Yama Farms Inn: A Home in the Mountains
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MANUSCRIPT AND PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTIONS*
Institutions
American Museum of Natural History Research Library Special Collections
Cragsmoor Free Library
Ellenville Public Library and Museum
New-York Historical Society Library
New York Public Library
Sojourner Truth Library, SUNY New Paltz, Special Collections
Family and Private Collections
Chase Family Collection
Harris Family Collection
Jyoti Chrystal Collection
William Winters Collection
*unless otherwise cited, all the photographs used in this website come from the collections of the Chase Family, the Harris Family, the late Jyoti Chrystal and William Winters
DATA BASES
Access Newspaper Archive (http://access.newspaperarchive.com)
ProQuest Historical Newspapers, The New York Times (http://www.nypl/databases/)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Avinoff-Shoumatoff Family
Steve Bradley
Lonnie Coplen
Kenneth Chase
The Cragsmoor Historical Society
Jyoti Crystal
Ruth DeTarr and Kathleen Muldoon
Lenny Distel, Town of Wawarsing Supervisor
The Staff of the Ellenville Public Library and Museum
Chris Flueck
Roger Foraste
Iris Friedman
Lynn Garofalini
Larry Golbrecht
Lynne “Asha” Golliher
Hattie Grifo
Barbara Hoff
Robbi Josephson
Kalinowski Family
Sally Matz
Dick and Pat Peters
Maureen Radl
Lynn Rakos, ex-President, Roebling Chapter, Society for Industrial Archaeology (and
the Chapter’s membership)
Linda and Bob Rogers
Chris Rowley
Alex Shiffer
Roger Shull
Kathy Strasser
Dennis Warner
The Town of Wawarsing Historic Preservation Commission (Marion Dumond, Chair)
Dianne Wiebe
William Winters
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
ARNOLD PICKMAN, CRAGSMOOR CONSULTANTS, FOR HELPING PUBLISH THIS WEBSITE.
WILLIAM RHOADS, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, SUNY NEW PALTZ, DEPARTMENT OF ART HISTORY, FOR HIS CONTINUING SUPPORT AND FOR SHARING HIS KNOWLEDGE OF ULSTER COUNTY’S ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE.
JEFFREY SLADE, TOWN OF WAWARSING HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION, FOR SHEPHERDING YAMA FARMS THROUGH THE LANDMARKING PROCESS.
For more on the history of Yama Farms (and to view paintings of its grounds and buildings) visit the website of William Winters:
