Recordings of Geneva history programs originally presented online.
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A History of the Geneva Public Library Building
This is a recording of the fall 2022 lecture by Historic Geneva Archivist Becky Chapin detailing the history of the building that now houses the Geneva Public Library.
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Escape to the Lakes: A Story of NY Refugees from the Yankee-Pennamite Wars
In this recorded program, lecturer Kathleen Earle shares the story of her ancestors’ involvement in the Yankee-Pennamite Wars of the 1780s and their escape to New York’s Finger Lakes after kidnapping Timothy Pickering. (May 2022)
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History Sandwiched In: Landscape Painter Robert S. Duncanson
Explore the life and work of the 19th-century African-American artist Robert S. Duncanson in this video presentation.
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Geneva Authors Night with Katherine Bourbeau and Jan Regan
In this recorded program, Katherine Bourbeau and Jan Regan talked about their self-published books on Geneva past and present. (April 2022)
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May Her Soul Rest in Peace. Amen. The Irish Immigrants of Saint Patrick’s Cemetery
In this recorded program, Eric Lewis and Emily Oberdorf discussed their efforts to find, excavate, document, and restore the stones of mostly Irish burials in the oldest part of St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cemetery. (March 2022)
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History Sandwiched In: Early Finger Lakes Agriculture
Learn about the development of early Finger Lakes agriculture in New York State and the change from self-sufficiency to market farming. (February 2022)
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History Sandwiched In: Seneca Foodways
A video presentation on the historic foodways and agriculture of the Seneca people. (January 2022)
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History Sandwiched In: I Love Historic Houses and You Should Too
A virtual presentation on the history of historic house museums, the different types of historic house museums, and the different ways they approach interpreting the past. (December 2021)
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History Sandwiched In: The Prouty Family of South Main Street
Explore the Prouty family history in this virtual program. (November 2021)
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History Sandwiched In: Preserve That Artifact!
A virtual discussion on how to preserve important family or organizational artifacts for the future led by City of Geneva Historian Karen Osburn. (November 2020)
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History Sandwiched In: Geneva Legends and Lore
Explore the myths and legends told about Geneva and Seneca Lake in this virtual program. (October 2020)
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Nina Allender: Suffrage Cartoonist
Journalist and author Ronny Frishman shares the life and work of Nina Allender, suffrage cartoonist of the National Women’s Party. Her suffragist, known as “the Allender girl,” was viewed as the period’s ideal of the modern female agitator. Her cartoons captured national attention and influenced public opinion, leading to passage of the 19th Amendment and full voting rights for women. (April 2021)
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A Dangerous Freedom: Abolitionists, Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in Yates County
Tricia Lewis Noel, Executive Director/Curator of the Yates County History Center, looks at the abolitionists and freedom seekers who operated and used the Yates County Underground Railroad network and the known locations associated with this history. (March 2021)
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History Sandwiched In: From Grains to Grapes: Drain Tile Over the Years
Curator John Marks gives a brief history of John Johnston’s innovations with agricultural drain tileage and how the profitable crops grown locally have changed over time. He also discusses the benefits of drain tileage and its connection to current and past crops produced in the area. (March 2021)
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Remembering the Orange Limited: The Rochester & Eastern Rapid Railway
Ontario County Historian Preston Pierce explores the history of the electric trolley line that ran from Geneva to Rochester in the early 1900s (February 2021).
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History Sandwiched In: Geneva Medical College
Executive Director Kerry Lippincott gives a history of Geneva Medical College and its most famous graduate, Elizabeth Blackwell (February 2021).
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Living Through History: The Pandemics of 1918 and 2020
As part of the Smith Speaker Series, Curator John Marks examined the parallels and differences between the 1918 and 2020 (and 2021…) pandemics.
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