Tuesday, January 30, 2024 – REVISITING OUR ISSUES FROM 2020!!

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

This is the 26th edition of:

FROM THE ARCHIVES

REVISITED

JANUARY 30, 2024

Let’s start the Schetlin story in 1900

A RECOLLECTION OF FAMILY LIFE ON BLACKWELL’S / WELFARE ISLAND
PART 1
Eleanor SCHETLIN
2002

EDITORIAL
Yesterday we started our biography of Eleanor Schetlln. Today, you can read her historical story of her family and her life on the island.  This story is 45 pages long, the most written, to my knowledge of any person who was a resident here.  Eleanor
kept in communication with me for many years and we have preserved her e-mails and all the materials she forwarded to the RIHS.  This 3 inch thick notebook is a treasure trove of information, stories, legends, myths, tales and remembrances. Hope you enjoy the series.


Judith Berdy
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CREDITS

Text by Judith Berdy
Thanks to Bobbie Slonevsky for her dedication to Blackwell’s Almanac and the RIHS
Thanks to Deborah Dorff for maintaining our website
Edited by Melanie Colter and Dottie Jeffries

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