Name/Title
Grange Collection Finding AidEntry/Object ID
2022.003.1Scope and Content
Red Hook Grange Collection
Finding Aid produced April 2022
Repository
Historic Red Hook
7562 North Broadway
Red Hook, NY 12571
Accession Number
2022.003
Title
Red Hook Grange Collection
Extent
One record box and one document box.
Dates
1934-1996
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions
Languages
English
Scope and Content
The collection was donated by the Pomona Grange in Stanfordville after they re-organized their collections. One record box (Box #1) holds two scrapbooks compiled by Dorothy Bowman about Red Hook Grange #1918. One includes photos, news clippings and citations for Distinguished Citzen Awards and Fair Exhibits 1977-1996 (loose – two photos showing first prize exhibits from 1934 and photos of 1967). The other scrapbook has photos, news clippings and programs from the 1940s to 1998 (when the Grange is deciding to sell the building in the Village of Red Hook. There is also a Grange Record Book, June 3, 1986 – Dec 1993. The document box (Box #2 ) includes folders with Dorothy Bowman-related items, newspaper clippings and photos (most undated, 1987 set is ID’d) as well as a 1967 magazine featuring “100 years of Rural Leadership” and other miscellaneous program materials and correspondence.
Biographical/Historical Note
Red Hook’s Grange #918 was formed in 1902 and closed down in 2006. Dorothy Bowman was an active Grange member for many years and she and her husband ran the Silver Lake Dairy. The business evolved into what is now Holy Cow in the Village of Red Hook.
Provenance
Deed of gift was signed April 1, 2022.
Copyright Notice
Courtesy of Historic Red Hook
Related Materials
There are extensive materials relating to the Red Hook Grange in the Richard Coons Collection (2012.004).
Also, a 100-Year History of the New York State Grange 1873-1973, by L. Ray Alexander in the Reference Library – # HD1485 N48 A53 1973
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Finding Aid Author: Claudine Klose, 2022
