Facebook

Have been posting in Facebook for a few months now as "brockport.archivist." Post on the "Remembering Brockport" page, and administer the FB pages for the Brockport Community Museum and the Morgan Manning House. Getting lots of views, comments, and making some interesting connections with adult children of former faculty, fielding questions re college history, info on ancestors who came here etc. Valuable way to connect with the greater community!

Genealogy requests, 2

Had 2 genealogy questions in Facebook this am, referred one to the c1920 alumni listing, the other to the Saga, both in Digital Commons, said to contact me directly if needed more help.

Departmental 50th anniversaries

Mike Andriatch asked about this topic, which has come up before. Up to the mid-60s there were a relative handful of departments, some very broad, e.g. "Science." Then in '66-67 the school as part of its expansion offered more and more electives and majors, and the bigger department groups were broken out into their constituent parts, Dance, Geology etc.

Based on some initial research, including an organization chart from '66 I sent Mike, I suggested that next year, 2017, would historically be appropriate to celebrate, or begin celebrating, 50 years as a comprehensive liberal arts college.

Writers Forum 50th

Been working with Kim Myers. who has a grant to work on the the WF videos. She has hired a student I recommended, Ben Cherry, who did an internship with me this past summer inventorying plaques on campus. Ben is going to do an exhaustive inventory of all WF videos.

A group is meeting in the archives this morning, English, Advancement etc., this is more than the videos, it is planning to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this effort in 2017.

D&C local history

Emily Morry, writes local history articles for D&C, wanting to use a couple images from the college history book Mary Jo Gigliotti worked on. Retrieved, resized, sent to her.

Brockport woods

Grad student in Env Sci looking to do a summer internship for them, studying the wood lot on the south west corner of campus. Sent her scans of a couple plat maps, some suggestions like the old newspapers online, maybe interviewing Hellman etc. Am setting up a time to meet her.

English Club publications

Current president of the English Club contacted me, asking about what past literary magazines for the club the archives had etc. Sent her Sharon Carpenter's finding aid, a couple images, am setting up a time she can come visit, maybe the club too.