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• Jim Meagley: This third talk on the Village of Hobart was on Sunday, February 17, 2013 at the community center in Hobart, NY. Jim, a native of Hobart, focussed on the land use in the Village of Hobart from 1888 to 1927. [ stream, download ] (1 hour 8 minutes)
           This presentation is accompanied by a single map and notes available here. Please download these and have them available as you listen to this presentation. This podcast is copyright by James Meagley, and is available for free, nonprofit use courtesy of Jim and the Hobart Historical Society. Please send any feedback on this presentation to us and we will share your information with both Jim and the Historical Society.
• The Snow of 1958 , or 7 feet in 14 days. The Jefferson Historical Society hosted a discussion on the blizzard of '58 at the Jefferson Town Hall on January 30, 2011. The moderator was Charlie Buck, and this link is to the recording and pictures of that meeting. Please credit the Jefferson Historical Society, Charlie Buck, and the contributors at the Jefferson Town Hall discussion of January 30, 2011 ; and let us know of your use of this presentation.
• Another day, another dollar — Diane Galsuha spoke of the CCC Camps to the Stamford Historical Society on Monday, August 3, 2010. This talk, based on Diane's book on the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Catskill Mountains ( Black Dome Press ) focuses on the camps in Greene, Delaware, and Schoharie counties, and related conservation and environmental efforts. This presentation is freely available for noncommercial use by nonprofit organizations and individuals courtesy of Diane Galsuha and the Stamford Historical Society. Please credit these sources, and let us know of your use of this presentation.
• In 1942, the goal of the Soil Conservation Service of the US Department of Agriculture was to help our county's farmers attain maximum sustainable agricultural productivity to aid the war effort. This Federal Program was to be adopted by local county services to avoid the appearance of Big Brother in agricultural communities.
           In New York State, Schoharie was the first county to ask for the Soil Conservation Service assistance, and Cora Utter was sent to Schoharie's fledgling Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD). Now, on the 70th anniversary of this pioneer program, Brenda Weaver discusses those early days with Cora, and covers the County Board of Supervisors who initiated this successful test, the early SWCD personnel who carried the word thoughout the area, area cooperators (the progressive farmers who adopted this new program to the benefit of their own farms and the county), and the techniques that so improved agriculture in the mid-twentieth century.
• The dedication of the Juried Memorial Barn and the opening of the Gilboa Museum's 2010 season was held on a georgeous Sunday, July 11, with a standing-room only crown. Click here to download the brochure from this dedication, and click on these names to hear the addresses by Kristen Wyckoff , Nick Juried , Dottie Pickett , and Kristen Wyckoff/Connie Ruehle of the Gilboa Historical Society awarding certificates, ribbons, and checks to the winning artists of the Gilboa-Conesville Central School.
• Jim Meagley: this talk on the Village of Hobart, NY Maps and Notes showing Settlement and Growth was delivered on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at the community center in Hobart, NY. Jim, a native of Hobart, is active in the Hobart Historical Society despite living in the Buffalo area. This is his second appearance at the Winter Respite Series, and focusses on the evolution of land use and settlement in Hobart from 1778 to 1927. [ stream , download ] (1 hour 8 minutes)
           This presentation is accompanied by a set of maps and notes available here. Please download these maps and have them available as you listen to this presentation. This podcast is copyright by James Meagley, and is available for free, nonprofit use courtesy of Jim and the Hobart Historical Society. Please send any feedback on this presentation to us and we will share your information with both Jim and the Historical Society.
• Four local women shared their experiences of one-room schoolhouses — Loretta Lounsbury (Hauver School), Betty Matalavage (Shew Hollow School), Thelma Serrie (Guinea School), and Gail Shaffer (Upper School in Blenheim) — discuss various aspects of their experiences in regard to the physical description of buildings, furniture, furnishings, and class size; subjects taught and the methods used; classroom management, rewards and punishments; and games, lunch, and snacks. 1 hour 10 minutes.
• Stewart Mace and Shirley Brown Kutzscher, recorded on March 25, 2009 on farming in the late 1930s. Topics range from an overview of life on the farm and the gender roles of boys and girls ( tape 1 , 7:40 minutes); the types and feeding of horses and cows on the farm ( tape 2 , 9:03 minutes); field management, rotation of crops, and cash crops of the area ( tape 3 , 7:11 minutes); other animals of the farm, ducks, chicken, sheep, and goats ( tape 4 , 5:34 minutes); farm buildings, equipment maintenance, logging and woodlot management, leases, Federal City (the area east of Broome Center), and the future of farming ( tape 5 , 5:34 minutes).

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