Valley Falls Farm Heritage Center Committee Information

The information on this page is for the private use of the Friends of Valley Falls (FOVF) Farm Heritage Center Committee. The Committee began meeting September 2015 to develop a Heritage Center in the Stable that will focus on Valley Falls Farm and Park during its Gentleman's Farm period from about 1870 to 1950, but will also include information on the Valley Falls Cotton Mill, Sharp's Trout Farm and the Valley Falls Historical District.

Historical & Archeology Studies

Valley Falls Historical District Narrative. The Vernon Historical Society prepared the documents to submit an application for establishing Valley Falls as an historical district. This is the narrative describing the area and its history.

Valley Falls Historical District Resources Inventory. Vernon Historical Society Forms for the 17 sites intended for the Valley Falls Historical District.

Sharps Trout Hatchery Site National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. This document includes a narrative description and history of the site. Submitted August 1996.

Valley Falls Cotton Mill Site National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. This document includes a narrative description and history of the site.

Audio

1978 Darico Oral History Interview conducted by CAROL BURKE & MARY ELLEN LINDERMAN. Part 1

1978 Darico Oral History Interview conducted by CAROL BURKE & MARY ELLEN LINDERMAN. Part 2

1978 Darico Oral History Interview conducted by CAROL BURKE & MARY ELLEN LINDERMAN. Part 3

1978 Darico Oral History Interview conducted by CAROL BURKE & MARY ELLEN LINDERMAN. Part 4

1994 Beach Oral History Interview 'Memories of Valley Falls Farm' conducted by ARDIS ABBOTT.

2003 Darico Oral History Interview conducted by CAROL BURKE.

Musevue 360

The Friends hired Musevue 360 as consultants in developing the Heritage Center. MuseVue also helped the Friends in a review of their nonprofit corporation in 2010.

The Lead Consultants are:

Donna Baron: dkbmuseumconsultant@comcast.net, (860) 228-4300

Jennifer Eifrig: jennifer.eifrig@musevue360.com, (860) 463-7722

The following documents were prepared for FOVF by Musevue:

Planning For The Future - The results of the 2010-2011 organizational review of FOVF. February 2011.

Exhibit Planning: Heritage Center - Project information, budget and schedule. November 16, 2015.

FOVF Heritage Center Committee

Ann Letendre, Chair: AnnLetendr@aol.com, (860) 875-4623

Joe King: CCMKing@aol.com

Bob Letendre: BobLetendr@aol.com

Maryann Levesque: Renie47@comcast.net

Jon Roe: Jon.Roe@comcast.net, (860) 875-4101.

Websites

Friends of Valley Falls: FriendsOfValleyFalls.org

Musevue360: Musevue360.com

Valley Falls Index: Book Index for Valley Falls and Reference links

The Tankerhoosen: Tankerhoosen.info