratogian??], estimated 1940 based on dates in article. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
Holmes, Timothy. Saratoga Springs, New York: A Brief History. The History Press: Charleston, SC, 2008, p. 17-18.
Hornbeck, Leigh. 2011. "Universal Preservation Hall." Times Union, August 18.
Hughes, Kyle, “Fenn Wadsworth, RIP: Some Fascinating Saratoga History Above and Below Ground,” Saratoga Summer, 2002, 113-122. Original pages accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
Joki, Robert. 1998. Saratoga Lost: Images of Victorian America. 2nd ed. Hensonville, New York: Black Dome Press Corp.
Kress, Michael. "Ministry family affair for pastor," May 28, 1996. (Saratogian?)
Kurp, Patrick. “Grave Matters Concern a Cemetery Tour Guide.” Saratoga Style, page T54, 31 July 1988.
Landon, Melville de Lancey and Arthur Lumley, Saratoga in 1901 (New York: Sheldon and Company, 1872).
Mahar, John, “History of Greenridge Cemetery,” [Saratogian??], October 1975. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
McKim, Beverly. “75 and still growing." The Saratogian. October 6, 1991.
McGregor, Jean, “Sexton Recalls Pioneers Buried in Century-Old Greenridge Cemetery,” [The Saratogian??], January 18, 1945. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
McGregor, Jean. Chronicles of Saratoga. Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: The Saratogian, 1947.
Patrick, Judy,.“Gideon Putnam, Early Settler’s Cemetery Dedicated as City Park.” Schenectady Gazette (July 8,1989).
Patrick, Judy. “Gideon Putnam’s Vision Still Shows Through in the City of Saratoga Springs.” Schenectady Gazette (1989).
Post, Paul, Soldiers of Saratoga County: From Concord to Kabul. Charleston: The History Press, 2010.
Post, Paul. “90 years... and still growing.” The Saratogian. Oct 18, 2007.
Putnam Family Project Committee: Joan Cady, Chair Caroly Bugey; Dedra Roberts.“Gideon Putnam and his Descendants.” Copyright Heritage Hunters of Saratoga County, NY. 2006.
Rockwell Putnam’s Obituary, 1869, from Saratoga Springs Public Library, Saratoga Room.
Sanzone, Danielle, “Breaking Ground in a New City: Troy’s Terra Nova Comes to Saratoga Springs.” The Saratogian, October 14, 2012. Saratoga Springs: The Saratogian, 2012.
Saratoga Springs Heritage Area Visitor Center. 2011. West Side Neighborhood: A Self-Guided Map. Saratoga Springs, NY.
Saratoga Springs Visitor Center. “Walking Tour of Saratoga’s History in Stone.” 2006.
Skidmore College. Skidmore Centennial Timeline (2011)
Skidmore College. Skidmore History & Traditions (webpage).
“St. Clement: Saratoga Springs, NY.” South Hackensack, NJ: Custombook, Inc., 1968.
“St. Clement’s Renewal Campaign 1999-2000” (pamphlet).
Starr, Timothy, Invented in Saratoga: A History of Innovation. New York: Instant Publishing, 2008.
Stone, William Leete and Charles Carroll Dawson, ”Greenridge Cemetery,” in Reminiscences of Saratoga and Ballston. New York: Virtue and Yorston, 1875.
Stone, William L. 1875. Reminiscences of Saratoga and Ballston. New York, New York: Virtue and Yorston.
Sylvester, Nathanial Bartlett. History of Saratoga County, New York: Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, originally published 1878. Interlaken, NY: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1979. On-line transcription of the text and images at NYGenWeb.
“Temple Sinai Announces Purchase of Old YMCA.” The Saratogian, April 4, 1966. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Temple Sinai File.
Voss, Carl Hermann. Letter to Student at Skidmore College. September 20, 1958. Saratoga Springs Public Library: Saratoga Room, Saratoga Springs, New York.
Voss, Carl Hermann. "Program of Progress". New England Congregational Church. 1958. Saratoga Springs Public Library: Saratoga Room, Saratoga Springs, New York.
Wechsler, Alan. “Historic Tombstones Vandalized.” The Saratogian, 22 March 1990.
Manuscript Sources
Author Unknown, “A Walking Tour of Greenridge Cemetery,” 2006. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
[Greenridge Cemetery Association??], New Greenridge Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, New York/Old Greenridge Cemetery. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
Scott, James. 1810. Map of a number of building lots and buildings near the Congress Spring, county of Saratoga, being the property of Gideon Putnam... (City Historian's Office).
[Greenridge Cemetery Association??], New Greenridge Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, New York/Old Greenridge Cemetery. Photocopy accessed at Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Saratoga Room, Greenridge Cemetery File.
Scott, James. 1810. Map of a number of building lots and buildings near the Congress Spring, county of Saratoga, being the property of Gideon Putnam... (City Historian's Office).
Interviews
Burns, Minnie. Interviewed by Ashley Copperstone and Meghan Leishman. Mp3 recording. Saratoga Springs, NY, December 16, 2012.
Farrell, Joanne. Interview by Rosalind Rothwell. Notes. Saratoga Springs, NY, November 16, 2012.
Hamberger, Agnes. Interview by Rosalind Rothwell. Mp3 recording. Saratoga Springs, NY, November 5, 2012.
Lewis, Tom. Interviewed by Meghan Leishman. Mp3 recording. Saratoga Springs, NY, November 12, 2012.
May, Gloria. Interview by Sara Gross. Phone Interview. Floria/New York, December 2, 2012.
Mabee, Tim. Interview by Nate Steward and Sara Gross. Interview with Recording. Saratoga Springs, NY, December 2, 2012.
McGarrahan, Mary Beth. Interviewed by Ashley Copperstone. Mp3 recording. Saratoga Springs, NY, December 14, 2012.
Farrell, Joanne. Interview by Rosalind Rothwell. Notes. Saratoga Springs, NY, November 16, 2012.
Hamberger, Agnes. Interview by Rosalind Rothwell. Mp3 recording. Saratoga Springs, NY, November 5, 2012.
Lewis, Tom. Interviewed by Meghan Leishman. Mp3 recording. Saratoga Springs, NY, November 12, 2012.
May, Gloria. Interview by Sara Gross. Phone Interview. Floria/New York, December 2, 2012.
Mabee, Tim. Interview by Nate Steward and Sara Gross. Interview with Recording. Saratoga Springs, NY, December 2, 2012.
McGarrahan, Mary Beth. Interviewed by Ashley Copperstone. Mp3 recording. Saratoga Springs, NY, December 14, 2012.
Where to Learn More
Saratoga Springs Public Library, "Saratoga Room"
Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation
Saratoga Springs History Museum & Collections, including the George S. Bolster Collection with over 375,000 photographic negatives of Saratoga Springs, 1855-1980 and The Beatrice Sweeney Archive of documents and business papers.
Saratoga Springs Heritage Area Visitor Center
New York State Census Records
New York State 1845 Census: Churches in Saratoga: page 1 and page 2
1865 New York Census,Saratoga County (images of original ms.)
Saratoga County Heritage Hunters/Genealogy Web
2002 Breakdown of Religious Groups in Saratoga County
The Catholic Encyclopedia
Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation
Saratoga Springs History Museum & Collections, including the George S. Bolster Collection with over 375,000 photographic negatives of Saratoga Springs, 1855-1980 and The Beatrice Sweeney Archive of documents and business papers.
Saratoga Springs Heritage Area Visitor Center
New York State Census Records
New York State 1845 Census: Churches in Saratoga: page 1 and page 2
1865 New York Census,Saratoga County (images of original ms.)
Saratoga County Heritage Hunters/Genealogy Web
2002 Breakdown of Religious Groups in Saratoga County
The Catholic Encyclopedia