Voices from the Archives – Episode #8
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #8: A Wider View: The Smileys’ world travels Part II As wonderful as the pictures were in my imagination after reading…
Voices from the Archives – Episode #7
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #7: A Wider View: The Smileys’ world travels – Part I Daniel Smiley was only 25 years old when his elder…
Voices from the Archives – Episode #6
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #6: Sarah Smiley’s Journey South The Sister of Mohonk’s Founder: A portrait in courage As a child wandering the halls of…
Voices from the Archives – Episode #5
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #5: Testimonial Gateway Quaker testimony is best understood as the public witness of an inward faith of both individual and community….
Voices from the Archives – Episode #4
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #4: Passing the Baton 2021 will be forever etched in my mind, not only because of our country’s climb out of…
Voices from the Archives – Episode #3
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #3: Eliza and Effie—Sisters in Grief and Love In order to understand the special relationship between Eliza and Effie Smiley, you…
Voices from the Archives – Episode #2
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #2: Garden Musings In a private office on the ground floor of Mohonk Mountain House live grand old bookshelves lined with…
Voices from the Archives – Episode #1
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #1: “Love controls all things” When I first read one of my Great-Grandmother Effie’s letters in the Mohonk Archive, over a…
Behind the Scenes of our 5th Annual Hudson Valley Gingerbread Competition
One of the best things about the holidays at Mohonk is the Hudson Valley Gingerbread Competition. And in a typical year, we have hundreds of guests who visit for the…
Pandemic Years
Throwback Thursday—102 Years Ago Today— October 29, 1918
