Daniel Holmes

Faculty member stopped by, doing some research on Daniel Holmes, husband of Mary Jane, the author, and we talked for a bit. Showed him some resources that are online, including the merged file of Brockport Republic articles a student assembled as part of an internship a couple years ago.

Jessie Hillman 1878, 1882

Interesting, query from archivist at Fredonia about her. Apparently altho from Fredonia, she went here, for the music then advanced English course, then went on to teach at Fredonia Normal for many years. They have an annual opera program there named in her honor, and were looking for a photo of her from her time her.


A long shot, but in the small collection of 1870s student photos I have, there was no identified photos of her, but there was one unidentified photo that I am fairly sure is her, comparing to a photo they helpfully added to their email. Looking forward to seeing if it is her!

Dorothy Reister

Had someone checking if she was the sculptor that did those concrete relief pieces in the courtyard at Cooper. It was her, c1966, she died a few years ago, but her legacy continues at the Stone Hill Quarry art center near Cazenovia. We have a book about her.

Bruton - genealogy

A query about whether an ancestor had attended here c1870. They are not in the list of Normal school grads for that era, and skimming the old registration book did not see the name in the lists c1868-1873.

Donation

Have someone coming by this afternoon with three boxes of materials for the archives, and another person bringing some things as well. Don't always list these in here, but it is how we get most of our materials, an office is cleaning out, brings back files in, or a retired person realizes that there is an archives nowadays and wants to give materials from their time here...

History of International Ed, foreign students...

An emeriti had brought this up as a topic worthy of research in the past and mentioned it again. I said I do have it on my list of possible topics for interns, but just haven't had any takers, and added that I will put in a plug for it again this coming year. It's one of the many things I'd enjoy researching myself but just don't ever have the time!

Marion Patterson & Collegiate Institute

Someone was referred by staff at UofR to me with their question as to whether a man named Marion Patterson attended the old Collegiate Institute c1856-1862. We do have a name list that is online, that was compiled from the surviving catalogs. Unfortunately there are some gaps, e.g. we don't have 1860 & 1861. The name didn't appear in the list, and didn't come up in some various searches in NYS Historic Newspapers. Will let the questioner know, recommend contacting Clarendon Historical Society, since that is where Patterson was said to be from.