SOTM Contents: Jan-Mar 2023

IN THIS ISSUE

Pretty Penny - Former Nyack Home of Helen Hayes and Charles MacArthur - Recognized by United for Libraries as a Literary Landmark

The Historical Society's own Clare Sheridan writes up an account of the celebratory weekend.

Elizabeth Hopper's Evening Gown

Our Senior Historian writes up the current exhibit at the Hopper House in Nyack, designed to complement the Hopper Show at the Whitney Museum in New York City.

St. Nicholas Day, 2022

Remembering Nancy Cacioppo

Journal News reporter Nancy Cacioppo, who became known for her sensitive reporting on the arts, history and historic preservation of Rockland County, is remembered by her fellow newspaperman, Arthur H. Gunther 3rd.

Remembering Catherine M. Dodge

Marianne B. Leese remembers Catherine Dodge, environmentalist, former trustee of the Historical Society of Rockland County and lifelong resident of Rockland County.

Cover Picture: Viewing Pretty Penny by Edward Hopper at the Smith College Museum of Art. Photographed by Marjorie H. Johnson, February 6, 2023. The painting was donated to Smith by Helen Hayes MacArthur, who did not attend college, but Smith gaver the first of her several honorary degrees.

SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAINS (ISSN 0489-9563) is published quarterly by

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Editor: Marjorie H. Johnson

Consulting Editor: Marianne B. Leese

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