Remembering the town historian, Ginny Moskowitz

SALISBURY — Virginia “Ginny� (McLellan) Moskowitz, who died Feb. 10 at the age of 93, is remembered for her tireless energy and boundless enthusiasm as Salisbury’s town historian from 1987 to 1999 (the job has more recently been filled by Norman Sills and, currently, Katherine Chilcoat).

Originally from Mt. Vernon, N.Y., she was city historian there from 1976 to 1986, and jumped right in after she and her  husband, the late Dr. Eugene Moskowitz, moved to Salisbury full-time.

In addition to her duties as historian, she co-chaired the town’s 250-year anniversary celebration in 1991.

Lou Burgess, chairman of the town’s Historic District Commission, said she got to know Moskowitz when they were working at the Holley-Williams House Museum.

There were file cabinets full of historic documents, said Burgess — an enormous amount of material in no particular order.

“Ginny organized all the historical material,� much of which is now stored at the Academy Building, on Main Street in Salisbury village.

“She had great enthusiasm for being town historian and was very aware of the fact that we have an amazing history to record,� Burgess said.

Her enthusiasm wasn’t confined to her historical work. “I knew her most from St. John’s,� said Carl Williams. “If we had a parish meeting she was not afraid to speak her mind.

“She was very interested in everything that went on in town. She was lovely, knowledgeable — a very pleasant person to talk to. A real classy gal.�

— Patrick L. Sullivan

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