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A New Surprise Discovered at Historic Hyde Hall Hyde Hall, the magnificent mansion at the north end of Otsego Lake in Cooperstown, has a rich and storied past.  After many generations of the George Clarke family living there for centuries, the mansion is still giving up some surprises. In May, collections staff made the unexpected discovery of two Ellen Emmet Rand (1875-1941) sketches tucked in a Clarke family scrapbook in Hyde Hall’s collection. Larry Smith, Collections Manager, uncovered the images while digitizing the scrapbook that spans roughly from 1880 to 1910. The Clarke family pac...