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Call Ed Nizalowski at (607) 642-9516 or e-mail EDNIZ@prodigy.net for information or to order any of these video tapes.
The cost for each tape is $20 for members of the Historical Society and $25 for non-members, plus $5 for shipping & handling.
The Raising of the Herrick Barn
Made during Spring Festival on June 12-13, 1999, at the Bement-Billings
Farmstead in Newark Valley, New York. During these two days the frame of an
English threshing barn built in the period of 1825 to 1830 was brought back
to life.
Although most timber frame barns that one sees around the countryside came
into being through a traditional barn raising, the historic record for these
events is very meager. This video tape is currently the best documentation
of a traditional barn raising available to the public. It is called the
contractor/volunteer version because there is a minimum amount of narration
and has a running time of 74 minutes. We highly recommend it for anyone
interested in barn history, barn preservation, timber framing, traditional
woodworking or agricultural/rural history.
Flemmingville and West Creek Road
A video tape of an oral history night which took place on July 13th at the
Newark Valley Depot. The topic was life and times in Flemingville and West
Creek Road.
It was an exceptionally interesting evening. Many stories focused on
Flemingville back when it had a general store, two blacksmith shops, an
active Grange and numerous activities around the Depot. Stories included
going to square dances in the dead of winter, using German POW's to harvest
potatoes and peddling meat to the EJ workers in Endicott.
Gold Medal Ladder Factory
This video taped event took place at the Newark Valley High School on
November 16, 1996. The ladder factory was the major manufacturing facility
for Newark Valley making the transition from wagons to manure spreaders and
then ladders including a brief fling with airplanes.
The evening was hosted by students doing an Architectural Awareness Project
sponsored by the Coalition for Better Schools. The Coalition is a
collaborative effort between Lockheed-Martin and the Tioga County school
systems to increase interest and knowledge of local architecture and give
students a chance to work with professionals in the field of architecture. A
display showing the history and evolution of the ladder factory will be set
up for viewing as well.
Flood of 1935
This was Newark Valley's greatest natural disaster which inundated the
Village with 4' to 5' of water and radically changed the Water St. area.
There are numerous photos and clippings included in this tape as well as a
film clip of Newark Valley in the aftermath of the flood.
Depot Days 1995/Women's Suffrage March
Newark Valley celebrated the 75th anniversary of women's suffrage by
inviting Elizabeth Cady Stanton (a.k.a. Sally Roesch Wagner) who rode the
Suffrage Train from Owego, march up Main Street and promoted the cause of
women's suffrage at the Depot.
Rededication of the Rollie Noble Flag
Rollie Noble was one of the men responsible for having an American flag
made which was probably the first to fly over Europe at the end of World War
II. The flag is one of the more interesting and unique artifacts from this
conflict and is presently housed at the U. S. Infantry Museum at Fort
Benning, Georgia. The museum loaned the flag to the Society for a
rededication which took place on May 9, 1995, at St. John's Hall in Newark
Valley.