Finians Rainbow

Jamie Beers-Wilson asking about this, for an alum who was in it, will look for her. I think in the '50s images there are some of this play. The alum is Beverly Smock (Starling) '62.

Photos of Paul Yu

Paul Yu, former president, died recently, and I was asked for some images of him for social media. Found, scanned and sent some to them.

Social media intern

A student doing an internship on social media with Dave Tyler stopped in, she had been by before, but now is ready to set something up in Pinterest using the Betty Evershed material Lyndsey scanned. I copied the files onto her drive and talked a little about their background, and some other options for such materials.

Hartwell & Tower death dates

Former President Paul Yu died the other day, and I was asked about the death dates for Hartwell and Tower. Hartwell died in 1965 and is buried in Lakeside Cemetery in Brockport. Tower died in 1977 and is buried in Hillside Cemetery in Dundee NY.

Mornings with professors

Had emailed Dawn in Advancement when a call for speakers for this came out a while back. Just heard back, am going to speak at the 4/18 Mornings with Professors. I told her my topic would be the earlier history of the school, BCI - BSNS, a period many don't know much about, but generally seem to find quite interesting.

#History

A new journal the history department is setting up in Digital Commons. They wanted an image of the history muse in the old stained glass windows to use as cover art. Have supplied the image to Kim.

Blanche Southcombe March '29

Jeanette asked about her dates, Blanche was an important part of alumni association for years. Blanche is one of those folks who did both high school and Normal school here, graduating from the high school department in 1926, then the Normal "intermediate" (for those planning to teach junior high,) in 1929. As an aside, Brockport and the other normals did not prepare high school teachers, it was either elementary or junior high, high school teachers trained at a teachers college like Albany, or one of the private colleges.


Update: I posted a pic of Blanche from her '26 graduation in "Remembering Brockport" on Facebook and a few minutes later her gr-grand daughter commented!