1968
DOROTHY B. ALSDORF
HISTORIAN. TOWN OF WAPPINGER
IQ7 EAST MAIN STREET
WAPPINGERS FALLS. N. y, 12590
TEL. 297.2908
EIST lFIA'J' S A"?JJAL R':;P'?':' '1'1 '7'''' '",Y'l -< 'AR'J JP
ITlH;: '1'0"':1 J~? WAPPP':-; ~R
Assuming the o~fice 0 Town Eistarian in Jan. of r968
was ind~ed a challnnge to :ny love of f'nUn:" out t'l. why, when
where and by whom of o~r local area. Fort.nately T ha
been ablr~
to ~ath8r a ~ew pertinent facts and to dtsseminate valuable informa
t: on to l! 'my p'? ople , oart i cullarly Lo our youth. n''''i ides the s tud9Lt
s tu 'Jpnta w:lth who., I ha \7.3 be en a" 3 DC lated "1 ""7 ral "tran9'ers h:?,ve
anp9ale 1 to o....r re30urC'3S fOT' i:l~~':rmat1.on of ay' stars who at
on tim" lived in acE' arca,'o" inforLation r'3g'ir:ling present
lqy 11v11'13 co1'1Jitions ani for information r g3r~'n~ sgeci~ic
arQs wi.thin our towns~ip.
r;.-Lr-'~rlg t'l p,.ist year your ~Iistori,an has :
I. ad9 a surley of townships, cities and villages
having a duly appointed historian. This resutt'3d
the discovery that several areas are without
a~ histor~an. Our County Historian WqS able to
uttlize the inf"or'::ation I r;athered, in convening
a
a general meet:ng 00 all local historian3.
2. l:"ade and bO~.4nd a reprodclction of s om,:. of t;h~
wr; tings of 'fro Cl 'nton Clapp on Local History.
..). ade a !'c::rrr. lett~r and r",pro~uced a quantity of
thAse to b~ used to mall tOJ8 ple~akinrinq~iry
a'J u t -....r ar'~a.
4. Addressed ,;eV2 al groups of rjoy ~;cou.ts and
(, i1'l c O~ ts on local his tory.
DOROTHY B. ALSDORF
HISTORIAN. TOWN OF WAPPINGER
107 EAST MAIN STREET
WAPPINGERS FALLS. N. Y. 12590
TEL. 297-2908
5. f:~pok? t:) group of i':ew:omers on local hi:Jto1"Y.
6. As":.' sted fO'lr studentli f'oyn ~,irarist :;0118C8
with thei~ term papers on local history.
,..,
I .
Atten~ad meetings for th p~rpose of promotinG
t~~ stuly of lo~al history.
8. Tw j.,~ attend.ad m8etings at the r~que~ t of Sllper.
Di'''hl.
9. Secured cers~s data on A~ricult~re in the Town of
Wapoinger.
TO. Proc~rDd services of a photosraphsr to take
pictures of t~e inter~or or th0 01app r ~id8nce.
II. JU?t about completed a stu.dy of t.n !~lappii'a'1lily
in ~appin~ers Falls.
I2. Act a8,:0- sponsor of Yo""'karc;':lub at St.T'arys
School.
3. Assisting a cadet teach"'r at Roy C. Ketcham High
'! Local People a~~ thePart
wIth his proj"r:~t in /1
They Played in rnle American Hevolu tion".
f'-'/I-'ltn +"'-ln~J <:)C ...-",phCtK Dt \\JCLt:S Bcf;c".... den-,s 1~.EI'tJY\"'1+-1l>
I Lj , I,,",HI (f \;,-." () f-" nl e,., S .
Respectf'llly Submitted,
Doroth
.
lsdorf, Historian