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Russian American guests at a Sharon Springs boarding house
Abe Garcherth and Russian American guests at his Sharon Springs boarding house. (Photograph by Pamela Brown) Read about Sharon Springs, New York, a spa town south of the Thruway that has attracted a largely Jewish clientele for over a hundred years, in the Spring/Summer 1999 Newsletter.


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NOTE: The New York Folklore Society Newsletter and New York Folklore Journal were replacedwere replacedwere replaced by Voices: The Journal of New York Folklore which debuted in December, 2000.


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Spring/Summer 1999

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From the Director
Ellen McHale

The baton has been passed to me, and I officially began as the new executive director in early March. I am pleased to be in the position to nurture the society into the next millennium . . .

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Meet the NYFS Board: Dan Berggren
I’ve lived in Fredonia since 1977, but before that I called the Adirondacks home. My first trip from Brooklyn to Trout Brook was like my father’s: from Grand Central to the railroad station in North Creek where Teddy Roosevelt took the oath of office after McKinley was shot. . . .

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Sharon Springs Spa: Landscape of Memory
Ellen McHale
In 1996, the Schoharie County Arts Council began a documentation project on Sharon Springs, New York, a spa town south of the Thruway that has attracted a largely Jewish clientele for over a hundred years. . . .

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Tony
Steve Zeitlin
Don’t ask Tony his last name. He can’t deal with that right now. His nerves are shot. Besides, he’s, he's busy trying to make sure the trains run on time. . . .



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