Digital collection includes 14 receipt books and 4 folders of receipt clippings, ranging from 1760 to 1951. The items in the collection are attributed to Maria Sanders Van Rensselaer, Arriet Van Rensselaer, Richard Van Rensselaer, Elizabeth Van Rensselaer, Matilda Fonda Van Rensselaer, Harriet Maria Van Rensselaer Elemendorf, Catherine Visscher Van Rensselaer Bonney, Catherine Bogart Putman Rankin, and Mary W. Freeman. Many of these individuals are also contributors to other items in the collection and are the authors of more than one item. In addition, friends and family members contributed to items in the collection, such as Jane Sanders, Harriet Maria Putman, Harriet Maria Elmendorf Gould, Peter Edmund Elmendorf, Edward Elmendorf Rankin, Emily Watkinson Rankin, Maria Elizabeth Van Rensselaer, Philip P. Van Rensselaer, Killian K. Van Rensselaer, Augusta Stone Whittmore, Harriet Maria Putman, and Emma Catherine Bonney.
Credit Statement:
Sally King, Amanda Greenwood, and Sarah Lindecke scanned the collection, contributed to the biographical and historical details, and created the metadata. Jennifer Fairall assisted with the digitization and metadata creation. Items were scanned at the Digital Scholarship Center at Siena College. Grant funding for the project was awarded by the Capital District Library Council.