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The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library

May 163 min read

What's in a name? Kontinska? Kunkinski? Konopinska?

Are these photos of Janet Konopinska Lukaszewicz (1897/8-1992) of Hudson Falls, Washington County, NY prior to her marriage in 1924?

Tisha Dolton

Feb 64 min read

Ticonderoga to China by way of Hudson Falls: Mildred R. Bolles Cornell Mills

On 14 August, 1916, Mildred married Erving Robert Cornell who was eleven years her senior...

Tisha Dolton

Nov 28, 20233 min read

Mae Yarter Churchill: In Memoria

One of the surnames we keep seeing as we scan the Bloomer glass plate negatives is Yarter. Luckily, Mr. Bloomer included a first name on...

Tisha Dolton

Jan 11, 20233 min read

Gertrude W. Biggart Holmes: Wife, mother, teacher, citizen

About 18 months ago, Kevin wrote about Francis J. Biggart of Hudson Falls, NY. That post featured a photograph from our Richard M....

Tisha Dolton

Mar 19, 20222 min read

Warford Davis, Local Track Star

John Warford Davis (1903-1989) was born in North Granville, Washington County, NY on 17 March 1903 to John Boyd Davis (1862-1926) and...

Tisha Dolton

Apr 30, 20212 min read

A Poet Named Bronk: William Bronk, Hudson Falls Poet

UNNAMED from Some Words: Poems by William Bronk (1992) In the narrowest and most immediate view, we are named and identifiable as...

Tisha Dolton

Apr 23, 20212 min read

Books of Poetry: Richard Carella, Hudson Falls Poet

Nothing Is Great from Book of Nothing by Richard Carella (2013) Nothing is great- nothing is so great it can not be contained; there is...

Tisha Dolton

Mar 5, 20216 min read

Bicycles on Sidewalks: Rufus M. Cole and the laws of Glens Falls, NY.

We have a wide variety of collections, here at The Folklife Center. They vary by content, as well as size. Some of our collections...