In 1991 a collection of papers from the first ten conferences was published as “A Beautiful and Fruitful Place,” Volume 1, a volume that is hard to come by these days. Its contents are presented here.  

I. Seminar on Rensselaerswijck

April 1979

• Bielinski –  The Schout in Rensselaerswijck: A Conflict of Interests

• Dunn – Enlarging Rensselaerswijck

• Piwonka –  Recovering the Lost Ark: Dutch Graphic Tradition in the Hudson Valley

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II. Agriculture and Farm-related Industries

September 1979

• Blackburn –  The Persistence of Dutch Culture: Account of Building a Farm in 1787

• Wilcoxen –   Ships and Work Boats of New Netherland, 1609–1674

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III. Crime and Punishment in New Netherland

September 1980

• Biemer –   Criminal Law and Women in New Amsterdam and Early New York

• Christianson –  Criminal Punishment in New Netherland

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IV. Hudson Valley Families

September 1981

• Kenney –  The Transformation of the Albany Patricians, 1778–1860

• Houde –  Not Just Another Pretty Dress

• Christoph –  The Colonial Family: Kinship and Power

• Bielinski –  How a City Worked: Occupations in Colonial Albany

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V. Historical Archaeology

September 1982

• Snow –  Dating the Emergence of the League of the Iroquois

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VI. Blacks in New Netherland and the Middle Colonies

February 1983

• Goodfriend –  Black Families in New Netherland

• Christoph –  The Freedmen of New Amsterdam

• Davis –  These Enemies of Their Own Household: Slaves in 18th Century New York

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VII. Education in New Netherland and the Middle Colonies

September 1984

• Frost –  356 Years of Formal Education in New York City

• Maglione –  Evidence for the Establishment of Collegiate School in 1628

• De Jong –  The Education and Training of Dutch Ministers

• Howard –  Apprenticeship and Economic Education in New Netherland

• Hageman –  The Dutch Battle for Higher Education in the Middle Colonies

• Hershkowitz –  Abigail Franks and Jewish Education in Early New York

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VIII. Merchants and Traders of New Netherland and Early New York

September 1985

• Wilcoxen – Wilcoxen, Dutch Trade with New England

• Starna – Starna, Seventeenth Century Dutch-Indian Trade: A Perspective from Iroquoia

• Matson – Matson, The 'Hollander Interest' and Ideas about Free Trade in Colonial New York

• Rink – New Netherland and the Amsterdam Merchants: Unraveling a Secret Colonialism

• Burke – New Netherland Fur Trade, 1657–1661: Response to Crisis

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IX. Dutch Foundations of Albany

September 1986

• Folkerts –  Van Rensselaer and Agricultural Productivity in His Domain

• Alexander –  Religion in Rensselaerswijck

• Merwick –  The Rituals of Handelstijd: Beverwijck, 1652–1664

• Huey –  The Archaeology of Fort Orange and Beverwijck

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X. A New Netherland Hutspot

September 1987

• Tanis – The Dutch-American Connection: The Impact of the Dutch Example on American Constitutional Beginnings