Recently, the Farmington Historical Society received an
unusual, yet priceless gift from Tami LaRock, a longtime community member and
currently the Director of the Goodwin Library. The gift is a digital copy of a video
recording of a basic, general Farmington History, as told by Alan Drew, Margory
Drew, Twink Osgood, and Joe Bean. The recording was created by John Nolan and
features not only those residents talking about town history from their
perspective, but also a class of Farmington High school students asking them a
few questions.
As you might imagine video recordings or film footage are rare items in the museum. It’s really too bad that people don’t think of donating originals or digital copies of these media types. They are not only important because of their subjects, but much like photography they often contain hidden, less personal information. Clothing, hair styles, room decoration, vehicles, landscapes, and buildings are common in video and film footage and they can provide insights into the decades they are taken.

Kyle Leach, Curator
Farmington NH Historical Society
Museum of Farmington History
http://farmingtonnhhistory.omeka.net
Dottie Bean donated a VHS copy of this was donated years ago. I found it in the historical cabinet at the Goodwin Library and decided it needed to be digitized. Thank-you Dottie!
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