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Interview of Ethel Rost
Ethel Rost talks about living in Geneseo with her husband and her children to SUNY Geneseo’s organization “Heard @ Geneseo.” She shares how she and her husband met and what brought both of them to Geneseo. The oral interview was taken and transcribed…
Interview of Marion Roecker
Marion Roecker shares biology classes were like in Geneseo when she attended with SUNY Geneseo’s organization “Heard @ Geneseo.” She also talks about her husband and how her husband worked in the Bailey Science Building and that he would take…
View of the Geneseo Flats looking west across the SUNY Geneseo campus during the flood of 1972
Photograph of the flatland surrounding the Genesee River west of the SUNY Geneseo campus during the flood of 1972, the result of Hurricane Agnes. Jones Hall is in the foreground, with Livingston and Monroe Halls beyond, and Mary Jemison Dining Hall,…
Image of Geneseo's Indian Fort Trail
Indian Fort Trail Geneseo
Interview of Catherine Robin
Catherine Robin tells her experience of moving into town with SUNY Geneseo’s organization “Heard @ Geneseo.” She grew up in Dansville but moved to Geneseo, despite it being a college town. The oral interview was taken and transcribed by Chelsea…
Interview of Dr. Stanley Rutherford
Dr. Stanley Rutherford briefly tells some changes of the Geneseo landscape over time with SUNY Geneseo’s organization “Heard @ Geneseo.” He speculates the impacts it had on the town. The oral interview was taken and transcribed by Katherine Russell,…
Interview of Robert Kelsey
Robert Kelsey is a man who shared his experiences in The NY Army National Guard Armory in Geneseo. The oral interview was taken and transcribed by Kristen Druse, and it was later revised by Jordan Keane.
Diary of Maude Wiard
Maude Wiard was a student of the Geneseo Normal School in 1908. Eccentric and silly, her diary of “Commencement Activities” from Geneseo takes us through the lifestyle of a junior student with her friends before Geneseo became a State University.
Diary of Sheffeild Peabody
Sheffield Peabody was a farmer who chronicled his life in Springwater, NY between 1849 and 1914. In many ways his life was typical of his peers: he struggled to make a living at a time when American agriculture favored railroads, food processors, and…