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Tisha Dolton

Oct 30, 20213 min read

A Glimpse at Hallowe'en in & around Glens Falls, NY: 1883-1914

As the Glens Falls tradition, Boo-2-You gets underway today (10/30/2021) from 2-4 PM, it got me thinking of ways we celebrate Halloween...

Tisha Dolton

May 21, 20216 min read

Infant & Child Welfare Exhibit in Glens Falls, May 1914

On May 20, 1914 the Infant Welfare Exhibit opened at City Hall in Glens Falls. The multi-day event was created to help mothers better...

Tisha Dolton

May 7, 20212 min read

National Historic Marker Day 2021

Last Friday, April 30, 2021, was the first annual National Historic Marker Day sponsored by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. It is a...

Tisha Dolton

Dec 5, 20203 min read

Suffrage Centennial Celebrated in Embroidery

Equali-Tea: Suffragist Tea Cozies in Redwork is the newest exhibition in the Folklife Gallery at Crandall Public Library, but with the...

Tisha Dolton

Oct 29, 20204 min read

Cooking for Funds: Cookbooks & Food Sales

We have a lot of cookbooks in the Folklife Center. I mean A LOT! When I started compiling artifacts, books, documents, and records...

Tisha Dolton

Aug 13, 202015 min read

Suffragists in Warren County, NY

If you are in the Glens Falls, NY area before Labor Day, please stop by the Warren County Historical Society & take a look at their...

Tisha Dolton

Aug 3, 20205 min read

Pandemic! Florence D. Wilmarth and the Glens Falls Club of College Women

Before the pandemic hit, I was in the throws of curating two sister exhibitions. I did manage to get both of them up right before NY...