The Catskill Chronicle

GRAHAMSVILLE, NY (October 25, 2011) – The Time and the Valley Museum has opened a new Local History Research Center. The primary focus of the Inez George Gridley and Richard George-Murray  Research Center is the Towns of Denning and Neversink, the areas lost to the Rondout and Neversink Reservoirs, and the areas included in the Tri-Valley Central School District.

The secondary focus is materials relating to Sullivan County and other areas of the NYC’s Water Supply System.

The Local History Research Center is located on the upper level of the Time and the Valleys Museum and includes a wealth of research materials amid comfortable surroundings. Research material includes local census records, cemetery records, photos, early publications and family histories. The museum’s opening has encouraged people to donate their valued early records and more material is always arriving. A recent donation of over 200 local history and research volumes was recently accepted from Dale Houghtaling. 

Funding for the Research Center came from donations made in memory of Inez George Gridley and Richard George-Murray.

Gridley was local historian for 17 years, published poet and teacher and her nephew George-Murray was a genealogist, poet and artist, whose works are part of the Brown University Library collection.

Winter hours for the Local History Research Center starting on November 1 are  Saturday from noon to 4:00 p.m. and by appointment on Thursday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. E-mail historian@townofneversink.org or call 985-2262 x313 or 985-7700 for more information.

For additional information on the Museum please call us at 985-7700 or go online at www.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org.