A Directory of Primary and Community Resources in the PROBE Area
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 079 201 SO 005 974 AUTHOR Whitehill, Willian E., Jr., Comp.; And Others TITLE A Directory of Primary and Community Resources in the PROBE Area.. INSTITUTION Catskill Area School Study Council,_Oneonta, N.Y.; Otsego County Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Oneonta, N.Y. SPONS AGENCY Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, D.C. Projects to Advance Creativity in Education. - PUB DATE 68 NOTE 210p. EDRS PRICE' MF-$0.65 HC-$9.87 DESCRIPTORS *Community Resources; *Directories; Elementary Education; Resource Guides; Secondary Education; *Social Studies; Teacher Developed Materials IDENTIFIERS ESEA Title III; New York; *Project Probe ABSTRACT Community and area resources -- consisting of persons, places, or objects -- gathered from the regions comprising Chenango,.Delaware, and Otsego Countries, are listed in this directory. Teachers, local historians, and PROBE staff identified resources which could be introduced to K-12 teachers. In addition to a brief introduction, the book contains two major chapters, the first containing lists of primary sources and cultural and educational resources in communities, arranged by county and tLen by business or industry, church, historical sites, libraries, local organizations, museums, public buildings, private collections and schools. Human resources include the local historian, political figures, and other significant persons. The second major chapter, a specialized section, -offers listings of geologidal resources in the three counties; an archeological survey and description of the PROBE area; and county political structures in the PROBE areas. Appendices include additional resources, a bibliography of supplementary PROBE materials and publications, and illustrations. A related document is SO 005 973..(SJM) 444,g,'444+ 41, -w w .,1 410 /I `I` 14 401 ' n"-7 n .7' ' 11--; U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, C:) A DIRECTORY OF PRIMARY AND COMMUNIY EDUCATION & WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF Ci EDUCATION RESOURCES IN THE PROBE AREA THIS DOCUMENT HASBEEN REPRO DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVEDFROM THE PERSON OP ORGANIZATIONORIGIN N- ATIND IT POINTS OF VIEWOR OPINIONS C.) STATED 00 NOT NECESSARILYREPRE SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTEOF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY Compiled Undt.r the Direction of William E. Whitehill, Jr. Lawrence J. Heldman, Director, Project PROBE Principal Consultant, Carol DuBois Cover, Lois Hurley t Project PROBE A Project for the Advancement of Creativity in Education P.L. 89-10 Elementary and Secondary Education Act Sponsored by the Board of Cooperative Educational Services Second Supervisory District of Greene, Delaware, Schoharie and Otsego Counties. N.-. In Cooperation with thei-Catskill Area School Study Council, 134 Old Main State University College Oneonta, New York 13820 The work presented or reported herein was performed pursuant toa Grant from the U.S. Office of Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare. However, the opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the U.S. Office of Education, andno official endorsement by the U.S. Office of Education should be inferred. PROJECT PROBE SUMMER 1968 6 ii a PLANNING COUNCIL Mr. Werner Jacobsen Mr. Edward Burke Mr. Erle A. Smith Mrs. Henry Hulbert Mr. Roderick Dorrance Mr. Edwin Moore Mr. H. Eugene Wieand Dr. Royal F. Netzer Mr. James Brophy Dr. John Wilcox Mr. Ernest Youmans Mr. James Gill Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph Conway Mr. Richard Heller Dr. Esther McKune Mr. Milo Stewart Mr. Jerry B. Brown Sister Mary Nathaniel Dr. H. Claude Hardy Mr. Robert White Mr. Warren Ryther Dr. Stephen Jamba Dr. Howard Lynch Mr. Elwood Hitchcock Mr. DDnald Haight pr. Prank Cyr Dr. Lawrence J. Heldman Dr. John Wilcox Director, Project PROBE Principal Consultant Mr. Erle A. Smith Assistant Superintendent Board of Cooperative Educational Services Mr. Elwood Hitchcock Superintendent Board of Cooperative Educational Services iii BUILDING REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Charles Smith Ms: Agda Dixon Mr. George Waddington Mrs. Jean Frink Mr. Keith McCarthy Mr. William-Everts Mr. Floyd Prouty Mrs. Mary Brownell Mr. John Brodrick Mr. John Greene Mr. Spencer Warnick Mrs. Helene Higgins Mr. Robert Smith Mrs. Dorothy Wallace Miss Dorothy Hammersmith Mrs. Karyl Sage Mr. Daniel Morse Mr. Donald Fletcher Mr. Clayton Whittaker Mrs. Mildred Stewart Mr. Anthony Kasprowicz Mr. Edward Onody Mr. Robert Ackerson Miss Marion Maxson Mrs. Elizabeth Bilobrowska Mrs. Margaret Young Mr. Robert Kaufman Mr. Jon Greene Mrs. Helen Raitt Mr. Joseph Green Mr. Joseph Hilko Dr. Fred Tubbs Mr. Albert Geasey Sister Mary Frederick Mr. Charles Rider Mrs. Gladys Giltner Mr. Robert Smith Mr. Herbert Dietz Mr. John MacRoy Mr. Edward Abbot Mrs. Doris Bennett Mrs. Gracia Grover Mr. Charles DiGiovanna Mr. Donald Russ Mr. Robert Best Mrs. Barbara Stoehr Mrs. Mildred Jackson Mrs. Barbara Michel Mr. Frank Gray Mrs. Eleanor 'Belding Mrs. Barbara Peters Mrs. Isabelle Maxon Mr. Ronald Head Mrs. Marguerite Rathbun Mrs. Nelda Jacobson Mr. Larry Smith Mrs. Anna May Church Mrs. Evelyn Zemkin Mr. David Tueten Mr. Robert Zemkin Mrs. Frances Cerra Mrs. Madeline Berry Mr. James Schibeci Mrs. Betty Matalavage Mr. Thomas Lloyd -Mr. Jack Nagle Mrs. Lillian Kelly iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A book of this nature depends upon the knowledge, skills and abilities of countless people. It would be impossible to acknow- ledge all of those involved with this book, but special thanksare extended to those mentioned below. To the Secretarial Staff of Project PROBE, Project PRIDE and The Catskill Area Project we extend our thanks. Particular appre- ciation is extended to Mrs. Kay Cronk whose secretarial skills and abilities coupled with her keen judgment made possible the comple- tion of this work. Special appreciation is also due to Mrs. Evelyn Lower, Miss Kathy Sobers, Miss Janet Escher and Mrs. Donna Baker. To Don Lucas, his Assistant Mike Tronolone, his Secretary Mrs. Gina Jacobs.and to Mrs. Alice Puffer we extend our thanks for their excellent work with the illustration reproductions. To Mr. Dennis Shea we offer our thanks for his suggestions and editing skills in our Political Science Section. We extend our thanks also to the staff of the Curriculum .." Enrichment Center, Norwich, New York for their work in publishingour Directory. To all community participators, local historians, librarians, political figures and newspaper editors without whom this work could not exist, we extend a debt of gratitude. To the research andproduction team consisting of Mrs. Carol DuBois, Mrs. Ethel Edwards, Miss Susan Fox, Miss Barbara Ganim, James Gill, Mrs. Ethelyn Hawkins, Franklin Hesse, Jay Hulbert, Mrs. Lois Hurley, Dave Hutchison, Thomas Lloyd, Robert Parmerter we extend our appreciation for work well done. V Finally, as with any work of this kind,there is a significant person whose ideas, cogent suggestions, and criticismsgive the pub- lication direction and finality; for thispublication, this person was Dr. Lawrence J. Heldman. It was Dr. Heidman's direction that lead our book to a successful completion. W. E. Whitehill Jr. A vi MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE DIRECTORY 1. Mrs. Carol DuBois, Otsego County Historian, Cooperstown, New York 2. Mrs. Ethel Edwards, Retired Social Studies Teacher, Edmeston, New York 3. Miss Susan Fox, Artist, Franklin Central School, Franklin, New York 4. Miss Barbara Ganim, Artist, Student, State University College, Oneonta, New York 5. Mr. James Gill, Social Scientist, State University Agricultural and Technical College, Delhi, New York 6. Mrs. Ethelyn Hawkins, Retired Social Studies Teacher, Schenevus, New York 7. Mr. Franklin Hesse, Archaeologist, ptego, New York 8. Mr. Jay Hulbert, Science Teacher, Oneonta, New York 9. Mrs. Lois Hurley, Artist, Oneonta, Ned York 10. Mr. Dave Hutchison, Geologist, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York 11. Mk. Thomas Lloyd, Social Studies Teacher, Norwich, New York 12. Mr. Don Lucas, Audio Visual Specialist, State University College, Oneonta, New York 13. Mr. Robert Parmerter, Social Studies Teacher, Schenevus, New York 14. Mr. William Whitehill, Social Science Education, State University College, Oneonta, New York vii TABLE OF CONTENTS Planning Council ii Building Representatives iii Acknowledgments iv Major Contributions to the Directory vi CHAPTER PAGE I. INTRODUCTION 2 II. PRIMARY SOURCES AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES 4 Categorization Scheme 4 Chenango County ,5 Delaware County 25 Otsego County 81 III. SPECIALIZED SECTION 126 Geological Resources in Chenango, Delaware and Otsego Counties - by Dave Hutchison 126 Archeological Survey and Description of The PROBE Area- by Franklin Hesse 140 County Political Structures in The PROBE Areas 157 Introduction 158 Part I- Otsego County Governmental Structure - by Carol DuBois 159 Part II- Chenango and Delaware County Governmental Structure - by James Gill 167 APPENDIX 171 A. A list of Literary and Manuscript Resources from the New York State Historical Association at Cooperstown 72 viii PAGE B. PROBE Materials and Publications to supplement the Resource Directory. 176 C. List of Illustrations in the PROBE Area. (Samples of these Illustrations can be found on pages of the Directory. 179 D. Photograph Catalog of Otsego County. 180 E. Some resources in the Sherburne Library. 182 F. List of Tape Recordings 184 G. Jonas Babcock Account Book Samples. 185 H. "Adam Helmer's Run" Research Document 191 I. Examples of Supplementary Primary Sources: Source, County Clerk Archives. 197 ix LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Illustration PAGE I. Map of the PROBE area with selected photographs in the area. II. Map of the