Fannier Barrier

A 5th grade teacher was here researching Fannie Barrier for a presentation at Morgan Manning House.It will be him and 3 students recounting her life. Shared some scanned docs, images, locations of her house, two books etc. and discussed the background and context to her life as I know of it.

Dr. Spiller's Public History

This class was in last night, a great group, some excellent questions. Hopefully they learned something about what an archives is, how it is organized and what some of the challenges and opportunities are.

Professional roles report

Was asked for a report that was done by a faculty senate committee on professional roles and rewards in '98 (they also did one on faculty.) We have a pretty complete run of senate materials now from its beginnings c1967 to recent years, found it in there, scanned and sent to them.

1840s Brockport genealogy..

Someone messaged me on the Rose Archives page on Facebook and I asked them to email, I find FB messenger inconvenient and awkward. They are researching a couple who lived in Brockport c1841. I had to tell them that that period is a tough one, the village newspapers of the day have not survived, the Brockport Republic starts in late 1850s. Not much in the way of directories etc either. I did see if any mentions in latter years, but weren't, and I asked if she had contacted the Brockport United Methodist (she has a wedding certificate for 1841 from there) although unlikely they would have such records. Also connected her with the village museum.

Adam Lazarre marker missing

This is a shame, a commemorative tree marker honoring Adam Lazarre of Theatre from 1991 has apparently gone missing. I didn't actually have a photo of it, but luckily Bud Meade did, and that supplies the needed information to replace it.

Boozer Golf Tournament

Alum who played in one of the tournaments c2002-06 emailed advancement looking for photos of the event. So far have found '05 & '06, will contact him and see what we can do.

1978 Saga

The secretary for the school of education and health emailed, they had got a request from a '78 grad for a copy of the yearbook. The grad was from Kenya, and went back there after school here, such a long distance connection! I had an extra copy and brought it over to her.

Pan Hellenic Society

My wife goes to a Greek Orthodox church, and while visiting there with her one Sunday I told someone about the lantern slides we are digitizing, that include slides of Greece. He is a member of the local Pan Hellenic Society and they are interested in me coming to do a presentation of the slides sometime this coming spring.

143 average

Happened to notice that there have been 1073 posts in here since starting this log in late August 2011. If you call it 7.5 years and divide, you get an average of 143 posts per year. Frankly, not all queries make it in here, and many that do are revisited multiple times due to expanding lines of inquiry etc., but 143 is a respectable number considering the amount of time typically involved...

Mary Mortimer

John Maier, English, who has been writing about Caroline Parker, a Seneca who was here in the early 1840s as a student, came looking for information about Mary Mortimer, who was an instructor here then. I shared some information and let him check out the 19thc bio of her from local history, which has a good bit of material on her Collegiate Institute years.

Rochester area school desegregation and campus school

Had a visitor yesterday, a reporter for the D&C, who has an independent project, he is writing a book about school desegregation in the area and was interested in the part our campus school played. We have some records and documents here that he reviewed, and I am trying to connect him with Jeanette Banker, who is likely one of the last people around who would have been here c1970 in Education/Campus School and know something about all that.

Clara Stratemeyer

Got an email query about her, she was here 1936-1946. Apparently she had been president of the Association of  Teachers Educators in 1938, and the association is celebrating its centennial this year and wanted info about her. I searched her file, the Brockport Republic, and yearbooks. Interesting, she got a PhD in '42, at a time when not so many Teachers College faculty had that. She was instrumental in starting the Newman Club as well. Got a nice email back from the woman who contacted me too!

Oh, this is fabulous!  Thank you, Charlie…you’re the perfect archivist!

Board of Athletic Control

An email query came about this body, which was here many years ago. I don't have a distinct file on it in the archives, but there were a number of articles on in the Stylus from the '70s and '80s. It was a board whose members were appointed by President Brown and whose charge seems to have been to oversee the athletic programs, make recommendations on team retention and creation and so forth.

Tom Nugent, asssistant football coach

A couple of emeriti inquired about this fellow, who was in Academic Advisement c1970-1990s. He was an assistant coach for football in the '80s, and they want to get a locker named after him. The football files are pretty extensive, but what each year has is mostly player rosters, game stats etc. It's hard to find listings of the assistant coaches for most years. I need to dig more, but so far he seems to have been 1984-1989, maybe a year or two later.

Archives consultation

Staff person in Enrollment emailed asking about setting up an archives for their professional organization. Shared a few thoughts, and said am more than willing to get together and discuss.

Wrestling team rosters

Advancement staff need some wrestling team rosters from 4 different years, 1980, 1982, 1983, and 1992. I found three in the wrestling files, and am checking the Stylus next, the one relevant yearbook didn't have a name roster, just a photo.