The video is based on a box of records from the New York State Girls Training School discovered by Lisa Durfee at a yard sale several years ago, although Durfee is never acknowledged in the video. The number of reactions to the post indicates the abiding interest of Hudsonians, particularly those of us who settled here after the institution closed in the 1970s, in the Girls Training School.
Today, on the front page of the Columbia Republican for June 24, 1919, I stumbled upon this account of a girl who had escaped from the Girls Training School a hundred years ago and, three days after her escape, was still on the lam.
Curious, I tried to find out if Josephine Kolp was ever apprehended and if anyone had collected that $10 reward, but all I could find was this article from the White Plains Daily Argus for May 27, 1919, explaining the circumstances that apparently landed Kolp back at the Training School.
COPYRIGHT 2019 CAROLE OSTERINK
Being well aware of who had discovered the box of the New York State Girls Training School records, I was quite surprised when watching the video not to see Lisa Durfee's name nor her being given credit for saving these records. Lisa is a rich resource for preserving the records of Hudson's history, as well as contributing to so many other activities in our city. Thank you Gossips for rightly acknowledging her.
ReplyDelete