The CHHS publishes a newsletter with historical reports and photographs, upcoming events, and plans.
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| 2019 Fall Vol 21 Issue 2 | Canals, Coal and Cement by Steven Schimmrich Message from the President Condolences – Catherine “Cathy” Brooks Welcome New Board Members! Summer Events photos Annual Meeting Preview: John Cox |
| 2019 Spring Vol 21 Issue 1 | The Rondout Formation by Steven Schimmrich A Message from the President Condolences – Anita Williams Peck, Tomas Robert Simalchik What We’ve Been Up To |
| 2018 Fall Vol 20 Issue 2 | Of Mines and Mushrooms by Steven Schimmrich A Message from the President Condolences – Carol A. Perez Look Back to Last Season |
| 2018 Spring Vol 20 Issue 1 | A Quarry Caves In by Steven Schimmrich Message from the Current President and the Past President Tree work A Look Back to Last Season Selected 2018 Season Events |
| 2017 Fall Vol 19 Vol 1 (sic) | Indelible Memories by Judith A. Boggess: Personal memories of growing up in Rosendale in the mid 20th century. Proud of our Educational Mission Speaking of Trees: The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Devastates! The Riverside Inn of Rosendale, The Ritters, and the Exciting Travels of Lena & Lars Eotechnic Sensorium: CHHS Projects 2017 The Strange Ones: hits the 2017 Woodstock Film Festival. Scenes filmed at the Widow Jane Mine. 2017 Events Recap |
| 2016 Fall Vol 19 Issue 1 | Making Acquaintance with T. R. Keator: How the enameled bricks from Leeds, England found their way to Rosendale Especially for the Brick Aficionado: Enameled or Glazed Bricks? A Message from the President — Anne Gorrick CHHS 2016 season: Cementing History and the Arts |
| 2015 Fall Vol 18(sic) Issue 2 | The Hustle & Bustle of Whiteport A Message from the President — Anne Gorrick Beers 1875 Atlas of Ulster County: But Who Was F.W. Beers? 2015 Season Photos The Balcony Brackets of Rosendale |
| 2015 Summer Vol 17 Issue 1 | High Bridge Restoration Complete A Message from the President — Anne Gorrick Think Tank Thank You – Andrea Frank, Assistant Professor SUNY New Paltz CHHS Projects 2015: Excavate – curated by Laura Johansen John Bloomfield Jervis The “Disappearing Arches” of High Bridge: Ending the Confusion Big Fun: The Croton Aqueduct Puzzles Invitation to “Recasting the History of Rosendale Cement” 2015 Album: Society Volunteers Making it Happen |
| 2014 Fall Vol 16 Issue 2 | Fatal Dynamite Explosion in Lawrenceville, 1888 – Peggy Whalen A Message from the President — Anne Gorrick Frying, Toasting & Baking Dynamite and Photos – Peggy Whalen Article on Miners (from the Hudson Valley Times)-Michael Asbill Sekel Family Estate Bench |
| 2014 Spring Vol 16 Issue 1 | Links to the Past – Steven Shimmrich A Message from the President — Anne Gorrick Miners : An Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition on the Snyder Estate – Laura Moriarty, curator Walks & Talks at the Snyder Estate: Geology Walk with Steven Shimmrich Bird Walk with Linda Fagan, sponsored by the John Burroughs Natural History Society Connections: The Honk Falls to Kingston Electric Line – Gail Whistance Pete Seeger vs. the Un-Americans – talk and Book Signing by Ed Renehan |
| 2013 Fall vol. 15 issue 2 | Greetings From Australia — David Prentiss A Message from the President — Anne Gorrick KIOSK Project interpretive signs on the new section of the Walkill Valley Rail Trail Photos of recent events Ikebana for the TAIKO Masala performance, film shoots in the Widow Jane Mine Rosendale NY Baseball Team in 1904 (photo) |
| 2013 Summer vol. 15 issue 1 | The 1920 Wanless Report — Steven Schimmrich. A report on the geology of the natural cement region. A Message from the President — Anne Gorrick No Whiskey Here! — Contrary to popular belief, Brooklyn’s Widow Jane Whiskey has no relationship with the CHHS! Summer Solstice Sounds Amy McTear’s Community Harmonic Choir Scouting at the Mine 91st Sojourners troop spend an overnight on the property. |
| 2010 Summer vol. 12 issue 2 | The Delesserts of Geneva, Lyon, Paris … and Rosendale? — Marc MacDonald A Message from the President — Anne Gorrick Let There Be Light (new generator) Educators, Rockhounds, and Fencers visit Success, Silent Preservation, And An Appeal To Our Members (Dietrich Werner Memorial Fund) — The Board Events: Treasure Bazaar Mega-Sale, Fall Clean-Up Day, 20th Annual Subterranean Poetry Festival |
| 2010 Spring vol. 12 issue 1 | Remembering Dietrich E. Werner (1942-2009) A Message from the President — Anne Gorrick Bricks from the Lawrence Cement Company and the F.O. Norton Cement Works — David Moyer Dietrich Werner Memorial Fund and Contributors Events: DOCENTS WANTED! For 2010 SEASON SPECIAL EXHIBIT: “Abandoned Mines of the Rosendale Cement Region” by photographer Dan Lopez Events: Thrift Sale, Spring Spruce-Up Day |
| 2009 Fall vol. 11 issue 3 | Echo Lodge ~ Cottekill, N.Y. Rosendale Cement via Clipper Ship to California A Message from the President — Dietrich Werner Additions to the Society Library A Busy Summer at the Snyder Estate: Wayne Russell and Julie Roseleus Wedding, Abandonedmines.net Picnic, Rosendale Street Festival 2009, Hate Not Your Brother Filming, Father Divine Lecture, 19th Annual Subterranean Poetry reading, Rosendale Banners fly over the Hudson, Ice Cream Social |
| 2009 Summer vol. 11 issue 2 | The Industrial Archeology of a Rosendale Cement Works at Whiteport A Message from the President — Dietrich Werner Additions to the Society Library Spruce Up Day Visit from Wappingers Central School In the Belfry: Bats Toll in Rosendale by Christopher Spatz 2009 SIA Fall Tour IOCA Wood Duck houses installed Trail Work on the Snyder Estate 177 Year Old Cement Letter Donated: Canvass White to Hugh White Industrial Archeology at Whiteport book Upcoming Events |
| 2009 Spring vol. 11 issue 1 | Cement Girls for Spruce-up Day A Message from the President — Dietrich Werner Additions to the Society Library Rock Lock Events: IOCA Conference April 24-26 Rambling on the Rondout Bard College Lifetime Learning Institute To Visit Snyder Estate, SPRING SPRUCE-UP DAY Cement & Brick Production in Ulster County, NY Historic Postcards 1898 Rosendale Croatian Benevolent Association Bootlegging in a Mushroom Cave — Mr. Johanson Murder Mysteries, Cement Mines,& Mushrooms Concrete On Main Street Modern Design Exhibit & Rosendale Retrospective Hudson-Fulton Celebration at the Snyder Estate |
| 2007 Winter vol. 9 issue 4 | Milwaukee Cement Company (Part III) — A Message from the President — Dietrich Werner Additions to the Society Library CD Images Donated to the Society Library St. Peter’s Temperance Society “T.A.B.” Items Discovered Davis & Veeder’s, Main Street, Rosendale 1850 Book on Lime and Cement Donated to the Society Library Jos. A. Fleming: Do You Remember? |
| 2007 Fall vol. 9 issue 3 | Rondout: Lime, Bricks, Cement, Bluestone, Millstones: Special Presentation by John F. Matthews Cottekill-Binnewater Schol Distr. No. Five. A Trip Back in Time – Kenechi Ugwoke Restoration of the American Museum of Natural History – Michael Edison Consolidated Rosendale Cement Co. Watch Fob Found St. Peter’s T.A.B. Society of Rosendale, NY Society Acquisitions Fund Started Whipple, 1890s Era Rosendale Photographer Cement Rates via Deleware & Hudson Canal for the Year 1876 |
| 2007 Summer vol. 9 issue 2 | Carnival of Minstrelsy: 1915 Rosendale Fire Department Benefit Program Additions to the Society A Message from the President – Dietrich Werner Summer 2007 at the Snyder Estate: Treasure Bazaar Striatium Taiko Masala Hudson Valley Poets Fest 2007 Boston College geological field mapping exercise in Rosendale Keeping Natural Cement Alive GSA: AMERICA’S FINEST NATURAL CEMENT: THE HISTORY AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE ROSENDALE NATURAL CEMENT REGION, ULSTER COUNTY, NEW YORK Rosendale Cement Sold in Philadelphia Bluestone Festival (Kingston NY) Rosendale Cement at The City Reliquary Museum, Brooklyn, NY Do You Remember? (photos) |
| 2007 Spring vol. 9 issue 1 | General Quincy A. Gilmore Additions to the Society Library Message From The President – Dietrich Werner Spring 2007 at the Snyder Estate Hydraulic Lime or Cement Discovery of Rosendale Cement 1825 not 1826 Mortar by R. L. Pell 1895 Binnewater Store Ledger added to Society Collections Binnewater postmasters Cash received Collection of Early New Jersey and Pennsylvania Portland Cement Company Letters The Return of American Natural Cement |
| 2006 Winter vol. 8 issue 4 | Wallkill Valley Railroad Trestle at Rosendale Message From The President – Dietrich Werner Welcome new Members Additions to the Society Library Society Annual Meeting: A Celebration of Success William Beard wants more Rosendale Cement (1847 letter found) 1898 Providence R.I. Irish Patriotic Publication Contains Advertisement for Hoffman Rosendale Cement 1892 & 1904 Rosendale Maps Field Trip to the Birthplace of American Natural Cement A Creek Locks Photo Album 1909 – 1923 |
| 2006 Fall vol. 8 issue 3 | |
| 2006 Summer vol. 8 issue 2 | |
| 2006 Spring vol. 8 issue 1 |