VOLUME 32
Fall 2023: Vol. 32, No. 1
• The Onesquethaw Valley Historic District
• Don Meacham: A Legacy of Community Service
• NSHA has a new website!
• Museum reopens with an eye on Clarksville!
Winter 2023: Vol. 32, No. 2
• An Old Dutch Barn — Still on the Job by Sarita Winchell
• The Albright Farm, Fuglein Farm and a Dutch Barn by Chris Albright
• The Onesquethaw Valley Historic District: Its Origin by Judy Kimes
• Our Museum’s New Clarksville Exhibit And the Life of Myron B. Earl by Judy Kimes
• “The Weather Outside is Frightful…” But Can Be “Delightful” by Judy Kimes
Spring 2024: Vol. 32, No. 3
• On the Trail of the Odd by Thea Snyder
• Arbor Day: A Holiday with Its Focus on the Future by Judy Kimes
• Springing Ahead by Judy Kimes
VOLUME 31
Fall 2022: Vol. 31, No. 1
• Stories from the Bender Melon Farm
• Reflections of a New Scotland Milkman : Sam Youmans
Winter 2022: Vol. 31, No. 2
• A History of 158 Swift Road - Richard Bader & extract from The Ballad of the Big Wandses by Mary Lavinia Wands Campbell
• “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” - 1922
• New Historic Markers Unveiled and Dedicated - Home of Robert Horton and Tory Robbery
• Quaker Meeting House of New Salem
Spring 2023: Vol. 31, No. 3
• A crime most foul: The Dunbar Hollow Murders by Judy Limes
• Five Historical Anecdotes by Robert E. Mulligan Jr.
• With Gratitude: Collection Updates and Acquisitions of 2022 by Lea Foster, Collections Chair
Summer 2023: Vol. 31, No. 4
• A Crime Most Foul:: Part II The Confession by Judy Kimes
• In Memorium: Donald Meacham by Sherri Burgoon
• Arthur Pound Award : Alan Kowlowitz & Dennis Sullivan by Sarita Winchell
VOLUME 30
Fall 2021: Vol. 30, No. 1
• 2021: 50th Anniversary Year for NSHA
• Sam Youmans: NSHA Charter Member Turns 100!
• World War II Exhibit: Official Opening October 5, 2021
Winter 2021: Vol. 30, No. 2
• The New Scotland Historical Society Museum: A dream come True, 50 Years in the Making
• The Arthur Pound Award
• Butchering Week on the Slingerland Farm
• Remembering Marie Hornick and Ethie Moak
Spring 2022: Vol. 30, No. 3
• Former Smith’s Tavern Building to be Saved
• The Sweet Season: Maple Syrup
Summer 2022: Vol. 30, No. 4
• Eulogy for two Unloved Buildings : A History of 40 and 43 South Main Street Voorheesville
• Stitching up Memories: The Quilt in the Hall
VOLUME 29
Fall 2020: Vol. 29, No. 1
• Boycott Troop 73: Celebrating 100 Years of Scouting
• Doing What Needs to be Done, Part 2 VJ Day at the End of WWII
• Sunshine’s Corner — Buckaroo’s Story
Winter 2020: Vol. 29, No. 2
• Twice Warmed
• Boycott troop 73 Flourishes Under Strong Leadership. 100 Years Continued Part 2
• Sunshine’s Corner — Buckaroo continued
Spring 2021: Vol. 29, No. 3
• A History of Picard’s Grove
• Troop 73: From the 1980’s into the New Millennium Part 3
• Sunshine’s Corner — Buckaroo continued
Summer 2021: Vol. 29, No. 4
• While the Sun Shines: Hay and Straw
• Sunshine’s Corner — Fickle Spring
• Harriet Flansburg O’Brien’s Diary 1892 & 1893
• A joyful Occasion: the Wedding of Susie Slingerlands to Elmer V. Shear
VOLUME 28
Fall 2019: Vol. 28, No. 1
• Martha Slingerland
• The Vanderzee LaGrange Diaries 1893-1927
• Sunshine’s Corner — Growing up in the 1950s
• Diary of Hattie Flansburg O’Brien
Winter 2019: Vol. 28, No. 2
• Our Path to Prohibition
• Sunshine’s Corner — Dark Winters
• Save the Bender Mellon Farm Campaign
Spring 2020: Vol. 28, No. 3
• Women Win the Right to Vote!
• Here Comes the U. S. Census
• 1920-2020 An Evolution of Women’s Roles
• Sunshine’s Corner - My Mother’s Gift
Summer 2020: Vol. 28, No. 4
• History in the Making: Covid 19
• Doing What Needs to be Done: Victory in Europe
• A Note of Gratitude — Peg Dorgan
• Pomeroy Grant Awarded
VOLUME 27
Fall 2018: Vol. 27, No. 1
• How Voorheesville Celebrated Victory Day, November 11, 1918
• In Memory of Ed Clark
• 4H : Providing a Legacy of “Learning by Doing”
• Sunshine’s Corner - Willow Brook Farm & Hallenbeck grandparents
Winter 2018: Vol. 27, No. 2
• New Exhibit on Display
• The “New Scot”, Defined: What it Means to Be “New Scottish” at this Moment in Time and Space — Jesse S. Sommer
• Sunshine’s Corner - Fall on Willow Brook Farm
Spring 2019: Vol. 27, No. 3
• Joseph Lambert and VFW Post No 6657
• Draft of Historic Preservation Law
Summer 2019: Vol. 27, No. 4
• Celebrating 100 Years of Serving your Veterans
• Sunshine’s Corner - Life of a Farm Kitten
VOLUME 26
Fall 2017: Vol. 26, No. 1
• Town of New Scotland, The Coughtry Family and Life in the 1880s
• Equal Rights vs. “Burned Biscuits”
• Sunshine’s Corner - Road Trip
Winter 2017: Vol. 26, No. 2
• The Coughtry Family and Life in the 1900’s
• A School for the Community: Part I
• Sunshine’s Corner - Willow Brook Farm barn
• Diary of Hattie Flansburg O’Brien 1892
Spring 2018: Vol. 26, No. 3
• Onesquethaw: A National Historic District
• Willard Osterhout: Helderberg Troubadour
• Sunshine’s Corner -Winter Days
• Diary of Hattie Flansburg O”Brien 1892-1893
Summer 2018: Vol. 26, No. 4
• 150 Years of Memorial Day Observation
• A School for the Community: Part II
• Sunshine’s Corner - April-May-June
VOLUME 25
Fall 2016: Vol. 25, No. 1
• Where Have all the Taverns Gone?
• Unveiling of Indian Ladder Farms Historic Marker
• Sunshine’s Corner - Summer Memories
• Diary of Hattie Flansburg O’Brien 1892
• A Glimpse of the Past-1896
Winter 2016: Vol. 25, No. 2
• A Big Thank You from the Collections Chair
• Adventures of a U. S., Seabee Booklet Highlighted
• ’Tis the Season
• Diary of Hattie Flansburg O’Brien (1892)
• Sunshine’s Corner - About Pigs and Thanksgiving
• In Memory of Peter Henner
Spring 2017: Vol. 25, No. 3
• Town of New Scotland, Early Immigration and the Coughtry Family
• Photo of Work Hill in Winter, What a Nostalgic Sight
• A Clock’s Story
• Sunshine’s Corner - Jan-Feb-March
Summer 2017: Vol. 25, No. 4
• Punkintown Fair: 75 Years and Counting
• Sunshine’s Corner - Punkintown Fair Remembered
VOLUME 24
Fall 2015: Vol. 24, No. 1
• For the Love of History: an Exemplary Team
• Indian Ladder Farms , Celebrating 100 Years in the Town of New Scotland
• The 1950’s, A Small New Scotland Farm, and the Egg Route
• Late Summer Bounty
• New Scotland Historical Association High School Junior Award Winning Essay
Winter 2015: Vol. 24, No. 2
• Ice Harvesting: A By-gone Industry
• Memories of our Ice Box
• Skating in the 1950s
• It’s All Good
• Memories of the Great Ice Storm - December 4, 1964
• Ice Skating in Clarksville, New York in the 1950’s
Spring 2016: Vol. 24, No. 3
• In Search of Captain Henry Crounse (1818-1901)
• Sunshine’s Corner - March
• Spring: A Season of Changes: Harriet O’Brien Diary 1896
• NSHA High School Junior Award
• Hilton Barn at LeVie Farm Saved from Demolition
Summer 2016: Vol. 24, No. 4
• Lime Kilns in the Town of New Scotland
• Sunshine’s Corner - Summer
• Award of NSHA Essay Scholarship to Abby Goldfarb
• Henry Crounse Historic Marker Unveiling
• What Future do you see in the Hilton Barn?
VOLUME 23
Fall 2014: Vol. 23, No. 1
• Thacher Park Celebrates 100 Years
• Flight Path to Tranquility — Vincent Perry, Sr.
• The "Hilton Bam"-history of Le Vie Farm-Part I — Catherine Le Vie Hammann
• Graduation — Willard Osterhout
Winter 2014: Vol. 23, No. 2
• "Hilton Barn" Catherine Le Vie Hammann-Part II
• Voorheesville Gymnasium/ Auditoriam — Will Osterhout
• "Nipper"-dog on Broadway, Albany
Spring 2015: Vol. 23, No. 3
• Historical House replica donated by Debby Mahan NSHA High School Junior Award by Sherry Burgoon
• New Membership Cards by Sarita Winchell Shared Ideas by Bob Parmenter
• Remembering my School Memories at VCHS by Willard Osterhout
• Historical Trivia Albany Public Bath #3 by M. Parmenter
• Restoration of Knox School #5 is Complete by Dan Driscoll
Summer 2015: Vol. 23, No. 4
• NSHA’s Membership Drive Features a Performance of “Down with Rent” by Alan Kowlowitz
• Eliza Jobin-Davis, winner of NSHA’s Junior Award by Sherry Burgoon
• Let’s Go Strawberrying! by Lorraine Felter
• Tim to Say Goodbye by Willard Osterhout
• United Methodists in Voorheesville Celebrate a Bicentennial by Lee Flanders
• Our Last Effort as Editors by Marion and Bob Parmenter
• New Exhibit Opens - 100 years in the Life of the Voorheesville Library
VOLUME 22
Fall 2013: Vol. 22, No. 1
• Highwayman: Blizzard of October 1987
• Table History — Marion Parmenter
• Unionville School-feedback
• Civil War Letter #10
Winter 2013: Vol. 22, No. 2
• Buggy Whips
• Archaeologist of the Local: Tim Albright — Dennis Sullivan
• Restoration of Historical Signs
• Blizzard of 1987 Part II
• Civil War Letter # 11
Spring 2014: Vol. 22, No. 3
• Onesquethaw-History of Onsequethaw Reformed Church — Debra Dailey
• Highwayman: Odds and Ends (End of Willard Osterhout's series begun in Winter 2010 issue)
• Mother Nature's Garden — Peg Dorgan
• May 18-John Boyd Thacher Park -100th Birthday-Exhibit Opening
Summer 2014: Vol. 22, No. 4
• Looking Back-Pangburns Beach, Warner's Lake — Will Osterhout
• Long, Long Ago in a place called Voorheesville by Anthony Achille, 4th grade, Hannah Lewis, 5th Grade
• Hilton House photos
VOLUME 21
Fall 2012: Vol. 21, No. 1
• Civil War Letter #6
• Camp Pinnacle -- Will Osterhout
• Mosher Farm in Town of New Scotland by Irving Mosher
Winter 2012: Vol. 21, No. 2
• Memories — Dr. Clifford Casey
• Highwayman: First Time Over the Mountain Route
• Civil War Letter #7
• Schoharie Barns — Marion Parmenter
Spring 2013: Vol. 21, No. 3
• Farewell Huck Spaulding — Dennis Sullivan
• Holiday Tradition — Martha Slingerland
• Exhibit-Entertainment Before 1950 and TV
• Civil War Letter #8
• Highwayman: Little Old Lady
Summer 2013: Vol. 21, No. 4
Day in the Old School — Walt Miller
Highwayman: The Electrocution
Civil War Letter #9
VOLUME 20
Fall 2011: Vol. 20, No. 1
• The Old Jalopy — Timothy Albright
• Civil War Letter # 1-John L. Houck Dec.4, 1862
• NSHA History Fourth Decade 2001-2011 — M. Parmenter
• Highwayman-The Muffin Lady — Will Osterhout
• John L. Houck-genealogy — Martha Slingerland
• Program Schedule for 2011-2012
Winter 2011: Vol. 20, No. 2
• Civil War Letter #2 John L. Houck Dec. 20, 1862
• Tales of a Highwayman Village Humor — Willard Osterhout
• New Salem South End, Altamont Enterprise Nov. 16, 1907
• Purple and Gold? — M. Parmenter
Spring 2012: Vol. 20, No. 3
• Civil War Letter #3 John L. Houck Jan. 28, 1863
• Tales of a Highwayman Moving up the Hill — Will Osterhout
• Dr. Samuel Ingraham — Martha Slingerland
• New Exhibit Opens-150th Anniversary of the Civil War
VOLUME 19
Fall 2010: Vol. 19, No. 1
• Memories-Osterhout Lodge and family — Cookie Osterhout
• Voorheesville Post Office — Arthur B. Gregg
• The Rawleigh Man — LorraineFelter
• 2010-2011 NSHA Program listing
Winter 2010: Vol. 19, No. 2
• NSHA History-First 10 years 1971-1981 — M. Parmenter
• Tales of a Highwayman-The Beginning — Will Osterhout
• Tinsel town-New Scotland — Movie houses in N.Scotland-Allen Pinney
• Early Cottage Industry — Margaret Westervelt
Spring 2011: Vol. 19, No. 3
• NSHA History-2nd 10 years 1981-1991 — M. Parmenter
• Highwayman-The First Blizzard — Will Osterhout
• Willie Briner Martha Slingerland
• Wedding picture-Starkers, New Salem 1945
Summer 2011: Vol. 19, No. 4
• Quarry Photos
• Mini antique road show
• NSHA History-3rd 10 years 1991-2001 M. Parmenter
• Water Superintendent — Margaret Hotaling Westervelt
• Highwayman-Changing Steeds — Will Osterhout
VOLUME 18
Fall 2009: Vol. 18, No. 1
• Maple A venue Memories — Jane Gangai
• NSHA Senior Award — Marie Hornick. John Neri recipient, May 2009
• A Year in Review 2008-2009 Pictures
• Town History Test
• A Store in Feura Bush-by Norma Walley, Dewey Vadney's daughter
• New Historic Markers
• Recollections--Uptown Central Avenue, Albany — Will Osterhout
• General Store Exhibit-Marie Hornick-opened May 3, 2009 Sandy Slingerland new chairperson
Winter 2009: Vol. 18, No. 2
• School Daze — Will Osterhout
• Memories-Of Earl's Store (Clarksville ) — Shelley Vonk Corrington
• Historic Marker Dedication-Five Rivers — Peg Dorgan
• Vanderzee LaGrange Diaries — transcribed by Martha Slingerland
• Gentaska Club disbands — Fran Arthur assisted with this article
Spring 2010: Vol. 18, No. 3
• CCC Camp S 72-from CCCer Tarzan Baker's handwritten remembrances-Sandy Slingerland received this information from Craig Thompson of Five Rivers.
• Town History Test
• Memories from Down Under — Matt Hammann
• Sentinel Feedback-Memories — Tim Moran
• Article asking for memories for new NSHA book
• The Year There Was No Summer — Peter Bowden (Provided by Peg Dorgan with Peter's permission)
Summer 2010: Vol. 18, No. 4
• Candid Camera? Pictures and article provided by Will Osterhout
• NSHA Senior Award announced-Alexis Moore recipient
• New Exhibits open-1940's Barber Shop and CCC Camp Exhibit (May 1, 2010)
• Old house-formerly Kuhn's at 330 New Salem Rd.
• Tribute to Bob Shedd
• Reflections of the Voorheesville Class of 1960 — Marion Parmenter
• Helderberg Cold Spring — Will Osterhout
VOLUME 17
Winter 2008: Vol. 17, No. 2
• Voorheesville Army Depot-Feedback! — James Hadsell
• Sometimes We Can Help — Martha Slingerland, Genealogist
• The Country Store is Here to Stay — Margaret Westervelt
• Farlin, What is Farlin? — Farlin Newsletter
• Blackouts-Air Raid Warnings-Voorheesville instructions during war
• Clarksvilleville / Noorheesville phone numbers changed-1953 (Altamont Enterprise)
• LaGrange Marker dedication
• Voorheesville School Power bill (Jan. 1950)
Spring 2009: Vol. 17, No. 3
The Cyclone-from the Greenville Local-Sept. 7, 1887 — provided by Willard Osterhout
Boca Raton's First School Celebrates Centennial — (Boca Raton's Historical Society)
We Get Letters-memories from Bill Lloyd and Matt & Cathy Hammann
Recollections from Down Town (Albany) Will Osterhout
VOLUME 16
Fall 2007: Vol. 16, No. 1
• Recollections of World War II on the New Scotland Home Front — Sam Youmans
• 200 Acre Area in New Scotland Swept by Fire, April 18, 1941 (courtesy of the Altamont Enterprise)
• New website to explore New Scotland History announced
• Memoirs-Peddlers — Helen Tognetti
• Recollections-Living in and growing up in Osterhout's Lodge — Will Osterhout
• This Old House-1807-2007 DeLong-Vanderbilt House, Onesquethaw — Mary Ellen Vanderbilt Domblewski
Winter 2007: Vol. 16, No. 2
• An Army Nurse (1942-1946) From Lt. Belva Gardiner's memoir (Martha Slingerland's Sister)
• Doc Sutherland — Ann Eberle
• Recollections-Songs from WW II — Will Osterhout
• This Old House-103 Crow Ridge Rd. — Lysenko home-by Steve, Laurie, Jennifer and Kristen Lysenko
• Oral History project
• Field Camp Nov. 10, 2007 — NSHA honors veterans
• T9 Locust Tank — Stuart Lehman
Spring 2008: Vol. 16, No. 3
Military Heritage Day - Korean War Exhibit opens April 12, 2007
Cider Mill, Voorheesville (photos)
More Lt. Belva Gardiner's-WW II Army Nurse — Martha Slingerland
(Road) Signs in the west-Marion Parmenter
Directions for the Telephone-from Albany Telephone Directory 1941-42-How to use the dial telephone in Voorheesville
VOLUME 15
Winter 2006: Vol. 15, No. 2
• Volunteer Fire Departments and /ambulance companies of Town of New Scotland, Part 2 — Marie Hornick
• Legion Hall Recollections — Marion Parmenter
• High School Memories, Voorheesville — Will Osterhout
• Memories--Stony Hill School, 1937-1943 — Helen Secor Tognetti
• This Old House/Farm-Willowbrook Farm, 231 Helderberg Parkwary — Richard Frohlich
Spring 2007: Vol. 15, No. 3
• Volunteer Fire Departments and Ambulance Companies of New Scotland, Part 3 — Marie Hornick
• "From the Home Front to the Front Lines: New Scotland in World Wars I & II: Exhibit
• Capital Financial Planning Endows Eberle Fund at the New Scotland Historical Association 11/8/06
• High School Senior Award offered by NSHA
• Toys in the Attic — Cathy Anderson
• This Old House-527 Clipp Road, New Scotland — Mark King
• Quilting in New Salem — Margaret Westervelt
Summer 2007: Vol. 15, No. 4
• War Years on an Albany County Fann — Martha Slingerland
• Finding Those New York State Library Bulletins — Dr. Chuck Ver Straeten
• The Flu Epidemic-World War I-memoir of Harriet Ross Appleby, Clarksville
• Pound Award-presented to Nonna Walley
• The Fire and Ambulance companies of the Town of New Scotland, Part 4 — Marie Hornick
• Recollections- Peddlers of the Helderbergs — Orlo Northrup
VOLUME 14
Spring 2006: Vol. 14, No. 3
• Pastimes of Past Times-History of toys, Teddy Bears, Lionel Trains, Lincoln Logs — Stuart Lehman
• Toy Exhibit: Opens April 30th — Marion Parmenter
• Recollections-Do You Remember? Memoirs of New Salem and growing up — Will Osterhout
• It's Maple Sugar Time — Don Slingerland
• This Old House - 38 Unionville - Feura Bush Road — Judith Wing
• School Bus Memories — Peg Dorgan
• Memories — Martha Slingerland
• River Excursion Poster-1896 (New Scotland Presbyterian Church)