From the Archives
HSM COLLECIONS OF HISTORICAL MATERIALS
Pictured here are a few of the thousands of items in the HSM collection of historical materials. The collection includes photographs, diaries, store ledgers, business records, school documents, yearbooks, maps, letters, records of civic organizations, advertising items and the like. The collection includes some artifacts too, such as signs, small tools, housewares, toys and the like.
It is the only history collection dedicated to Middletown and the surrounding area. HSM is committed to preserving these treasures, adding to the collection and documenting our holdings so that researchers may make use of them. These materials will also inform our programming and exhibitions into the future.
To donate items relevant to the history of Middletown and contiguous towns, please contact us:
history@catskill.net; 845-586-4973.
Margaretville Cemetery desecrated, reward offered
The restoration of the Arkville Cemetery resumed August 2 when two Hubbell Inc. crew members, John Ferraro (in cab) and Scott Gray (standing), along with Joe McKeon (left), and Brian Wheaton (on ground) righted seven large monuments and cemented them to their bases....
Margaretville Cemetery desecrated, reward offered
Vandals struck the Margaretville Village Cemetery August 6, and toppled a dozen headstones in the oldest part of the cemetery, on the hill beneath the pines. The 3 gates were locked, but whoever did this actually cut through the chain on the upper gate to get in. The...
Fairbairns and Millers set to reunite
To renew bonds of kinship and affection and to share our stories, the descendants of John and Elizabeth Miller Fairbairn will gather on Saturday, October 13th, at 12PM at the Margaretville -New Kingston Presbyterian Church on Mountain Avenue and Orchard Street in...
Got any old stuff?
On Saturday, August 4 the Historical Society will have a table at the Margaretville Hospital Auxiliary Flea Market and Antique Show in Margaretville Village Park. Do you have old stuff (in good condition, and not really big) that you would consider donating to HSM for...
Were you there …
. . . at the Post Card and Ephemera Show and Sale June 16? Great time, lots of happy card hunters, and congenial vendors – Martin Wadler (back in his old stomping grounds), Carol Golas, Nancy Foutz, John Hartner (soon to be the Undertaker in our upcoming Living...
A shocking story from 1940!
In this season of thunderstorms, we pass along this story of two boys – and a couple of men – who survived a lightning strike in Arkville in 1940. Ed Stewart sent this clipping from the Catskill Mountain News of July 12 that year – his father was one of the boys...
HSM is open Monday
If you couldn’t come to our Open House last weekend, you have another chance to see The Great Outdoors and experience some of it with a stroll around the pond this coming Monday, May 28 from Noon to 3 p.m. See you there!HSM OPEN HOUSE PHOTO GALLERYClick for a larger...
Celebrate The Great Outdoors!
Your presence is requested Saturday, May 19 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Open House at our new home (778 Cemetery Rd., Margaretville). We’ll have food and door prizes, a wonderful raffle for an original painting by Michael Fauerbach, and an exhibit, “The Great Outdoors,” a...
Many hands . . .
. . . make light work, and indeed it was true April 28 when several HSM board members and supporters showed up at our new hall to help reorganize and spruce the place up in preparation for our Open House May 19. Earlier, Nick Verni had supplied the equipment, and his...