1940s 8mm film footage

Chuck Edwards, retired anthropology prof I know, contacted me re a fellow he knows, Kermit Mercer '71, has 8mm films of the college in the 1940s; also the canal. He wants to lend, if we want to borrow to digitize. I'll need to talk to MJO about the $.

Baseball in '60s

An alum who played baseball in the 1960s contacted looking for articles etc. from when he played here. Will retrieve from Stylus etc.

The college and the canal

Beau Willis, wants to seek a grant to enhance the property the college shares on the canal with the village, wants info on the links between the college and the Erie Canal. I need to prepare something re Hiel Brockway, the impact of the canal on higher education...

Kammi Reynolds

Photo request for this hall of famer from Mike Andriatch. It's time consuming: she was described as a field hockey player c1988-91. So checked yearbooks, but for that period they are hit and miss for pictures. Looked her up in athletics field hockey files, found her #, then searched Dusen negative books, in 1989 fall found some, scanned, and sent.

College land transactions

Beau Willis, they are trying to reconstruct the college land sales and transfers of the 1990s, when the property across Redman Rd was sold/given to the town, and some property along the canal changed hands too. Some digging to do here...




Update: several hours of digging, here is my response to Beau and others.

    Hi, I can't find anything in detail, but here is what I find so far, digging through the Stylus, Statements, President's staff minutes etc.

 

1992: the Stylus noted April 1992 that the "Field House" on the Redman Rd. property was ordered closed by the state as unsafe.

1993: the Stylus noted in April 1993 that there were local softball leagues playing on the college property on Redman Rd.

 

1993: in October 1993 a Stylus article made reference to the new Brockport mayor, Mary Ann Thorpe, and "controversy" over the land behind Tower Fine Arts.

 

1994: in November 1994 a Stylus article reported that negotiations were going on between the Sweden Town board and the college regarding the property on the west side of Redman Rd. According to the article if the state declared the land surplus then it could be given to another government agency, town etc., or if not given, then could be sold to private parties.

 

1994: Presidents Staff, 1/19/1994, the village rejected the college's offer for the land north of Tower.

 

1995: the Presidents Staff minutes for 5/8/1995 note that Assemblyman Nesbitt was working on an agreement with the village regarding the land along the canal.

 

2000: a Brockport Post article entitled "Town may revive field house" noted that the Town of Sweden had been given 156 acres (presumably on the west side of Redman Rd.) by the state.

 

   I don't have Presidents Staff meeting minutes for 1997-1999, and can't find anything more on these transactions. Clearly they went on for a number of years in the 1990s, but seem to have been settled by around 2000.

 

College land transactions

Beau Willis, they are trying to reconstruct the college land sales and transfers of the 1990s, when the property across Redman Rd was sold/given to the town, and some property along the canal changed hands too. Some digging to do here...




Update: several hours of digging, here is my response to Beau and others.

    Hi, I can't find anything in detail, but here is what I find so far, digging through the Stylus, Statements, President's staff minutes etc.

 

1992: the Stylus noted April 1992 that the "Field House" on the Redman Rd. property was ordered closed by the state as unsafe.

 

1993: the Stylus noted in April 1993 that there were local softball leagues playing on the college property on Redman Rd.

 

1993: in October 1993 a Stylus article made reference to the new Brockport mayor, Mary Ann Thorpe, and "controversy" over the land behind Tower Fine Arts.

 

1994: in November 1994 a Stylus article reported that negotiations were going on between the Sweden Town board and the college regarding the property on the west side of Redman Rd. According to the article if the state declared the land surplus then it could be given to another government agency, town etc., or if not given, then could be sold to private parties.

 

1994: Presidents Staff, 1/19/1994, the village rejected the college's offer for the land north of Tower.

 

1995: the Presidents Staff minutes for 5/8/1995 note that Assemblyman Nesbitt was working on an agreement with the village regarding the land along the canal.

 

2000: a Brockport Post article entitled "Town may revive field house" noted that the Town of Sweden had been given 156 acres (presumably on the west side of Redman Rd.) by the state.

 

   I don't have Presidents Staff meeting minutes for 1997-1999, and can't find anything more on these transactions. Clearly they went on for a number of years in the 1990s, but seem to have been settled by around 2000.

 

Archives move

Am putting a lot of time and energy into planning the shift of the archives from the current space into the space that will open up this summer. A lot of work, but exciting to have more room for materials, and especially to have space to set up tables and get to work processing the backlog materials.

Yearbook photos

Request from a grad of 1968 looking for enhanced scans of a couple photos in '67 and '68 yearbooks. Scanned, edited and sent same.