historical society news
WELCOME BACK
March 28, 2023
Please be patient as we work through updating the website. There will be current images and content to explore including a brief synopsis of our monthly board meetings. Our recent meeting included discussions regarding the historical boat house located within the property of the current Coast Guard site.
The below content explains our journey to obtain digitization of our Prescott Journal newspapers. We have made progress in obtaining an American company to complete this process with details to be announced shortly.
March 28, 2023
Please be patient as we work through updating the website. There will be current images and content to explore including a brief synopsis of our monthly board meetings. Our recent meeting included discussions regarding the historical boat house located within the property of the current Coast Guard site.
The below content explains our journey to obtain digitization of our Prescott Journal newspapers. We have made progress in obtaining an American company to complete this process with details to be announced shortly.
HISTORIC PRESCOTT JOURNALS TO BE PRESERVED
March 12, 2020
GCHS has acquired Prescott Journal newspapers and other files dating back more than a century which at one point were threatened with disposal.
After the paper changed hands and changed names to the South Grenville Journal, the historical society was advised that the space on King Street where the files were stored was to be vacated and their fate was uncertain. With approval from former Prescott Journal owner Beth Morris, the society took over the lease on the space and all contents.
Board members felt the material was too important in the annals of Prescott not to be preserved. The newspapers and files are being sorted and, when funding is secured, will eventually be digitized. While this process is underway, the society is planning to place some exhibits in the front window on King Street to promote its archives in the town's former train station.
March 12, 2020
GCHS has acquired Prescott Journal newspapers and other files dating back more than a century which at one point were threatened with disposal.
After the paper changed hands and changed names to the South Grenville Journal, the historical society was advised that the space on King Street where the files were stored was to be vacated and their fate was uncertain. With approval from former Prescott Journal owner Beth Morris, the society took over the lease on the space and all contents.
Board members felt the material was too important in the annals of Prescott not to be preserved. The newspapers and files are being sorted and, when funding is secured, will eventually be digitized. While this process is underway, the society is planning to place some exhibits in the front window on King Street to promote its archives in the town's former train station.
