Join us for a conversation with Tim Larkin on the discovery and publication of “Silo Saga: Rolling Acres” by Florence J. Henry. Tim will share how he first came upon the forgotten manuscript, and how he has since shared Florence's story with the wider Tompkins County community and beyond. Expect behind-the-scenes of editing, research, and publicizing a farm memoir that spans 25 years. Come prepared with questions and curiosity.
This event will be held in the CAP Gallery at 110 N Tioga St, Ithaca NY, 14850. Copies of “Silo Saga” will be available for purchase.
This event has been created with the Tompkins County Historic Commission, with special help from Becky Dewitt.
“This factual narrative of the years 1943-1967 at the farm known as “Rolling Acres,” located at Slaterville Springs, New York, ten miles from Ithaca and Cornell University, represents the daily living of two novices at dairy farming - Alton T. Henry and his wife Florence J. Henry.
I started the memoirs in February 1968 and finished February 1969. Written at East Greenville, Pennsylvania, in the apartment to which we had moved after disposing of our farm property and operation. - FJH”