Panel 2: Early Supporters

Town of Gilboa

The Town Board in 1998 (Supervisor Jim Brown and council members Dave Hartwell, Norwood Tompkins, Max  Stryker, and Polly Hallock) authorized the moving of the buildings; and Superintendent Lester Parker  and his professional crew moved to buildings to their new locations flawlessly.

Subsequently, the town boards under Brown and Tony VanGlad supported the society by authorizing Lester Parker’s highway department to install outdoor benches and provide gravel for non-permanent buildings (John and Anna Juried Agricultural Barn and a donated shed).

Overall, the both the town and its population have been supportive of the Society and the Gilboa Museum complex.

New York State Museum

The State Museum has been continuously generous with their time, information, and even artifacts on Devonian Period excavations.

They have freely shared fossils from their work on Devonian sites in our area. Recently we requested the loan of a geological  artifact discovered in Conesville. It could not be safely moved, however, but they gave us use of a 3-D scan and allowed us to create a three-dimensional version of that artifact for our museum.

New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection

The DEP has promoted GHS publications and events within their facilities, and archivists, public relations personnel, and the NYC DEP office in Kingston has been very helpful in providing documentation and information for our displays and exhibits. They also have provided annual grant money to our society.

SUNY Binghamton

New York’s State Environmental Quality Review act (SEQR) requires all state and local government agencies to consider environmental impact before beginning any major construction project. In the case of the restoration of the Gilboa dam and reservoir, anthropologists at the University of New York were called in to survey the land around the construction site. Nina Versaggi and her staff performed this work, but also took a shine to the museum and its staff. They suggested security measures for the facility, developed displays for inside the museum, and offered lectures in the town hall on their local work and how it progressed.

Individuals

Finally, there are innumerable people who we cannot name that have supported the society and individually provided impetus and direction for it. They are innumerable because we could list 100 on that honor roll and still have omitted another innumerable number.

We hope you know who you are, and that we have said “thank you” for your help.

YOU can help!

We are currently asking for volunteers and content (text and photos) for each of these displays. Please contact Gerry Stoner if you have interesting content for any of these displays, or would like to work on an area of interest to you.

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