Links and Resources
History
- Ulster and Delaware Railroad Historical Society
- Taking the Train to the Catskills - Ontario and Western Railway Historical Society
- Fleischmanns in the Northern Catskills
- Hotel Ads: Search the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1841-1902 online) for many historic ads from the Catskills.
Website Memories
- Brookside Hotel
- Fairoaks Bungalow Colony
- Grossinger's
- Moonglow Inn - Loch Sheldrake
- Stern Summer Camp
- Ruby the Knishman
- Lansman's Bungalow Colony
- Lapidus Cottages
- Little Texas Ranch's Reunion page
- Sheppys/East of Vegas: Friedmans/Pine Cottages in Kauneonga Lake
- "Memories of Liberty, NY"
- Majestic Bungalow Colony
- Sha-wan-ga Lodge
- Olympic Hotel (Fallsburg, NY) [Facebook]
- Finks Bungalow Colony [Facebook]
- Sunny Oaks Hotel Reunion [Facebook]
- "Abandoned Catskills" -photos of Joscelyn Jurich
- Monticello [Yahoo group]
- Ellenville [Yahoo group]
- S.Fallsburg [Yahoo group]
- Loch Sheldrake [Yahoo group]
Jewish Culture and History Resources
- YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
- American Jewish Historical Society
- Klezperanto
- The Gantseh Megillah Newsletter
- Yiddish Glossary
- KlezKamp/Living Traditions
- Dinur Center for Jewish History -- resources for students and scholars of Jewish History
Sullivan & Ulster County
- Towne Crier
- Town of Bethel -- excellent site with many links, a great history section, and a wonderful "Glory Days" section with many historic photos, postcards, and materials from White Lake, Kauneonga Lake, Bethel & Swan Lake.
- Catskills Today
- Sullivan County Historical Society
- Catskills Alive by Francine Silverman (Hunter Publishing) is the first general guidebook on the market exclusively devoted to the Catskills' four counties. Its 400 pages are packed with first-hand information on everything from hostels and hotels to para-gliding and ostrich farms. Many of these wonderful sites have never before been written about. Published in 2000, the book celebrates a resurgence of both the bygone Borscht Belt and the entire Catskills region. see website for more information on this book, or order from hunterpublishing.com
- Getaway The Catskills
- St. Mary's Church in Obernburg, NY--1st parish established in Sullivan County
- Middletown Times-Herald Record
- Sullivan County Democrat
- River Reporter
- Sullivan Country Chamber of Commerce - listings of local places,events, and activities
- Catskill Mountainkeeper - Sullivan Country Chamber of Commerce Advocacy organization dedicated to preserving
- and protecting the long term health of the six counties of the Catskill
- Region
- Hurleyville NY
- Catskill Mountain Foundation-- creating a culturally enriched environment in the Town of Hunter, New York to benefit Greene County and the Northern Catskill Region.
The Other Catskills: Jewish Resort Areas Around the Country
- Moodus and other Connecticut resorts - website with graphics
- Back to the Land: Jewish Farms and Resorts in Connecticut, 1890-1945
- Mt. Freedom, New Jersey
- Canadian Catskills: My Grandparents Had A Hotel-- a film by Karen Shopsowitz