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Title
Interview of Dr. Stanley Rutherford
Description
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, and it was later revised by Jordan Keane.
Creator
Russell, Katherine
Date
2011-11-23
Contributor
Rutherford, Stanley; Keane, Jordan
Format
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Type
Interview
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STANLEY: I coming here in the 1950’s, have watched Geneseo change, from being located on Main St. to Walmart and so on. So there is a spread of businesses now.<br />
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KATHERINE: Were people happy with those changes? Was the sentiment generally accepting, or did people resist those changes?<br />
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STANLEY: I don’t think people resisted it, I can’t think of any. Whether Walmart caused certain business to go under, I don’t know. I have a hunch, but I just can’t tell you. The college has moved. When I first came, there was parking up rather close to the buildings in the back, away from the middle square. Gosh, I think when I first had come one could park in almost every bit that now is lawn. And of course, the building of the gym and the putting in of an indoor pool for swimming, all those are changes that have been rather important for the college.