CLICK for Tribute to the American Farmer -
Life Magazine, Maytag Corp., February 1944
RECENT MEDIA
Listen to interview with RJHS President Lesley Doyel by Robert Gelles on Community Radio WGXC 90.7 FM on his Columbia County History Show
CLICK for PDF of
Historic Tour
of Copake Falls, NY!
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CLICK TO DOWNLOAD CATALOG OF
2023 EXHIBITION!
Read a fascinating transcript of a radio broadcast from 1953 by journalist Enoch Squires, in which he relates the history of the John Bunyan Bristol painting of the "Iron Works" and the reviving of the St. John in the Wilderness Church in Copake Falls!
A CHANGING SCENE; Farming in Copake Circa 1990
by Elinor Mettler and Polly Langdon
It's 1990, and amid many ominous signs, the last 25 functioning farms in Copake — farms that have been the backbone of the regional farming industry for over one hundred years — are struggling to survive, and to adapt to rapidly changing conditions, and ever-shrinking profits. And no one knows how this story will end!
Watch this unique and important documentary A Changing Scene: Farming in Copake Circa 1990, created and produced with enormous foresight, by Elinor Mettler and Polly Langdon, on Youtube (link here) or playing continuously during our summer exhibition. at the RJHS. 31 minutes. CLICK ON FRAME ABOVE TO WATCH
A moving musical tribute to those from the Roe Jan area who served in WW II: "We'll Meet Again"
sung by Vera Lynn
Gallery Talk - Cliff Paino talks about his parents war years, and his father in the third wave
on Omaha Beach
Barbara Stienberger's fascinating gallery talk about her family's escape from
Nazi Germany
An interview with Copake's British war bride, the late Dorothy Baker
VIEW OR DOWNLOAD THE PDF OF DALE PETERSON'S TALK
7 Minute Promo video about our 2021 exhibition,
"Revived in Wood"
THE HEAVENLY REST CONNECTION with Jim Mackin
Click on the image above to watch "Portriats of Hillsdale",
and "Our Story", produced for the Oral History Project
Read about the RJHS 2022 summer exhibition in the June issue of Main Street Magazine, featuring an article/interview by Griffin Cooper "
NEW ARTICLE!
View or download an excellent, recently recovered, RJHS feature article from 2015 all about the history of the geological formation of the Bash Bish and the Taconic Mountains, the Bash Bish's various Inns over time, and the Bash Bish Today!
PDF Bash Bish Booklet
Hillsdale in the 1930s - A Swinging Town
SEE HILLSDALE AS IT WAS IN THE 1930'S! ~
Watch it Right here on YouTube!
Our Latest RJHS Videos!
