The Little Falls Historical Society has added a Making History Today repository page to our website
This new page is for the purpose of collecting residents’ input and creating a body of work that will help future generations better understand how the greater Little Falls community has been impacted by the pandemic.
Society members, local students and all other community residents are invited to submit written work, art work or photographs by using the submission form on the Making History Today page.
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To help support NYS and US efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 and to protect the health of our visitors and staff, the Little Falls Historical Society Museum is temporarily closed to the public until it is safe to reopen. We will continue to monitor the situation closely and look forward to resuming operation whenever possible. We will continue to follow guidelines from the Center for Disease Control, Governor’s Office, and federal government. Check back here for updates.
We encourage you to stay connected with us online.
Our 2020 Writing Series began in April and will continue to be published in the Times Telegram and on our website. Please continue to stay safe and well. Inquiries can still be sent here.
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The Little Falls Historical Society recently began a collaborative partnership with SUNY Oneonta’s Cooperstown Graduate Program of museum studies for the 2020 spring semester.
Dr. Erik Stengler’s second year graduate students will study Little Falls’ industrial history from 1790 – 1960 to fulfill requirements for the program’s Science of Cabinet Curiosities course. Upon successful completion of the spring semester, these Cooperstown students will have earned their graduate degrees in museum studies from SUNY Oneonta.
This is a hands-on course requiring students to deploy skills and learning from past coursework and apply them to a specific research project. The partnership’s primary purpose is to provide students with a real-world museum experience.
Students are required to select one object from the collections of the Historical Society’s Old Bank Museum and carry out in-depth research about how that object relates to a theme set at the beginning of the course.
The final course outcome will be an exhibition that brings all the student objects together into a book that collectively communicates their significance. Each student will contribute about ten pages to this book.
A core group of Historical Society volunteers has worked closely with Dr. Stengler in establishing both the working partnership itself and specific course requirements. Program students have worked on-site at the Old Bank Museum on a number of occasions.
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The Little Falls Historical Society’s Tuesday, November 26, 7:00 pm meeting at the WCA will include a short business meeting, organization elections, and a digitized slide presentation on historic images of Little Falls.
The Historical Society’s nominating committee has submitted a slate of candidates for all four officer positions and for the two board seats with expiring terms. Society members can also nominate additional candidates from the floor prior to elections.
Following the completion of elections, Historical Society member Mike Potter will display and narrate a number of historic pictures from a bygone era in Little Falls.
Light refreshments will follow Potter’s presentation. All Historical Society meetings and presentations are free and open to the public.
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Longtime Little Falls resident Maynard Blask will be the guest presenter at the Tuesday, October 22, meeting of the Little Falls Historical Society. The 7:00 PM meeting is free and open to the public.
Blask’s presentation will focus on the 1970’s era renovation of Veterans Memorial Park and the Little Falls Mets. Maynard wants his presentation to be interactive in nature and questions and audience involvement will be welcomed. Additionally, St. Johnsville resident Bob Failing’s extensive collection of New York Mets memorabilia will be on display and available for viewing.
Blask’s presentation will be preceded by a short business meeting of the Historical Society. Light refreshments will be served afterwards.
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The Little Falls Historical Society will hold a 2019 season-ending reception at their Old Bank Museum from 5:00 – 7:00 PM as part of Third Thursday activities on October 17. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
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A fundraiser for the Little Falls Historical Society Wednesday, September 25, 2019 $120.00 per person Reservation on or before September 11, 2019
Make Checks Payable: Little Falls Historical Society
Mail payment to: 319 S. Ann St., Little Falls, NY 13365
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Based on the beloved television show, Downton Abbey: The Exhibition is an interactive experience which transports you to post-Edwardian England, where the characters and the iconic house come to life. You’ll be immersed in the fascinating social history, culture, and some of the most memorable moments from the show’s six-season run.
Tour includes deluxe motorcoach transportation, admission to the Downton Abbey Exhibition, and lunch on own at Quincy Market/Faneuil Hall. Contact Barb Mielcarski for reservations 315-866-0481
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By Donna Thompson / donna@timestelegram.comPosted May 29, 2019 at 5:21 PM Updated May 29, 2019 at 5:21 PM
LITTLE FALLS — Tuesday’s opening reception for three new exhibits at the Little Falls Historical Society’s Old Bank Museum drew a crowd that included local athletes and their families, historical society members and people from the community.
Little Falls athletes who competed in New York state level competition and their families were special guests for the event and the athletes lined up in front of the new Little Falls Athletics exhibit for photos.
Little Falls athletes and teams have won five championship banners, including a boys’ basketball championship for the 1929-30 season, a 1982 championship in boys’ baseball, Tess Malone’s 1997 Class C-D 200-meter championship, Bret Wehrum’s and Florian Andreas’ 2000 all-class tennis doubles championship and Brian Mosher’s Class C-D 200 and 400 meter championships.
Jeff Gressler, of the Little Falls Historical Society, was happy with the turnout.
“We’re glad so many of the athletes who competed at the state level took the time to come see the exhibit,” he said. “It’s a real family affair.”
Asked about the challenge of collecting the memorabilia displayed in the exhibit, he said, “It took us all winter. We didn’t finish until last week.”
Visitors also checked out three other new exhibits for 2019 — Little Falls During Prohibition, Camp Jolly about a picnic and recreation area that opened in 1894 and When Little Falls Was Rockton. The name of Little Falls was changed to Rockton in 1850 by the New York State Legislature as part of a revision of the city charter. It didn’t last long though. In 1851, residents petitioned to change the name back to Little Falls and that happened the following year.
Other exhibits, including last year’s Vietnam and urban renewal exhibits remain on display.
