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Note that due to the preferences of the New York Heritage Digital Collections, all materials sourced from their database will be in the following order: Digital Collection, Holding Institution, Title, NYHDC, access date.
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Olive Day, 2025. "Olive Day Information photo." Facebook. August 6th, 2025. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0aTuXitVXP8WDzvDJcmb7UW2axjr359PN7XymioLVEqJE9vJRzQB8SUyb7AQZjYLGl&id=100064651506773.
——— "No title: Olive Day T-Shirt design." Facebook. September 27th, 2023. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=700292982135746&set=pb.100064651506773.-2207520000&type=3.
McGloughlin, Kate. "COME BID ON THIS #oilpainting AT #oliveday at Davis Park, West Shokan, NY on Saturday, September 6, [...]" Facebook. September 4, 2025. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10236522317945170&set=pb.1449633467.-2207520000&type=3.
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Olive Free Library. "No title: ribbon cutting." Facebook. September 30, 2025. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1320859156749429&set=pb.100064760704180.-2207520000&type=3.
——— "No title: Crowd gathered." Facebook. September 29, 2025. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1319794660189212&set=pb.100064760704180.-2207520000.
——— "Hello Shokan neighbors! Just a friendly reminder that the new Shokan Branch is open Mondays [...]" Facebook. October 1, 2025. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1322111873290824&set=pb.100064760704180.-2207520000&type=3.
Bibliography
Bibliography
Note that due to the preferences of the New York Heritage Digital Collections, all materials sourced from their database will be in the following order: Digital Collection, Holding Institution, Title, NYHDC, access date.
This section draws heavily from author's own experience, as well as informal discussions with friends and family. It is my hope that in the near future, these discussions can be formalized with oral histories.
Arm-of-the-Sea Theater. “City That Drinks the Mountain Sky Pt. 2 - Arm-of-the-Sea Theater - Puppet Show about NYC’s Water.” Youtube, January 16, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRkEUr8KcQU.
Braman Jr., Jay. “Supervisor Faces Contest in Olive.” Daily Freeman, October 27, 2009. https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2009/10/27/supervisor-faces-contest-in-olive/.
Daily Freeman. “Olive Free Library Bookmobile Makes Stops at Shokan Square Plaza on Aug. 8, 11.” August 7, 2017. https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2017/08/07/olive-free-library-bookmobile-makes-stops-at-shokan-square-plaza-on-aug-8-11/.
Fischler, Stan. “STAN FISCHLER COLUMN: Fond Memories of Pete Tosi Memorial Pool.” Daily Freeman, July 18, 2015. https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2015/07/18/stan-fischler-column-fond-memories-of-pete-tosi-memorial-pool/.
———“STAN FISCHLER: These Two Could Write the Book on Water.” Daily Freeman, August 14, 2011. https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2011/08/14/stan-fischler-these-two-could-write-the-book-on-water/.
Friends of Brunel Park. "We’re at Olive Day today celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Town of Olive, [...]" Facebook. September 9, 2023. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=804810478314284&set=a.374862247975778.
Gopika T. Photography. "No title: people at egg toss competition.." Posted to the Olive Day Facebook. Facebook. September 26, 2023. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=699853585513019&set=pcb.699853908846320.
McGloughlin, Kate. Requiem for Ashokan: The Story Told in Landscape. Davis Corners Press, 2017.
McHugh, Melissa. "A Town Shaped by Water: 200 Years of Olive History." Exhibit at the Olive Free Library. Visited March 23, 2025.
——— Town of Olive. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing, 2024.
Olive Day. "No title: Crowd for Frog Jumping" Facebook. September 28th, 2023. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=701030535395324&set=pcb.701032035395174.
——— "No title: Face-in-hole photo board." Facebook. September 27th, 2023. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=700328058798905&set=pcb.700329495465428.
——— "No title: Olive Day T-Shirt design." Facebook. September 27th, 2023. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=700292982135746&set=pb.100064651506773.-2207520000&type=3.
——— "Olive Day Information photo." Facebook. August 6th, 2025. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0aTuXitVXP8WDzvDJcmb7UW2axjr359PN7XymioLVEqJE9vJRzQB8SUyb7AQZjYLGl&id=100064651506773.
Olive Democrats. "— at Lester S Davis Park." Facebook. September 1, 2023. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=618722017113591&set=pcb.618722053780254.
Olive Free Library. "2024 Olive Free Library Calendar." Printed Calendar. 2023. In author's collection.
——— "Hello Shokan neighbors! Just a friendly reminder that the new Shokan Branch is open Mondays [...]" Facebook. October 1, 2025. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1322111873290824&set=pb.100064760704180.-2207520000&type=3.
——— "No title: Crowd gathered." Facebook. September 29, 2025. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1319794660189212&set=pb.100064760704180.-2207520000.
——— "No title: ribbon cutting." Facebook. September 30, 2025. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1320859156749429&set=pb.100064760704180.-2207520000&type=3.
——— “The Shokan Branch.” Accessed September 24, 2025. https://www.olivefreelibrary.org/the-shokan-branch.
Rich, Jim. “Olive Clerk Resigns Early, Citing Board Tensions.” The Overlook, December 3, 2025. https://theoverlooknews.com/olive-clerk-resigns-early-citing-board-tensions/.
Rich, Jim. “Party Switch in Olive Clerk Race Exposes Political Divides.” The Overlook, August 22, 2025. https://theoverlooknews.com/party-switch-in-olive-clerk-race-exposes-political-divides/.
Rich, Jim. “Shokan Residents Raise Concerns Over Warehouse Proposal on Contaminated Site.” The Overlook, August 8, 2025. https://theoverlooknews.com/shokan-residents-raise-concerns-over-warehouse-proposal-on-contaminated-site/.
Shengold, Nina. "Ashokan Reservior 2024 Calendar." Printed Calendar. 2023. In author's collection.
Smart, Paul. “Candidates Mingle, Smile, during Olive Day.” Hudson Valley One, September 13, 2013. https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2013/09/13/candidates-mingle-smile-during-olive-day/.
———“Olive Day Returns to Davis Park.” Hudson Valley One, September 7, 2018. https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2018/09/07/olive-day-returns-to-davis-park/.
Spectrum News Staff Ulster County. “Olive Day Brings Thousands Together for Family Fun.” Spectrum Local News, September 4, 2017. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/news/2017/09/9/olive-day-ulster-county-hudson-valley-new-york-.
Straub, Gail, and Kate McGloughlin. Solace and Sanctuary: The Ashokan’s Enduring Gifts. High Point, 2022.
Town of Olive Clerk's Office. "2018-2019 Olive Day Calendar." Printed calendar. 2018. In author's collection.
——— "2020" Olive Day Calendar." Printed Calendar. 2019. In author's collection.
——— "2022" Olive Day Calendar." Printed Calendar. 2021. Previously owned by author.
——— "2023" Olive Day Calendar." Printed Calendar. 2022. Previously owned by author.
——— "2024" Olive Day Calendar." Printed Calendar. 2023. In author's collection.
——— "2025" Olive Day Calendar." Printed Calendar. 2024. In author's collection.
——— "2026" Olive Day Calendar." Printed Calendar. 2025. In author's collection.
Widawski, Chana. “Olive Town Supervisor Outlines Progress, Challenges at State of the Town Address.” The Overlook, February 21, 2025. https://theoverlooknews.com/olive-town-supervisor-outlines-progress-challenges-at-state-of-the-town-address/.
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