Your Letters & Comments

Comments from others we thought visitors to our online Museum would enjoy.

Latest Items Added: 1/17/06

From: Felix and Cindy Alejandro and family - Tonawanda, NY, June 22, 2005
To the kind people at the North Tonawanda History Museum!  Thank you so much for your donation to our Auction.  We raised $6,000 for the Philip J Alejandro Music Scholarship.  This really means a lot to our family.  So thank you for your support and kindness.

From: Cindi Fredericks - Hutchinson, Kansas, May 19, 2005
Even though I will no longer reside in North Tonawanda, it will always be my home.  I look forward to continued involvement with the museum both in assisting with the new cookbook, typing and updating policies and remaining a long-distance board member for as long as needed.  It has and will continue to be my pleasure to help this wonderful museum in any way I can.  I can't wait to return to visit the new museum location!


From: Linda Norris - Director, Upstate History Alliance, Oneonta, NY, May 1, 2005
On behalf of the Upstate History Alliance, I thank you for your contribution to our Silent Auction.  Your generosity helped us raise $2,200 in support of our organization's activities.  Proceeds from the auction benefit the Upstate History Alliance in its work to build the capacity of organizations to use history to engage the public in shaping their communities.

Your organization will also be recognized in the next UHA newsletter which is mailed to museums throughout the state and all of our auction donors will be listed on the UHA website.

We greatly appreciate your donation and the generous bids of our conference audience.

From: Inessa Bogatyryova - Angarsk, Irkuskaya Region, Russia, April 30, 2005
"Thank you very much for your letter.  I am glad that your work in the Museum is praised and that at last you are open for visitors.  It's a pity I can't visit it.  I show the newspaper articles to our teachers and pupils and they are all surprised at your voluntary work without any payment."
(Note:  Mrs. Bogatyryova is a teacher of English in the Siberian city of Angarsk.)


From: Liz & Mike Kalisiak, April 2005
NT Museum Staff - My husband and I are so impressed by all your efforts, we decided to join--You are amazing!  Thanks.


From: Tony Abdulla, March 31, 2005
Hi Donna; I like the new website and the changes that were made.  I sometimes have some trouble navigating with the windows and seeing everything, but that will take time to get used to it.  I'm sure that this whole project just like the museum will be growing and changing as time goes on.  There seems to be a lot of enthusiasm and energy around the museum activities.  I'm very happy to see the involvement with so many volunteers and the community.  I wish that I was closer so I could help out with some of the activities and to see some of the exhibits that you've collected so far.  Thank you so much for your personal efforts to preserve such important history.  I'm always looking at the site and I especially like the updates at the top of the site.  This allows me to view the newest additions that I may have missed by just navigating on my own. I've often thought that it would be great if there were more articles and photos from the Tonawanda News that were available for viewing.  But I'm sure that many of those historic records and stories are gone forever.  I did look at the ones that are already out there, and was happy to read them.


From: a Buffalo News article by George Zornick, Sunday, January 25, 2004: 
"Common Council president Brett Sommer, who is familiar with North Tonawanda's history since his great-grandfather served as one of the city's first council presidents said he believes the museum will offer a chance for younger residents to learn about their city's heritage.  "My daughter just read a book on the Erie Canal.  She's so excited she lives in a place that's part of American history, but there's no place she can go to see that history now," Sommer said."

From: Kurt Alverson, Executive Director, Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas, Dec. 12, 2003:
    "This letter is in regards to the North Tonawanda History Museum.....The Tonawandas Chamber of Commerce endorses this project, and we look forward to the opening of the Museum in the near future.
    The Chamber of Commerce is in support of those involved with this daunting task.  A large number of people have volunteered their time, energy, and efforts in order to maintain this very worthwhile cause.  The Chamber feels that this will be a tremendous benefit to the community."

From: Daniel R. Killian, Library Director, North Tonawanda Public Library, Dec. 9, 2003
    "The North Tonawanda Public Library has provided substantial Library service support to Ms. Donna Neal and the North Tonawanda History Museum...There is no doubt that history and tourism go together and this proposed facility would add to the constellation of activities available to visitors and Western New York residents and make a fine addition to the already present Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, Carnegie Cultural Center, Gateway Harbor on the Erie Canal, Riviera Theatre."

The following Letters & Notes appeared in older versions of our site's guestbook(s).