Hello List Members:
I received this email from a friend and thought I would pass it along. It
underscores the importance of having a plan in place to protect our history in
times of natural disaster. Please see below.
Karlyn Knaust Elia
Ulster County Historian
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To all my Holland Society fellow members
The priceless collection of Bergen Dutch artifacts owned by the Bergen
County Historical Society was left to the ravages of flood waters.....
This is the first time in Bergen County Historical Society history (105
years) any item was lost due to flooding.
Major damage was sustained to much of the collection (including our 17th
century Dutch Kas, and most of our documents in our safe).
Please see our web page for photos of the devastation
(bergencountyhistory.org).
Here is a link to an article in the Bergen Record on the damage
_http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk0OSZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFR
Xl5NzEyMTUxMCZ5cmlyeTdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTM=_
(http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk0OSZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5NzEyMTUxMCZ5cmlye
TdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTM=) .
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Karlyn Knaust Elia
Ulster County Historian
11 Main Street
Saugerties, NY 12477
Office Phone: 845-246-4754
FAX: Same
Please visit the Ulster County Website
_http://www.co.ulster.ny.us/historian/_ (http://www.co.ulster.ny.us/historian/)
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