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about the people of Lake Helen, FL |
For the people, by the people, & |
Museum Musings |
By Oscar Brock |
Originally published November 2001 |
If The City Observer readers have artifacts, items or documents pertaining to Lake Helen or Cassadaga and are willing to donate or loan them to the museum, please contact Historic Preservation Board member Jim Crenshaw at 228-3889. Jim has forms to assist you with gifts or loans. You may also call Wendy Levings at City Hall at: 228-2121. Presently the following citizens have donated or loaned items and documents to the museum. The City Observer will publish an ongoing list of future contributors: Oscar Brock: Post cards, artifacts Bill Dreggors: Oral history Joan Gunby: 1988 Centennial items Stan Gunby: Post cards, artifacts, documents Lewis Long: Artifacts, documents Mark Shuttleworth: Artifacts, documents Dorothy Schneider: History of Lake Helen books Richard & Susan Taylor: Artifacts Mike Teal: Early Lake Helen legal documents City Hall: Legal documents |
The Lake Helen Historic Preservation Board thanks the City Commission for approving
our first Lake Helen Museum Policy and Guidelines, thereby authorizing the development
of a Lake Helen and Cassadaga Museum. The Museum will operate under the authority of the City Commission and occupy the north downstairs room at City Hall. The museum exists to protect the material record of Lake Helen and Cassadaga and to transfer it to future generations. Acquisitions must relate to and interpret our local history and must meet specific standards of curation. Museum displays will be undertaken after City Hall’s interior restoration is completed. |