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Val-Kill Industries & The American Arts and Crafts Movement

October 19, 2022 by Holley Snaith 2 Comments

Roosevelt, O'Day, Dickerman, and Cook In 1926, Eleanor Roosevelt convened with three of her closest friends, Caroline O’Day, Marion Dickerman, and Nancy Cook, to discuss the probability of a bold new venture. The four women, all active in New York’s Democratic Party, agreed to open a workshop that specialized in the production of Colonial Revival furniture.

Their business would be conducted on the Roosevelts’ Val-Kill property in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY and appropriately named “Val-Kill Industries.” Two years prior, Franklin D. Roosevelt built a quaint Dutch Colonial cottage on the property for Eleanor, Marion, and Nancy. This came to be called the “Stone Cottage,” and a more industrial building was constructed for the workshop. [Read more…] about Val-Kill Industries & The American Arts and Crafts Movement

Filed Under: Arts, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Art History, Arts and Crafts Movement, Dutchess County, Eleanor Roosevelt, Furniture, Hyde Park, Material Culture, Val-Kill

Heritage Spotlight: FDR Presidential Library and Museum, Dutchess County

July 8, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and MuseumThe Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is administered by the National Archives and Records Administration and is located near FDR’s home in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY.

The first presidential library — and the only one used by its namesake while in office — was planned and designed by Roosevelt in the Dutch Colonial style and houses his official papers, books, and other memorabilia, as well as the papers of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. [Read more…] about Heritage Spotlight: FDR Presidential Library and Museum, Dutchess County

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Archives, Dutchess County, Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park, Libraries, Museums, Political History

Algonac: The Delano’s Hudson River Estate

December 13, 2021 by A. J. Schenkman Leave a Comment

Delano mansion courtesy FDR LibraryOn the west side of the Hudson River near Newburgh, NY, across the river from the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park, was the Delano estate known as Algonac.

The Delano family hailed from Massachusetts and traced their origins to the Pilgrims and the Mayflower (they once spelled their name Del de Lannoy). The family was tied to the sea and eventually settled in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. [Read more…] about Algonac: The Delano’s Hudson River Estate

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: FDR, Hudson River, Hyde Park, Newburgh, Orange County, Panic of 1857

Fala, A Presidential Dog

February 4, 2021 by A. J. Schenkman 2 Comments

FDR-Fala-White-House-1941 “Saturday was a sad day for all of us and I know that all of Fala’s friends will also be sad to know that he slept away, and the little dog’s story had come to an end.”

Eleanor Roosevelt wrote these words in her column “My Day” on April 8th, 1952. She was saddened by the loss of the famous Scottish Terrier that belonged to her late husband FDR. Both Fala and his grandson Tamas McFala, also a Scottish Terrier, were constant fixtures at Val-Kill in Hyde Park, the home of Eleanor Roosevelt after President Roosevelt died. [Read more…] about Fala, A Presidential Dog

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Cultural History, dogs, Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR, FDR National Historic Site, FDR Presidental Library, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park, pets

Roosevelt Reading Festival at FDR Library Saturday

June 13, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Roosevelt Reading FestivalThe 16th annual Roosevelt Reading Festival has been set for June 15th at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, 4079 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park, from 10 am to 5 pm. [Read more…] about Roosevelt Reading Festival at FDR Library Saturday

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Conferences, FDR, FDR National Historic Site, FDR Presidental Library, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park, Political History

FDR’s 136th Birthday At West Point Tuesday

January 25, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

FDR 135th Birthday The National Park Service will commemorate President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 136th birthday on Tuesday, January 30th at 3 pm.

The event is held in the Rose Garden at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park, New York.

Brigadier General Cindy R. Jebb, Dean of the Academic Board, United States Military Academy, West Point will present the remarks. The United States Military Academy provides the honor guard and color guard for the event. [Read more…] about FDR’s 136th Birthday At West Point Tuesday

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: FDR, Hyde Park, National Park Service, West Point

Hudson River Valley Greenway Board Meeting Oct 18th

October 6, 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

hudson river valley greenwayThe Boards of the Hudson River Valley Greenway Communities Council and Greenway Conservancy for the Hudson River Valley will hold a joint Board Meeting on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Library and Museum in Hyde Park, NY. [Read more…] about Hudson River Valley Greenway Board Meeting Oct 18th

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Hudson River, Hyde Park

Talk Planned On Staatsburg Estate Owners

March 25, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Staatsburg BookAnthony Musso, author of Staatsburg: A Village Lost in Time (2014), will give a talk entitled “Staatsburg: Its Estate Owners and Their Impact on the Village” at Staatsburgh State Historic Site on April 11, 2015.

The tiny community of Staatsburg was once the home of several large estates.  As Musso writes in his book on Staatsburg, each of the estates “had an impact on the character, finances and preservation of the village and its surroundings.”  [Read more…] about Talk Planned On Staatsburg Estate Owners

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Dutchess County, Historic Preservation, Hyde Park, Staatsburgh State Historic Site

Teaching the Hudson Valley from Civil War to Civil Rights

June 13, 2012 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Educators are invited to discover new ways to use the region’s special places to teach about controversy and decision making at In Conflict Crises: Teaching the Hudson Valley from Civil War to Civil Rights and Beyond. Registration is now open for THV’s annual institute, July 24-26, at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Home and Presidential Library in Hyde Park.

This year’s opening talk, Keep Your Eyes on the Prize: Controversy and  Connection in the Classroom of Life, will feature Kim and Reggie Harris, musicians, storytellers, educators, and interpreters of history. Accepting THV’s invitation they wrote, “Our nation’s history is filled with conflict, opposition, controversy, and crisis, but is also rich in perseverance, collaboration, determination, and compromise. We look forward to reflecting on ways to use these realities to prepare students to be thinkers and problem solvers.”

During the institute, more than 15 workshops will connect educators with historians, writers, and scientists, as well as their colleagues from schools, parks, and historic sites throughout the Valley. Topics include
Evaluating Scientific Claims (Cary Institute), Using ELA Common Core to Teach Controversy (Lewisboro Elementary School teachers), and Irrepressible Conflict: The Empire State and the Civil War, (New York State Museum).

On day 2 of the institute participants will choose one of six in-depth field experiences at Columbia County History Museum (Kinderhook), Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site and FDR Presidential Library (Hyde Park), Fishkill Depot, Katherine W. Davis River Walk Center (Sleepy Hollow), Mount Gulian Historic Site (Beacon), or Palisaides Interstate Park.

You can find out more about the program online. 

Photo: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, courtesy Bill Urbin, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, National Park Service.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: African American History, Civil Rights, Civil War, Education, FDR National Historic Site, Hyde Park, Social Studies Curriculum, Teaching the Hudson Valley

Beatrix Farrand Garden’s Centennial Celebration

May 24, 2012 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Beatrix Farrand Garden Association is presenting a Centennial Celebration for the Beatrix Farrand Garden at Bellefield on the property of the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park.

The Beatrix Farrand Garden Association is a not for profit organization dedicated to showcasing the environmental and design legacy of  America’s first female landscape architect,  Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959). The Association partners with the National Park Service to preserve and maintain the
Beatrix Farrand Garden at Bellefield as an outstanding example of Farrand’s work.


An afternoon garden party will be held on Saturday, June 2, 2012 from 4pm to 7pm at Bellefield at the Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, 4097 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY. Advance purchase of tickets is required. For tickets and more information go to http://www.beatrixfarrandgarden.org
or call 845-229-9115 ext. 2023.

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Hyde Park

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